Dan Brooks can't understand why Fulmer isn't working...

#51
#51
Fulmer was a heck of a coach in his heydey, but this game has passed him by. He's not a D-1 coach anymore, and hasn't been for awhile now. He's become too complacent.
 
#58
#58
If fulmer was that good, he would have been quickly hired by another top program. He can't find a job---no school wants to waste more money.
 
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VolDad said:
How many other people do you think are at 1 place for 17 years with those results?
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And with one of the greatest quarterbacks in history, and he still couldn't beat Florida and still won only one SEC title with him.
 
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onevol74 said:
Fulmer is not going to get another major coaching position. His ship has sailed. Not being critical, just factual. Programs looking for a new coach want someone young who can relate to players, dish out discipline, and rebuild their program. Fulmer is approaching 60, has a hard time with the discipline issue, and has never built his own program.

His resume just does not fit the needs of programs looking for a new coach.

He is a good man and what our program needed last decade but times have changed.

There was something that happened in New Orleans yesterday that will put Florida in the same boat that we were in about 4 years ago. Several players talked about how Meyer was like a father figure to them and how they promoted the family atmosphere there. That is the exact thing that became a problem with this program. Our staff did not know where family ended and the necessary discipline to run a program needed to begin.

UT should use this as a recruiting advantage in that we want you to come to UT to grow into a professional or a NFL prospect. We want you to grow into a man and are not going to support your lack of growth by acting like an enabling family or parent figure. After watching Meyer, Fulmer,and CMR it appears that they are enablers. Saban and CLK appear to have a system that promotes mature growth or go some where else.
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This is really the killer for him. The current trend in all of football -- pro and college -- is to go for the brash young wunderkind. It's a tough market for old coaches. Note that Tuberville -- who, unlike Fulmer, actually has some recent success, but who is also 55 years old -- is still unemployed too.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
This is really the killer for him. The current trend in all of football -- pro and college -- is to go for the brash young wunderkind. It's a tough market for old coaches. Note that Tuberville -- who, unlike Fulmer, actually has some recent success, but who is also 55 years old -- is still unemployed too.
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I think you nailed it. This is as much about Fulmer's age as it is his ability. Other than South Carolina, I can't even think of the last major college program that hired a 60 year old head coach except maybe Kansas State and that was a different situation.
 
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GAVol said:
Other than South Carolina, I can't even think of the last major college program that hired a 60 year old head coach except maybe Kansas State and that was a different situation.
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Dennis Erickson has got to be pretty close. Arizona State hired him not too long ago.
 
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kptvol said:
Dennis Erickson has got to be pretty close. Arizona State hired him not too long ago.
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Good call. Erickson was 60 when he took the ASU job in 2007. I also thought of Rich Brooks at Kentucky although that was probably 5+ years ago.
 
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