Is Pruitt unwilling to give an OC control?

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Wanted to start a discussion that is going to tear some of your bowels up, so just find another thread if you need to. Based on reports of all of the interviews and the time frame of this OC search(41 days and counting) I think it's safe to assume that Pruitt has offered the OC to job to some of these OCs. My question is why are they turning the job down? We know the money is there, so why are these coaches choosing to go elsewhere over UT? I know this is going to infuriate the "nobody knows anything" nazis, but I say if the UT admin doesn't want speculation, they can leak some information, handle this in a timely manner, or deal with it. I was never on board with the Tyson Helton hire, but I still don't think he was anywhere near as bad as he appeared here. First time head coaches sometimes have trouble giving up control on the side of the ball that they aren't as familiar with. Dabo struggled with it when he first became a HC. What say you? Is that the case here? Is there another reason coaches are opting for other programs?
 
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Not one of the pieces of information needed to make the sun come up in the morning or make sure the grass is green.
 
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Volfan76 said:
Wanted to start a discussion that is going to tear some of your bowels up, so just find another thread if you need to. Based on reports of all of the interviews and the time frame of this OC search(41 days and counting) I think it's safe to assume that Pruitt has offered the OC to job to some of these OCs. My question is why are they turning the job down? We know the money is there, so why are these coaches choosing to go elsewhere over UT? I know this is going to infuriate the "nobody knows anything" nazis, but I say if the UT admin doesn't want speculation, they can leak some information, handle this in a timely manner, or deal with it. I was never on board with the Tyson Helton hire, but I still don't think he was anywhere near as bad as he appeared here. First time head coaches sometimes have trouble giving up control on the side of the ball that they aren't as familiar with. Dabo struggled with it when he first became a HC. What say you? Is that the case here? Is there another reason coaches are opting for other programs?
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Head coaches do not give up control of any entity in their program. Fulmer pissed off Cut and Chavis many times with changes to play calls, plans or who might play. Coordinators work for the head coach and at the end of the day, the head coach can make the final call. I have spoken with both of them when they were so mad they could chew nails.
 
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Or maybe they simply thought they’d have more success quicker elsewhere? Whatever it is it’s likely the simplest, most obvious. Not the $, has to be the people or the responsibilities (in this case autonomy).
 
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well, Coach Pruitt is gonna have to let an OC worth having to run the offense, and from what I saw demonstrated on the sideline with Coach Helton, no one worth having will put up with that type of behavior...you just can't treat people like that and expect positive results attracting prospective coaches and if they do they won't stay very long...

GO VOLS...RECRUIT LIKE HECK!
 
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It's not the money that is the sticking point. It's that we are not only one of the worst teams in the SEC, we also ranked near the bottom in about every category statistically in the NCAA in offense.

And we are asking candidates to leave their jobs in the toughest conference in the Country with very little depth. And I have been reading and hearing that Fulmer and Pruitt wants the next OC to stick with the current coaching staff instead of bringing in their own guys, which have been a sore spot for some candidates (K. Briles). This is why we won't get the splash hire everyone wants.
 
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Our fans will be ready to run off whoever we hire after 1-3 weeks next year. We have no lineman to block, a mediocre qb, best running back gets hurt and is small and over rated receivers with no depth there. But we’ll still blame it on the coach next September regardless. Job looks great to proven OC’s 🙄
 
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Volfan76 said:
Wanted to start a discussion that is going to tear some of your bowels up, so just find another thread if you need to. Based on reports of all of the interviews and the time frame of this OC search(41 days and counting) I think it's safe to assume that Pruitt has offered the OC to job to some of these OCs. My question is why are they turning the job down? We know the money is there, so why are these coaches choosing to go elsewhere over UT? I know this is going to infuriate the "nobody knows anything" nazis, but I say if the UT admin doesn't want speculation, they can leak some information, handle this in a timely manner, or deal with it. I was never on board with the Tyson Helton hire, but I still don't think he was anywhere near as bad as he appeared here. First time head coaches sometimes have trouble giving up control on the side of the ball that they aren't as familiar with. Dabo struggled with it when he first became a HC. What say you? Is that the case here? Is there another reason coaches are opting for other programs?
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I think it's safe to assume that potential OCs don't like that Pruitt is making all the coaches share a single office for team unity, and that he insists on dictating gameday footwear for all staff. Nobody likes to be told that kind of thing. And it's clear that they're not happy with the heavily regulated meal seating arrangements that are organized on a merit basis. No self-respecting coach will walk into a situation like that.
 
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I'm really hoping this isn't the case. I made a thread thinking it may be Streeter from Clemson. But if these potential OCs are contacting Helton asking about this possibility, we could have a problem.
 
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He had once said in the 1st half of the season he was trying to get involved with the offense more. It seemed he was saying he was focusing too much on the D and was going to try being more of a HC where he manages all more equally. I have a hard time thinking he was holding too much control before or all of a sudden decided to take so much control he's running OC candidates off.
 
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Any assertions made are based on educated speculation at best. In other words, you don’t know, I don’t know, Austen Price doesn’t know, Jimmy Hyams doesn’t know, Jayson Swain doesn’t know, Tony Basilio doesn’t know, Doug Matthews doesn’t know, NOBODY but Pruitt and Fulmer know what the heck is going on with this escapade. You can hypothesize all you want, it is what it is. It looks bad. But is it, who the heck the knows?
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