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Johnny Majors' Ghost said:
Will get the same results then too. The definite upgrade that will say yes this year or next won't be considered.
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LA has addressed the Freeze stuff. If you have a significant portion of decision makers that are a against Freeze, it will be too decisive and cause more problems than it fixes. We won't and shouldn't be hiring a new coach for the simple reason to get rid of Pruitt. We need an upgrade. If we can't secure and top tier coach we won't do it.

I keep hearing about kicking the can down the road. It's my contention that if you hire a lower tier coach, you are usually kicking it 3-4 years down the road. We've been kicking the can down the road for the last 10 years.

I asked the question a few weeks ago, would you be willing to wait one more year if it meant hiring a better coach? That as opposed to a more risky hire this year. Before you say there are many hires that would be an improvement, and I can somewhat agree with that but are they the coach to be here for a while and resurrect the program? Also, we're not privy to what kind of feedback we may be getting from prospective coaches.

I said earlier, if the recruiting imploded, there would be no reason to keep him. Well recruiting didn't implode.

I don't think anything has been decided. I think the powers in charge are still gathering all that data. They are working on their timelines not ours. We want resolution now, but that isn't happening. The holidays, Covid, Pruitt's grandfather, all are factoring into the time table.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
Mullen did turn us down. We offered about 7m and he waited because he thought Florida was going to open up and it did. This is from Deerpark who states he actually signed for less at Florida than what we offered. I call that turning us down.
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Deer Park? Lol. Ok! And he was always going to Florida as I said. He preferred them as he was familiar with them. I already stated this. And we did not offer $7 million. LMAO!
 
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JAllen18 said:
Heres the problem that we're having. Fulmer does not want to make a coaching change. He's dead set on bringing back Pruitt next year. Several boosters are willing to pay up for a new coach, and Fulmer is the lone voice in the room trying to convince them to wait on Pruitt. We have been inquiring and reaching out quietly to see which coaches would be interested, that's why I said get the flight trackers ready because Its interesting to see who they talk to. Auburn struggling to find a coach helps Fulmer's cause as well.

Another interesting move is if Boyd decides to make move without Fulmer. Pruitt losing half his staff certainly doesn't bode well for him and I think Fulmer knows that. Gonna be an interesting couple of weeks.
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Then remove the lone voice in the room. Of course, Fulmer is trying to bring him back...he hired him.
 
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allstar34bd said:
Do you guy's think Harrison Bailey could be our QB of the future if we get a decent coaching staff or are we depending on Salter to come in and immediately compete for a starting job?
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It all starts with the QB coach so I'm gonna say no right now.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
LA has addressed the Freeze stuff. If you have a significant portion of decision makers that are a against Freeze, it will be too decisive and cause more problems than it fixes. We won't and shouldn't be hiring a new coach for the simple reason to get rid of Pruitt. We need an upgrade. If we can't secure and top tier coach we won't do it.

I keep hearing about kicking the can down the road. It's my contention that if you hire a lower tier coach, you are usually kicking it 3-4 years down the road. We've been kicking the can down the road for the last 10 years.

I asked the question a few weeks ago, would you be willing to wait one more year if it meant hiring a better coach? That as opposed to a more risky hire this year. Before you say there are many hires that would be an improvement, and I can somewhat agree with that but are they the coach to be here for a while and resurrect the program? Also, we're not privy to what kind of feedback we may be getting from prospective coaches.

I said earlier, if the recruiting imploded, there would be no reason to keep him. Well recruiting didn't implode.

I don't think anything has been decided. I think the powers in charge are still gathering all that data. They are working on their timelines not ours. We want resolution now, but that isn't happening. The holidays, Covid, Pruitt's grandfather, all are factoring into the time table.
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If you consider losing Mims, TID, Lewis, Mondon, Malone, and others as not imploding then ok. This class is average as hell and the 2022 is the best in UT history. We won’t sign many if we suck again. So it will set us back even further. There is no excuse not to fire him. We can get Napier or Chadwell tomorrow and both are good coaches.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
LA has addressed the Freeze stuff. If you have a significant portion of decision makers that are a against Freeze, it will be too decisive and cause more problems than it fixes. We won't and shouldn't be hiring a new coach for the simple reason to get rid of Pruitt. We need an upgrade. If we can't secure and top tier coach we won't do it.

I keep hearing about kicking the can down the road. It's my contention that if you hire a lower tier coach, you are usually kicking it 3-4 years down the road. We've been kicking the can down the road for the last 10 years.

I asked the question a few weeks ago, would you be willing to wait one more year if it meant hiring a better coach? That as opposed to a more risky hire this year. Before you say there are many hires that would be an improvement, and I can somewhat agree with that but are they the coach to be here for a while and resurrect the program? Also, we're not privy to what kind of feedback we may be getting from prospective coaches.

I said earlier, if the recruiting imploded, there would be no reason to keep him. Well recruiting didn't implode.

I don't think anything has been decided. I think the powers in charge are still gathering all that data. They are working on their timelines not ours. We want resolution now, but that isn't happening. The holidays, Covid, Pruitt's grandfather, all are factoring into the time table.
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many would say we should have just hired Kippy Brown as an interim back in 2009 vs. reacting and going thru the search that led us to Dooley. maybe we learned, finally?

i agree with your post.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
Long term no that’s pretty clear.
But what’s the difference if they’re hell bent on keeping Pruitt in the end it will cost anyway.

there is absolutely no sense in keeping Pruitt
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I agree on firing Pruitt, but I don't see any sense in firing him to hire Gus either..Gus will not do any better. He sucks now at the one thing he was supposed to be good at. He would have been fired a while ago if it was not for Kevin Steele.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
If you consider losing Mims, TID, Lewis, Mondon, Malone, and others as not imploding then ok. This class is average as hell and the 2022 is the best in UT history. We won’t sign many if we suck again. So it will set us back even further. There is no excuse not to fire him. We can get Napier or Chadwell tomorrow and both are good coaches.
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maybe we can't.............
 
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InVOLuntary said:
LA has addressed the Freeze stuff. If you have a significant portion of decision makers that are a against Freeze, it will be too decisive and cause more problems than it fixes. We won't and shouldn't be hiring a new coach for the simple reason to get rid of Pruitt. We need an upgrade. If we can't secure and top tier coach we won't do it.

I keep hearing about kicking the can down the road. It's my contention that if you hire a lower tier coach, you are usually kicking it 3-4 years down the road. We've been kicking the can down the road for the last 10 years.

I asked the question a few weeks ago, would you be willing to wait one more year if it meant hiring a better coach? That as opposed to a more risky hire this year. Before you say there are many hires that would be an improvement, and I can somewhat agree with that but are they the coach to be here for a while and resurrect the program? Also, we're not privy to what kind of feedback we may be getting from prospective coaches.

I said earlier, if the recruiting imploded, there would be no reason to keep him. Well recruiting didn't implode.

I don't think anything has been decided. I think the powers in charge are still gathering all that data. They are working on their timelines not ours. We want resolution now, but that isn't happening. The holidays, Covid, Pruitt's grandfather, all are factoring into the time table.
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I'm willing to bet the decision to fire Pruitt has already been made. It's a matter of when, and that could be in the middle or at the end of next year. Obviously you can't say that publicly. Boosters/AD etc... probably have a small list of home run, can't miss hires they will throw the bank at once they are available and willing to come. If Pruitt isn't fired in the next few weeks I would expect a splash hire to be the next HC at UT.

If Pruitt is fired in the next couple of weeks it better be Campbell, Freeze, or Kiffin. I doubt any of those will happen, so I expect Pruitt to be here to at least start the 2021 season.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
Well here I liked and agreed with your post and uou respond like this. SMDH.
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I really wasn't meaning to be snarky...sorry if it came off that way. I am just saying there is an abundance of anti-Gus Auburn info out there, they have despised him for a long time now and the reasons are valid.
 
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