Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[mr.checkerboards]

One followed Tee here but again, why should a coach be handcuffed on who he can hire?

Where did I say that? I think Tee is being a child

 

[LotteryPick]

Not a good look. These players don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Maybe Tee doesn't even want to be here?

 

[RiotVol]

Try again

They are about to learn what leverage looks like, and who actually has it.

Spoiler alert: It's not a player tweeting about keeping a coach who didn't sign a contract with an AD who was forced to retire because members of the same staff got fired for cause.

Unless Heupel thinks Tee can help him win ball games, then you don't force an assistant on a HC.

Our g@#$damned Knoxville media have nothing else better to do than try to stir up some s@#$ and get a HC cancelled for an assistant coach who reportedly didn't go to staff meetings for half the season.

 

[T Dog]

We're going to keep him and vastly overpay as well

I seriously doubt it

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Try again

If these kids want to take on a leadership role on this team you sack up and go talk to your coach face to face, and if you can’t do that get on the phone and talk to him. Don’t put this crap on social media and start playing the victim.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Just give Tee the OC title...not gonna call plays anyway

No. He needs to leave. Toxic.

 

[Batman1948]

Because she brought about the NCAA and made things a lot worse than they have to be to save a buyout. She should have fired Pruitt in November, paid the buyout, and kept the NCAA away. This would have probably brought us James Franklin (I know mixed reviews) or Tony Elliott. But this job was viewed less desirable because of the looming sanctions that could have been avoided. Plus letting Fulmer bring in his boy Steele for another hefty buyout that was not needed was stupid. I know I am speaking for LA and this is my opinion. But he has mentioned this numerous times.

Have you seen the allegations? Some of them are pretty damming and once they landed on her desk, she couldn't cover them up or she would have been in the same boat. Want to blame someone---blame the person who brought it to her attention. It's pretty common knowledge who the person is but that person is walking around like nothing happened.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Where did I say that? I think Tee is being a child

I'm not saying you said that lol sorry got in a hurry typing.

Tee is for sure stirring the pot and needs to go

 

[InVOLuntary]

Hubbs is on VQ saying this will get ugly. Why? Tee is unemployed. He has no contract with the university. Why does this have to be ugly? Just go get another job. What is the deal?

Maybe he can't get a job. Other coaches know more than we do about the pay for play scandal. Maybe T is caught up in it somehow? IDK

 

[LA Vol]

UT will end up paying $6MM+ in buyouts to hire UCF personnel. Just buy out the contracts of Pruitt staffers, come to terms with Tee, get signed NDAs and let the new guys have a clean slate. Cost of doing business.

Otherwise, UT is going to be dealing with bad publicity, negativity, threats of litigation and settlements for months to come. Get a fresh start, move on and try to generate some positivity around the program.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Maybe he can't get a job. Other coaches know more than we do about the pay for play scandal. Maybe T is caught up in it somehow? IDK

Then go to the NFL like Pruitt did. Or I’m sure Bama could use another analyst in their rehab program

 

[BloodShovel]

Hubbs is on VQ saying this will get ugly. Why? Tee is unemployed. He has no contract with the university. Why does this have to be ugly? Just go get another job. What is the deal?

There's no room for division with this new staff. If your going to behave like that you can GIT legacy player or not.

Try again

What some players might not understand is CJH will probably bring in a guy that will actually work and teach them to be the best players they can be in his system which is better for their future here. If they don't like it they can GIT too.

 

[I4Jay]

Because he stomps around entitled because he was the QB of that 98 team that no one cares about in the current world of college football.

Not to mention I doubt he gets another job

The only person he should be mad at is himself.
He should have never taken the WR Coach position.
Once he had CO-OC at USC accepting anything less than that was a step backwards, even from his alma mater.

 

[volatil]

Can’t blame fans for this one. We didn’t Schianomo this thing. Players and VFLs are.

 

[Batman1948]

already over $9000.

Over $18,000 keep it going Volnation.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

There's no room for division with this new staff. If your going to behave like that you can GIT legacy player or not.

What some players might not understand is CJH will probably bring in a guy that will actually work and teach them to be the best players than can be in his system which is better for their future here. If they don't like it they can GIT too.

Heupel needs to have a coach that knows his system and can coach within it. Tee isn’t it. He needs someone familiar with his scheme that he trusts

 

[T Dog]

Admittedly this is an outsider's perspective, but it looks to me like this "movement", for lack of a better term, isn't so much about Tee being on Heupel's coaching staff. The players, both former and current, are upset because they like Tee, and Tee turned down other opportunities to stay in Knoxville due to a promise by the former AD. Now Tee is left holding the bag with Fulmer and Pruitt on the way out and he feels like he deserves a better shake from his university.

Also I've seen some players mention they don't see enough diversity in the administration at UT and they want to change that.

Then they need to go play for deon Sanders.

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

Imagine being fired by your former head coach with whom you won a national championship. That happened to Heupel. Tee just needs to keep grinding somewhere else.

 

[Ron Swanson]

UT will end up paying $6MM+ in buyouts to hire UCF personnel. Just buy out the contracts of Pruitt staffers, come to terms with Tee, get signed NDAs and let the new guys have a clean slate. Cost of doing business.

Otherwise, UT is going to be dealing with bad publicity, negativity, threats of litigation and settlements for months to come. Get a fresh start, move on and try to generate some positivity around the program.

You really think that matters to our admin? After all, these are the same people that decided to start an internal investigation, dig up the bodies, and get the program in a bunch of NCAA trouble to try and avoid a $12mil buyout.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

What a damn soap opera.

 

[Ron Swanson]

What a damn soap opera.

I’m so over it.

 

[ugg]

Made the list

 

[InVOLuntary]

Then go to the NFL like Pruitt did. Or I’m sure Bama could use another analyst in their rehab program

I think T is going to have to take a step back from a money perspective.

 

[VOLuptuousBOOMS]

Cimaglia gone...

 

[vol9799]

Not disputing you at all, but I don't remember any drama as a player. Seems like we would have seen glimpse of this. He sat behind Peyton, kept his head down and really was a great teammate right?

Actually drama started with Tee the week before the 'Bama game in '99. Dickey followed up on an improper benefits accusation and Tee got torqued over it. Came up again between them when Dickey kept him off the sideline as a grad a year or two later. I don't think Tee has ever been upset about anything that wouldn't upset any of us, but the things he has issues with always seem to become public. Not the right avenue to air your grievances if you ask me...