Vols Finally Made a Bowl....extend Pruitt to 2025

[GatorJB]

I think this trend of extending coaches and giving them huge buyout power has to end.

Yes. But not at Tennessee. This is the exact reason why it took them several years to pay Fulmer millions after he got canned. I guess he wants to take care of his own.

 

[soflagator]

I think this move shows that Fulmer and company have ultimately conceded and will not even be judging things for the foreseeable future. They don't want a repeat of 2017, so they'll roll the dice with Pruitt and take whatever comes. It should be mentioned that at this point last year, they were sitting at 1-3, with losses to Georgia State, BYU and of course, UF by 31 points. The idea that 12 months later, you get an extension and increased buyout is insane.

 

[Theologator]

I think this move shows that Fulmer and company have ultimately conceded and will not even be judging things for the foreseeable future. They don't want a repeat of 2017, so they'll roll the dice with Pruitt and take whatever comes. It should be mentioned that at this point last year, they were sitting at 1-3, with losses to Georgia State, BYU and of course, UF by 31 points. The idea that 12 months later, you get an extension and increased buyout is insane.

Ahhh...but you forget how Ut football is meant to work! If things go well against Vandy, who they hadn’t beaten in 3 years before 2019, they look great November - August. That’s 10 months to build hope among the toothless masses.

I call it the Alvin Principle.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Ahhh...but you forget how Ut football is meant to work! If things go well against Vandy, who they hadn’t beaten in 3 years before 2019, they look great November - August.

they play us in November, in the snow.

edit: in December.

 

[soflagator]

Ahhh...but you forget how Ut football is meant to work! If things go well against Vandy, who they hadn’t beaten in 3 years before 2019, they look great November - August. That’s 10 months to build hope among the toothless masses.

I call it the Alvin Principle.

True. And remember their "run" last year began with finally getting a win over WM and the gamecocks. It gave them just enough momentum to beat Mizzou, Uk, UAB and Vu and make a bowl. If they'd lost to Usce, I wonder if their streak and this extension would've even happened. The vols already hate Muschamp. How great would it be if after all those losses they endured at his hands, it's the one win over him they'd been dying for that essentially becomes the reason they're stuck with Pruitt far longer than they'd prefer.

Now that's an SEC story.