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Has Fulmer finally worn out his welcome?

Posted by mdr on September 22nd, 2008 under Football

The fat man fell to Florida once again on Saturday and the Volunteer faithful are not happy. After last year’s blowout in Gainesville, the Vols had a lot to prove on Saturday in Knoxville. What they proved is that the Tennessee Volunteers are a program in decline.

Everyone pile on…..now!

We begin with Gary Parrish of CBS

Now to Andy Staples of SI

Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sun-Sentinel has seen a few Florida – Tennessee games in his day

Even Dick Weiss from the big apple has an opinion on the great pumpkin’s job status.

Not looking good for the bald, bloated, beleaguered dean of SEC coaches.

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How’s it going, coach? Not too good?

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  1. HenryJames said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    He’s done.

  2. Mister Mike said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Anyone know how much it’s going to cost em to buy out his contract?

  3. BRAGGonUT said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    From Bruce Feldman’s blog:

    Tennessee was awful. I can’t believe that after the way UF’s players called the Vols out for quitting in last year’s game and that was how they responded. I’ve never seen Phil Fulmer look so frazzled.

  4. BRAGGonUT said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    And the inevitible online petition:

    http://www.petitiononline.com/UTcoach/petition.html

  5. Bartoncreek said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    He can’t win a damn thing without Cutcliffe.

  6. srr50 said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    Hell, he was done after UCLA.

  7. Bob in Houston said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    He didn’t lose 66-3, 65-13 or 63-14. We know from experience that some of those routs don’t get you fired.

  8. Tim Nunez said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    O rly?

  9. TaylorTRoom said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    Bob, 66-3 got Mackovic fired.

  10. flamingmonkeyass said:

    September 22nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    And Carl Reese “retired”.

  11. steven said:

    September 23rd, 2008 at 7:25 am

    Could be the reason for Tennessee decline has to do with demographics and its geographic location. It is a school that is the most northernly located in the SEC, I believe, or at least, it’s very close. Most of talent in the SEC seems to reside in Southern portion of the SEC, along the coastline from Florida to Louisiana. And with strong schools and coaches in the south, it may just be that Tennessee is unable to get the same level of recruits that it once did. Whenever you see a school decline like Tennessee has, it ultimately comes down to poor recruting. Afterall, recruting is the name of the game in college football. It would appear that all the street agents that proliferate in the SEC have just gone and dumped Fulmer for some of the other Southern schools. Maybe it’s just that Tennessee’s pay scale hasn’t kept pace with the other schools in the SEC, or, maybe, Tennessee’s decline has to do with Fulmer being punished for ratting out Alabama in their cheating scandal. Afterall, squealing is a big no no and has no place in the rat infested league known as the SEC. Yep, more likely than not, all this probably has to do with that. Fulmer is just getting his comeuppance for being a rat fink. Just goes to show you, there is justice in this world, if you did not happen to know this already.

  12. steven said:

    September 23rd, 2008 at 7:51 am

    Oh, and for anyone who just happens to think that Fulmer’s decline has to do with his sudden loss of coaching acumen, all I have to say is Les Miles. The man who is living proof that the words “Less is more” is more than just phrase. Les is sort of an example of how little intelligence or actual coaching ability matters on the college level. And for all those who are on the Saban’s jockstrap, if you haven’t noticed, LSU hasn’t skipped a beat since he left and was replaced with that moron, Miles. Just goes to show you exactly how important Saban really was to that program. If anything, LSU has gotten better since he left, not worse. LSU has a machine running in Louisiana right now and it wouldn’t matter if they plugged in Bulwinkle as head coach (they sort of already have), they would still win with the kind of talent they have on hand right now. And all that with a man such as Les at the helm who would probably give VY a run for his money on the Wunderlic test. He is a perfect fit for the LSU program. You know what they say, “Birds of feather flock together”.

  13. WhoooTex said:

    September 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am

    “it wouldn’t matter if they plugged in Bulwinkle as head coach”

    Kids do not want to play for Bullwinkle. He would be a horrible recruiter and no one would take him seriously.

  14. Stuck in Mn said:

    September 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    I think Tennessee has experienced a shortage of slutty girls, and everyone knows no slutty girls means no good football players.

  15. steven said:

    September 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    Yep, Stuck, I admire a man of brevity, although I often am unable to imitate one, much to my dismay. I think that you have pretty much summed up my posts in just one sentence. And I am glad now that it seems as if everyone is on board and have come to an agreement and recognized the basic fact that football=sluts. I just wanted to do a public service and clear up any confusion with regard to this matter. I feel relieved that we now all agree and recognize that football and sluts go together like dogs and fire hydrants.

  16. Albert Means said:

    September 24th, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Fulmer killed his recruiting success when he went state’s evidence on me, Momma and ‘Bama. Now, everyone in the SEC except him can cheat…and does so with regularity. That makes a big difference in recruiting down there.

  17. mdr said:

    September 24th, 2008 at 11:13 am

    I know that the post above mine is bullshit. Albert Means could never spell the word “regularity”.

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