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Title: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: Tnphil on December 13, 2017, 06:07:22 EST
That's huge :thumbup:

LSU didn't want to lose him.


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: Black Diamond Vol on December 13, 2017, 07:34:58 EST
Awesome.  I hope he's doing...uh, whatever it is he does with Cade Mays right now. :biggrin: :powert:


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: VinnieVOL on December 13, 2017, 09:07:33 EST
Some light reading for anyone wanting to know more about why this is a big deal:

https://247sports.com/college/lsu/Article/LSUs-31-year-old-GM-Austin-Thomas-is-changing-the-game-52160550
 (https://247sports.com/college/lsu/Article/LSUs-31-year-old-GM-Austin-Thomas-is-changing-the-game-52160550)


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: volsboy on December 16, 2017, 04:55:54 EST
https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/Bolt/Arizona-State-athletic-director-blasts-Phillip-Fulmer-112297265?utm_source=247Sports%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=171215_141041_Tennessee%20Volunteers&utm_content=Image&liveconnect= (https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/Bolt/Arizona-State-athletic-director-blasts-Phillip-Fulmer-112297265?utm_source=247Sports%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=171215_141041_Tennessee%20Volunteers&utm_content=Image&liveconnect=)


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: BanditVol on December 16, 2017, 08:25:57 EST
https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/Bolt/Arizona-State-athletic-director-blasts-Phillip-Fulmer-112297265?utm_source=247Sports%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=171215_141041_Tennessee%20Volunteers&utm_content=Image&liveconnect= (https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/Bolt/Arizona-State-athletic-director-blasts-Phillip-Fulmer-112297265?utm_source=247Sports%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=171215_141041_Tennessee%20Volunteers&utm_content=Image&liveconnect=)

WTF does that have to do with Austin Thomas?   :frown:

And the ASU AD can kiss my big orange arse. 

Let's see how the Herm Edwards experiment works out there.   :dielaughing:


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: BanditVol on December 16, 2017, 08:28:36 EST
https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/Bolt/Arizona-State-athletic-director-blasts-Phillip-Fulmer-112297265?utm_source=247Sports%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=171215_141041_Tennessee%20Volunteers&utm_content=Image&liveconnect= (https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/Bolt/Arizona-State-athletic-director-blasts-Phillip-Fulmer-112297265?utm_source=247Sports%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=171215_141041_Tennessee%20Volunteers&utm_content=Image&liveconnect=)

ASU AD desperate to deflect attention from his own chaos

https://nypost.com/2017/12/15/arizona-states-weird-herm-edwards-deal-is-already-a-mess/

I'll take Tennessee's situation over ASUs any day.   :nod:



Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: volsboy on December 16, 2017, 11:18:08 EST
Just pointing out the reasons a lot of folks do not want Fulmer no where close to Tennessee athletics at all.  I personally would just as soon have him as anyone else as AD. For now.


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: BanditVol on December 16, 2017, 11:38:43 EST
Just pointing out the reasons a lot of folks do not want Fulmer no where close to Tennessee athletics at all.  I personally would just as soon have him as anyone else as AD. For now.

Well keep planting those seeds of doubt.

What is Saban going to do when his transgendered QB loses to Dabo twice in a row? Will the locker room explode? Will dissaffected players finally start spilling the beans on all the epic next level cheating?  :naughty:  :naughty: :naughty:


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: JeffCountyVolFan on December 17, 2017, 03:40:25 EST
Austin Price posted that the VQ mods are hearing that there may be a snag with the Austin Thomas deal. They are presently trying to determine if he has a signed MOU at this point in time (Saturday evening).


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: Tnphil on December 17, 2017, 03:58:31 EST
Austin Price posted that the VQ mods are hearing that there may be a snag with the Austin Thomas deal. They are presently trying to determine if he has a signed MOU at this point in time (Saturday evening).

Seen this on 3 different boards but nobody knows what the issue is. Makes no sense that he's left LSU and now there is some kind of issue here. Can UT ever do anything right? Maybe it's BS.


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: JeffCountyVolFan on December 17, 2017, 04:17:44 EST
Hubbs just posted (10:10 PM) that AT has NOT signed his MOU yet and that there is some concern that there are issues. Hubbs also reports that he will not be introduced with the other staff during the UK game tomorrow. 


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: LouisVOL on December 18, 2017, 06:18:36 EST
Apparently he wanted the title “Austin of the House Thomas, the First of His Name, The Unburnt, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, King of Meereen, Khal of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Father of Dragons”.

From A to Z Sports:  "Tennessee wanted Thomas to have a typical Director of Player Personnel role. It seems Thomas wanted to run the football program much like an NFL GM, getting autonomy in areas that Phil Fulmer and Jeremy Pruitt weren’t comfortable with giving up. Those areas could include staff hires and staff management, along with all player personnel responsibilities."


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: BanditVol on December 18, 2017, 10:36:54 EST
Apparently he wanted the title “Austin of the House Thomas, the First of His Name, The Unburnt, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, King of Meereen, Khal of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Father of Dragons”.

From A to Z Sports:  "Tennessee wanted Thomas to have a typical Director of Player Personnel role. It seems Thomas wanted to run the football program much like an NFL GM, getting autonomy in areas that Phil Fulmer and Jeremy Pruitt weren’t comfortable with giving up. Those areas could include staff hires and staff management, along with all player personnel responsibilities."

 :dielaughing:


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: VinnieVOL on December 19, 2017, 06:02:37 EST

From A to Z Sports:  "Tennessee wanted Thomas to have a typical Director of Player Personnel role. It seems Thomas wanted to run the football program much like an NFL GM, getting autonomy in areas that Phil Fulmer and Jeremy Pruitt weren’t comfortable with giving up. Those areas could include staff hires and staff management, along with all player personnel responsibilities."

Yeah, honestly I don't blame Pruitt for not wanting to hand over everything like that to Thomas when this is his first HC gig.


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: FLVOL on December 19, 2017, 09:19:12 EST
Yeah, honestly I don't blame Pruitt for not wanting to hand over everything like that to Thomas when this is his first HC gig.

Indeed, I wouldn't want it either if were him. I don't like the feel of it regardless, I hope that UT stays away from something like that


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: HerbTarlekVol on December 19, 2017, 10:54:33 EST
From what I am hearing, Thomas wanted way more control than he realistically should have been expected to have.  Jeremy Pruitt is the head coach.  Thomas wanted to make decisions that Pruitt needs to be making. 


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: murfvol on December 20, 2017, 12:58:38 EST
If true, that is insane.


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: Black Diamond Vol on December 20, 2017, 01:19:07 EST
From what I am hearing, Thomas wanted way more control than he realistically should have been expected to have.  Jeremy Pruitt is the head coach.  Thomas wanted to make decisions that Pruitt needs to be making. 

I don't see what the big deal is.  The last time we turned the entire football program over to a guy in his early thirties, it worked out splendidly.  :hurl:

(http://sportsradioknoxville.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/kiffin2.jpeg)


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: HerbTarlekVol on December 20, 2017, 04:27:58 EST
If true, that is insane.

Again, from what I have been hearing, Pruitt was never really on board with Thomas.  Thomas was basically pushed on Pruitt by Fulmer, and Pruitt wasn't receptive to what he was being asked to allow Thomas to do. 


Title: Re: Per reports Austin Thomas is onboard.
Post by: VinnieVOL on December 20, 2017, 04:48:47 EST
Again, from what I have been hearing, Pruitt was never really on board with Thomas.  Thomas was basically pushed on Pruitt by Fulmer, and Pruitt wasn't receptive to what he was being asked to allow Thomas to do. 

Perhaps this is a good sign that Pruitt has the authority and control of the football program that we would want him to have, rather than the AD and boosters forcing things on him?  Just looking for a silver lining...