And considering that Fulmer will not admit a mistake, along with the pricetag, we are stuck with Randy Sanders...errrr...I mean Pruitt for a couple more years. I am not a fan of the guy. Again we sit here staring at less than mediocrity...I am beginning to wonder if we will ever return to being a top 10-15 program. Oh well.....I give up. I'll watch...but I doubt I will ever be able to drink the koolaid again.
Hate to say it, but I'm with you on that. I was a so-called "negavol" definitely in the Majors day (no one screamed louder for him to be gone than me), and as long-time posters probably remember, I was about the most negative Vol on the internet towards Sanders, but after Fulmer fired I switched sides. The reason being, is I thought fans had unrealistic expectations of Fulmer vs a "fill in the blank" Fulmer replacement in 2008. I suspected that no matter how much Fulmer had slipped, and he unquestionably had by a considerable amount, likely we would still be worse off without him. Unfortunately I was right. So ever since Year 2 of Dooley I've pushed back against what I perceived to be undeserved criticism of the Vol program. By which I mean idjuts that are ready to fire a new coach after two games. I believe a coach should get 2-3 years to show what they can do. Thus this latest drop or fall or whatever you call it by Pruitt is very disappointing, because it had looked as if he had turned things around and was on the right track.
It's been long enough since Fulmer was removed (though ironically he is back as AD!) now that it's pretty much irrelevant now, so I may revert back to my pre-2010 behavior.
One thing is for sure, if Pruitt is 2-8 this season he will be under tremendous pressure next year and likely won't survive (or he may somehow make it into 2023, but that's it). Even if he's 3-7, which currently seems very likely, he's going to be on the hot seat. If on the other hand we somehow pull out another win or three anything can happen.
But Pruitt has had enough time. It's time to stop having this team embarrass itself in the 3rd quarter, that's just been ridiculous.