January 25, 2021 · 2:56 PM

And… a pony

I have no clue how accurate any of this is.

But the leap from #1 to #6, especially considering the steps in between, is quintessential Vol.  Hilarious, in other words.

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75 responses to “And… a pony”

  1. Ran A
    January 25, 2021 at 3:00 PM

    They got the right AD – but sometimes your ego writes checks that your intelligence can’t cash; even if you’re pretty darn smart. They may be what White is facing in Knoxville.

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  2. spur21
    January 25, 2021 at 3:03 PM

    50 – yikes that represents two recruiting cycles or worse. I will never believe Fat Phil wasn’t part of it or at the very least aware.

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    • Corch Irvin Meyers, Former Jags Corch (2024)
      January 25, 2021 at 3:10 PM

      Of course he fucking knew.

      It’s why he was made to “retire.”

      The hilarious part is, he did this to himself, literally.

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    • chicagodawgfan
      January 25, 2021 at 3:12 PM

      If these were criminal offenses, the Vols would have first place on the Fulmer Cup locked up for the next 5 years.

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    • Godawg
      January 25, 2021 at 3:31 PM

      Of course he knew. Who do you think ate all the burgers so they could have enough bags?

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      • Down Island Way
        January 25, 2021 at 3:57 PM

        Sorry, it wasn’t phil, he’s a dough-nut-hole kinda’ guy, but he did stick himself, his expectations for the in house investigation were to low, when it all mushroomed, the sideline gig went to the shitter…cause that was the only hc job he was/is EVER gonna’ get….

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  3. MGW
    January 25, 2021 at 3:06 PM

    Been saying it all along. They never, ever should have swung for the fences. From the get go, they should have set their sights on a rock solid G5 coach who knows how to win games, but who isn’t “the next big thing” expecting a call when the next elite job comes open.

    But hey, at least the world knows which UT booster “who don’t settle for nothin but the best” is in charge of things. “And you tell him we better have a new awesome coach by…. uh…. THURSDAY!”

    Morons.

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    • Senator Blutarsky
      January 25, 2021 at 3:08 PM

      Speaking of rock solid G5 coaches, I could be wrong, but I really, really hope White doesn’t hire Lance Leipold a second time.

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      • MGW
        January 25, 2021 at 3:18 PM

        Same here. But now they’ve objectively proven the dumpster still burns. I wouldn’t take the UT job if I were Liepold at this point. Not without a lot of guaranteed cash I wouldn’t have demanded a week ago.

        They should have set their sights at an appropriate level from the start, and gone and hired their guy.

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        • Previously Paul
          January 25, 2021 at 3:39 PM

          If I were offered the job, I think the main thing I’d be demanding is a guarantee nothing transpires like what happened out in Texas. If you want me taking this job I have to be able to make my hires without outside interference. A they have to be MY hires.

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      • Down Island Way
        January 25, 2021 at 3:57 PM

        If white reads GTP….

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      • chuckdawg
        January 25, 2021 at 4:33 PM

        Not worried. They are not going to be meaningful for 5 years. FSU has 10% of their problems, in a better location, with better environment, and Jimbob left them a whole they still cant dig out of. UT is about to go to 55 scholies for 2 years. No bowls.

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    • MGW
      January 25, 2021 at 3:14 PM

      At this point UT is basically Cousin Eddy “holding out for a management position.”

      Or maybe they’re that poor girl who’s about a 7 but thinks she’s a 10 and that’s the kinda guy she won’t settle for anything less than. Pushing 40 but still single. Meanwhile she’s got “needs” she’s filling with whatever guy still hasn’t left the bar with anyone else by 2am every Saturday night. There are plenty of guys who’d have taken a 7, but what respectable fella’s going to touch that train wreck now?

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    • CB
      January 26, 2021 at 9:44 AM

      You basically just described Butch Jones pre Tennessee.

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  4. Derek
    January 25, 2021 at 3:09 PM

    Thought 1:

    Who wants the money more than they want to win?

    Is there a legit UT alum in coaching somewhere?

    I would imagine that Georgia would have quite a number of guys to pick from if we ended up in this mess.

    Thought 2:

    If Jeremy establishes that Fulmer was in on all the cheating and taught him how to cheat from his days as hc, that means there is a God right? Just want to make sure I have that math down correct.

    The best would be:

    Phat Phil: if we get caught we just work it off by ratting on our competition like I did with Means and Alabama.

    On tape….

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  5. Corch Irvin Meyers, Former Jags Corch (2024)
    January 25, 2021 at 3:09 PM

    Who knew dehydrated-piss-yellow-orange Schadenfreude would be so amazingly delicious as it has turned out to be???

    These stupid Vawls thinking they’d go out and be able to hire a “big name” to be their head coach after everything they did to Pruitt and the NCAA probation that’s on its way which will make it impossible to win on Rocky Flop for years.

    I guess “delusional” really is spelled H-I-L-L-B-I-L-L-Y! 😂🤣😂

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    • MGW
      January 25, 2021 at 4:32 PM

      The funniest thing to me is that they were already in a perfect position to go hire a great coach for the right price after Butch Jones, but they completely screwed it up in every way, including firing him when like 10 superior programs were already in the market. After this next coach inevitably fails they’ll be lucky to get anyone as good as Butch Jones to right the ship so they can then, after they fire that guy, finally go after a decent coach again….. if they have their act together at that point. They won’t.

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  6. Texas Dawg
    January 25, 2021 at 3:24 PM

    Until there is some clarity to what the situation up in Hillbilly land really is, it is going to be hard to get any coach. A name coach is not going to step into an unknown mess. An up and coming young coach is not going to want to possibly blow his one bite at the apple on a pretty much no win situation. This will have to be someone who just desperately needs a job (Gus) or who out of loyalty to UT (??) or White (ex. Heupel) takes the job. At present, it has to be one of the most UNAPPEALING college football jobs out there. Once they get the ship righted (if they can), it still ain’t going to be that great.

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    • eethomaswfnc
      January 25, 2021 at 5:28 PM

      Gus’s money from the buyout doesn’t make him that desperate for a job. He could stand back and watch Greater Opelika burn after this recruiting class if he would like.

      I would be very surprised if a top Gof5 coach would even take the call from Knoxville right now because he doesn’t want to deal with the sanctions and no way do you want to screw up your big chance by walking into a terrible situation.

      They are going to have to go the coordinator route again because ANY head coach is going to ask for a long-term deal with a big buyout. Think something like Jeoff’s deal at Fech.

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      • Texas Dawg
        January 25, 2021 at 6:02 PM

        I forgot about Gus’ buyout money, but you get my point. For a “name” coach to come in, they will have to be desperate for any shot.

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        • eethomaswfnc
          January 25, 2021 at 6:41 PM

          I guess my comment really means Gus can wait for a job that doesn’t have a ton of baggage associated with it. He even has the ability to sit out 2021 for the right job. I could see him going somewhere like NC State or Virginia Tech if one of those schools blows out a coach. If Stoops got the right B1G job, he could end up at UK.

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  7. KingMackeral
    January 25, 2021 at 3:25 PM

    Question: Who is Kevin White? Is that a name I do not recall or a typo for Danny White?

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  8. Doug Gillett
    January 25, 2021 at 4:07 PM

    The obvious answer is sitting right there, but nobody has the balls to say it, so I guess I’m gonna have to.

    It’s time to bring Kevin Ramsey home, Vols.

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    • Greg
      January 25, 2021 at 6:35 PM

      “Cool Breeze”!!…..haven’t heard his name in a while.

      From UT’s secondary coach to DC at UGA…..horrible hire. Donnan should have stuck with Kines at DC. I Kines got moved him to Assistant HC (or maybe co-DC) to make room for Cool Breeze.

      Always wondered if Ramsey really took a swing at Donnan at the Outback Bowl at halftime.

      “Swamp Fox” took the reins back & saved us.

      In honor of Kines:

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  9. biggusrickus
    January 25, 2021 at 4:12 PM

    Unless Steele is among the violators, I don’t know why they don’t just ride the storm out with him and hire someone else in a couple of years. But if they want to overpay someone else to be the caretaker, more power to them.

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    • chuckdawg
      January 25, 2021 at 4:46 PM

      Yea, thats also way weird. This is a real case of full on crazy or alcoholism, everybody else can see it but them.

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    • eethomaswfnc
      January 25, 2021 at 5:31 PM

      If Steele is a caretaker (and I wouldn’t want to be if I were him), recruiting is going to suck even worse because no high schooler in his right mind would agree to go play for someone who is likely only there until the sanctions blow over.

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      • classiccitycanine
        January 25, 2021 at 6:40 PM

        Bill O’Brien proved you can ride out sanctions without becoming a nuclear wasteland. Heck even Ole Miss proved that. The NCAA is never rolling out the death penalty again.

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        • eethomaswfnc
          January 25, 2021 at 6:45 PM

          My point is about Steele as caretaker/interim rather than as head coach.

          I do think the NCAA would put the death penalty on the table if Freeze came to Knoxville and got them back into trouble.

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  10. pdawg30577
    January 25, 2021 at 4:14 PM

    The hell of it is that Hugh Freeze would take the job in a heartbeat, violations situation be damned, and the fans would welcome him with open arms as a savior — and he’s literally the only coach out there who’s a bonafide “non-starter” because of the violations.

    When I think about it, I think of the final scene of Reservoir Dogs where Tennessee is Joe Cabot, Freeze is Nice Guy Eddie and Pruitt is Mr. Orange/Freddy. And that scene makes me grin.

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    • Greg
      January 25, 2021 at 5:09 PM

      Hell, I would hire him…..with certain caveats/stipulations. He’s going on 2 years without any hiccups at Liberty.

      Worth the risk/reward imo.

      Also keep hearing James Franklin……”FTMF”.

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      • eethomaswfnc
        January 25, 2021 at 5:35 PM

        Let’s trade NCAA violations for gang rape. Freeze or Franklin would definitely be the lesser of two evils.

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      • gastr1
        January 25, 2021 at 7:09 PM

        I can’t believe Franklin would leave Penn State for this shitshow. What we he have to gain from that?

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        • Greg
          January 25, 2021 at 7:17 PM

          I wouldn’t leave there either. Just some are reporting a possible interest from both sides.

          Can’t stand the fellow, especially after he showed his ass at the end Georgia/Vandy game.

          But he is a good coach and helluva recruiter imo.

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        • stoopnagle
          January 26, 2021 at 8:27 AM

          He’s feeling a bit of heat in State College because his recruiting on the tail end of their covid-season hasn’t been great.

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          • gastr1
            January 26, 2021 at 9:07 AM

            Yeah, but come on. The only way if he’s interested in 10rc is if there’s a lot more to his situation than just that.

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    • eethomaswfnc
      January 25, 2021 at 5:34 PM

      I don’t see Sleeze as acceptable if all of the rumors about the extent of the violations are true. The NCAA would drop the death penalty hammer on them if Hugh got them in trouble again. Even he probably isn’t so desperate to get back to the SEC to take that job.

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  11. miltondawg
    January 25, 2021 at 4:36 PM

    Guess I was wrong again. I cannot believe that they are pushing to get a HC by the end of this week. Just clownish. The fact that they have flatly said no to Steele for 21 thinking that they were going to get some big name guy with all the uncertainty (and shitty team on top of that) is unreal.

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    • miltondawg
      January 25, 2021 at 5:01 PM

      Just checked on VolNation to see if their fans are hyperventilating. They have a whole thread on flight checking. Confirmation of a plane owned by a booster going up to Penn State. I would relish James Franklin back in the SEC with that train wreck in Knoxville. Yeah, yeah, I know. “He went 9-4 in back to back seasons at Vandy of all places!” They’ll hate him within a few years when he can’t win instantly because he is so far behind their three biggest rivals.

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  12. chuckdawg
    January 25, 2021 at 4:45 PM

    I’ll do it. I’ll take one for UT. They will save money and win just as much. I’m good with like $1M a year plus all expenses everything. Like a truck, house rent, gas, all meals, I assume I get all the gear I need. Also a bass boat and a spot at the lake. And a sponsership with someone that has guns, like Glock, Sig. I’ll hire gus as OC/Ass Coach. We go through 2 years, and viola, they can hire a “real coach” since thats what Vol Nation said they needed.

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    • spur21
      January 25, 2021 at 5:11 PM

      I have a new truck a reasonable retirement account so what’s left? I would take the job for 250,000 rounds of 9mm – 250,000 rounds of .223 – the boat would be nice too – how about a nice fully decked out Edgewater 340 CC

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    • whybotherdude
      January 25, 2021 at 5:12 PM

      I’ll do it for that but I ain’t wearing that God awful orange. We had a good Pop Warner team a few years back, so I think I can round up most of the dads from that. If I need a few more “coaches” we I can get some of the folks that sit around me on Friday nights at the local HS stadium, we know everything.

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  13. barneydawg
    January 25, 2021 at 4:55 PM

    Is Jim Bob Cooter available? He iis an alum, has NFL experience and his name fits the Vawls to a uT.

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  14. Derek
    January 25, 2021 at 5:01 PM

    When is this meeting going to happen so that the depositions never happen?

    And who is leading the discussion?

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  15. whybotherdude
    January 25, 2021 at 5:12 PM

    Charlie Wiess is available. Just saying.

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    • Texas Dawg
      January 25, 2021 at 5:20 PM

      I’m sure he would be just as successful at UT as he has been at all of his other stops.

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      • Derek
        January 25, 2021 at 5:26 PM

        On that subject, I’d like to think Brady blew up the “its all about the oc” narrative yesterday.

        How many oc’s has Tom dragged to the SB now?

        Have any of one of them done a damn thing when Brady wasn’t their qb?

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  16. stoopnagle
    January 26, 2021 at 8:40 AM

    It’s been said already in this thread a thousand times, but I can’t help but pile on.

    The best they can do is to find someone desperate for a major HC job. They have essentially put themselves on probation. Scholly limits and post-season bans are imminent. On top of that, the talent drain to the transfer portal and the way they canned Pruitt has to give anyone with potential pause. I cannot imagine any of the names being floated would be interested.

    All the hot G5 names (Chadwell, etc) passed on an equally good job with less hassle at S. Carolina. Elliott can sit at Clemson & wait for the right job, not necessarily a rebuild with all the handicaps in Knoxville currently.

    Who might be desperate? Freeze, for sure; maybe Satterwhite after bumbling through the S. Carolina interview blowback, but he just went 4-7!

    Liepold has come up and I can see that. Buffalo winning won’t last forever and he knows White, so the relationship piece maybe overcomes all the drawbacks.

    Left field name, but perhaps Scott Frost leaves Lincoln while he can of his own volition? Goes back to White who gives him some rope? Tennessee at this point has to be as tough a job as Nebraska.

    I think if they get Sankey’s OK, the best they can do is Freeze (hypocrisy be damned – this is Knoxville, y’all). And he will take it. Sometimes that’s the most important thing.

    In the end, I don’t know that any of the floated names bother me at all given what we’ve got rolling. Freeze actually worries me the most. Next, I guess the Liepold guy but will he get the rope to build the program? I don’t think he will but we’ll see.

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  17. legatedawg
    January 26, 2021 at 8:43 AM

    Jon (“his wife was a Tennessee cheerleader!”) Gruden LOL

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  18. Migraine Boy
    January 26, 2021 at 9:09 AM

    But, but…Clay Travis swore that there were “big names” who have reached out to UT and that fans would be “very happy”

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  19. CB
    January 26, 2021 at 9:43 AM

    Kevin White = Danny White I assume?

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  20. Tony BarnFart
    January 26, 2021 at 2:23 PM

    Volnation forum…….just wow. They are going to continue to screw this bad boy up with all these delusional fans. “We don’t wanna mess around with a coordinator or G5 coach”. WE NEED A PROVEN POWER 5 WINNER !! !

    \but Kirby and Dan Mullen were both coordinators and are doing OK
    /KIRBY AND DAN MULLEN SUUUUUCK ! James Franklin would coach circles around them.

    I don’t even know what to think. The delusions are just off the charts.

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