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Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on
Dec 2, 2017, 6:37 AM
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You can tell this dude just won the coup he's been trying to engineer the last nine years. He's got everything but a life-sized poster of himself on the wall behind him.
He comes in thundering about how "it's time that we all pull together...and be part of the solution" - but it sounds like a threat and a demand, not a request - and that "there is much work to be done". There is clearly a Plan. With a capital-P. The Darth Vader music didn't quite play at that juncture, but my mind filled it in anyway.
This dude was always sinister - when he had John Chavis standing next to him on the sideline, they easily could have been confused for a couple of mafia dons - but wow time has not mellowed him. It is clear Tennessee is now prepared to win again, By Any Means Necessary.
(Roh-roh. My mind filled in a lot of blanks here too. Keep in mind Phil Fulmer was the guy who turned in Alabama in 2000 and nearly got them the Death Penalty...because the Vols finished second in the infamous Albert Means auction.)
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21632153/tennessee-volunteers-turn-phillip-fulmer-serve-athletic-director
Oh, and just as an aside, the ESPN article mentioned the school is also investigating whether they can fire their former AD, Bill Currie, with cause. (Even though everybody knows they fired him because they didn't like how he was handling the coaching search!) Which translates as: they're overtly LOOKING for a way to operate in bad faith and break the legally binding contract they signed with their former athletic director so they can bilk him out of the $5.5 million buyout he legally is due for them parting ways with him early. Because he failed to hire a coach...which might have had something to do with the fact that Phil Fulmer - who was after Currie's job! - was busily sabotaging UT's coaching search.
That's some fantastic Machiovellian stuff going on, there. I'm sure the head-coaching candidates will be flocking from all over to jump into that stewpot. Whoo, doggy.
And people wonder why coaches are avoiding the SEC like the plague.
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I thought Fulmer had previously been offered the AD job?
Dec 2, 2017, 6:43 AM
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I guess I'm mixed up. I know he was so p'ed at the administration he refused to help them when Kiffen bailed.
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Re: I thought Fulmer had previously been offered the AD job?
Dec 2, 2017, 6:50 AM
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I think you're right. I don't know what the particulars were that led him to turning it down, though. There's some very weird politics going on in that part of the world and to judge from this past week they are obviously very messy. I had always heard Fulmer believes he never should have been fired and has always been a major stumbling block for whatever coach was trying to gain traction there, though.
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Oculus Spirit [93661]
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Imo, that's the best move they've made to repair...
Dec 2, 2017, 6:50 AM
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the damage from firing PF.
I know he's a turd but he loves UT. He's as crooked as a dog's leg but that business as usually in the SEC. I approve his hire to unite the fans and coordinate their recuperation from the decade old tragedy.
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No one should be surprised! This is the same Phil Fulmer
Dec 2, 2017, 6:56 AM
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that forced Johnny Majors out at Tennessee in order to get the HC job. It's a way of life for him.
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Orange Blooded [2189]
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No one should be surprised! This is the same Phil Fulmer
Dec 2, 2017, 6:56 AM
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that forced Johnny Majors out at Tennessee in order to get the HC job. It's a way of life for him.
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Orange Blooded [2189]
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No one should be surprised! This is the same Phil Fulmer
Dec 2, 2017, 6:56 AM
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that forced Johnny Majors out at Tennessee in order to get the HC job. It's a way of life for him.
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Re: Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on
Dec 2, 2017, 6:57 AM
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Nice analysis,Q!+1
Your Darth Vader music reference brings to mind this question. In your scenario, Fulmer would have to be the Emperor, so who will he hire as his Darth Vader coach?
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Re: Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on
Dec 2, 2017, 6:57 AM
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Nice analysis,Q!+1
Your Darth Vader music reference brings to mind this question. In your scenario, Fulmer would have to be the Emperor, so who will he hire as his Darth Vader coach?
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Re: Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on
Dec 2, 2017, 6:57 AM
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Nice analysis,Q!+1
Your Darth Vader music reference brings to mind this question. In your scenario, Fulmer would have to be the Emperor, so who will he hire as his Darth Vader coach?
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Re: Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on
Dec 2, 2017, 6:58 AM
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Nice analysis,Q!+1
Your Darth Vader music reference brings to mind this question. In your scenario, Fulmer would have to be the Emperor, so who will he hire as his Darth Vader coach?
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What football coach in their right mind would want to work
Dec 2, 2017, 6:58 AM
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under such an a-hole athletic director who also is the former football coach that won a national championship there? I have delusional Tennessee fans on Face Book posting about how it's time to go out and get Gruden now. These people are freaking insane.
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Re: Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on
Dec 2, 2017, 6:58 AM
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Nice analysis,Q!+1
Your Darth Vader music reference brings to mind this question. In your scenario, Fulmer would have to be the Emperor, so who will he hire as his Darth Vader coach?
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Re: Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on
Dec 2, 2017, 7:01 AM
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Sorry for multiple posts. I got some kind of server error after each attempt and i thought post ahd failed.
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Oculus Spirit [93661]
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Same here. I think everyone in this thread suffered likewise***
Dec 2, 2017, 7:16 AM
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Oculus Spirit [93661]
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The mess at both Ten and Florida is the best thing that ever
Dec 2, 2017, 7:59 AM
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happened to USuC...
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Tupac Gilmer is back and has already completed a drive-by
Dec 2, 2017, 8:03 AM
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Popped a cap in John Currie
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Tupac Fulmer is back and has already completed a drive-by
Dec 2, 2017, 8:03 AM
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Popped a cap in John Currie.
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Re: Wow Phil Fulmer is getting his Joseph Stalin on***
Dec 2, 2017, 8:03 AM
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If they do a little research, they will find that Fat Phil
Dec 2, 2017, 8:03 AM
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back stabbed Johnny Majors to get the job the first time....I think I'm right on that..
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If they do a little research, they will find that Fat Phil
Dec 2, 2017, 8:04 AM
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back stabbed Johnny Majors to get the job the first time....I think I'm right on that..
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If they do a little research, they will find that Fat Phil
Dec 2, 2017, 8:04 AM
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back stabbed Johnny Majors to get the job the first time....I think I'm right on that..
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If they do a little research, they will find that Fat Phil
Dec 2, 2017, 8:04 AM
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back stabbed Johnny Majors to get the job the first time....I think I'm right on that..
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What football coach in their right mind would want to work
Dec 2, 2017, 8:08 AM
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under such an athletic director who just happens to be the former football coach that won a national championship there? They will constantly have to be looking out for him watching over their shoulder, undermining them or the knife in the back. I have delusional Tennessee friends on Face Book posting about this morning about how it's time to go out and get Gruden now! These people are insane.
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If they do a little research, they will find that Fat Phil
Dec 2, 2017, 8:08 AM
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back stabbed Johnny Majors to get the job the first time....I think I'm right on that..
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I'm still unclear how people can just throw around
Dec 2, 2017, 9:06 AM
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the term "sabotage" without explanation. What exactly did he do?
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haha.... what qualifies you to criticize their move?
Dec 2, 2017, 9:28 AM
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anyone can copy and paste a bunch of stuff and make up opinions
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So who is the most Darth Vaderish coach...
Dec 2, 2017, 10:49 AM
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For Emperor Fulmer to hire. Obviously, when I think Darth Vader and football I think of little Nikki, but that ain’t happening.
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