I saw the rise of the Vols under Fulmer and then the slow decline. Then I spent a number of years covering the program. It’s been decades since I’ve been this confident in the direction of the Tennessee Volunteers.
@ReedCarringer
I feel like I've heard this before...not from you but just in general. The improvement is there but I'm still skeptical. Hard not to be after the last decade +
@_OSaile_
FWIW, I called Pruitt’s firing post BYU before anyone. And was the first in the media world to declare Butch a failure. I could be wrong. But he’s waaaaaaay better than the last several hires
@ReedCarringer
Vols rose under Majors (1985) Doug dickey as AD. Grew through late 80’s. First recruiting class with Dickey as AD were seniors in 89. How old are you? Damn.
@ReedCarringer
Yeah I heard the same crap with Butch Jones. Gotta understand this is the honeymoon period nobody cares in the first year if it goes up or down hill. If this was year 3 people would complain about the coaching decisions
@ReedCarringer
I just want to know how Heupel is supposed to rebuild the team when he can’t get recruits to jump in because of the looming NCAA decision…which may be years before something is handed down (see Wil Wade).
@ReedCarringer
I want to be right there with you, but after a long winning streak vs bad teams and a good recruiting run under Pruitt...hard to buy into the same thing w bad recruiting here. We’ll see.