Has Fulmer finally worn out his welcome?

He’s done.

Anyone know how much it’s going to cost em to buy out his contract?

From Bruce Feldman’s blog:

Tennessee was awful. I can’t believe that after the way UF’s players called the Vols out for quitting in last year’s game and that was how they responded. I’ve never seen Phil Fulmer look so frazzled.

And the inevitible online petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/UTcoach/petition.html

He can’t win a damn thing without Cutcliffe.

Hell, he was done after UCLA.

He didn’t lose 66-3, 65-13 or 63-14. We know from experience that some of those routs don’t get you fired.

O rly?

Bob, 66-3 got Mackovic fired.

And Carl Reese “retired”.

Could be the reason for Tennessee decline has to do with demographics and its geographic location. It is a school that is the most northernly located in the SEC, I believe, or at least, it’s very close. Most of talent in the SEC seems to reside in Southern portion of the SEC, along the coastline from Florida to Louisiana. And with strong schools and coaches in the south, it may just be that Tennessee is unable to get the same level of recruits that it once did. Whenever you see a school decline like Tennessee has, it ultimately comes down to poor recruting. Afterall, recruting is the name of the game in college football. It would appear that all the street agents that proliferate in the SEC have just gone and dumped Fulmer for some of the other Southern schools. Maybe it’s just that Tennessee’s pay scale hasn’t kept pace with the other schools in the SEC, or, maybe, Tennessee’s decline has to do with Fulmer being punished for ratting out Alabama in their cheating scandal. Afterall, squealing is a big no no and has no place in the rat infested league known as the SEC. Yep, more likely than not, all this probably has to do with that. Fulmer is just getting his comeuppance for being a rat fink. Just goes to show you, there is justice in this world, if you did not happen to know this already.

Oh, and for anyone who just happens to think that Fulmer’s decline has to do with his sudden loss of coaching acumen, all I have to say is Les Miles. The man who is living proof that the words “Less is more” is more than just phrase. Les is sort of an example of how little intelligence or actual coaching ability matters on the college level. And for all those who are on the Saban’s jockstrap, if you haven’t noticed, LSU hasn’t skipped a beat since he left and was replaced with that moron, Miles. Just goes to show you exactly how important Saban really was to that program. If anything, LSU has gotten better since he left, not worse. LSU has a machine running in Louisiana right now and it wouldn’t matter if they plugged in Bulwinkle as head coach (they sort of already have), they would still win with the kind of talent they have on hand right now. And all that with a man such as Les at the helm who would probably give VY a run for his money on the Wunderlic test. He is a perfect fit for the LSU program. You know what they say, “Birds of feather flock together”.

“it wouldn’t matter if they plugged in Bulwinkle as head coach”

Kids do not want to play for Bullwinkle. He would be a horrible recruiter and no one would take him seriously.

I think Tennessee has experienced a shortage of slutty girls, and everyone knows no slutty girls means no good football players.

Yep, Stuck, I admire a man of brevity, although I often am unable to imitate one, much to my dismay. I think that you have pretty much summed up my posts in just one sentence. And I am glad now that it seems as if everyone is on board and have come to an agreement and recognized the basic fact that football=sluts. I just wanted to do a public service and clear up any confusion with regard to this matter. I feel relieved that we now all agree and recognize that football and sluts go together like dogs and fire hydrants.

Fulmer killed his recruiting success when he went state’s evidence on me, Momma and ’Bama. Now, everyone in the SEC except him can cheat…and does so with regularity. That makes a big difference in recruiting down there.

I know that the post above mine is bullshit. Albert Means could never spell the word “regularity”.