There’s a press conference scheduled at 4:00 this afternoon to announce the appointment of Phillip Fulmer (The Papa!) to the position of athletic director.
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She asked Currie to return to Knoxville, it had nothing to do with any specific coach. We had to make a tought decision, Currie’s been suspended. Fulmer has agreed to step in as AD. Currie’s worked hard. He was given “full authority” to find the best coach.
We now have a new opportunity to move forward. Fulmer’s been asked to take the reins. He understands well the expectations for the football program.
Please know that our goals are the same. We want a successful football program.
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Over to The Papa. We do most things together. Vicki’s not here visiting brother who’s not doing great. They’d be here, but couldn’t. Some others are here. Family. This should go without saying, but UT is a fantastic institution. All of our sports are front doors to the University. It’s a bond that connects students, alumni, fans, Tennesseans. Success of student athletes is a source of inspiration. Football program has the history, facilities, tradition, and resources to play with anyone, any time, and that’s what we’re going to do again. We agree on the objective and urgency of achieving it.… Read more »
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Yeah, but I think they had cause to be careful. My first peek at Twitter showed a lot of media already going negative for the responses. I understand from their perspective that they wanted answers — so did I. But I also understand from a legal and inside-politics perspective that that’s really the only thing they could say, and I thought they handled it as well as they could. Until you’ve been on the other side of being asked questions about sensitve things you’d rather not talk about with a microphone in your face, it’s hard to fully appreciate how… Read more »
I agree Joel… I have done depositions in a patent dispute and it is not easy… I am sure they were well coached. I also think Davenport received a lot of internal criticism by the trustees on leadership and control miss steps on handling Currie and the damage done to the UT brand. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
