Former Vol Albert Haynesworth upset Phillip Fulmer not selected as new AD
Upon his arrival, new Tennessee athletic director John Currie will be forced to win over some of the fan base in Knoxville. According to one of his most recent tweets, former Tennessee lineman Albert Haynesworth is among those that will need some convincing.
The former Vol clearly wanted to see his former coach Phillip Fulmer land the job. Check out what Haynesworth posted Wednesday — he even called the school the laughingstock of the SEC:
WAKE UP UT LEADERS!!!!! Since you unjustly fired him UT Athletics hasn't done a damn thing except for the late great Pat Summit's era!!! pic.twitter.com/GbuTbTaC4g
— Albert Haynesworth (@haynesworthiii) March 1, 2017
While Currie may have some work to do in order to rally the Rocky Top community, he at least has experience at the school and was a member of the athletic department during the glory years of the football program. Currie also has a reputation as one of the nation’s best fundraisers. Should he translate that ability to Knoxville, Tennessee fans should be happy with his selection.
It remains to be seen how successful the former Kansas State athletic director will be running the Tennessee program full-time but he’ll get his first chance to make an impression with the fan base Thursday during his introductory press conference at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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We’ll all we say now is what’s done is done,I just hope this John Currie pans out for the good. Hopefully between him and Beverly Davenport,the check book will open,and we can return to Glory. I do feel bad for Coach Phil.
I think most vol fans feel Hayneworths sentiments. Coach Fulmer knows Tennessee and knows the SEC better than anyone. Fulmer could of helped Jones out greatly with all his contacts and knowledge……but lets flip this coin and see what happens with Currie.
First off, I am a huge fan of Fulmer and how he has spent the majority of his life dedicated to Tennessee football and athletics in general. Heck, he even reached out to me in 2006 when I was stuck in ICU for a month and wrote me a couple of times.
That being said, being a fan of Fulmer doesn’t mean I can say he is the best qualified to run the athletic department as a whole or that he even wanted to. He still can be added to some capacity and we tend to forget the chaos that was brought on that led to him being let go with losing records two of his last four seasons. It wasn’t like Tennessee was ranked on top of the world when he departed Tennessee.
As far as who brought Tennessee athletics to the national forefront, modern day speaking one could say Fulmer but the best coach who put Tennessee into an upper-level status was General Neyland. Proof is in the numbers, Bear Bryant actually ranks second to General Neyland in winning percentage.
Poetic justice. How sweet it is to see Foolmer get shanked after he did the same to ole Johnny Majors!
Glad to see his blood boil red. Could not have happened to a better guy. Hope he never goes to a Vol game at Neyland again.
He just didn’t have the “experience” for the job. Lol
In his prime Fulmer was the best recruiter of offensive lineman in College football
Fulmer knew how to grind it out and win close games
But without Cutcliff’S discipline Fulmer’s players were out of control
its kind of like wanting a S7 or an I7, and we ended up with the Jitterbug…
Lol yep. You know I hear fans say Fulmer couldnt do the job. Fulmer ran Tennessee football for forever it seems. Fans dont realize how big the UT football staff and program is. Fulmer had his hand in everything. Fulmer bleed orange and is Tennessee. His whole life was orange and white. Coach Fulmers football knowledge paid for ALL sports at Tennessee. Fulmer worked with all coaches at UT. The man knew every highschool football coach in the south and in California. Most fans forget how well Fulmer recruited in Cali. Mike Hamilton had it in for Fulmer and ruined all UT sports as we know it. Know dang near 9 years later, we are still feeling the rath of old Hammy.