OT-ish: Reports that Tennessee has fired their AD.

They've taken it to the next level of dysfunction, impressive.  Myabe Jason Witten can be their new AD.

This whole thing is like the Michigan post Lloyd Carr search -- including in-fighting and an appearance by Schiano -- ramped up to like 100.  Like, Tennessee is internally sabotaging their AD and Phillip Fulmer is sabotaging the search and Currie himself because he wants to be AD.  Its amazing.

Hoke & Brandon, together at last!

Brady Hoke. AD Killer

Funny thing is after firing Butch Jones, he announced he wasn't going to use a search firm instead opting to conduct the search himself. One failed attempted hire and numerous other coaches declining the job and now he finds himself without a job.

Hire a new AD and let him hire the coach.

Arkansas duel available.

Ladies and Gentlemen, your next Tennessee Volunteers Athletic Director and Head Football Coach, Bob Corker!

But Corker still might be in play.

- Search started with John Gruden (w/ rumors the AD had a contract in place but couldn't get university approval). Gruden last coached in 2008, and last coached college in 1989.

- Chip Kelley gets the UCLA job, taking him off Tennessee's list

- Made overtures to Dan Mullen, who wanted to wait out Florida (and got it)

- They get a memorandum of understanding with Schiano. This goes south quickly

- They go after super old Daved Cutcliff. He declines

- They interview Mike Gundy. Also declines

- Jim Bob Cooter of the Lions (an alumnus) turns down even an interview 

- They go after Brohm. Purdue fans despair. He says nope.

- They go after NC States Doeren. Nope

- The AD gets an agreement in place w/ Mike Leach. The AD is fired before this is executed

- !!!!

In hindsight, Tennessee hiring a search firm so they didn't publicly telegraph every failure may have been a good idea

This is the best coaching search I've ever seen.

He would be a fine choice!

This was all-time bad when the Schiano fiasco occurred. The rest of this has just been a big, large, juicy bonus. 

Tennessee got turned down by the coaches of Purdue, NC State, and Duke. The football coaches. Let that sink in.

to please a coach, maybe Leach? They are a dumpster fire and need to do something to bring in a coach and now a new AD.

They'll probably bring back Philip Fullmer as the AD and he'll hire someone with Tennessee ties who at his press conference will say, "This is Tennessee. I'd have walked to Tennessee for this job."

I am so happy we can just watch this from the outside.

Is there even a tire left in this tire fire?

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I kind of feel bad for Currie.   After totally botching the search he gets lucky and lands Leach which seems better than every name mentioned before and he gets axed before he can seal the deal.

In my Friday Posbang posting this earlier today, I included a GIF poking fun at Currie's alleged driving skills. I was going to further suggest that just before he hires a new HC, he'll probably get fired. I didn't do it, thinking it impossible. I totally underestimated UT!

You've got myriad courtships gone awry, you've got knives in the back (et tu, Fulmer?), you've got heads getting lopped off, nervous kings, and somewhere Falstaff and an impish little Puck comes out at the end to whisper to the Vols Nation thusly:

If we AD idiots have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions of a coach did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentle Vols, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend. Also, we're calling Lane Kiffin.