Tennessee’s internal investigation into its football program is ongoing, at least I guess it’s happening.
We don’t have any briefings.
I also assume that Jeremy Pruitt is still the Tennessee football coach, but he didn’t say anything about it either.
However, we know that Pruitt’s internal and professional research is closely linked.
If the Tennessee investigation turned out pruitt or his own committed serious NCAA recruitment violations, he could use that as leverage to negotiate Pruitt’s grand acquisition.
However, research can also have an effect on finding a new trainer through UT. If your program violates NCAA recruitment rules, Tennessee may be reluctant to hire a coach who has had an unfavorable history with the NCAA.
I’ll be more specific: Tennessee will hesitate to hire Liberty coach Hugh Freeze, who committed NCAA violations as Ole Miss’s coach.
University leaders want to be aware of his image. However, this did not prevent UT from hiring Pruitt, who massacred the English language as badly as ever contracted through a higher education institution.
Here’s the symbol that UT leaders are involved for: their football program is no longer of interest and with every training contract, it has become less relevant.
Firing Pruitt, who is 16-19 after three seasons, would possibly not solve the challenge if Tennessee makes another bad hire, but hiring the right coach would.
Freeze’s the coach.
Of course, they gave him luggage. Many coaches do, even if average training studies don’t reveal past transgressions. Training is not an immaculate profession.
Some critics would criticize UT for hiring a well-known violator of NCAA rules. EC Commissioner Greg Sankey would possibly not approve either. Three of his schools, Tennessee, Florida and LSU, seem to have problems with the NCAA.
But UT can’t worry about that, he’ll have to participate in the relaunch of his oppressed football program.
Freeze can do it.
Not only did she win at Ole Miss, but she beat Nick Saban of Alabama in consecutive seasons; Conversely, Tennessee coaches have lost 14 consecutive games to Saban, 30 in Alabama.
Freeze won at Liberty in the same way she won in Ole Miss: with a dynamic attack. He also took a step forward in his reputation by becoming quarterbacks. He took auburn Malik Willis’ move and made him a star at Liberty.
The Tennessee offensive has been terrible this season. Pruitt and his team failed to expand quarterbacks, and flights have not only beaten Alabama lately.
Freeze’s history indicates how capable he is of those challenges. Another thing about Freeze: he’d settle for the job.
Tennessee hasn’t attracted the sport’s most productive coaches in previous research, nor has it even hired second-tier coaches.
You know the recent hiring story: a failed NFL coach (Lane Kiffin); a head coach on a points-decreasing program (Butch Jones and Derek Dooley); an offensive or defensive coordinator with the SEC revels but no leader delights (Pruitt).
Once Tennessee has shown Pruitt the door, he will most likely explore the same characteristics as in his past failed training research. Maybe I’ll be lucky this time. But do you need to entrust your football program to luck?
There is a certain degree of luck in any hiring, however Tennessee can minimize its threat by taking a chance on a coach who only knows how to win, but also knows how to win in the SEC. Better yet, he knows how to beat Nick Saban.
Flights have a rare opportunity. But his hiring history tells us they might not make the most of it.
John Adams is a senior columnist. You can be contacted at 865-342-6284 or john. adams@knoxnews. com. Follow him on: twitter. com/johnadamskns.