Uncovering The Fulmer Urban Legend

The legend of Phil Fulmer has been very overblown. Fulmer did earn a National Championship. There was a lot of luck that helped the team, but a team has to get a few breaks in most cases in order to win a championship. Outside of that special season, Fulmer really has not done much. In fact, it can be said that he has grossly underachieved in most seasons prior to and after the 1998 dream season.

"It's a game, and our staff trying to overthink with less than steller IQ's is as absurd as it gets. Fulmer has wasted most of his HC'ing career trying so hard "not to blow it", he has seen teams with two and three times the talent...eek by and get blasted when the talent was even or close...by guys that went out and played the game the way it was meant to be played. He has been schooled by all "schools of ball" Florida's finesse and the Huskers brute and some of the in between lately from Auburn and UGA."

SCV leaves little doubt that Phil Fulmer has been asleep at the wheel for the past 7 seasons and this past disastrous 2005 season is a direct result of Fulmer trying to get by with the bare minimum and a headful of arrogance.

"Fulmer is the classic "technician" that thinks the "whole" is just a sum of the inputs. It explains why he values pure talent so much and has absolutely "no football personality" to think of. He does not understand or believe in the "intangables", like psychology and a true philosophy. And why the great coaches and leaders can "drop their "franchise" into any program and hit the ground running. Read "the E Myth" and the analogy of the "pie lady"... fits Fulmer to a tee, he does not see or understand the value in true systems (sure you tweek to compensate for change), and thinks all problems are fixed by just "working harder/putting in more hours" doing more of the same stuff that was not working in the first place. The business world is full of these types...running head on into bankruptcy...of course Phil has a "rich uncle" (the UTAD) that keeps writing him blank checks...and letting him take a huge compensation...when the financials are falling apart. He is burning equity that Neyland and Dickey earned....and is arrogant enough to think it is his...if the UTAD is dumb enough to keep him afloat, more power to him."

The UTAD can not continue to pass the buck and make ends meet. Another poor season will force UTAD, Mike Hamilton's hand. The ovine-like fans will no longer be able to continue making excuses for a coach who's bulb does not burn as brightly as some fans seem to think.