Coach Majors seems to always get a little too much blame for this.
He doesn’t bring Fulmer up himself in most of these situations.
At the same time he answers the questions, and says how he feels.
Lets be honest, has anyone really assigned any blame to Fulmer.
What really was his role?
I don’t hear any apologies from him in this situation.
He is the one who let it fester.

Its good to have Johnny back home after all these years.
Because we all know, no matter who was at fault…. it didn’t have to be this way.

Fulmer was a scumbag. He was the type of guy that was all about “What are you doing for me now?” He treated his players and coaches with the same unilateral disrespect throughout his entire career. You were his golden hair boy until you weren’t, then you were no better than the trash they picked up off the streets. I worked at the University for 4 years and coached at a neighboring college during the latter years of Fulmer’s career. I knew many of the coaches and players all well enough to make this statement without any reservation. So for Pat Washington, Jimmy Ray Stephens, Mark Bradley and the CJ Leaks of the world, just to name a few, I hope Majors keeps digging until the sees the light on the other end.

While I was at the University Majors was the coach and times were not that great. Sure he won a championship at Pitt in 1976, but didn’t bring anything to Tennessee when Johnny came marching home. He went to a few bowl games and did beat Alabama in 1983(first in 17 years). He wasn’t much of a people person. I walked on the team in 1982. I only spent two weeks with the team and I realized I was way over my head, but I never talked with Coach Majors not even once. It did not suprise me when Coach Majors was fired and Coach Fulmer was hired because he was Tennessee family. I was suprised about Kifen being hired because he is an “outsider”. I do think it is great that Majors is is back in some way though as will be Fulmer in a few years.

I have read the posts on here and it amazing to me the amount of media influence on what people perceive as reality. Majors was a drunk, give me a break, at the time the SEC coaching circles were all of the Bear way of being a southern gentleman and a bottle of bourbon was always to be found in a desk drawer. Tenn is no different than any school and the boosters ruling the day, only difference is the need for someone who is homegrown, and that is the reason Phat Phil got the job over more highly qualified candidates. Fulmer at any other major college football powerhouse, would have been gone 5 years ago, that in itself should tell you something.

Once a hero now a shriveled bitter old man. Phil Fulmer was not his undoing but his attitude toward his players. Fulmer class so far out ranks Majors. However Johnny is the same class as the Kiffin’s and his staff. I still remember when Majors was in Dale Carter’s face on the sideline, network cut to commercial and when they came back to the game he was still yelling at the kid… Yes, Carter needed some coaching for what he had just done.. but Majors went way to far and in my opinion lost the respect of many Vol fans. Welcome back Johnny….. I for one says “Who Cares”!!!