Jesse Simonton joins the show to discuss covering Tennessee, the end of the Jeremy Pruitt era, what's next for the Vols & more

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

Football, Sports, Games, Sports News, Leisure, News

5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Jesse Simonton (found on Twitter @JesseReSimonton) formerly of the Miami Herald, SEC Country and Volquest joins the show to discuss covering Tennessee, the end of the Jeremy Pruitt era and what's next for the Vols. Topics include: — You’ve covered several programs in the SEC, what’s holding Tennessee back, why can’t they get things going? — If Pruitt produced a winning program, why you think he’s still the coach — Why Dan Wolken is incorrect when he says Vol Twitter hired Pruitt — thoughts on Kevin Steele, could he be Tennessee’s Matt Luke to steady the ship? — who’s a realistic candidate that you would hire at Tennessee? — You’ve covered many SEC programs, tons of recruits, how prevalent is cheating in recruiting? — thoughts on Shane Beamer hire? — thoughts on Bryan Harsin hire? — thoughts on Clark Lea hire? — what do you think about Vanderbilt hiring Barton Simmons to be GM/Director of scouting? — Who’s the best prospect you’ve ever covered? — Strangest recruitment you’ve ever covered? Sign up for My Bookie and use Promo Code: THATSEC The podcast is also sponsored by Justin Hamilton of the Federal Savings Bank. Reach out to Justin at the link below and make sure Mike and & Cousin Shane sent you! http://www.thefederalsavingsbank.com/justinhamilton We finally have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 Donate to cousin Shane’s beer fund via CashApp: $thatSECpodcast Show music comes from Crimson Calamity: https://www.crimsoncalamitymusic.com/ Advertising inquiries: [email protected] Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/that-sec-football-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jesse Simonton, formerly a Valquest SEC country in the Miami Herald, he's covered a number of teams in the SEC.
0:09.6	I asked them a lot of Tennessee questions, but I also asked them some SEC stuff
0:14.3	some recruiting stuff so I think fans will really enjoy this one all right we're
0:18.1	pleased now to be joined by Jesse Simonton huge fan of this guy got to give him a follow on the Twitter's at Jesse
0:25.6	R.E. Simonton and that will be in the show notes and of course he's a former Miami Herald SEC Country and Volquist veteran.
0:36.3	Jesse, thanks for joining the show. I really do appreciate you.
0:39.2	Absolutely Michael. Thanks for having me on to talk to craziness that is Tennessee.
0:45.2	Well, hey, it's a it's like Groundhog Day because once again, Tennessee
0:49.6	scrambling, no coach, no AD, what the hell's going on at Tennessee. I know you're a
0:57.1	guy that's, you know, you covered multiple SEC programs here, so I just wanted to get
1:02.2	your thoughts on why in the hell can Tennessee not get
1:05.6	you know back to what they were and and why is it that it seems like they're in this
1:10.6	spot every couple of years.
1:13.0	Well, I think part of the problem is that it's just, it certainly seems like it's a never,
1:17.8	you know, never ending existential crisis within Tennessee's own foundation and by that I mean you hear the phrase a lot there's too many
1:25.8	cooks in the kitchen or that you know this booster fraction that booster fraction the
1:30.5	biggest problem that Tennessee has right now in comparison to let's just say its rivals
1:34.8	whether we're talking about Alabama, Georgia, although you know there's some of the stuff that's happening
1:39.6	with Dan Mullen in Florida everyone you it's kind of positioned together at those
1:43.9	schools and at Tennessee you always seem to have so many people pulling in
1:48.7	various directions that ultimately your foundation is just not on solid footing and eventually it's going to crater and for the balls it just seems to crater every two to three you know four years and so now they're looking at their fifth head coach in you know what is it like since 2009 which is just absurd.
2:06.0	And how do you I mean do you have any idea how how do you get everybody on the same page
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