Much has been made recently about the decision of members of the Tennessee Volunteers’ coaching staff to refuse pay cuts. Sometime around Friday, news came down that eight members of the coaching staff declined pay cuts, with the exception of Jay Graham and Tee Martin, the only two Tennessee-lifers, as it were. (Head coach Jeremy Pruitt forfeited his scheduled $400,000 raise for this season.)
When I first saw this news, I didn’t think much about it. I certainly didn’t think it would blow up into what it has become, prompting Pruitt to remark that the situation is “fluid,” also stating that the book isn’t closed on the issue.