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Tennessee football pause on hirings, contracts is worst possible move

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 11: Detailed view of the checkered endzone at Neyland Stadium during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Chattanooga Mocs on October 11, 2014 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee won the game 45-10. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

The Tennessee football Volunteers took the worst step in dealing with this investigation.

If any program waits until it’s absolutely sure to move on from a regime, Tennessee football is that program. In the process, the Vols often self-sabotage. That’s exactly what they did with a decision they recently made relative to this NCAA investigation into Jeremy Pruitt.