Tennessee Fans Just Halted The Hiring Of Greg Schiano

Vol Twitter doesn’t bow down to anyone.

Remember today, November 26, 2017 as the day a fan base protested so hard on social media and in person that it stopped the hiring of a head coach in college football.

That is exactly what Tennessee fans did today.

Earlier this afternoon reports came out flying saying that the Vols were finalizing a deal to bring in Greg Schiano, current defensive coordinator of Ohio State, as the Vols newest head coach.

Once that was leaked all hell broke loose and most of said hell rained down on athletic director John Currie and his Twitter mentions.

Tennessee State Representatives and the Knoxville mayor even got in on the fun:

Oh, and who can forget the fact that THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY Sarah Huckabee Sanders posted this to her Facebook page during all of this:

Tennessee fans didn’t just stick to sending off absurd things on Twitter. No, they went to the rock. For those that don’t know, there is a giant rock in the middle of Tennessee’s campus that anyone can spray paint and write anything on. This was the message earlier today:

There were also protests on campus and following all of this uproar, Trey Wallace of The Read Optional reported that Schiano will not be the head coach of Tennessee. Jimmy Hyams of Sports Radio WNML reported just minutes later, just before 8:00 p.m. ET, that the school and Schiano were going to have a press conference tonight to announce the hiring, but canceled it due to protests. It’s unclear whether or not it will be reschedule or not.

Whether you love Tennessee or think the school and their fans are the most obnoxious people on the planet, there is no way you can’t respect what Vol Twitter did today.

Also, is this not the most 2017 thing ever? Fans get pissed off about a REPORT, not an announcement, a REPORT, and they pull this move. Unbelievable.

Schiano’s lone head coaching job in college was at Rutgers where he coached 11 seasons from 2001 and 2011 which saw him post an overall record of 68–67. He was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the following two seasons where he went 11–21. Following that he coached high school football at Berkeley Preparatory School before landing at Ohio State in 2016.