Posted by Silent_Fulmer on April 8, 2008 at 11:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Awwww schucks, we should have never fired Peterson, he was a goooooood guuuuuuyyy.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on April 8, 2008 at 11:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Buzz is a nice guy, just like Fulmer.

Posted by tigervol9802 on April 8, 2008 at 11:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't know if there is another newspaper in America that covers former fired coaches as much as the KNS.

I am looking forward to the mid-season Delmonico update.

Posted by ronbliss on April 8, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

When I was making my transition from the AD department at Coastal Carolina...I had a run-in with Buzz Peterson. As we walked down the long corridor hallway, he quickly Buzzed by me like a bumble bee from the District of Columbia.
He said "Greetings, Ronald." I replied "It's a great day to be alive" He responded with a Buzzing sound "The King Bee will Buzz back to the glory days" As I watched him walk down the rest of the corridor..I said to myself "How Blissful"

Posted by THE_VOL on April 8, 2008 at 12:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

IF KNS could ever do any REAL reporting they would have already told us about the CURRENT Tennessee coach chasing this job!

Posted by Ironcity on April 8, 2008 at 12:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Translation of what Buzz said, as long as I am not offered a college coaching job, I will stay with the Bobcats.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on April 8, 2008 at 1:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Urban Meyer thinks Fulmer is a nice guy just like Buzz.

Posted by King53 on April 8, 2008 at 1:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

File this under the "Who Cares" heading

Posted by Silent_Fulmer on April 8, 2008 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Tubby Smith was a nice guy, just like Fulmer and Buzz

Posted by rockyknox on April 8, 2008 at 2:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Here's the headline I want to see;

Pennington: Adams accepts editor position with Baton Rouge newspaper, the Advocate.

Posted by General_Watermelon on April 8, 2008 at 2:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Did you know that Buzz used to room with Michael Jordon?

Posted by Silent_Fulmer on April 8, 2008 at 3:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I wish we would hire Buzzzz back and Chris Ferguson

Posted by TommyJack on April 8, 2008 at 3:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

General: Yeah, he taught Michael all about Hanes.

Posted by zanebreeding on April 8, 2008 at 3:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The current coach chasing that job??? hahahahaha yeah hahahaha yeah , Buzz couldnt touch Jordan's Hanes

Posted by eb502us on April 8, 2008 at 5:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Good thing Buzz knows Michael Jordan otherwise he'd be flipping burgers at McDonalds. Knowledge of basketball and coaching are two things that he knows nothing about. Did I say that it's a good thing he knows Michael Jordan?

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on April 8, 2008 at 5:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Buzz also said that we were going to make more free throws than the other teams attempt just like Fulmer said we were going to be good in 2005.

Posted by cdldoc on April 8, 2008 at 5:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Another outstanding GoVols Estra story. Sue beats reports on the football players.

Posted by superk on April 8, 2008 at 6:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Buzz loaned MJ his shoes one time. And oh yea Buzz was player of the year in NC one year instead of MJ. eb502 is right, if Buzz didn't know MJ he would be a complete unknown. Talk about someone riding coat tails.

Posted by invisiblekid on April 8, 2008 at 7:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

There's a grown man walking around that willingly goes by the name of Buzz?

Posted by murrayvol on April 8, 2008 at 8:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

invisible: Don't laugh. There's a few Biffs out there. And they have feelings too.

Posted by bricker865 on April 8, 2008 at 9:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Holy Toledo!

Posted by DanVegas on April 8, 2008 at 10:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We need more articles with updates on Buzz Peterson, Jerry Green, and Kevin O'Neill. Vol fans fail to remember that Buzz Peterson and Kevin O'Neil have the fewest losses of any UT coach in the NCAA Tournament.

Posted by beachvol1 on April 8, 2008 at 11:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You know, it is a shame that some of you bash Buzz and for no reason whatsoever....some things work out and some don't...just because he didn't do as well as you may have wanted, no reason to continue on him....he's doing fine and obviously has more faith in UT than his so called fans did in him...agreed it was time to move on....but leave the guy alone....

Posted by LadyVolsEighTimes on April 9, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Buzz and Bruce proved that given the same players, winning is all in the Coaching.

Posted by alfrizzle097 on April 9, 2008 at 7:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Still can't believe we fired Jerry Green to hire Buzz. I'm not saying we necassarily should have kept Green... but Buzz Peterson? Something about a paper bag comes to mind.

Posted by BigOrangeJeff on April 9, 2008 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The funny thing is that not one of you idiots complained about Buzz Peterson when he was hired. It's amazing how accurate your "after-the-fact" analyses are.

Find another team to deride.

Posted by CladInOrange on April 9, 2008 at 10:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

First post. Played against Buzz in HS. Smart player, but one of the laziest defenders I ever went against. I liked him as a person, but never feared playing him, and everything he has ever done related to BB is overrated, and everything he has done since he graduated from UNC has been due to MJ.

Pearl's first team at UT, IMO, exposed Buzz once and for all. Remember that Tulsa team Buzz inherited that had just been to the NCAAs? Buzz promptly took the same team and a year later he had them...in the NIT. Then he left before anyone he recruited played there, so his ability as a coach at the highest levels was never actually proven when he got here. Then Pearls takes Buzz's kids, who the year before couldn't even make the NIT, and get's them to the dance.

Buzz has ridden the UNC mystique and MJ's roommate routine to great fame and wealth, while accomplishing absolutely nothing other than being a nice guy.

Do I sound bitter? :) Sure, but it's also all true.

Pearl is worth 100 Buzz's.

Posted by spam247buster on April 9, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Best of luck to you, Buzz. Too bad the UT AD decided that a coach who could win games was desirable.
I'm glad we don't have to hear "We were just snakebit" again.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on April 9, 2008 at 11:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The UTAD should send Buzz the big black curtains they had to install at TBA as a keepsake.

Posted by pixmonks on April 9, 2008 at 6:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Truth is Dean Smith withdrew Buzz's name from consideration. Seems the godfather of the UNC family didn't want Buzz out there tarnishing the family's coaching rep. That's why MJ stashed him in Charlotte in the 1st place. Lebo is on thin ice.

Posted by vol_in_lsu_land on April 9, 2008 at 7:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You know, I have honestly never followed UT Mens Basketball very closely. Having lived out of East Tennessee for most of my adult life and never having much tradition to get excited about in the first place, I just lost touch. The closest I came to excitement was the Houston years when I was in High School. Sure, I heard Jerry Green and Buzz Peterson's names, but I guess I always half expected mediocrity from whoever occupied that coaching job.

Having said that, it really disappoints me to see people of obvious intelligence and literacy heckle to such extremes a former UT coach. Does anyone here honestly think that Buzz Peterson inentionally ran UT BB into the ground? Where was UT BB (in all honesty) when he took it over? It seems to me that any coach with an ounce of ego would be in the business of putting 100% into his job. Sure, maybe Peterson couldn't coach his way out of a wet paper bag, but at least he came to UT with the desire. It seems that the least we could do is thank him for the effort and wish him the best at whatever endeavor his career presents. The downright vitriol is amazing. But what should I expect? Look at how we treat one of the winningest current FB coaches in the nation!

Posted by newtonrail on April 10, 2008 at 12:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Keep the Buzz articles coming so EB can keep in practice with his character assassination blogs. I feel sorry for someone who has that much hatred for someone they don't even know personally.

Posted by bamacheats on April 10, 2008 at 10:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I miss Buzz's wife. She was hot!

Posted by CladInOrange on April 10, 2008 at 10:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hot but sorta spooky fake Pricilla hair. I'll take the far more classy Juli Boeheim any day.

Aren't we all just sooooo juvenile?

We make fun because we love the Vols, and don't appreciate it when a coach get's rich off all of us who pay thousands of dollars a year to the VASF, while the coach accomplishes nothing. Sorry, but at this level, all's fair. See Jerry Green.

Posted by Ironcity on April 10, 2008 at 3:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

BO Jeff I did complain when we hired Buzz. I also complained when he ran off a number of players because they were not good enough. I complained when he brought in a bunch of transfers that were nothing but trouble at their previous programs. I complained when he was signing division two talent or players that read and spoke on a 6 grade leval. I complained when he blamed everyone and everything when his team lost. I was a big supporter of Jerry Green at the time of Buzz's hire. I was unaware that he had alienated the entire local fan base. I believed that a coach that made the NCAA's every year he was hear deserved a longer stay.

I think I was probably wrong about JG but thats because I was unaware of how much he was dispized by the locals.

But I can tell you I had a strong dislike for Buzz from the get go (I think I was proven correct in my thoughts).

Posted by warriorman86 on April 10, 2008 at 4:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

ironcity: are jajuan smith and chris lofton d 2 talent

Posted by invisiblekid on April 10, 2008 at 5:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

vol_in_lsu_land, Peterson was thanked for his efforts to miss the NCAA tournament 4 straight years after Green got them to the tournament 4 straight years to the tune of a 1.4 million dollar buyout. I think for that amount, he can handle a little criticism.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on April 10, 2008 at 5:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Buzz signed Boomer Herndon, Matt Dotson, Damien Harris, Justin Albrecht, and John Winchester. Who?? He ocassionaly got a nice player like CJ Watson and Major Wingate. He didn't know what to do with them as evidenced by Buzz's record with them vs. Pearl's and Bradshaw's transformation as a key to the team.

Buzz did talk about CJ Watson needing to be more a leader for 3 years though since he was a PG.

Posted by invisiblekid on April 10, 2008 at 5:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Just a point of clarification BOJeff, most of us are deriding Peterson, not the team or program.

Posted by General_Watermelon on April 10, 2008 at 5:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

TommyJack - should of stuck to Fruity Tooties. That was his problem.

Posted by General_Watermelon on April 10, 2008 at 5:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

beachvol1 - lighten up Francis.