Comments by Ayres_Hall

Written on Former Tennessee cornerback Daniel Gray to transfer to Utah State:

Can this be the last time we speak his name?

AFL?

Written on New football hires show importance of familiarity, trust:

in response to Orange_Beach:

I can't recall Butch Jones being a highly sought after coach. He wasn't even the first choice when a spiraling out of control UThug hired him away from powerhouse Cincy team.

No? Do you recall how Bama is the most penalized football program in NCAA history? And that Bama fans are notorious for their criminal activity on other fans and their property?

Can you say Logan Young or Harvey Updyke?

Written on Tennessee defensive back Daniel Gray to transfer:

in response to laraccoon:

maybe he was on this site and read some of these posts and wants to transfer to a school with brighter fans .

This is the most likely to be correct.

Written on Trae Golden leaving Vols: 'We wish him well':

This comment board was trashing Tre Golden nearly every week during the season. Now, you cry for him.

I really wish you guys would grow up.

Written on Shooting guard Jordan Cornish commits to Vols:

in response to Peoplecallmestag:

It concerns me that this story consists of one source, and that source is a teenager. Why isn't there any supporting attribution from CM or a high school coach?

This story, while possibly true, seems shaky with its lack of support.

A college coach cannot talk about any recruit until they sign the LOI. But I guess his high screwal coach could have been interviewed.

What I find funny about your post is the "shaky with its lack of support" comment. Sounds like you are referring to the Legion of the Miserable.

Written on Former Tennessee signee Travon Landry signs with New Mexico State:

Good for Travon. New Mexico St. is a good program.

Written on Tyler Summitt interviews for Chattanooga opening:

in response to mocsandvolsfan:

I hope we get Tyler. It'd be awesome. We may actually win a NCAA 1st round.(Not aimed at former coach or players but just way it goes)
UTC's an awesome starting point for any young coach...or it could be a last shot for an older but great coach. Men's or women's. I still want McCarthy but who knows what will happen?

Tyler Summitt is not going to be hired as a head coach at Chattanooga. Maybe Chattanooga State. Oh and Mack McCarthy left Chattanooga because he could not keep his hands off the female students. He is not being hired, either.

Written on Parallel lines in two lawsuits against Tennessee:

in response to Johnny_Aint_No_Del_Shofner:

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Is that you, Harvey Updyke?

Written on Mike Strange: Lane Kiffin's Tennessee recruiting haul not reflected in draft:

Can we talk about the past, every day? If we talk about it enough, it might change... ugh!!!

Written on Order of protection was taken out against Yemi Makanjuola:

How about that????

Written on Darius Thompson signs with Tennessee basketball:

I thought kids had to declare for the NBA by April 17?

Written on Tyler Bray to be featured on Jon Gruden's show Friday:

Gruden will have his kid gloves out for Bray. He will highlight the postives: Gunslinging. Strong arm. Big numbers.

What Gruden won't do is ask Bray to analyze a defense or highlight a play were he checked-off and made a perfect play.

Written on Jordan McRae still going through the 'process' of getting ready for NBA:

in response to eb502us#225637:

Can you say "thin skin" and for what? Giving an opinion that will most likely become fact.

I didn't say anything negative about his game other than it doesn't translate to the NBA. If Vegas had a line, I"d feel very safe making that wager.

But you are a knucklehead.

Doesn't translate? What does that mean? Are you simply repeating what some talking head said on ESPN?

Written on Director of recruiting J.R. Sandlin no longer with UT football:

in response to snowpeapod#263184:

Everyone is looking for a positive or negative in this move. Maybe the guy just had an opportunity too good to pass up somewhere else. I'm sure his whereabouts will surface in the near future.

No kidding. It's more than likely he missed his girlfriend or momma.

This job is an admin role. It once was the Recruiting Coordinator (also an on field coach) but that changed when Nick Saban hired a crew of entry level assistants to perform all the pick, pack, and ship (twitter, Facebook, and txt).

Written on Steve Stripling calls Vols defensive end Corey Vereen 'most motivated freshman I've ever seen':

The core of this staff has been together for 6 years. In the 6 years they have found success with their coaching style and philosophies at different programs and at different levels.

This is so different than the past 4 years.

Written on Report: Former Auburn players detail payments, academic fraud, drug culture, criminal cover-ups:

in response to Mansonlamps:

Can we just admit that college football in general is a dishonest, fraudulent, morally bankrupt institution that doesn't deserve our support? I mean really, when are we all going to get our heads out of the sand and call a spade a spade?

I will... as soon as all the other SEC programs go first.

It is the "support" that is causing all of this. Big ego'd supporters are placing winning ahead of everything else. What's the difference between John Thornton and Harvey Updyke? One can spend a million dollars to run through the T, the other can spend $10 on tree poison. Both are idiots.

Written on Butch Jones pleased with Vols' attitude after first day back at practice:

in response to tomatosoup:

+2....Boy it's nice to see folks finally throwing around a lot of positive thinking! I too realize that we won't know the record of how well CBJ can coach until the season is over BUT....it appears to me that Coach Jones is doing everything in his power to turn this ship in a positive direction....with what he is able to do at this point in time! Go Vols!!!

I'm always optimistic... until I read the comments from UT fans.

Written on 'Test of maturity' coming on how UT football players used their spring break:

in response to Nighthawk:

Lack of speed was our undoing the past 3 years. Year 0 and 1(Dooley's count)we played our DBs off the line and everybody completed passes underneath, then ran by us.

Last year in the "more aggressive defense"(Dooley's description), the Dbs played at the line and the wideouts blew by us and completed passes.

Lack of speed...yuh think, last year they couldn't catch a cold.

I believe CBJ and staff will improve our DBs in technique, quickness and speed. GBO

I hope so.

I find it difficult to believe the issue was talent (speed) but that the guys were always out of postion, clueless on what to do, and fearful of doing things wrong.

At least, let me think that.

Written on David Climer: Butch Jones shows moxie Tennessee Vols need:

Moxie, swagger, whatever.

I think we have a lot of good players who were not taught, coached, or lead very well over the past three to four years. I have a difficult time believing that our guys could not compete and win the SEC the past three years.

Written on Vols believe they can have elite offensive line:

in response to jakethevolguy:

The OL didn't loose games last year. The defense did.

I dunno. Maybe we should have scored more?

While your post makes sense, the coach of the OL wants his guys to think in terms of the team. The team lost so everyone lost and carries the load.

Written on Butch Jones says of event countering Nick Saban: 'I'll do anything in Tennessee':

It's the dolts at the Athens Chamber of Commerce. Not any single business who happens to be located in or near Athens.

Send your emails to the hayseeds at the Athens Chamber of Commerce. Do not boycott a milk company or any other Athens based business.

The billboard in Chattanooga makes me want to vomit.

Written on Like Bruce Pearl, most coaches survive NCAA show-cause orders :

Bruce Pearl is a dirt bag. First, he snitched on others, then when he cheated he asked parents to lie (cover-up) along with him to the NCAA.

Is that who you want leading your team?

No, Bruce Pearl will be hired by a very desperate school and he will swing and miss, again.

Written on Former UT running backs coach Jay Graham will make $275,000 at Florida State:

Any Volunteer would be happy that Coach Jones got who he wanted in Robert Gillispie. Everythng else is of no matter.

Good luck Jay Graham.

Written on UT running backs coach Robert Gillespie to be paid $300,000:

in response to SouthPaVol:

The proof is in the pudding, so to speak. We "almost" got one of four good running backs in 2013, but each one went a different way. The need was there; early playing time was available; we got a pretty good back, but not highly recruited--so, the jury is still out.

Now we have two running backs verbally committed for 2014, one of which is a 5-star back and maybe the top player available in our state. Yes, it's a verbal commitment, but that's the best back we have had committed in three years.

I actually thing Coach Graham could have sealed the Hurd commitment eventually, but it didn't happen before he left. CRG gets the credit for the verbal from Jalen Hurd, which pads his coaching resume' and brings mega-talent to Knoxville.

If Hurd is all that, and I think he will be another great back from a long line of great backs at Tennessee, then CRG is worth every dime the school pays him. In fact, instead of a bowl bonus, perhaps there ought to be a 5-star signing bonus for recruiters. Then the bowl appearances will surely follow. Go Vols!

All you need to know is this: Robert Gillispie is the coach at UT and Jay Graham is not.

Go Vols.

Written on Could Tyler Bray be the steal of the 2013 NFL draft?:

I hope he does well... but I'm not counting on it.

He'll only be a steal if he goes undrafted and then makes a team that carries three QBs.

Written on Garland's late shot sends Mississippi home:

Negative image? Ole Miss is about as negative an image as you can find. I'm glad they are gone. I hope Henderson find himself in jail, again.

Written on Robert Morris stuns Kentucky in NIT, 59-57:

in response to TheEffect:

"Enjoy Kentucky's misery while you can, because it won't last long. The 2013-2014 Revenge Tour starts in November....and it's going to be a bloodbath".

The most accurate quote I heard all day.

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH

I'll take your advise and enjoy it while I can.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Written on CPA's Braxton Blackwell is a name to remember for Tennessee:

Did I read that correctly? 6'7" 205 lbs. High school freshman starting on a state finalist team?

Written on CPA's Jalen Lindsey has high regard for Cuonzo Martin, Vols:

in response to manniesghost1903:

Jalen Lindsey will call UT a great school but his Head Coach at CPA is Drew Maddox and Brian Alsmiller is one of the assistants. CPA has recruited a great all star team to make sure Jake Alsmiller (guess who's son he is?) will be an all star state champion. Right now the only team that has a very slim chance against the CPA Lions State Champion AA Invitational is Jackson Southside and that is a slim and none chance. UT may have offered Jalen Lindsey a scholarship but my guess is that Drew Maddux would break both Lindsey's knee caps before he would allow him to sign with UT. I am not saying CPA is not good but they really belong in the private school division with Brentwood Academy; MBA; etc;.

Am I supposed to know who Drew Maddox and Brian Alsmiller are? High school basketball coaches for a small private school, right?

Small time politics?

Written on ETSU covets Phillip Fulmer :

Don't do it coach Fulmer. It's a no win situation for you. If you win the L of M will give credit to an assistant coach and if you lose... well then.

What's Sparky Woods doing these days?

Written on Vols' Jordan McRae makes first-team All-SEC:

What happend to awarding the best 5? Drop Releford, Murphy, and Noel to second team.

Written on Tennessee football scholarship roster projected to climb to 83 players in fall:

With three legacy guys already committed for 2014. Future looks bright.

Written on Chairman hopes slimmed-down UT athletics board will be more relevant:

Complain, moan, and gripe. Gloom, despair, and agony on me... whoa!

Some of you guys seek out the worst in everything. Legion of the Miserable.

Written on Bobby Majors, Paul Naumoff, Jackie Walker on College Football Hall of Fame ballot:

To all the old white men with comments above: please get past the past. Move on. Dickey is no longer the coach nor the AD. Eisenhower is no longer the President. Elvis is dead.

Why continue to hate Majors, Fulmer, Hamilton, or Dooley? Hate Kiffin, that's okay.

Written on New UT football facility to be named Anderson Training Center:

in response to Johnny_Aint_No_Del_Shofner:

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I'd rather that you be bronzed and thrown fronm the Henley Street Bridge.

Written on Robert Gillespie of West Virginia leading candidate for RB coach :

in response to mountainbrook:

I don't car where he is from. I only care if he does a good job as a coach and as a recruiter.

Yep. But he must meet John Adam's only qualification.

Written on Tim Spencer interviews for Vols' running back job:

I've never heard of Tim Spencer. His background sounds good. But does he meet John Adams' only requirement?

Written on Ogletree leaves Georgia for medical reasons:

Thinning the roster to get to 85 for next August?

Written on John Adams: Losing Jay Graham is more than just losing a running backs coach:

So the last of the Dooley holdovers is gone?

I'll be glad when the last of the (take your pick) Dickey, Majors, Fulmer faithful are gone as well. Then, perhaps, we can all become the University of Tennessee faithful.

Living the life of a Miserable is so '12.

Written on Source: Graham was offered $40,000 raise to $300,000:

The complainers need to go to Bama where the grass is always greener. Please go.

Jay Graham's resume is short. He was the second lowest paid assistant. And he leaves to work with Randy Sanders.

What more do you need to know?

Written on Jay Graham leaving Vols for Florida State:

Jay Graham will always be a Vol but let's face it ... he was the 2nd lowest paid on staff. Which is probably all you need to know.

Written on Jay Graham reunites with Randy Sanders, Sal Sunseri at Florida State:

in response to gc_scvol:

Evan, You're a good writer. Make your escape now, before you end up like the rest of the KNS sports writers. African American, really? How did that become a part of your article? Makes absolutely no sense to start coloring people in this article. Looking for sensationalism? You're better than that. But my Daddy used to tell me, "If you lay with dogs long enough, you're bound to get fleas sooner or later."

I agree. I thought the story was a coach leaving and the need to fill an opening. Why insert political correctness?

Written on Jay Graham leaving Vols for Florida State:

in response to rsummie#211799:

Jay was the only coach Butch could NOT afford to lose!!! Couldn't hire Tee and now lose Jay??? Want to hear the explanation!

You have your mind made, pal. Now, put down the gun and back away from it.

Written on Butch Jones gave raspy address to Big Orange TipOff Club:

Oh man, he already knows how to feed the beast.

Written on Tyler Bray to participate in Gruden QB Camp:

If Gruden gets him in a one on one with game film... then Tyler is dead meat. He never learned how to read defenses and check to open receivers. Never.

But I hope he becomes a brilliant NFL QB and is proud of his school.

Written on Alabama student details alleged beating at hands of football players:

in response to 6972:

Jocks think they are gods but they sometimes are as dumb as dirt. I can't believe they are still on the team, just suspended. What does it take to have a thug kicked off the team? Unbelievable! If you or I had knocked someone unconscious, guess where we would be?

Jocks are gods. If this had happend on the UT campus then our fans would be defending the jocks.

Written on Harrison Smith, Todd Kelly don't support NCAA changes that loosen barriers to recruits :

I kinda like the changes. It'll separate the bad from the good. A good recruiter will know to ask permission when to contact and how much.

Face it. Coaches are not the one's texting, emailing, and sending the junk snail mail. It's students working for the coach. At least, that's the way it is at Alabama. One ESPN talking head spoke of walking into the Bama recruiting offices and seeing a room full of students working the phones, computers, and copy desks.

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