Comments by HooRay_Vol

Written on Lane Kiffin, USC strive for drama-free 2013:

in response to Biggie:

I predict this will be Kiffin's last year at SC

Then I predict a divorce once trophy wife is out of money.........

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

Coach Martin's policies similar to Coach Dooley's?????????????

Sure glad Coach Jones has his open door policy.......

Written on Vols' Mikelis Libietis claims No. 1 tennis ranking:

Hoo-Ray!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written on Former UT football player Ovince St. Preux to make UFC debut:

in response to Witch_Doctors:

Witch Doctor say good luck but without biting and pulling hair....Witch Doctor quickly lose interest in UFC as being too sterile and generic, lol
Bones never lie.

I have to agree. The UFC has not been what it used to be. Fighters fight to avoid losing/avoid getting knocked out. It has lost it's luster and they recently had to bring in women to try to add some excitement. I miss the days of Royce Gracie, Dan Severn, Oleg Taktarov and even Tank Abbott.

Written on Mike Strange: Reinforcements should bolster Vols' offense :

in response to usafvol:

Just curious but what self satisfaction do you and the other trolls get by cruising other teams pages. Guess being a troll is kinda like being a pedafile huh; just can't help yourselves..

It's OK. Delta Charlie and Lizard Grad are the same people. I wouldn't pay much attention to it. Kind of like a 3 year old screaming for attention........

Written on Coalfield lineman Zach Stewart commits to Tennessee:

Hoo-Ray! Keep bringing in the OL and DL!

Written on Tennessee leaves door open for Marlin Lane's possible return:

in response to pcorange:

Here we go with the idiotic comments. We don't know why Lane is off the team, but it sounds like a door is open if he wants to do what he needs to do. Dooley's record had nothing to do with the talent on the field. He had no idea how to make halftime or gametime adjustments, that is why he had a losing record.

+1

Written on Rawane Ndiaye commits to Tennessee basketball; Vols now two scholarships over limit:

We only need him to rebound and play tough defense. We will have plenty of scorers next year and Hubbs will be getting a lot of shots in the future.

Written on GoVols247: Florida WR becomes ninth UT commitment:

That's great!......I think.......

Written on John Adams: New staff won over Daniel Hood with its love for the game:

in response to volfan73120#211815:

John Adams owes Hood an apology for the mean, vicious articles he wrote on Hood back when he was recruited. Your a hypocrite Adams. Always have been, always will be. Apologize to the kid, he deserves it.

And the hyocritical fans too that wanted his head served on a platter and questioned "why TN would ever give this kid a scholarship". He has been a class act since day one....a great young man!

Written on Coaches offer no timetable on return of Marlin Lane:

Will need to put Devrin Young back to RB if Lane does not come back. Then pray that Neal does not get hurt.

Looking back we should have offered Dy'Shawn Mobley from Powell..........

Written on Vanderbilt coach James Franklin says 'people are offended' that he stands up for his school:

Good thing he was talking academics and not putting the beat down on teams 41-18. But that was under the old regime. Things are looking much better for us now.....

Written on Egg Bowl moved to Thanksgiving night:

HooRay!...........HOO-CARES?

Written on With big hits looming via graduation, Tennessee on the prowl for linemen to sign in 2014:

Might want to go to Hawaii and recruit some big boys like Jesse Mahelona!

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

in response to kyvol98:

From his LinkedIn profile:

Director of Recruiting
University of Tennessee
January 2013 – Present (4 months)Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Oversee the day to day operations of the recruiting department
• Oversee all film production for evaluation process
• Oversee data and prospect information in recruiting database
• Oversee head coach recruiting travel
• Oversee scheduling and coordinating recruiting travel
• Oversee recruiting calendar
• Oversee planning and supervision of all recruiting related functions coordination
• Responsible for creating and executing the recruiting marketing plan
• Responsible for all recruiting services
• Manage the day-to-day responsibilities for all student workers.
• Recruiting reports
• Prospect Identification

Could be a lot of busy work for kind of low money. You definitley need good organizational skills.

Written on Lady Vols signee Mercedes Russell named MVP of McDonald's All-American game:

Awesome. Here comes the next Candace Parker.

Written on Phillip Fulmer helps restart football at East Tennessee State:

in response to rsummie#211799:

And he could bring Jay Graham with him...

I would prefer former NFL player James "Little Man" Stewart who is from Morristown.

Written on Phillip Fulmer helps restart football at East Tennessee State:

Randy Sanders for HC. Has ET ties and deserves to be HC somewhere. (And he's not from California!)

Written on The addition of Darius Thompson means someone is going or someone isn't coming on Vols' roster:

in response to volsxsnos:

Just sitting here dreaming of a lineup in orange featuring Tobias Harris, Jarnell Stokes, a healthy Jeronne Maymon and Scotty Hopson all on the floor, at the same time, with heads on straight and attitudes adjusted. WOW. I guess the point, no pun intended, I'm trying to make is Tennessee can and does attract high quality MALE basketball players. We just can't seem to get them all in the same pot with the right spoon as my Southern granny used to say.

That would have been one talented team, except Hopson would have been gone the year before.....

Written on Tyler Summitt to interview at Coastal Carolina:

in response to licknpromise777#651578:

Head coach at 22..WOW!!! Just being considered is pretty big deal..Go for it Tyler, Jump in at the deep end

Yeah, talk about recruting players that you can also date.......... Some players on the team may be as old as he is if they red-shirted.

Written on Vols believe they can have elite offensive line:

This would have been the year! A senior line with Bray, Hunter, Patterson and D. Rogers. Would have been the best offense in the SEC and with an improved defense possibly SEC champs.

But this senior line will not disappoint and we will be much improved! Having an improved coach will also make a difference.

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

in response to Orangeblood13:

that's the biggest bunch of phooey written HooRay, if Jay wanted to be here, he would be here. I didn't see a short change

And he may have been if he was given a good contract to begin with. Now we are still paying out the 300K anyway. That's my point.

And BigDad.....your company brings in a new boss and a whole new staff with 8 out of 10 making more than you. You decide to leave because you felt like you were worth more. they hire the next guy at 40K more than you were originally set to make. Would that be fine with you?

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

in response to BigBadVol:

OK. What the point of the article?

Perhaps to show the Coach Jones and the administration needed to ante up to get Coach Gillesppie after the tried to short change Coach Graham. No wonder he left. No they have to pay anyway. Lesson learned.

Written on Govols247: Thompson picks Tennessee:

HooRay!!!!!!

Written on Dallas Thomas dealing with recovery from torn labrum:

Hey Dallas, don't feel like you have to play for the Cowboys just because your name is Dallas. I would love to see you get drafted by my Steelers! Good luck, I know you will do well!

Written on Coalfield sophomore lineman Zach Stewart gets offer from Tennessee:

in response to jwalla16:

I teach at Coalfield, and Zach is in two of my classes. The day Zach got his offer he came into my classroom, and the first words out of his mouth were not, "Did you hear my good news?" or, "I got an offer from UT!" but rather, "What work do I need to make up?" His head is on straight, and we couldn't be more proud of him. Coach Jones just got this little community on his side.

That's really awesome! Thanks for the inside info!

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

Guess they didn't deserve to be in the NCAA tourny afterall. They should have beat this team by at least 20.

Written on Cuonzo Martin baffled by Vols' NCAA tournament snub:

in response to Classof72:

Beat Georgia. Or Beat Ole Miss. Go to tournament.

If you really want to go to the Big Dance, you might want to learn how to dance. Still, our coach and players are OK with me. (Not great, but OK.) GO VOLS!

As long as the NCAA lets in so many automatic qualifiers from tee-ninecey conferences, good teams will get left out. That's just the way it is.

I agree. And try to win at least two games in the NIT to prove we were NCAA worthy.

Written on Coalfield sophomore lineman Zach Stewart gets offer from Tennessee:

Wonder what position we will be recruiting him for? Wonder what he prefers?

Written on Mike Strange: Another NCAA near-miss ups the ante for Cuonzo Martin, Vols in 2014:

I'm so proud of this team (and coach Martin). I thought they would have been slightly better than a .500 team this year. They overacheieved!

Written on First half was enough cushion for Vols against Mississippi State, 69-53:

in response to secondcreek:

OK, I admit it, I was VERY unhappy when Pearl was let go and they hired Martin.

BUT I have been impressed by the job Martin has done with this team the last two years.

Oh, and Martin was a Mike Hamilton hire. Where are the Hamilton haters?

Hamilton is a very fine man with a compassionate heart and does a lot of faith and mission work. But is ability to be an outstanding AD was totally different..............

Written on With $817,000 annual pay, UT's Dave Hart is near median of SEC athletic directors:

I'll run the program into the ground for a lot less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written on ETSU covets Phillip Fulmer :

Fulmer would have great success at ETSU. Get them back in the Southern Conference and give the Appy States and GA Southerns a run for their money.

Written on UT legacy Creamer commits to Vols:

Some mighty big arms on that kid for a WR....

Written on Vols concentrating on wins, not NCAA tournament:

in response to collegegrovebilly:

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We may have a chance if we win the first one because we have been hot at the end of the year and had a real nice win streak going. The selection committee looks at this. The big east, big ten and ACC always get more teams in as they are the better basketball conferences (traditionally and historically).

Written on Caldwell-Pope, Georgia beat reeling Kentucky 72-62:

Wow Kentucky really blows this year!

Written on Riley Ferguson embraces Vols' quarterback battle:

in response to usafvol:

Same here fellas..

Tritto....

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

in response to tennrich1:

Actually the main recruit that I know of that Jay has landed was the running back at SC...other than that...this year we needed badly needed a big time back and quite frankly Jay struck out...If he had wanted to stay thats fine...he's the one that said there were no ego's here...well based on your comments apparently there was...BUT the truth is you dont know, I dont know and no one other than Jay knows why he left...so let him go for goodness sake and lets move on....

We struck out on a lot of recruits at EVERY position. We will really know the true cost of losing Jay Graham after this NEXT class....AKA will we land Jalen Hurd? If we lose out again on a big time RB, we only continue to pay for Grahams loss.....

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

Now the vols administration will overpay someone to fill the position (to cover their EFFiNG mistake) and will end up costing more than what Graham was to make.

Written on Jay Graham leaving Vols for Florida State:

in response to GrandCanyonVol:

You know,loyalty is no longer much in the human race. There is some, but not a lot. It's about ME, ME, and ME. What's best for MEEEE! It's a shame, but it is what it is. When I grew up, the Bible had an influence on people where their word meant something. When a man shook your hand and told you his intentions, their word was sure. You could count on their word because they had honor. Not much Bible left in our society, not much honor and loyalty either. Our society thought we could get along without God back in the 60's and 70's and now we are left with a mess. Jay leaving is just part of that mess. I liked him and would hope that he would be different, but not to be. It is sad. My wife ask me some months ago, "Do they not have to fulfill their contracts;Do they not have to sign a paper saying they will do certain things or be there a certain time?" She could not grasp that you would agree to do something and it meant nothing to anyone. The world has gone insane, no doubt about it.

I think it less about "ME,ME,ME" and more about what kind of "Good Ole Boy System" that has been established by this program. I'm sure only he knows how it really is. Lowball your salary and bring in all your buddies making hundreds of thousands more.......

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

There goes Jalen Hurd with him............

Written on Jay Graham leaving Vols for Florida State:

in response to StoneJackBaller:

Hey, money talks, VFL walks Jack!

He obviously wasn't paid near enough if he means that much to us. Or, maybe he doesn't get along too well with the new staff.

Or a combination of both. I know I would have felt slighted being second lowest paid for such an important position. They should have made it worth his while if they wanted to keep him. Now what other kind of RB coach will we get with NFL experience?

Answer NONE..... I condider this an epic fail for coach Jones and the administration.

Written on Neyland Stadium's time at the top of SEC over? Reports say Texas A&M's stadium will be bigger:

Dang. We can't be # 1 in anything......... Except for having the most trolls posting on this website.

Written on Former Vol Tobias Harris traded to Orlando Magic:

Can you imagine the team we would have had this year with Tobias, Stokes, Maymon, McRae, and Richardson! We would have stomped KY even with Nerlens Noel.......

Written on John Adams: No Michael Dyer, even if UT in dire need:

in response to Ironcity:

Players with questionable character have worked out pretty well for the Tide and have worked all right for Auburn and UGA as well. I will leave this decision to the coach and the administration. If after speaking with Dyer they believe in him, then I'm sold. Both UT and Dyer need each other so this has a chance to work out.

The Tide just booted four players. I don't think even they would give him another chance.

Let him watch the SEC games from inside Harvey Updyke, Jr's trailer.

Written on Poll: Which postseason tournament will Tennessee men's basketball play in?:

in response to civilianvol_formerly_marinevol:

OTHER??? What else is there beside the NCAA and NIT? I don't think they would let us play in the NBA or Division II tournament.

There is another tournament for teams that do not make the NIT. I forget what it is called but ETSU played in it a couple years ago....

Written on News Sentinel earns nine awards in APSE contest :

HooRay!!!!!

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

Does this remind anyone of Corey Zickfoose and Nu"kesse Richardson??????

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