Comments by budd#207344

Written on Sam Winterbotham named region tennis Coach of the Year:

Does an outstanding job of teaching, recruiting, and managing. Echo the sentiments above about his tenure

Written on Vols rally in singles to beat Clemson 4-3, keep tennis season alive:

One of the most exciting victories for a Vol team in years. Great job CSW and players.

Written on Source: Trae Golden's departure 'based on academics' and 'repeated plagiarism':

in response to xanga:

if true then Martin had to know Golden wouldn't be back and could have kept Landry. Just makes Martin look that much worse.

He let Landry go because Landry was not going to play whether Golden was there or not. He did not improve and so CCM didn't want him. the right choice

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

in response to StoneJackBaller:

We should be able to get a good PG by selling them on an immediate starting job with an awesome front court. Come on Cuonzo, make it happen. We'll find out just how good a recruiter Mr. Martin is. It shouldn't be too hard.

This is May. Season starts in October. Name me three point guards with experience that are available for this fall. Or are you just FOS?

Written on UT releases Travon Landry from men's basketball letter of intent:

in response to senatorgip#470888:

The point that most fans are making is that Coach Martin and UT have possibly lost lot of integrity IF this decision proves to be a Cut. Everything we have read and seen indicates that Coach Martin told the Landrys it would be in their best interest to explore other schools. While it is true we dont have all of the facts, anyone with half brain can conclude it is highly likely that the Vols released him. IF this is in fact the case it does make UT look bad.

And you and every other a**hole who is complaining will be calling for CCM's head after the first loss. College athletics have things like this happen because of trash like you. So CCM decides that he is going to do what will be best for him and his team. But stop acting like you are so embarrassed and ashamed. You and fans like you caused this. Deal with it.

Written on Pat Summitt's 1-year contract dips from $354,375 to $85,000 :

in response to gbrowni1#663550:

Pat has been an outstanding coach. All lady Vol fans are proud of her and grateful for what she has contributed to the University of Tennessee. In return she was Very Well Compensated and has become a very wealthy lady and has received a boat load of accolades and trophies. Now it's time to stop and say "Thank you Pat, we love you, good luck." Someone at U.T. must say "enough is enough". It is inappropriate for U.T. to continue giving her student and tax payer's money.

There is no taxpayer money used by the UTAD. Please know what you are talking about before posting.

Written on Pat Summitt's 1-year contract dips from $354,375 to $85,000 :

in response to eb502us#225637:

Hart is obviously a Democrat and Obama fan.

Bigger gov't or in this case more spending when the coffers are bare is following the plan. Fiscal responsibility be damned!!

Hart will only get fired when a real accountant gets hold of the athletic dept. books. And then we'll be up a creek without a paddle. Sad.

You have no idea what you are talking about

Written on Pat Summitt's 1-year contract dips from $354,375 to $85,000 :

in response to GerryOP:

What TJ said.

+1

Written on Parallel lines in two lawsuits against Tennessee:

in response to pcshowtime:

For the last time it does not matter which sports make money and which ones lose money. not in court of law, not to the NCAA. No matter how many times people bring up mens football makes money womens sports lose money. It is still not going to amount to a hill of beans. It is what it is. So find a new argument.

Please, logic, common sense, and truthfulness will get you banned from this site in a heart beat. These posters do not want to hear any of that.

Written on Heather Mason relieved of duties as UT's associate strength and conditioning coach:

in response to atnvol#283282:

Moral of the story is don't bite the hand that feeds you.

No moral of the story is you don't fire somebody who is suing you unless got a realllllly good reason. If you don't have that reason then double the initial award your stupidity was going to bring to the plantiff.

Written on Jacobs: Auburn review finds no evidence of fraud:

I am a UT fan but this last group of BS about the Barn needs to wake some people up. Roberts should never be able to get a sports writing job again. This is the second time she has tried to throw a school under the bus and been proven wrong. AS for espn, they are just a sad remnant of what was a decent network. They have done this three other times and been wrong. You would think they would finally give up.

Written on Former UT swimmer Nicole Gross injured at Boston Marathon:

in response to orangecountyvols:

A-men, Big Al.

+1

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

in response to halloffamebowler:

How do you know there is no supporting facts? Fact is, you ,like the rest of us know nothing aboyt what you say is fact.Have a good day.

The reporter in question has been asked for any back up she has and has not provided any.
That's how I know
Every player she quotes denies the story.
That's how I know
The player who says its true is under arrest for burglary and looking at a long prison term.
That's how I know
The reporter in question is the same one who said that the Duke lacrosse team raped a striper.
And that wasn't true either.
But if you read all of my post, I was saying that if it is true it is one program out of 130. And that the poster I was replying to was questioning all of college football. I was trying to make the point that one issue doesn't tar all of the sport. But the facts available say it is not true

Written on End to Lady Vols' season doesn't feel good:

in response to richvol:

Why does UConn never get intimidated? Coaching. Why does Notre Dame not get itimidated...or Why was Louisville not intimidated against Baylor?

It has to be coaching...I rest my case.

I will answer you and all the others who replied to my post.

You can yell til you are blue in the face. If the players won't listen they will not listen. Even Cal learned this lesson in 2013 and actually pulled Griffin from a game and told him "I can't coach you" . Another example Kamiko Williams. Where did all this talent come from? She finally realized it was almost over. Pat couldn't reach her and Holly didn't for the longest time. The players were intimidated and no one can change that. Bottom line I believe the best thing is a coach who can coach. I would rather have a coach who is the best at X & O than a great recruiter. But this loss was on the players. This is the Elite 8. Not the first game against UT Chat. The coaches can put them there but they need to want it enough. There were no magic plays or a new defense that would have solved this. It was just play the game. And they didn't

Written on End to Lady Vols' season doesn't feel good:

in response to go_vols:

It's not the team, its the coach. The Vols deserves better and a coach worthy to lead the best women basketball team ever.

Your stupidity is so glaring that it blinds me. This game was lost by the players not playing defense. They can play shutdown d because they have done it. They just got intimidated by UL and stopped doing what they were coached to do. Warlick is not the issue and you are stupid to think so

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?

Can we just admit this a story done by a no name reporter with no facts to back it up?
Can we just admit that even if true this is one program out of 130?
Can we just admit you want to tar a sport with no facts to see?

Written on Louisville stops Lady Vols' run to Final Four, 86-78:

in response to NCLADYVOLFAN:

From a previous article:
Warlick didn't want to get caught up in Walz's confusing defensive schemes, which even get his own players mixed up sometimes. She's counting on sophomore point guard Ariel Massengale to figure it out on the fly and get Tennessee in the right plays.

"We don't want to slow our game up trying to figure out what Louisville's defense is doing," Warlick said. "We want to continue to attack."Whoever can execute best will get another momentous win and, for most of the players, a first trip to the Final Four.

Enough said- NO coaching- leaving it up to the sophomore point guard???? Really????

Very dissapointed in Holly's approach to this game.....support for the lady vols will continue....just dissapointed in the lack of coaching and direction in the most important game of the season.

Are you really this stupid? Nowhere did Warlick say she was not going to coach them. She made the point of not worrying about which defense they were in just attack to the basket. Please take a reading comp course or two

Written on Louisville stops Lady Vols' run to Final Four, 86-78:

in response to oldbasshead:

I didn't think Coach Warlick did a good job getting her team ready and She did not do a good job during the game. They did make some good half time adjustments.

Wrong. This loss fell on the players. You do not get to play for a Final Four shot without having good coaching. The players were timid and allowed a less talented team to steamroll them in the first half. UL was beatable and the players just didn't do what was needed to win. Defense was horrible and that has been drilled into them all season. This was a player's loss.

Written on Mike Strange: Tennessee has resources but no Final Fours:

in response to Pompey:

....the hard truth is the University of Tennessee athletics has always been average. In men's sports Knoxville has never even been close to Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, or Columbus. Poor management of the AD and a corrupt "ole boy" mentality of "good is good enough", has crippled an athletic program that has outstanding facilities. Bricks and mortar do not substitute for championships so the mind set at Tennessee must change before anything else does.......

Until recently Tennessee led the conference in overall SEC titles. We were surpassed by Florida. Given Florida's size and recruiting territory they are the average ones taking this long to pass us in titles. Please know what you are talking about before you post here.

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

in response to voloffaith:

Amazing so many willing/so desperate to take a roll of the dice with a coach with major baggage. No one seems to care what a joke the university would be for hiring a liar who did it more than once. Yes, we all,for the most part, have lied at one point or another in our lives. To those who haven't might hat is off to you. Many on here are implying win at all cost as their mantra. I liked Coach Pearl until he burnt his own bridge and didn't admit it til he got caught. BBQ, lying to nC2a, telling a parent to mislead the nC2a. Just too much baggage....best wishes wherever he lands except when he plays the Vols. Hope he has learned his lesson.

I find your screen name and your comments interesting. What about the died for our sins and forgiveness stuff?

Written on Offseason could be time to evaluate Cuonzo Martin's contract:

If you look at the first two years of the UT coaches going back to Coach Mears, CCM ranks fifth. He only beats out Houston, Peterson, and O'Neil. There does not need to be any extension talk until after next season.

Written on Lady Vols knock off Creighton, 68-52, to reach Sweet 16:

in response to UTFAN1993:

I think most that have commented so far are saying it's not the final score or that they are moving on. they are talking about how the TOTAL game was played AND that if they expect to represent the nation and move to the elite 8, then they will have to play better than tonight. From here on the comp only gets better and better. They didn't play a team tonight that is in any way a good defensive team. Do you really think that Creighton is even in the same class as the remaining teams? If you do name one and then give your reasons why. thanks

No, most who comment here do not know the first thing about the sport or what it takes to get to this level. Whiners and criers are the same on every site and are usually clueless. They have no idea what is happening and just criticize because they think it makes them look smart. It only makes them look stupid to nit pick the players and the coaches of the SEC regular season champs.

Written on University of Alabama president to recommend hiring of Bill Battle as new athletics director:

I'm sure the last thing Bill Battle is worried about is what people on this message board think about him. He went on to a very successful career in business and now he gets to return to his alma mater and be the AD at a time when they are at the top in college athletics. I would guess his experience will serve him well. I am glad to see him succeed. He is a class act.

Written on Rejection Sunday: Vols left out of NCAA tournament, receive No. 2 seed in NIT:

in response to westknoxrepub:

In no way shape or form has Martin recruited well. Stokes was Pearl's recruit bottom line. Everyone cried about how the cupboard was bare, yet EVERYONE who contributed this year were Pearl's recruits, while Martin's contributed NOTHING. Crean walked into a wasteland and built it up, Martin walked into a good situation and completly screwed it up.

I know how completely ignorant you are but I would have thought even you would know that Stokes decommited when Pearl was let go. He was being courted even by your wet dream Cal. And CCM got him back. Just as Hubbs was being offered by Duke, ky, and NC.
Crean has just gotten out of the waste land after five years.Not two
McRae wasn't even coming off the bench for Pearl and Golden was not close to the player he is now.
Admit it. It would not matter who is here you just hate UT and always have. The sorry part is you know nothing about the game but act like you do.

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

Good article. I think CCM is the right coach but he will have all the tools and it will be a tough season if they start out like the last two years. I have seen some great wins this year but the players need to realize they cannot just play in spurts.

Written on Rejection Sunday: Vols left out of NCAA tournament, receive No. 2 seed in NIT:

For all of you BB "experts"
1. We were extremely lucky with the hire of Bruce.
2. Tom Crean has taken five years to get Indiana back to the top of CBB. And Indiana IS a basketball school.
3. Conzo can't play for the players.
4. He has recruited well. He has made both Golden and McCray better players. He lost his best player and had to wait until January to find out.
5. CCM has a great recruit coming in and JS, TG, JM,& JM coming back. All older and more educated on CCM system.
6. Not the coach's fault the league sucked this year. Even Calipari missed this year

Written on Tennessee left in the hands of the committee, but Cuonzo Martin thinks his team deserves to be in:

in response to emailnodata:

I still believe the day(s) will come when 48 are seeded and some set number play in for the final 16 spots....

Just too much subjectivity with the way it's done now.

I agreee . Give a spot to every team that wins either the regular season (my choice) title or tournament title. Then let the computer determine the remaining teams. A simple program could compare performance over the whole division 1 and come up with the seedings. Too much opportunity for those who don't like a conference to vote out good teams. This aint rocket science.

Written on Butch Jones says Vols are on run of 'momentum':

Glad to hear the enthusiasm of the head coach. This is a junior and senior laden team. There is talent on this team. If Jones and his coaches can truly coach then there will be joy in Knoxville again. But that is the million dollar question. Can these guys coach them up?

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

This conference will never be seen as a basketball power until it quits bowing down to ky. This is the coaches poll. Five ky players are first and second team when they collapsed after losing their big player? And Eddie Munster gets COY when he cant' beat ky or UT? Other coaches in other conferences will look at this and go " And they expect us to give them more NCAA bids when they honor a second tier team?"

Written on Texas A&M takes one away from Lady Vols in final minute, 66-62:

You people are pathetic. They lost by 2 points to the team that was in the hunt for the regular season championship. And they were missing their starting center and backup point guard. A tourney is just that, a tourney. Winning a regular season is what REAL teams do not jump up and down for getting hot for two or three games. Grow up

Written on Tennessee's Butch Jones announces position changes as he sets tone for start of practice:

If he wants to play sounds to disrupt their concentration why not play some of Dooley's press conference. That was a lot like a baby whining or fingernails on a blackboard.

Written on Lady Vols to send 10 to NCAA swimming championships:

Nice to see us back in the hunt. Have a strong meet!!

Written on Checking out 'the bad' — Three concerns for UT:

in response to manoffewwords:

"Can they coach?" Of course they can coach! Been coaching for a greater part of their lives. Biggest question is do we have enough talent and depth.

There is talent

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

in response to Classof72:

1. Hart should report to the UT President, not the Knoxville Chancellor.
2. The Thornton Center should have a permanent director and be run by UTAD, with academic oversight.
3. UTK must maintain a curriculum option and admission flexibility expressly to admit and retain outstanding football players, as do UT's peers, inluing Vandy. Instead, Jimmy Cheek has an oversight group which appears to be dedicated to prevent outstanding football prospects from getting into UT.
4. The Governor should appoint athletically oriented and qualified individuals to the UT Board of Trustees.

According to recent media reports, little or no progress is being made in these areas. Football is the university's front porch. Until these areas are addressed, the porch will continue to sag badly and fail to support its mission for the university and the state.

3. I issue you the same challenge I issue to any other poster who writes this. In the last 20 years name one football player who has been denied by UT and went on to play for another SEC school. Going to prep or CC first does not count.
This is just not true and I don't care what Doug Matthews said on his radio show. Now I can name you a player who was denied by Florida and accepted by UT. Omari Phillips

Written on Checking out 'the bad' — Three concerns for UT:

There is talent on this team. If these guys can coach, UT can have a winning season. But the No.1 question is "Can they coach?". Coach them up and UT will win.

Written on Vols get needed win at Auburn, 82-75:

Just to highlight the extreme stupidity on this board. Go back to the comments after the Georgetown game. "Defense stinks we want offense". "Looks like Kevin O'Neil teams". All through that time the vast majority were crying because we were playing such lock down defense but poor offense. Now you are getting the scoring and the d has slacked off a bit. And the cry? "Lousy defense". "Can't win games without it".
You are not going to get both for a whole game. Doesn't happen in College or pro. But at the end of this one you saw them lock the Barn down. We need to hope for the offense all game and the D when we need it at the end. Good Win!

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

in response to DukeDeLuca2:

Unfortunately, UT faculty know little or nothing about athletics. That's why the old system worked well. Having 41 members kept power from being centralized with a few members. They might be more dangerous with 18 members.

Or they may not.

Like too many UT fans, faculty is under the impression that UT sports produces a geyser of money. They want it.

However, those days are over. The athletic department will be hard pressed to make money over the next decade. Commitments have been made based on previous income projections. Now they have to be met.

Further handicapping UT is the money they've been feeding the deficit producing women's athletic department and the general fund.

(SIDEBAR: Before ranting about how women's athletics makes produces a profit take a look at the books. The men's athletics are charged all rent and expenses for facilities like Thompson-Boling while women are charged nothing. It's an accounting con game.)

So while Alabama, Florida and other top schools have been funneling excess profits into a futures fund, Tennessee pumped profits into the women's programs and the general fund.

Now it's gone.

I think Dave Hart has a handle on reality.

It must scare the heck out of him.

1. It is and has been for over a year, one department. So building is charged to one line for all.
2. Florida Alabama, and other top schools pump just as much money into women's as men. Its the law. And learn to look at the standings for other women's teams besides BB and you will see it is true.
3. Like it or not we had to spend millions to upgrade facilities including those for football and men's BB and baseball. It had to be done because we had slipped behind other SEC schools and it was hurting recruiting in all sports.
4. Compare the average annual wage in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. This is not a rich state. It is somewhat surprising it can support this level of budget.
5. Until recently UT was the only AD that sent so much more money back to academics. It had to because the fools in the legislature continued to lower the allocation to UT. But they still expected their tickets. So they could not build as much of a reserve as others.
6. Fulmer was the reason for the start of the downslide. He needed to go. The mistakes were in the hires to replace him.

Written on Vaulters lead UT contingent to NCAA track meet:

This is so sad. Clark has trashed one of the best programs in NCAA history. I guess Hart is in over his head. He needs to look for a replacement and soon

Written on Georgia had gameplan for limiting Jarnell Stokes :

in response to wigmeister:

CCM should have adjusted game plan at half time to deal with what they were doing. He didn't. The players didn't perform. We lost!

He did adjust. That's why you saw more of Hall. And Kenny did make some jumpers but the players didn't do as well. Josh couldn't throw it in the ocean and Moore seemed lost.

Written on Georgia had gameplan for limiting Jarnell Stokes :

in response to decades_vol:

Vols can still finish strong enough to go dancing. At least there's an opportunity. But the same old story is still true at times. UT's opponents beat them earlier by packing the lane, double-teaming and even triple-teaming Stokes, and daring the Vol guards to shoot. This worked for too many games. Then the unexpected happened. Tenn began filling it up from everywhere on the court, McCrae began putting on All-American performances, and Stokes began making everybody pay. It worked for six straight games, including a hammering of Kentucky, a win over Florida, and winning three straight road games. Quite impressive. Yesterday's loss was disappointing, but you had to figure the Vols had to cool off sometime.

Actually, this game may have a silver lining to it. Georgia, maybe, has brought the Vols down to earth a little bit. It's obvious that Tennessee would have been better off with a win. But I honestly think that this punch in the mouth may do the Vols some good. Hopefully the Georgia Bulldogs have provided the Big Orange with a "teachable moment". Lesson being that anybody is good enough to beat you on a given day, but also that when you bring your best game, you're going to give anybody all they can handle.

Even Jarnell admitted he needed to be more physical. This game was no different. KY tried to bully him and he didn't let it happen. GA used three guys and Hall could not bail him out. When that happened it took away the lane for Trae to drive. Plus he was not getting the foul calls on his drives that he got in other games. The key is for JS to be the bully. He can and does but didn't here and it hurt.

Written on Georgia had gameplan for limiting Jarnell Stokes :

in response to JimmyJoe:

Golden... Golden is the key. If he plays like he played Saturday it doesn't matter what stokes does.

Golden was stymied because of the Stokes defense. If JS doesn't touch the ball then it can't come back out to the guards. That's why you saw more of K Hall. Need him to step up if they collapse on Stokes and become the other big man

Written on Derek Dooley and fired assistants will cost UT an estimated $7.5 million:

Two items.
1. Sunseri should be ashamed to have been paid by UT much less still take money. If I were him I would use a disguise when I cashed the check.
2. With Ansley coaching at KY we should be able to pick their DBs apart at will.

Written on No. 7 Georgia takes suspense out of match with Lady Vols:

This match was over before it began. It was obvious the Georgia players were in much better physical condition. This coaching staff needs to review their training. GA was quicker, stronger, and better conditioned. Even our #1 struggled to beat a GA player that couldn't raise her arms above her head. Maybe some more time w/Strength & Conditioning is in order.

Written on Just McRae can't save the day for UT against Georgia, 78-68:

This loss falls squarely on Jarnell Stokes. He was out played by a couple of third rate big men. He showed no interest and made a total of six points. Golden cannot score unless he can drive and have the specter of Stokes in the paint. All JS did today was clog the paint. Kenny Hall had a better game than Jarnell. He will never make it to the NBA with his current mindset. I thought it was the loss of Maymon but it appears to be an attitude issue. He needs to learn to play hard all the time. If he can't play hard for 30 games what would he do with 82?

Written on Lady Vols win SEC, but Ariel Massengale, Isabelle Harrison injured:

Congratulations to Coach Holly. Another championship for the Lady Vols.

Written on Lady Vols can't get the big hit at College of Charleston, 3-1:

looking like last year.

Written on New details on Troy Wills, burglary at Thompson-Boling Arena office:

in response to cejensen:

Still wondering what Whitsell was doing with a bunch of cash in his desk. University doesn't deal in cash, though cash is the coin of the realm of shady dealers. What's going on here?

You really are an a**h***

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

in response to tnsportsman:

Understand the Cheek Rules! The "Extra Approval Rule" comes after a recruit has signed the NOI.

As Tee Martin told Dave Hart about these rules, 'I will get killed on the recruiting trail by all the other schools, They will tell Recruits, you are not guaranteed entrance at Tennessee'

Tee told his wife on the plane to Knoxville, 'call the movers today, we are not going back to LA' SO What Happened?, Dave Hart told him the Cheek Rule may never go away, all this from Tee.

THINK, if a 5 star RB who has OUR VOLS on the short list, along with OSU and AL, is being told by Saban and Meyer you risk not getting in UT, what do you think will happen? LOL, Simple Math, Don't Need A Rock To Fall On Me! Seems Jay Graham wanted to dodge rocks too, at FSU!

And by the way, CBJ would have taken OUR VOLS Job if Neyland was burning down in front of him!

I will support Butch and TENNESSEE forever! BUT WE need to go after Cheek HARD!

FIRE JIMMY CHEEK VOLS!

I have figured it out now. You are not a Tennessee fan. The tip came when you said that this review takes place after the NOI is signed. No UT fan would be such a stupid D****bag to think you could deny someone a scholarship after they have signed the NOI.So with that level of ignorance I can only guess you are either a barking fool from jawja or a gay turd from flowada. Thanks for clearing that up.

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

in response to tnsportsman:

Jay Graham is gone and Tee Martin did not come home because of JIMMY CHEEK the Swamp Lizard SOB that has UTK as the only D1 school in the DAMN Nation with an Internal Approval of Recruits over and above the NCAA Clearing House!

#firecheeknow VOLS if we EVER want to compete again in SEC FOOTBALL! Tee told me directly the above problem, Top Recruits know they are not guaranteed admittance to UTK even after NCAA Clearing House! A Blind Man could see how all the other SEC schools use this against TENNESSEE!

THIS HAS TO CHANGE NOW! After 38 years of donations and donation season tickets, I'm DONE until that SOB CHEEK is GONE!

Wise Up VOLNATION!

I LOVE TENNESSEE, REVOLT NOW!

You publish these lies under a number of names. But no matter what name you use the result is the same. BS. Once again I will ask you to name one player in the last 20 years that was refused admittance to UT and signed with another SEC team. Now I can name you a player that was denied by Florida and signed by UT, Omari Phillips. So name one or STFU

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