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Written on Season ends for Vols in NIT opener, 75-67:

in response to mythoughtsonthis:

The man said he was sorry and that he was wrong. He never dodges the issue and uses it to teach kids right from wrong when he can. Why do we demand forgiveness, but deny others? Read Matthew 18:17-18 sometime. It may help you see that Bruce should be forgiven.

Amen!

Written on Season ends for Vols in NIT opener, 75-67:

in response to rabidvol1998:

They look so good when they win and sooooo bad when they lose. Interesting team. Stay together and come back and show us what you can do next year.

The definition of "insanity" is to keep doing the same thing over and over(being coached by Martin) and expect the result to be different.

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

Let's see. BP came to Tennessee. Took over a team that was bad. Made them an NCAA tournament team. Went for 6 years in a row. Counzo comes in. Has 4 star players and a five star player. Can't make the tournament. Does logic point to the cold hard fact that Martin can't coach? Tennessee should have stood behind BP, taken the punishment and moved on. A spineless administration makes for a poor athletic department. Cheek and Hamilton bear the responsibility for our present condition.

Written on Vols lose to Alabama, will play the waiting game for NCAA tournament:

in response to govols26:

Said it before and I'll say it again, this team only plays well when they are winning. As soon as the other team makes a run or our players start off with cold shooting, they just seem to quit and there is no leadership- no one that wants to take the ball and get a bucket when one is needed badly. That and their coach shows zero emotion during the game to get them fired up... Martin is a good guy and a decent coach but I just don't see him ever taking this team back to the heights Pearl had it. They will be average, but we all know that this program can do better than that.

You are correct. Tennessee will never go anywhere with Martin as coach. Do we recognize that now or wait until it's too late and Tennessee is at the bottom.

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

We have no coaching whatsoever. The opponent drives again and again to the basket for easy buckets yet we do not employ a zone defense. McBrick can't guard anyone, can't hit a shot yet he continues to play. Stokes is 1 for 10 at the free throw line yet he continues to play. We were lucky to win. Bring back Bruce.

Written on Lady Vols turned over and around by Kentucky's pressure, 78-65:

Officiating was horrible. However, 31 turnovers. I have never heard of that many in a college game. Perhaps the SEC needs to take a close look at the officials in the women's game. Also, the lady vols need to be tougher. They are too easily intimidated by a pressing defensive team.

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

Welcome to the NIT. Out coached-out played. One more year with coach Martin.

Written on Georgia delivers a punch in gut to Vols, 68-62:

in response to VolFanHoping:

I just went through the UT Sports site to look at the men's teams SEC finishes since 2003, when Hammy came in. It's just about shocking to see the consistent decline in every sport. And the one team that didn't, was coached by a cheat and liar. Sad.

Bruce Pearl was neither a cheat nor a liar. He made a mistake and admitted it. He was and is the greatest ambassador for the University of Tennessee in a generation. Don't be so pious. "He who is without sin cast the first stone."

Written on Georgia delivers a punch in gut to Vols, 68-62:

Let's face the cold hard facts. Martin can't coach. Took a team that has been ranked in the top ten, at worst top 20, during the Pearl years, to the bottom. It will only get worse. People don't want to watch boring losing basketball. Bring back coach Pearl before it is too late.

Written on Marshall Henderson talks the talk, walks the walk as Ole Miss sweeps UT, 62-56:

Let's face it. Tennessee made a mistake in letting Bruce Pearl go. Hamilton and Cheek could have kept Bruce and accepted the penalty, which would probably have been a one year post season ban. With the current coach we will have an every year post season NCAA ban. Hart need to petition the NCAA to commute Bruce's sentence to 2 years and bring him back now.

Written on Marshall Henderson talks the talk, walks the walk as Ole Miss sweeps UT, 62-56:

in response to usnavyvolfan__now_proud_navy_dad:

I don't quite think we're that low yet.

Give us a few more games.

Written on Marshall Henderson talks the talk, walks the walk as Ole Miss sweeps UT, 62-56:

Time after time
the vols failed to take
advantage of fast break opportunities in the first half that could have provided a substantial cushion. Cuonzo ball allows every team to be in the game. I don't believe the vols have scored after a timeout this year. We are in trouble. Cuonzo is in over his head. One more year with Cuonzo will relegate the vols to basketball obscurity.

Written on Kentucky pulls away from Vols, 75-65:

in response to usnavyvolfan__now_proud_navy_dad:

I don't know about "calling for the coach's head", but I certainly think if things don't improve next season, his contract shouldn't be renewed. CCM tries hard, but it looks like he might be in over his head coaching in a big conference. I'd love to be proven wrong.

Here's the problem. We are rapidly sinking to the bottom of the basketball heap. We will be there by the end of this season. No good high school player will want to come to Tennessee. We were in the elite when BP was here. We have hired a coach who is in over his head. A nice guy but not competent to coach in the SEC. Once we sink to the bottom it will be hard to ever rise again. Martin's basketball philosophy is outdated.

What is the solution?

Written on Vols fall into a Steele trap, 68-65:

A "show cause" penalty does not mean you have to fire the coach that committed the infraction. If you keep the coach penalties will be imposed. Tennessee's likely penalty would have been a post season ban for one year-two at most. Hamilton did not have the guts or intelligence to keep Pearl, take the ban and keep our basketball program relevant. Instead we hired an unproven coach who will once again take Tennessee into basketball irrelevancy. The lasting legacy of Mike Hamilton.

Written on Vols fall into a Steele trap, 68-65:

Slow, boring, poorly coached, losing basketball.

Written on All-American Kelsey Robinson among 4 players transferring from Tennessee volleyball program:

in response to AllforTenn:

Definitely an overstatement. Name all the athletics programs which are having a problem in this "unhealthy environment" you proclaim.

The bottom has droped out of the football, basketball, baseball, men's and women's track and field and swimming. We don't have a wrestling and men's soccer program like most colleges. Men's golf is not doing well. Now a program that is successful is losing players. Does that answer your question?

Written on Vols can't overcome deficit against Memphis, 85-80 :

in response to UTMaster04:

Get over it: BP is not coming back to UT and should not. Move on. Give Martin a chance to build his program. Although the Vols did not play good defense tonight, normally they do and that's a great step. Memphis is one of the most talented teams in the country and we just did not have the horses to keep up with them. Perhaps we will soon.

Pining away for a liar and a cheat simply to win a b-ball game shows that you do not support the University as a whole and indicates that you did not attend UT, graduate from UT, or are involved with UT other than watching games. Alums like myself care about the entire University.

I attended and graduated from UT. Bring back Bruce!

Written on Derek Reese picks up the pieces for Vols, 51-47 :

in response to oldster:

UT won. That is about all that can be said. Even with a victory though it is hard to watch. If you enjoy UT basketball you must also enjoy watching teeth being pulled - painful.

Well said. The team would be much better off to try a few fast breaks after missed shots. Beat the opponent down court before it can set up a defense. That requires passing the ball down court- not dribbling - to strategically placed players. The real problem with Counzo's style of play is that no highly ranked recruit wants to play in a system that scores in the 30s and 40s more often than in the 70s and 80s.

Written on John Adams: Reality reigns in UT hire :

John Adams is a semi-intelligent journalist who belives sarcasam and derision makes him appear to be more intelligent than he is. Unfortunately many journalist have bought into this philosophy. Jones is a much better coach than Adams is a journalist.

Written on Mike Strange: Butch Jones dreamed of a job like Tennessee :

What kind a jerk writes a sarcastic column like that?

Written on Local business owners, fans react to Butch Jones' hiring :

in response to Lookout1234:

What UT really needs to do is get rid of their orange and white colors. They look like a bunch of sissy's when they go on the field. They might as well be wearing pink and white. What people in the know know, is dark colors like black, dark blue, dark green, are intimidating colors.
Case in Point - the Oakland Raiders with their black and silver uniforms. When they came on the field they looked like a bunch of bad boys.
The Nazis knew this and dressed their mean Panzer crews in black uniforms instead of the standard issue of field grey.
Orange is not very intimidating. And when they play away games they can't even dress out with orange as the main color. They look like a bunch of waiters prancing out on the field.
Ditch the orange and change the color so something that looks more menacing.

What?

Written on Local business owners, fans react to Butch Jones' hiring :

Best hire UT could have made. He will bring back championships to the Vols.

Written on John Adams: Vols might have found a 'yes' man :

This is a fantastic hire! Should have been the first pick for the vols after Gruden declined. Looks like Hart backed into a good decision

Written on Different day, same struggles for Vols, 46-38 :

Think the NCAA will commute Bruce's sentence to two years?

Written on Mike Strange: Vols score 36; fluke or omen? :

Cuonzo ball. Slow, plodding, boring and unsuccessful. The last installment of Mike Hamilton's legacy.

Written on Tennessee athletics to slash $5 million from budget :

All during the Hamilton years Tennesse took advantage of its relationship with a loyal fan base by a steady escalation of prices and required donations to attend athletic events while at the same time providing no upgrade in fan facilities. Neyland Stadium is a prime example. Fans who are relegated to seats in the south end zone must sit on metal bleachers in a space too small for most adults. However, they pay the same ticket price as fans in the north end zone who have seats with back and arm rests.

Donor fans/alumni who for years paid a fair price to the alumni association for parking spaces suddenly found that Hamilton had removed the alumni association's authority to provide parking, tripled the cost and provided no priority to those who had graduated from the university.

Is it any wonder that fans and graduates are not as likely to attend sporting events? There is a line between reasonable event pricing and gouging. Tennessee crossed that line during the Hamilton era and has not yet returned.

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