Comments by movol77

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

in response to SevenT:

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I hate to admit it, but I agree with you on this one. Several Kentucky players were in fact released when Calipari took the Kentucky job. I thought it was not right and I spoke out against it.

But your post says a lot about your personal character and integrity. You seem to see this as a good thing because UT will have a stronger team with better players and after all as you say people who are opposed to this "know nothing about the world of big-time sports". I am pretty sure you are the type of person who lies and twists the truth then stabs people in the back to gain some advantage in life.

Just Saying

Baloney. You didn't call out Calipari. How can anyone here believe that for a second. "Seven T" only posts are as a trolling hack.

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

It is understandable. As a Vol fan, you want UT and its people to succeed.

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

in response to GerryOP:

Tee Martin and Al Wilson led the team to that '98 NC. It remains UT's championship, not Phil Fulmer's. Phil Fulmer did not create UT football, UT football created Phil Fulmer.

"I swear. He wasn't the coach! It was a UFO!"

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

in response to GerryOP:

I wasn't gonna say anything on this thread, under the auspices of "If you can't say anything good, don't..." But c'mon Sheep, how much Fulmeraide have you been drinking? "... Fulmer was forced to hold the press conference announcing the end of his UT career...?" That is total bull-hockey. Fulmer and Ms. Vicki insisted on holding that press conference, and what a pitiful sob-story disaster they turned it into. Pitiful, absolutely pitiful.

Instead of walking away with his head held high like a real hero would, he had to beat his chest one more time while Ms. Vicki mopped his brow and glowered into the cameras - while they were sitting there with a $6 mil p-note in their pocket.

'nuff said.

"Add me too! I AM SOMEBODY!"

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

in response to SummerfieldVol:

You can tell that he is in great demand. Just keeps turning down the offers. Had offers from let see, no not from ark,not from lets see there is so many can't remember all of them. All you Fulmer lovers know all of the offers he has had,becuse he is in such a great demand. Just to many to remember all of them.

"Look at me too! Look at me too!"

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

"Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! I can mock a championship coach! I AM SOMEBODY!"

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

in response to brokendownoldvol:

Sounds like you should stick to wkend bowling.

"Hey Mom, look at me! I have five trash-posts already!"

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

Any so-called fan disrespecting a former championship COACH should never claim support for any championship TEAM he coached. You can't have it both ways.

Written on Govols247: Thompson picks Tennessee:

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Written on ETSU covets Phillip Fulmer :

in response to KnoxVegas88:

U r full of beans. Fulmer did himself in. He got lazy and complacent by his own admission. Lets not even mention the Clawfence......the demise of UT football started under Fulmer's watch.

Don't get me wrong. Coach Fulmer will always bleed orange and I will always admire and respect his contributions to UT. But it was time for him to be put out to pasture. If he was so great why is he still not coaching anywhere after 5 years? (crickets chirping)

"always admire and respect him"? Psssst. You just finished mocking him in your original post.

Written on Mike Strange: Texas Vol fans welcome new era:

Great story

Written on Tennessee outlasts Texas A&M 93-85 in 4 OTs :

Tough win, and it will make this team that much tougher to beat. Excellent heart and mind win.

Written on Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze asked for emails, and did they ever come:

in response to murrayvol:

If Ed Orgeron could coach, he would be like Hugh Freeze.

BTW how does one get a name like Freeze??

Ask Batman

Written on Wiedmer: UT should improve with Jones' first class:

in response to BrassMonkey:

Correction 11 of 14. I am still stuck in the old SEC, where we used to win more than one or two SEC games per season. Please forgive me, it has been a long couple of years for me and UT Men's Athletics.

FORGIVENESS for troll smackers?

Hilarious

Written on UT's prayers answered as Vanderbilt misses chances to win at buzzer:

in response to vol98champ:

Mcrae, Golden, Hall, And Chris Jones. Oh yeah Jones is playing; just not for the vols. Shelby?. Not a freshman, but one H---of a miss.

This constitutes a 4* cupboard of inheritance? McCrae can score. And then...

CCM is building.

Written on UT's prayers answered as Vanderbilt misses chances to win at buzzer:

in response to jt45:

Glad to see the Vols get another win, every win this group gets is an accomplishment.

ditto

Written on UT's prayers answered as Vanderbilt misses chances to win at buzzer:

in response to Ironcity:

He could have recruited a PG somewhere along the line and the cupboard was not empty as you say. 4 four star players is not an empty cupboard.

Name the so-called 4* heavyweights he inherited currently playing. Then name the starting freshman PG that he missed.

Written on UT's prayers answered as Vanderbilt misses chances to win at buzzer:

in response to BigVolinCarolina:

I knew the moment that UT hired Cuonzo Martin that it would be hard for everyone (players and fans) to adjust to his style of play.

I remember watching Cuonzo play in college under Purdue's Gene Keady. Cuonzo runs the same sytem as Keady--focus on defense and run a methodical offense.(Quite a contrast to Pearl's system).

Martin's approach is essentially BuzzBall (remember Buzz Peterson) but with better players. As with any coach at any level, the key is to win games. If you don't win, no one will want to come see you play--and that adage is all-the-more true in a system like Cuonzo's. This system is geared for games in the mid-50's, and it only works if you can impose your defensive will on your opponent.

It was the right thing for Pearl to get the boot. I wish Cuonzo the best, but his teams have little margin for error under his system. Hope we can keep winning! Go Big Orange!!

Fairly accurate. I saw his is MO St. teams play many times. CCM just needs a couple of shooters for his style to start cruising to 8-10 point wins. He developed a loser (MOS) into a conference leader (MVC is best mid-major bb). Since he left, MOS is back to its avg way. CCM is an excellent coach. He will get it done.

Written on UT's prayers answered as Vanderbilt misses chances to win at buzzer:

For the coach whiners and criers -
Anyone who has watched CCM's career for more than a few months knows that he is an excellent coach! The cupboard was not exactly full when he got here. Signed Stokes to the surprise of many. Certainly didn't cause the infection to Maymon. Stop crying and use your brains.

Written on Dallas Cowboys hire Derek Dooley as wide receivers coach :

Hmm, again many comments presume to know more than the professionals. And that would make real sense, right?

Congrats to CDD

Written on John Adams: Vols head up All-SEC NFL team :

in response to born2ride:

Bray, Hunter and Patterson are leaving because we hired Butch Jones. If we had gotten a big name coach like Jon Gruden they would have stayed and we would playing for an SEC championship next year.

And you decided to stay?

Written on John Adams: Vols head up All-SEC NFL team :

Every Vol was recruited and played under Fulmer. How is that? Wasn't the "great pumpkin" the lazy recruiter/coach that caused the TN demise? He was so bad.

Written on John Adams: Cordarrelle Patterson will leave highlights, regrets behind :

Patterson type players are rare. He is phenomenal. I would love to see him play another year in Knoxville, but he will be a star in the NFL too.

Written on Tennessee snaps scoring slump, beats No. 23 Wichita State, 69-60 :

in response to rockypop:

I can tell you that having played at Cincinnati during the 60's, when the Missouri Valley Conference was the best basketball conference in the country, beating Wichita State is a big deal.

In spite of the fact that the MVC has lost some of its past glory, it's still one of the best BB conferences in college basketball. This win was as quality a win as UT will have all year.

CCM kind of downplayed WS as not being the high quality opponent that he would have liked to schedule, but he knows how good these guys are, and what their history is. It's all good - for UT and WS.

Actually CCM played up WS, defending their RPI earlier this week.

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

in response to repoob:

This is the closest thing to an objective SEC-town column about the hilarious hire of the man Cincinnati calls "Mr. Commitment." Choice # 6 takes his "dream job," lucky for him a bunch of others turned it down. I wonder if his kids had a chance to talk to Dooley's kids about these wonderful Vols fans? The honeymoon goes on for 9 more months, while BJ remains undefeated. Just wait 'til September....

Perhaps you need to poob again?

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

in response to BigVolFaninSC:

I like the fact that Tennessee was his "dream job"!...And the fact that he turned down other jobs hoping to get this one! Get those coaches in place and recruit, recruit, recruit! GBO!

We needed someone who sees UT for its heritage brand, greatness, and opportunity. We got that in Jones. The fact that he turned down Colorado and Purdue and then jumps at UT is indicative. Apparently the timing of Strong turning us down caused him to believe that he should remain open to a shot at UT. I like that. He thinks big about UT.

Written on John Adams: Reality reigns in UT hire :

New UT coach. Same disrespectful Adams. Bully.

Written on Do you believe Butch Jones is the right choice to be UT's coach?:

After watching the replay of the Coach Jones introduction presser and looking deeper at his coaching history, I must say that I can now vote, "yes." I wasn't sure about this hire until then. Here are were the three convincing revelations for me.
1. He is a winner.
2. He clearly WANTED to be the HC at UT.
3. He is confident (not arrogant).

Written on Charlie Strong: "Toughest decision I've had to make" to turn down UT:

in response to sticknmove15:

It's 2012. You may play for Phil Fulmer, but no 17 or 18 year old high school athlete would.

Myth

Written on Gruden tells Tennessee no thanks:

in response to VOLsince68:

Dude, he can't coach for another 3-4 years. He ain't coming to UT.

GBO VFL!!!

You are wasting your breath.

Written on Gruden tells Tennessee no thanks:

Am I misreading this article? I don't see any body-text that supports the headline.

Written on Gruden tells Tennessee no thanks:

in response to CMKSIDESHOW:

4:52 AM is when this article was posted REALLY! Supposedly Gruden has been mulling over this job for the last what 30 days now, paying this guy with no college football experience even 6 million dollars ayear is ludicrous . Because if he stinks Tennessee would never EVER recover. Just food for thought. GA doesn't count as experience.

With all due respect, you severely injured your critiquing cred when you announced an unavailable Tressel as the next HC.

Written on After week of quiet, UT coaching search should start to rev up soon :

in response to GreerVol22:

As Goober once said, "wanna' here my Cary Grant?"

...Gruden, Gruden, Gruden

In fact, I think I'll go watch that episode right now. Maybe by the time it's over Hart will be about ready to make his announcement. :-)

Written on After week of quiet, UT coaching search should start to rev up soon :

in response to GreerVol22:

As Goober once said, "wanna' here my Cary Grant?"

...Gruden, Gruden, Gruden

;-)

Written on Philadelphia report says Eagles keen to hire Gruden:

in response to TNVOLNTX:

I respectfully disagree. I'm no prude and I want to win as much as anyone and I'll grant you that Petrino could probably make that happen as quickly as anyone - his track record proves it. His track record also proves him to be a quitter, a moral degenerate, and someone who would chase the next big offer held under his nose. Look, I realize we aren't hiring a Sunday School teacher, but rather a football coach. As such there are things that I might be willing to overlook. Petrino is a winner. Yes! However, everything else about the man is the antithesis of what I'd want my son to be. Furthermore, through the whole CFP firing, CLK hiring, CLK quitting, Pearl scandal, I had my fill of seeing the University I love making front page news for everything other than what took place on the field or on the court. Petrino would bring more of the same simply because Tennessee will have been "THE UNIVERSITY" who gave him his next big break less than one year after exiting disgracefully from his prior engagement, which by the way makes 3 straight gigs he has left high and dry under less than desirable circumstances. NO THANK YOU!

Great stuff!

Written on John Adams: Eliminating UT candidates easier than hiring one :

in response to movol77:

Dungy built Tampa roster and program from dirt to contender before taking Colts job. Gruden won Super Bowl with Tampa next season (seldom threatening beyond the first round of a playoff following). Colts became perennial power winning Super Bowl in multiple appearances (almost annually picked to contend for a Super Bowl from the AFC with Patriots).

Gruden or Dungy?

Clarification - not "multiple" Super Bowl appearances but "contending" appearances.

Dungy record, 139-69
Gruden record, 95-81

Both winners

Written on John Adams: Eliminating UT candidates easier than hiring one :

Dungy built Tampa roster and program from dirt to contender before taking Colts job. Gruden won Super Bowl with Tampa next season (seldom threatening beyond the first round of a playoff following). Colts became perennial power winning Super Bowl in multiple appearances (almost annually picked to contend for a Super Bowl from the AFC with Patriots).

Gruden or Dungy?

Written on Mike Tirico steers clear of speculation on Gruden’s possible return to coaching:

AR offered JG over the weekend. He reportedly wanted $6m.

Written on An early look at candidates to replace Derek Dooley as Vols' coach:

in response to alavol:

i'll mention it again- he could have us back in no time!

PETRINO ONLY LOVES PETRINO. Ask L'ville, Falcons, Arky...

Written on Dave Hart: Vols 'at a crossroads' :

It will be Gruden.

Written on John Adams: Derek Dooley's firing should be announced right away :

in response to tnoutlaw2001#228008:

Gary Patterson may be the best "COLLEGE" coach. Known for fierce defenses and smart balanced offenses. Down year with some players getting booted over summer, may be time to get him thinking about moving on to somewhere new. SEC best place to go. If it's pro maybe Jack Del Rio. I think anything else may be second tier, Strong may get look but I'm iffy on him. This is if you do not believe all the Gruden rumors, but its been awhile since he coached, may be a careful what you wish for even though he is proven commodity.

Gary Patterson TCU
Overall 115–34
Bowls 7–4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Pat...

If I didn't know better, I would think that you were talking about CPF.

Written on John Adams: If not Jon Gruden, how about Bobby Petrino or Tommy Tuberville? :

in response to walt2010:

Not crazy about Tuberville - though he was good in big games, he also had a penchant for losing a couple games most years that his team had no business losing.

If we can't get Gruden or Patterson, Petrino would be a great choice. Adams makes some pretty strong points regarding what the job is and isn't; if we as a nation can re-elect a president who had admitted to an affair with an intern, I think Vol fans can suffer through competing for SEC and national championships.

Finally, people do from time to time learn from their mistakes - Metta World Used-to-be-able-to-ball, for instance, hasn't jumped into the stands in a few years now. Pac Man Jones hasn't been arrested in a strip joint lately. I think Petrino is as least as smart as Metta and Pac Man. There's at least a small chance he might be really grateful for being hired to the top open job in college football and might labor to earn the trust the university had bestowed upon him. And if he could take Arkansas to a top-five ranking while being distracted with motorcycle rides, imagine what he could do if he did turn over a new leaf and was channeling all of his energy into his job.

Matthew 7:1: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged."

Blind hypocrisy.

Your first paragraph is a "judgement" on Tuberville. Then your last line is an "oft quoted out of context" verse in the Bible as if to say, "I dare you to call one right and another wrong." Albeit the Scriptures make the judgement already.

Written on Sal Sunseri fine with Derek Dooley being more active with defense:

in response to shipperman#280095:

I love that picture....NYUK NYUK NYUK

That is hilarious!!

Written on Final score: Tennessee survives with a 55-48 win over Troy :

in response to usnavyvolfan__now_proud_navy_dad:

I really have a hard time believing the same guys from last year's 27th ranked NCAA Defense can be this bad simply with a new defensive scheme. It's not going to work. They continue to look confused on virtually every pass play. They couldn't line up for Troy's 2-point conversion without having to call a TO. The defense is disorganized, and I think THAT falls on the DC.

ABSOLUTELY falls on DC

Written on Final score: Tennessee survives with a 55-48 win over Troy :

in response to usnavyvolfan__now_proud_navy_dad:

Guys, Dooley's not going to get fired after a win. Even against Troy. Even though it was a nail-biter. Sal? That might be a different story. The defensive effort was inexplicably horrible. I simply think changing the defensive lineup back to a 4-3 (or anything else other than this one) is what the Vols need to do. The 3-4 simply will not work here.

BTW, if Dooley deserves blame for the defense, why doesn't he get any credit for the offense? And if it's all Chaney's playcalling, fine, but then why doesn't Dooley get credit for letting Chaney call the plays?

Point. But can you really try to be reasonable when angst is legitimately topping the meter?

Written on Final score: Tennessee survives with a 55-48 win over Troy :

in response to JDX47:

Dude, you're missing the point. Sal is going to coach 'em up this week and work on getting rid of those "explosives"...it's all good.

Whew! Thank you JDX. I was afraid that your earlier "coach up" comment was serious.

Written on Final score: Tennessee survives with a 55-48 win over Troy :

in response to JDX47:

Sal will go to work this week to get rid of those "explosives." I think he will try to coach 'em up this week and see if those "explosives" can be resolved. 721 isn't that bad it's just because of those "explosives" and I bet they work on those this week.

That may be the funniest comment I will read all day.

Unfortunately, I don't think it was meant to be humorous.

Written on Final score: Tennessee survives with a 55-48 win over Troy :

It's Sunseri's job to stop opposing offenses NO MATTER WHAT PLAYERS YOU HAVE. Call a defensive play that WORKS WITH THE PLAYERS YOU HAVE. It's on the DC!

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