Respecting Phillip Fulmer

[Bigg Tazz]

So I'm curious how you will fill if CPF makes it thru this yr and wins a bowl game then next yr we win the sec title and win a bcs bowl....will you still be calling for his head? I for one hope this is exactly what happens and we do win big.

[hatvol96]

Originally Posted by Bigg Tazz

So I'm curious how you will fill if CPF makes it thru this yr and wins a bowl game then next yr we win the sec title and win a bcs bowl....will you still be calling for his head?

The same ridiculous scenario Fulmerites have been posting once the season goes into the tank every year. It's not going to happen, so I don't have to worry what my emotions would be.
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[utfantilidie]

I have respected Coach Fulmer for years and never make fat jokes about him. I care enough about the program though to knoow change is past due. He needs to, or some deal needs to be worked out whereby he steps down at the end of the year gracefully, not another John Majors debacle.He has got to go!

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Tazz, hate to say it but given what UTK returns compared to what UGA, UF and Bama will have there is no way that UTK is winning the SEC next year. You're going to have three more or less guaranteed conference losses. I think that right now Fulmer and his supporters are praying that they can drag this out until the end of the season, at which point they will dredge up the argument that axing the hfc that close to signing day will kill recruiting. The UTAD really needs to follow Clemson's lead and act now.

[Cartervol]

Originally Posted by VolunteerHillbilly

Tazz, hate to say it but given what UTK returns compared to what UGA, UF and Bama will have there is no way that UTK is winning the SEC next year. You're going to have three more or less guaranteed conference losses. I think that right now Fulmer and his supporters are praying that they can drag this out until the end of the season, at which point they will dredge up the argument that axing the hfc that close to signing day will kill recruiting. The UTAD really needs to follow Clemson's lead and act now.

Yes they do.

[overseasorange2]

Originally Posted by GIVEHIM-6

I would really like to know what happened to rule #3 in the board rules thread.I too respect the man but hate how this program is going to he##.The pokes at Phil have gotten so old but I guess I have to remember that there are alot of teenagers on this board.

I am the oldest teenager your will ever see On the serious note....I do want a new coach, but it should be done with dignity. I have nothing personnel against Fulmer. It's just a business decision.....I agree with the post.

[orangepaladin]

I respect Fulmer, but is the program trajectory going in anything resembling a good upward trajectory? I think not. I really, really hope they don't reshuffle the deck chairs on the Titanic.

[hmanvolfan]

I think if you really looked into your assertion that name calling and negative stereotypes regarding Coach Fulmer are running rampant I think you will find a huge majority of the fans in here respect the man but are ready for a change in the head coaching position at the University of Tennessee. Sometimes you just have to learn to ignore the lunatic fringe.

[JCHateSteve]

CPF has had a great run at UT. He has given his all to the university he loves. I hove nothing but respect for the man. It's still time for him to retire. To stay would only tarnish his legacy.

[mariettavol77]

his a stubburn coach that doesnt care for his past and present players.

[Etownvol]

That's a bit of a jump.

[Stanthebull]

Originally Posted by RDU VOL#14

You know I rarely post on this board, I'm sure there are people opening this thread saying "who the hell is this guy?" and "why should I care what he says?" and all that. I usually just enjoy casually getting everyone's two cents on the current state of our athletics and especially Football and occasionally posting. As we all know right now, our season from a championship perspective is over, there are 6 games remaining, we can't win the division and the idea of playing in Shreveport or Memphis or Nashville is very real and very tough to swallow. There are many to blame for our current record, but ultimately it falls on Coach Fulmer. It seems many of us have our own ideas or solutions to the multitude of problems w/ this year's team. Many solutions usually begin and end w/ firing Coach Fulmer. That's fine, I'm not going to sit here and give my thoughts on why he should stay or go. That's not the point I'm trying to make

What I will do is ask why so many of you feel the need to trash the guy personally?We all are in a position to question coaching decisions, from schemes to situational decisions, but I do think that the fat jokes, moving van jokes and for sale signs stuff is way over the top. This is not some coach that has been here for 3-5 years failed to make progress and now it's time to make a change. I totally understand the desire to make a change, but to ridicule a person and make that person a butt of a joke that has devoted the last 30 some odd years of his life to OUR program is pathetic. I'm willing to bet Coach has done more for this University than anybody on this board has ever or will ever come close to doing. It very well may be time for a change, sometimes starting fresh can help provide some much needed energy to a down program. I'm not arguing against it. I guess I'm challenging some of you to stop bashing the guy personally. It is truly embarrassing the way some of you conduct yourself on here. It's as if he has never done anything for our school and we just need to kick him to the curb. He doesn't deserve that from any UT fan. If he is no longer our head coach at the end of the year or even the end of tomorrow, he deserves to leave and be treated w/ respect, not the garbage that a lot of people on here have been spewing lately.

I know this is long so I will quit, so please proceed to rip me apart now. Except spare me any Johnny Majors and "here we go" stuff.

Brother that was well put, quite a respite from the never ending negativity and personal attacks on Coach. It gets to the point where its depressing like our play on Saturdays.
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[RDU VOL#14]

Originally Posted by mariettavol77

his a stubburn coach that doesnt care for his past and present players.

That's what I'm talking about. That's good feedback right there. Well put, Outstanding grammar!

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by RDU VOL#14

That's what I'm talking about. That's good feedback right there. Well put, Outstanding grammar!

Just curious, but why did you capitalize Outstanding in the middle of that sentence where you were beating up someone else's grammar?
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[hmanvolfan]

Originally Posted by BigPapaVol

Just curious, but why did you capitalize Outstanding in the middle of that sentence where youwere beating up someone else's grammar?
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