Empty Neyland Movement (#uncluttervolnation)

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BTS said:
You are absolutely right . My point is that he was on this thread earlier talking about passing up a Vol game to go watch navy play. YET he is here badgering people who now choose not to got to a vol game for reason that they feel are important.
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I attend vols games every single year with my family. This year i was granted a once in a lifetime (hopefully not) trip to watch Navy/Army. I am not rich. I work two jobs. So i cant afford to attend the vols/titans games i normally attend with my kids so im passing them up this year so i can take my son to philly.

My points earlier were more toward principle. I think its stupid, if you dont great. You are free to call the reason i cant attend this year stupid as well.
 
#703
#703
volfannbama said:
Both, been a vols fan my whole life. Became a Navy fan throught my 22 years in the Marine Corps. I put up that avi before the game last year and never took it down.
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Semper fi
Vol in bama

We have some disagreements on here brother but Semper fi brother
 
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volfannbama said:
I attend vols games every single year with my family. This year i was granted a once in a lifetime (hopefully not) trip to watch Navy/Army. I am not rich. I work two jobs. So i cant afford to attend the vols/titans games i normally attend with my kids so im passing them up this year so i can take my son to philly.

My points earlier were more toward principle. I think its stupid, if you dont great. You are free to call the reason i cant attend this year stupid as well.
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Very cool. I've always been told that Army/Navy is one of the best game atmospheres you'll ever experience.
 
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volfannbama said:
Both, been a vols fan my whole life. Became a Navy fan throught my 22 years in the Marine Corps. I put up that avi before the game last year and never took it down.
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Cool ! I have another team i root for also. I started rooting for them during the dooley years. it helped make Saturdays bearable. I have been a vols fan for over 50yrs. I hurts to see where our program has been these last years.
 
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volfannbama said:
I attend vols games every single year with my family. This year i was granted a once in a lifetime (hopefully not) trip to watch Navy/Army. I am not rich. I work two jobs. So i cant afford to attend the vols/titans games i normally attend with my kids so im passing them up this year so i can take my son to philly.

My points earlier were more toward principle. I think its stupid, if you dont great. You are free to call the reason i cant attend this year stupid as well.
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I dont like to call anyones opinion when it comes to sports stupid and that was my point.
 
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#708
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VolArmy74 said:
You are incorrect about customers and fans being different. You are asked pay money for a product, that makes you are a customer. Bottom line.

UT asks people for hundreds or thousands of dollars for the product on the field, merchandise, food etc.. Don't be surprised when the customers they seek choose other outlets in which to spend their large sums of money when they can simply half-heartedly watch on tv.

Saying "go find another team" is the same as saying "let them eat cake". It ends poorly for the people in charge.

As for decreasing the laughingstock factor, John Currie can end it any time he chooses. I've actually seen a number of articles about it, none chastising the fans. We were raked over the coals when Fulmer was fired. This time the AD is raked over the coals by national media on the daily for retaining Butch Jones.
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the only thing that matters is who's hired next.

the only think being considered here is a certain segment of fans that feel they have been wronged in some way by not having some formal announcement that he's been fired.

that's really it. not that he should be fired, not that so and so should be hired.

just that it hasn't been announced. that's it. it's a "movement" to make some people feel better, and feel involved.

and it has zero affect on anything.

and i siap, but do you really want an athletic director that is going to get bullied by a social media "movement" in to making a decision he may fundamentally not think is necessary at the moment?

especially if the actual decision is probably made, and it's just not made public?

if that's who we have as our AD, then he's a thin skinned coward that doesn't deserve the position he's in.
 
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volfannbama said:
I attend vols games every single year with my family. This year i was granted a once in a lifetime (hopefully not) trip to watch Navy/Army. I am not rich. I work two jobs. So i cant afford to attend the vols/titans games i normally attend with my kids so im passing them up this year so i can take my son to philly.

My points earlier were more toward principle. I think its stupid, if you dont great. You are free to call the reason i cant attend this year stupid as well.
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By no means im i trying to start an argument. You have been in the service for 22 yrs. BY now you should have figured out that an argument based on your principles is pointless . Everyone has their own beliefs and principles. When arguing principles rarely will anyone change theirs and agree with you .
 
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jakez4ut said:
the only thing that matters is who's hired next.

the only think being considered here is a certain segment of fans that feel they have been wronged in some way by not having some formal announcement that he's been fired.

that's really it. not that he should be fired, not that so and so should be hired.

just that it hasn't been announced. that's it. it's a "movement" to make some people feel better, and feel involved.

and it has zero affect on anything.

and i siap, but do you really want an athletic director that is going to get bullied by a social media "movement" in to making a decision he may fundamentally not think is necessary at the moment?

especially if the actual decision is probably made, and it's just not made public?

if that's who we have as our AD, then he's a thin skinned coward that doesn't deserve the position he's in.
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It's directly effecting things already. We're seeing AD sources trying to put a stop to it. This has gone beyond what he expected when he told Hyams he'd be willing to take a little heat. The little heat has morphed into a volcano that's erupting. This isn't a little movement. This is potentially a multi-million dollar issue for UT athletics. Even people like Will West have professed bafflement about there being no statements. If Butch is fired or has been, it needs to be announced.
 
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jakez4ut said:
the only thing that matters is who's hired next.

the only think being considered here is a certain segment of fans that feel they have been wronged in some way by not having some formal announcement that he's been fired.

that's really it. not that he should be fired, not that so and so should be hired.

just that it hasn't been announced. that's it. it's a "movement" to make some people feel better, and feel involved.

and it has zero affect on anything.

and i siap, but do you really want an athletic director that is going to get bullied by a social media "movement" in to making a decision he may fundamentally not think is necessary at the moment?

especially if the actual decision is probably made, and it's just not made public?

if that's who we have as our AD, then he's a thin skinned coward that doesn't deserve the position he's in.
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VolArmy74 said:
It's directly effecting things already. We're seeing AD sources trying to put a stop to it. This has gone beyond what he expected when he told Hyams he'd be willing to take a little heat. The little heat has morphed into a volcano that's erupting. This isn't a little movement. This is potentially a multi-million dollar issue for UT athletics. Even people like Will West have professed bafflement about there being no statements. If Butch is fired or has been, it needs to be announced.
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i haven't seen anything. and no one has come out and said anything officially from the UTAD as a response to it that i'm aware of. and they're probably not going to.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i haven't seen anything. and no one has come out and said anything officially from the UTAD as a response to it that i'm aware of. and they're probably not going to.
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It's been put out through from the AD via local media that this will effect the coaching search and other things like that.

There are 0, zilch, zip, nada positives for Currie not to come out and say that Butch is gone, if he is gone as has been widely speculated. If somehow he's not gone, that makes it even worse.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
It's been put out through from the AD via local media that this will effect the coaching search and other things like that.

There are 0, zilch, zip, nada positives for Currie not to come out and say that Butch is gone, if he is gone as has been widely speculated. If somehow he's not gone, that makes it even worse.
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what, exactly, are the positives of him announcing it? i mean, besides the obvious "it makes us feel better" thing?
 
#719
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VolArmy74 said:
It's been put out through from the AD via local media that this will effect the coaching search and other things like that.

There are 0, zilch, zip, nada positives for Currie not to come out and say that Butch is gone, if he is gone as has been widely speculated. If somehow he's not gone, that makes it even worse.
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He!! yeah, "burn this @#$!# down"!

Oh wait....lol
 
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jakez4ut said:
what, exactly, are the positives of him announcing it? i mean, besides the obvious "it makes us feel better" thing?
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It will end things like #emptyNeyland and the nightly "Tennessee's AD is an idiot for not firing Jones" that comes across national media.

I don't know if you do national media or not, but the UTAD gets roasted daily on various national programs and websites for the handling of this situation. I don't think Currie believed it would get this bad. But it has and he owns it.
 
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#723
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volfannbama said:
Meh, all light hearted fun amougnst friends, we are all vols fans. I dont mean to offend anyone.
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Me either . I try to be respectful to everyone here. sometimes my post are taken the wrong way. Sometimes a post will hit me the wrong way and ill be a little disrespectful. I always feel bad afterwards . WE are all VOL fans and i think we can all agree we want to WIN.
 
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#724
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Tennessee seniors address #EmptyNeyland campaign by fans

SIAP. But from the link: “I understand their frustration to a certain extent, we’re the ones playing the games,” Robertson said. “At the same time, I’m a senior from the state of Tennessee. I love this place. When I came here, it was to play in front of a great fan base like we have. So, only thing I’d say to them is, ‘We appreciate the support they’ve given us this year. We look forward to them giving us the same type of support.’”

If anyone still thinks this emptyNeyland crap is still something you are willing to do, then turn in your big orange fan card and go be a fan of another team.
 
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