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I know Atlanta Vol will do it, but he needs to be the people's representative. VN has voted him in. Raise hell and force change.
 
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volssam said:
Haslams have money.

But they're about 102,450 butts short to fill Neyland.

Get them out
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There is no one to step up and force them out or even to diminish their roles. If we boycott UT football, we just hurt the program, not them.

Maybe we need to somehow band together with Browns fans and figure something out. I'm sure they hate Jimmy Haslam too.
 
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BJWeeks said:
Lets make it happen
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Ugh...not good seeing ATL Vol saying that. Our program is doomed. I wonder why he’s going to Ktown today? I’m sure he won’t go to a presser for the next up and comer who he doesn’t sound like he will support.
 
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This went down just like the AD hire.

Pool of candidates everyone wants. Doesn’t matter. Wait for the right moment to ram your candidate thru in the middle of the night with nobody thinking it was a good idea.

Greg Schiano was hired in the exact same manner as John Currie.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
This went down just like the AD hire.

Pool of candidates everyone wants. Doesn’t matter. Wait for the right moment to ram your candidate thru in the middle of the night with nobody thinking it was a good idea.

Greg Schiano was hired in the exact same manner as John Currie.
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Haslams.

I'm so discouraged. They are getting more brazen. I think their control has only grown in recent years. Every major UT hire is probably a Haslam stooge.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Hey man. Sorry about the Gruden thing. I know I rubbed you the wrong way. This hire needed to be massive to have a chance to be relevant again. I thought the power highs had finally seen the light, but unfortunately, the Haslams reign supreme somehow some way. We will be average for a very long time I’m afraid.
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It's cool. I'd love to have Gruden at UT. He could speed up the comeback. Seems he just doesn't want to coach college-- at least, he hasn't so far. Never say never to nothing.
 
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omghulkhands said:
Has it been confirmed that we backed out and not that Schiano backed out? Currie's statement reads almost like Schiano backed out.
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currie went through a 3rd party to let him know he was backing out. The guy is the biggest coward ive ever seen. Couldnt even do it himself.
 
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LA Vol said:
It's cool. I'd love to have Gruden at UT. He could speed up the comeback. Seems he just doesn't want to coach college-- at least, he hasn't so far. Never say never to nothing.
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I don't think we can even make that call. He may have desperately wanted the job and never had a snowball's chance in hell due to Jimmy Haslam wanting Greg Schiano from day one. To the point that he forced an AD hire in order to get him.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Haslam absolutely could lose influence in light of this.
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He’s been doing this for years, but never had this type of uproar. Not sure it will change his power. The only thing that can change it is all of the other power boosters and even smaller donors to stop donating their money. Hit them right in the mouth. That’s the only way.
 
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A&M paying $10 million buyout to Sumlin and going to spend $7.5 million per for Fisher. We were trying to get a coach with no buyout and $4 million a year.
 
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I never read the timeline for Saban being hired at Bama but was told about it today by a Bama fan. They got away with it, and I hope we can too.
 
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Not sure how legit this guy is (VolzOwn!) but he just posted this on VQ...

Live from campus...Currie is a dead man walking. Expect a statement about the coaching debacle from the President soon. Campus admin are distraught. One man show on the hire.
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OGbabyaviVol said:
He’s been doing this for years, but never had this type of uproar. Not sure it will change his power. The only thing that can change it is all of the other power boosters and even smaller donors to stop donating their money. Hit them right in the mouth. That’s the only way.
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They'll just tighten their grip even more. Then there would be absolutely no one to keep them in check. They'd probably love it if they were the only big time boosters, to be honest.
 
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Aesius said:
Larry's doom and gloom makes sense now.

I mean, we've heard the Haslam stuff for a while. But I never realized how bad it was/is.
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It’s bad but we can’t be doom and gloom about it. There’s absolutely no reason to be.

Yesterday showed that when we unite we are the most powerful fan base in the country. Like ATL Vol said, if it comes down to us not buying tickets anymore than so be it but this is a battle we can win. Sucks that it has to come to this but it’s time for the people of Tennessee to take back what is ours.

I still think that another VolTwitter movement against the Haslams would do the trick.
 
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Aesius said:
Haslams.

I'm so discouraged. They are getting more brazen. I think their control has only grown in recent years. Every major UT hire is probably a Haslam stooge.
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People just don't get it. I've heard "fire Currie", all day.

Ok, then what? Haslam has another one lined up to take his spot. It's a revolving door with Haslam as the engineer.

I understand that people are mad, we all are. But when other donors can't do anything about it l, then who can? Fans can not show up but then that hurts UT.

It's a slippery slope with Haslam.
 
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Vols4us said:
One reason I like Brohm is because he has got a lot of Scott Frost in him. He's a passionate guy that has played the game at the highest level and who has developed his own successful style of offense. No player or coach can pull the wool over his eyes - just like Frost. He's a leader of men and earns the respect of every player on the roster everywhere. He understands the value of good D and has used it to win a couple games he should not have at Purdue. He won big at WKU. He has the same record as Frost had at UCF in his first season at a junker with two more years of experience as a HC than Frost, while realizing Frost had that great OC experience at Oregon.

He walks in and rebuilds while doing what all good coaches that can develop players do - make lemonade out of lemons. No outside issues on stuff like Schiano, good family man, etc. I stopped pushing him on here because most of you had turned him off in your minds with him in his first season at Purdue.

Brohm and Venables = winning on the field and as people in my book.
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I’m way behind on here so I don’t know what all if anything has developed on this front but I would be thrilled with Brohm. Total opposite of Butch Jones.
 
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