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The Name's John Lee Pettimore
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Will see if CJP has solved anything relating to Vol football tomorrow evening. It will not be solved on here or on Vol twitter, especially when players are too dumb to understand that and CJP continues to allow them to participate. All Vol fans have the right to express themselves as they desire. They pay the freight bill and support the program despite having to watch shizstorms on the field repeatedly in the past few years.
JJ gets how this is supposed to work with UT football because he is a life long orange blooded football player. You do not have to be a lifelong or even current Tennessee resident to understand that. However, you do need a blood transfusion. If you refuse the transfusion as a coach, player or as a fan; you should leave the program. CJP needs to stop using Bama as his reference publicly as he continues to do. There is no dispute that he was chosen for the job he openly pursued partially because he was successful at Bama. However, he cannot use them as his benchmark from which all things Vol is built. He should use his past experiences and marry the best into all things Vols, which requires CJP to have a blood transfusion for it to work. I am not convinced he has done that based on his approach to coaching here and his public comments. If I see it, chances are a lot of Vol fans and even players see it as well.
If CJP recruits players who are unlikely to accept the transfusion he will not survive here, just like all former Vol coaches have learned who have turned away from that path to success. That includes Majors and Fulmer at the ends of their tenures. When you chase unicorns and rainbows on everybody else's turf, you lose. If you revel in past glories and do not continue seeking perfection at your endeavor, you lose. UT football needs to get back to basics and be Volunteers. Quit trying to appease those with narratives and personal agendas. Players with proven blood transfusions should be on the field. The others can sit on the sidelines until they receive them or leave. Same with the coaching staff.
Real Tennessee fans understand what orange blooded means. The players and coaches need to understand and embrace it to be successful. That is why JJ knew he would catch the pass to win the game the second the play was called.
Will see if CJP has solved anything relating to Vol football tomorrow evening. It will not be solved on here or on Vol twitter, especially when players are too dumb to understand that and CJP continues to allow them to participate. All Vol fans have the right to express themselves as they desire. They pay the freight bill and support the program despite having to watch shizstorms on the field repeatedly in the past few years.
JJ gets how this is supposed to work with UT football because he is a life long orange blooded football player. You do not have to be a lifelong or even current Tennessee resident to understand that. However, you do need a blood transfusion. If you refuse the transfusion as a coach, player or as a fan; you should leave the program. CJP needs to stop using Bama as his reference publicly as he continues to do. There is no dispute that he was chosen for the job he openly pursued partially because he was successful at Bama. However, he cannot use them as his benchmark from which all things Vol is built. He should use his past experiences and marry the best into all things Vols, which requires CJP to have a blood transfusion for it to work. I am not convinced he has done that based on his approach to coaching here and his public comments. If I see it, chances are a lot of Vol fans and even players see it as well.
If CJP recruits players who are unlikely to accept the transfusion he will not survive here, just like all former Vol coaches have learned who have turned away from that path to success. That includes Majors and Fulmer at the ends of their tenures. When you chase unicorns and rainbows on everybody else's turf, you lose. If you revel in past glories and do not continue seeking perfection at your endeavor, you lose. UT football needs to get back to basics and be Volunteers. Quit trying to appease those with narratives and personal agendas. Players with proven blood transfusions should be on the field. The others can sit on the sidelines until they receive them or leave. Same with the coaching staff.
Real Tennessee fans understand what orange blooded means. The players and coaches need to understand and embrace it to be successful. That is why JJ knew he would catch the pass to win the game the second the play was called.
