So my coworker's brother is on the team

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volfan6782 said:
The height and weight you gave didn't match anyone on utsports like us said it did. Say who it is. Outside of a fifth year senior or medical redshirt player, only 8 players on the roster would have been through a season with Fulmer.
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A 5th year walk on no one knows could still be around too.
 
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UTFanForLife said:
But how would they know that Fulmer did without first hand knowledge?

I would rather have a coach that is business like anyways, when it comes to the game itself. I have seen a few examples that shows there is a family atmosphere though, like hike up Mt. LeConte for one. The leaked locker room scene.
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The two are not mutually exclusive. The best workplaces are "family" like... but you still have to take care of business when its time to go to work.
 
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DL916 said:
I was just talking to a new employee at work and I noticed her Titans cup. Told her how I'm a huge Titans fan. She says she's a bigger Vols fan because her brother plays for UT. I'm not going to give away his name but he's a junior and listed at 6'1 220 on utsports.com.

I asked her what he thought of Dooley and she said that he's ok, but that her brother loves Sal. I asked why the "ehhh Dooley's ok" response. She gave me an example. She said "you know when Fulmer was here he was all about 'we're a family' and Saban is all about 'this is a business, everyone has a job to do." So I said yeah I understand that. She said well Dooley preaches "we're a family" but with the team he's very "business like" and it annoys some of the players.

I asked if most players feel like that and she said no it's mostly the older guys. I assume these are the guys he didn't recruit. She said the younger guys actually like Dooley.

One thing that concerned me is that she said her brother isn't that into football. Well she said he's indifferent about it, and that track was more his thing.

She said that the players love Herman Lathers, and that he's the only defensive leader on the team at the moment. She said that a lot of guys on defense say they wished he was able to stay another year after this because they're not sure who the leader will be next year.

She also said that the coaches want her brother to get bigger because he's only 218 at the moment and they want him closer to 240. She said he's at 4% body fat and just can't gain. They go out to eat and he has two meals and still can't gain any weight.(wish I had that problem)

She said before the Kentucky game that the coaches were very negative. Saying "hope you boys got your bags packed cause you're not going to a bowl game" I know that's just a motivation ploy so I didn't view that as negative. Had plenty of coaches tell us that when we were taking an opponent too lightly. She said the staff can be pretty harsh on the players and negative.

On a side note I'm ready for a great season. Hope that the guys buy into what they're teaching over there. If we can pull out a win against NC State it will be a great sign. I think that we will since NC State tends to start the season slow. They also got blown out by the only common opponent that we had in common with them last year. I think they lost to Cincinnati 44-12 or something, and we all know what we did to Cinci with a healthy team. I'm sticking with 9wins including a bowl win, so 8 regular season. GO VOLS.
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they were screaming at the 15-20 players that were not going to be bowl eligible had they beat Kentucky. included several starters.
 
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When I was going to school at UT, I knew guys that didn't like Fulmer for many reasons. There were guys that didn't like Kiffin and I am sure there are guys that don't like Dooley. But, so what? It is not a popularity contest. Like many have said, the season can't get here soon enough.
 
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im calling bs on this. the op had to go back and find a player that was close to 6'1 220..
 
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I know an ex lineman that played for Phillip Fulmer and is now with the Green Bay Packers. I out ate him at Golden Corral. We went to Golden Corral because the line a Cici's Pizza was too long.

My point is....I think the OP is FOS. IMO,JMO,SIIHYFOP.
 
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LWSVOL said:
they were screaming at the 15-20 players that were not going to be bowl eligible had they beat Kentucky. included several starters.
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Not bowl eligible at 6-6? Why not? Sorry, Larry, I don't understand what you mean by this. :question:
 
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