Brick wall around field

[RCKYT0P]

With the injury to Paige in the practice, I have emailed Mike Hamilton asking if there will be anything done safety wise to the field. There will be many more injuries as close as it is.

His address is:
mhamilton@tennessee.edu

Lets see if we can get something done as a group about this. I know my one email will mean nothing. I would hope the injury last night will get something done without fans having to give input.

 

[volfanbill]

With the injury to Paige in the practice, I have emailed Mike Hamilton asking if there will be anything done safety wise to the field. There will be many more injuries as close as it is.

His address is:
mhamilton@tennessee.edu

Lets see if we can get something done as a group about this. I know my one email will mean nothing. I would hope the injury last night will get something done without fans having to give input.

they already beat you to the punch and have started adding padding around the parts close to the field.

 

[volmanbill]

UT to add pad to wall after Paige gets hurt : Football : GoVolsXtra.com

Looks like your email worked.

 

[Crew]

Is the wall really that close to the field?

 

[T-TownVol]

Thanks Ref, I do not believe it would have been done without ya. :good!:

 

[UTCVol]

Is the wall really that close to the field?

It looked very close on the stream last night.

 

[volfanbill]

Is the wall really that close to the field?

yeah. It's always been close though. Adding the brick may have made it 4 inches closer though.

 

[volfan4evr]

When I first read where Paige hit a "brick wall", I thought at first it might have been EB!!!! Sorry for the poor attempt at humor, but I was just hoping here.

 

[BIGBUM]

The only reason that pads weren't already up is the donor didn't want the brick covered. That's why MH is now saying the pads will be the same color as the brick.

 

[RCKYT0P]

I doubt my email did it.

Here is his response...he responded within 5 minutes.

the only difference from what we had before is the brick facade. The wall previously had a thin protective pad, which we'll add back but it had a concrete wall behind it.. During the regular season there are also individuals typically standing in the end zone which has provided for extra barrier between the field and the wall. We don't want anyone hurt. Thanks for coming last night. Go Vols- Mike

 

[RCKYT0P]

Is the wall really that close to the field?

I looks to be about 2 steps off the field in the corners of the end zone.

 

[volfanbill]

pretty impressive that Hamilton, who so many on here seem to think is about as competent as a pet rock, e-mailed you back within 5 minutes on a Saturday, a Saturday in which his second biggest team is playing in the SEC semis, the baseball team is dealing with rain, the track team is competing in the Indoor Championships and swimming is even going on.

 

[T-TownVol]

pretty impressive that Hamilton, who so many on here seem to think is about as competent as a pet rock, e-mailed you back within 5 minutes on a Saturday, a Saturday in which his second biggest team is playing in the SEC semis, the baseball team is dealing with rain, the track team is competing in the Indoor Championships and swimming is even going on.

shhhhh....don't throw off his groove

 

[rmsmith]

pretty impressive that Hamilton, who so many on here seem to think is about as competent as a pet rock, e-mailed you back within 5 minutes on a Saturday, a Saturday in which his second biggest team is playing in the SEC semis, the baseball team is dealing with rain, the track team is competing in the Indoor Championships and swimming is even going on.

Blackberrys are useful tools.

 

[volfanbill]

Blackberrys are useful tools.

obviously, but the fact that he took the time right before tipoff to respond to a fan is still pretty remarkable.

 

[dembewbs]

Why do they have the brick wall so close to the endzone anyways?

 

[billbattle]

Crompton made a strange statement. Was that ever in question?

“Obviously, nobody intended for that to happen to him,” Crompton said.

 

[RCKYT0P]

obviously, but the fact that he took the time right before tipoff to respond to a fan is still pretty remarkable.

It was 5 minutes. I then sent him a second email, not related, and I have heard nothing from it.

 

[TENNESSEESLIM]

I never realized how close the walls were to the endzone. Im surprised this hasnt happened before. Im just glad Paige is OK

 

[vader]

I thought we were building a wall around the state. I clearly misunderstood.

 

[football_vol]

I thought we were building a wall around the state. I clearly misunderstood.

the wall around the state is more like a 3 foot picket fence.

 

[salutethehill]

It was 5 minutes. I then sent him a second email, not related, and I have heard nothing from it.

Now you're just getting greedy. I don't know how many times MH has to tell you he will not auction off an "evening with Berry."

 

[RCKYT0P]

Now you're just getting greedy. I don't know how many times MH has to tell you he will not auction off an "evening with Berry."

Nah...the second one was related to a function Adidas puts on during the summer.

 

[football_vol]

Doesn't our Adidas contract run out after this year?

 

[volsfan125]

Doesn't our Adidas contract run out after this year?

End of the 2010 school year