Coleman put ego before Vols

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ballou1024 said:
This article is very deep and the honest truth. BJ needs to really do some soul searching!

4/25/2009 - Roy Exum: Don’t Do It, B.J.! - Opinion - Chattanoogan.com
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Hmmm...I think he could have left the door open to return if he had not gone running off at the mouth to the press. He put some pretty bitter stuff out there. He may have done enough damage that Kiffin just can't take him back at this point. Too bad he didn't wait to have the private meeting with Kiffin then go home and sleep on it for a few days.

The way he handled it tells me there's probably a flaw ins his personality that might hinder his leadership ability. If he's going to throw this staff under the bus because he wasn't handed the starting position after spring, what's he do if they lose a critical game, throw his o-line under the bus, his OC, his WR? He needs to do some soul searching. I think he's a bit damaged goods at this point.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
lost a lot of respect for him after listening to his interview:

- he kept saying i dont want to start something but then he would throw someone under the bus right afterward...

- said TN is too hollywood cuz we have way too many recruits and visitors to practice and play music... last I heard your former teammates love the new music and you win by recruiting and showing future kids what to expect if they choose TN.

-he said he couldn't have done anything more this spring or done better... really?????? im glad your gone if you have reached your potential ceiling and your not the obvious starter.

If your leaving..just leave..dont try to tear apart the team on your way out.

It is best he is gone because now everyone knows who is the guy. So WR can work with Crompton on timing all summer.
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Haha that is a pretty good point.
 
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#304
#304
Please, get this guy back to Knoxville. It is where he belongs. Apologize for the brain spasm and then work with a new intensity where no one can possibly question the “real” decision that will be made in late August.
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I don't know if CLK would even consider it this point, but BJ would have to figure this out about as quickly as he figured out he'd quit.
 
#305
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BJ is a spoiled little McCallie kid that wanted answers right then. Do your time kid, if you are that confident you were the best QB on the team you would have got your chance. Kiffin said the best players would be on the field. Seems they all want instant gratification. I agree that his ego took control of his senses. You screwed up BJ.
 
#309
#309
I wish Coleman would have transferred to the University of North Alabama. UNA is always competing for a Div II NC and I would have loved to have him there.
 
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This will haunt Bj the rest of his life. reguardless of what he does he will be known as the guy that quit.no matter what, you just can't polish a turd.
 
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rallen said:
Truth is, he's probably a cancer to the team more than a leader.
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Gee, how'd he trick all those players on the team who regularly said he was a leader in interviews? BJ will do fine. He was getting jerked around by a demonstrably immature coach who was arranging his existing quarterbacks to bring on his own man. BJ is smart enough to read the tea leaves. He could have used better judgement in his interview but the kid is 21.
 
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countrypk said:
Gee, how'd he trick all those players on the team who regularly said he was a leader in interviews? BJ will do fine. He was getting jerked around by a demonstrably immature coach who was arranging his existing quarterbacks to bring on his own man. BJ is smart enough to read the tea leaves. He could have used better judgement in his interview but the kid is 21.
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Chattanoogan, I presume................?
 
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I just hope BJ thinks through the next stage of his career and seeks out a school that gives him the best education, cuz he sure ain't gonna be playing on Sundays.
 
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slobberknocker said:
I just hope BJ thinks through the next stage of his career and seeks out a school that gives him the best education, cuz he sure ain't gonna be playing on Sundays.
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I've said it before. BJ needs to call Chris Hatcher at Georgia Southern. If he has any talent at all he could throw for 2000 yards a season under Hatcher.
 
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I'm still wondering if they are going to put any information about this on utsports.com? Or are they just going to keep it behind closed doors?
 
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utvols20 said:
I'm still wondering if they are going to put any information about this on utsports.com? Or are they just going to keep it behind closed doors?
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It is at the bottom of the Tennessee River with cement shoes attached.
 
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BJ could transfer to UT-Martin...Oh wait he wants to start right now....He couldn't beat out UTM's starter Cade Thompson so he'd still have to sit out a year....
 
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Only mistake BJ made was letting Phillip and Clawson talk him into not following Cutcliffe to Duke a year ago. For now I do not consider this to be a huge problem for the Vols, but if Crompton plays like he did last year and Kiffin does not land a 5* QB prospect then I think the issue will bear revisiting a year from now. 'Aint hindsight great?
 
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countrypk said:
Gee, how'd he trick all those players on the team who regularly said he was a leader in interviews? BJ will do fine. He was getting jerked around by a demonstrably immature coach who was arranging his existing quarterbacks to bring on his own man. BJ is smart enough to read the tea leaves. He could have used better judgement in his interview but the kid is 21.
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It is pretty interesting to see how often BJ's supporters call Kiffin immature. They then point to the Meyer stuff which wasn't immature at all. He was prodding and toying the guy. Unlike Spurrier and even Fulmer, Meyer couldn't take it and proved what a total narcissist he really is.

Kiffin is supposedly immature but it was BJ, not Kiffin, that threw a tantrum when a couple of meetings got delayed. Big whoop. If he ever gets a job in the business world he'll have to get used to it. It was BJ that whined to the media because Kiffin wouldn't name him the starter at this point. It was BJ that went to MH and then quit in a huff because he couldn't get satisfaction from him either. It was BJ that thought whatever he had going on was more important than anything the HC could have going on.

BJ appears to be a great kid in general but it is HIS IMMATURITY, not Kiffin's, that caused him to quit.

You want a comparison? Look no further than Crompton. He was more highly regarded than Ainge coming out of HS. Ainge stank to high heavens his Soph year and some of us thought JC should get a real shot in the spring of 06. EA again stank it up in the scrimmages with JC clearly outperforming him statistically. Numerous threads were started predicting by what game JC would take over.

At no point did JC whine and quit. At no point did he call his coaches out publicly as BJ did after the spring game. At no point did he complain to the AD.... all this in spite of an obvious and growing bias that Cut had against him.

JC may never be a good QB but he definitely has shown more maturity and heart in the face of adversity than BJ did.
 
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