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JZVOL

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Tennessee football will never be the same, for better or worse. For the first time in modern TN history a new coach will be brought in from outside the "family" and have to be taught the traditions of UT.

Will he do away with the game maxims or put more dreaded black into the uniform color scheme?

Will he embrace the past or want overhaul everything we've known?

Will the fans accept an outsider if he doesn't have early success?

Then again Bruce Pearl, a Jewish man, from The North restored pride in our floundering basketball program in less than a year.

It is doubtful the new coach will have that kind of success but it will likely be somewhere in the middle.

Are we about to turn into Nebraska and Michigan, or will life on The Hill improve?

I guess the bottom line is wins and losses; the modern era of Tennessee Football begins and there are many ways it could go.
 
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JZVOL said:
Tennessee football will never be the same, for better or worse. For the first time in modern TN history a new coach will be brought in from outside the "family" and have to be taught the traditions of UT.

Will he do away with the game maxims or put more dreaded black into the uniform color scheme?

Will he embrace the past or want overhaul everything we've known?

Will the fans accept an outsider if he doesn't have early success?
Then again Bruce Pearl, a Jewish man, from The North restored pride in our floundering basketball program in less than a year.

It is doubtful the new coach will have that kind of success but it will likely be somewhere in the middle.

Are we about to turn into Nebraska and Michigan, or will life on The Hill improve?

I guess the bottom line is wins and losses; the modern era of Tennessee Football begins and there are many ways it could go.
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probably not.
 
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Id kill to be in Michigan's place. RR is building a monster up in Ann Arbor. They will be in the National Championship game within 4 years.
 
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In all seriousness, times have changed. The whole, "Tennessee born, Tennessee bred" thing is going by the wayside, as it is for many southern states. We are a much more mobile society today than we were in the 1950s and 1960s. Im as big a Vol fan as any, but I was born in Georgia and now live in Ohio. The SEC used to be a regional thing full of good ole boys, but now none of the SEC coaches are from that school or even that state. We are just now realizing that the SEC is an arms race and we have to keep up. Im willing to give the new coach a solid 5 years to turn this thing around and win championships, whether he is from Tennessee, Washington or Mars.
 
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Are you saying we need a jewish football coach?:)
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Hilarious! Love it.

I say, hey, put Bruce Pearl on the short list. I'd give that guy 2 months to learn a little college football and we'd be in the top 5 before we know what hit us.

Go Jewish!!!

I'm not sure if the yarmulke ( yamaka ) would stay on the helmets though.
 
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Today is the best day in Tennessee football history, second only to the National Championship in 1998.

Celebrate. Embrace the change that's coming. Football passed Hindenburg Fulmer by a long time ago. Another coach will restore the dignity to our program.
 
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FulmerDanceParty said:
Today is the best day in Tennessee football history, second only to the National Championship in 1998.

Celebrate. Embrace the change that's coming. Football passed Hindenburg Fulmer by a long time ago. Another coach will restore the dignity to our program.
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Not even close. Leave and never come back.
 
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To me this is one of the saddest days in UT football history. A great man who did great things for this university, a man who truly bleeds orange felt the need to step down.

This is not about whether or not a change needed to be made.

It's about a man who devoted his life to this program having to leave like this.

Best wishes Coach. Thanks for all you've done.
 
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The sky is the limit.

To say this is the second best day in our history is ignorant.

I am excited for the future but today is a bittersweet day for anyone with a brain.
 
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volmanbill said:
To me this is one of the saddest days in UT football history. A great man who did great things for this university, a man who truly bleeds orange felt the need to step down.

This is not about whether or not a change needed to be made.

It's about a man who devoted his life to this program having to leave like this.

Best wishes Coach. Thanks for all you've done.
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Spoken like someone with a brain and with class.
 
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JZVOL said:
The sky is the limit.

To say this is the second best day in our history is ignorant.

I am excited for the future but today is a bittersweet day for anyone with a brain.
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Ok, I overreached with the "second best" comment. That was facetious.

But honestly, I just don't get the somber mood. This is a great day for the program!
 
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Because the man gave his life, heart and soul to this university. He is more Tennessee than any of us can ever imagine.

Regardless of money or any other factor, a man who has spent the majority of his life giving his entire being to that school is leaving, and he has got to be hurting.

Show the man some freaking respect.

The last few years haven't been great but the man brought us a national title and I will be forever grateful.
 
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Fulmer is a wonderful human being but the state of the football program rests on his shoulders and he was man enough to step aside for the good of the program.
 
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volmanbill said:
To me this is one of the saddest days in UT football history. A great man who did great things for this university, a man who truly bleeds orange felt the need to step down.

This is not about whether or not a change needed to be made.

It's about a man who devoted his life to this program having to leave like this.

Best wishes Coach. Thanks for all you've done.
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Well said Bill
 
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JZVOL said:
Because the man gave his life, heart and soul to this university. He is more Tennessee than any of us can ever imagine.

Regardless of money or any other factor, a man who has spent the majority of his life giving his entire being to that school is leaving, and he has got to be hurting.

Show the man some freaking respect.

The last few years haven't been great but the man brought us a national title and I will be forever grateful.
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There's nothing wrong with giving him credit where credit is due. 1998 was great. Thank you Coach Fulmer.

However, I won't respect the man for what he's done to the program in the past few years when it was obvious that his coaching was starting to show its age. The game passed him by and I don't know whether it was his pride or his selfishness that kept him from realizing it and making some changes before now.

We'll agree to disagree.
 
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FulmerDanceParty said:
There's nothing wrong with giving him credit where credit is due. 1998 was great. Thank you Coach Fulmer.

However, I won't respect the man for what he's done to the program in the past few years when it was obvious that his coaching was starting to show its age. The game passed him by and I don't know whether it was his pride or his selfishness that kept him from realizing it and making some changes before now.

We'll agree to disagree.
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the fact you can't separate the man from his profession just shows ignorance. He's gone, let it go
 
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utvolpj said:
the fact you can't separate the man from his profession just shows ignorance. He's gone, let it go
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Separate the man from the profession?

Congratulations Coach Phil for being a nice guy, wearing nice clothes, making a delicious lemon meringue pie, and bowling a great game.

So is it ok to call him out for being a horrid football coach since 1998 now that I acknowledged some good things that he's done off the field?
 
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