Does our fanbase have to complain about EVERYTHING?

[MoreSteam]

For the record, I complained ad nauseam about Pruitt. He was awful. So glad he's gone.

That said, do we have to complain about everything? Every single coach mentioned here in the past week...people complained about. Something was wrong with every single POSSIBLE hire.

Look, the fact is that Tennessee is not a top job right now, no matter how delusional our fanbase is. Despite the fact that most of our fans think it's a top 10 college job - it isn't. I'm not sure it's even a top 25 job right now, given the possible/likely NCAA sanctions.

If there was a top 10 or 15 coach out there that WANTED this job (and the possible $6-$8 million/year that came along with it), don't you think he would have reached out to Danny White and told him he would take it? Other coaches right now think Tennessee is toxic, and quite honestly, laugh at the fact that we think this job is:

a. attractive, and
b. way better than it actually is

We don't really have a choice but to trust Danny White. By all accounts, he's wonderful...and one of the top couple of ADs in the country.

Keep in mind, White hired Josh Heupel not once, but twice. He must like him.

I love the Vols. But damn, I get so tired of our fanbase complaining about literally everything. Just be happy we got rid of Fulmer and Pruitt, and let's give White and Heupel a chance to build something. Lord knows we've fallen so far that there's plenty to (re)build. Maybe Heupel can...maybe he can't...but this head coaching job isn't nearly as attractive as it used to be, and I'm willing to back the guy to give him a chance.

Nobody else wanted it, even for insane money. I hope Heupel can restore some of our past glory, and our fanbase can work on improving the awful perception that we currently have (outside of the state of Tennessee) about not being so dang negative about literally everything.

 

[Vato]

Yes.
I wanted Freeze but will support JH until the bitter end. GBO

 

[golfballs]

Look around. Lol. There’s a lot to complain about.

 

[Border Vol]

For the record, I complained ad nauseam about Pruitt. He was awful. So glad he's gone.

That said, do we have to complain about everything? Every single coach mentioned here in the past week...people complained about. Something was wrong with every single POSSIBLE hire.

Look, the fact is that Tennessee is not a top job right now, no matter how delusional our fanbase is. Despite the fact that most of our fans think it's a top 10 college job - it isn't. I'm not sure it's even a top 25 job right now, given the possible/likely NCAA sanctions.

If there was a top 10 or 15 coach out there that WANTED this job (and the possible $6-$8 million/year that came along with it), don't you think he would have reached out to Danny White and told him he would take it? Other coaches right now think Tennessee is toxic, and quite honestly, laugh at the fact that we think this job is:

a. attractive, and
b. way better than it actually is

We don't really have a choice but to trust Danny White. By all accounts, he's wonderful...and one of the top couple of ADs in the country.

Keep in mind, White hired Josh Heupel not once, but twice. He must like him.

I love the Vols. But damn, I get so tired of our fanbase complaining about literally everything. Just be happy we got rid of Fulmer and Pruitt, and let's give White and Heupel a chance to build something. Lord knows we've fallen so far that there's plenty to (re)build. Maybe Heupel can...maybe he can't...but this head coaching job isn't nearly as attractive as it used to be, and I'm willing to back the guy to give him a chance.

Nobody else wanted it, even for insane money. I hope Heupel can restore some of our past glory, and our fanbase can work on improving the awful perception that we currently have (outside of the state of Tennessee) about not being so dang negative about literally everything.

+1000

 

[VOL-TIL-I-DIE]

 

[Maxim]

Yes. This post sucks.

 

[OrangeTsar]

YES. WE. DO.
It is my job and I take it seriously

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

For the record, I complained ad nauseam about Pruitt. He was awful. So glad he's gone.

That said, do we have to complain about everything? Every single coach mentioned here in the past week...people complained about. Something was wrong with every single POSSIBLE hire.

Look, the fact is that Tennessee is not a top job right now, no matter how delusional our fanbase is. Despite the fact that most of our fans think it's a top 10 college job - it isn't. I'm not sure it's even a top 25 job right now, given the possible/likely NCAA sanctions.

If there was a top 10 or 15 coach out there that WANTED this job (and the possible $6-$8 million/year that came along with it), don't you think he would have reached out to Danny White and told him he would take it? Other coaches right now think Tennessee is toxic, and quite honestly, laugh at the fact that we think this job is:

a. attractive, and
b. way better than it actually is

We don't really have a choice but to trust Danny White. By all accounts, he's wonderful...and one of the top couple of ADs in the country.

Keep in mind, White hired Josh Heupel not once, but twice. He must like him.

I love the Vols. But damn, I get so tired of our fanbase complaining about literally everything. Just be happy we got rid of Fulmer and Pruitt, and let's give White and Heupel a chance to build something. Lord knows we've fallen so far that there's plenty to (re)build. Maybe Heupel can...maybe he can't...but this head coaching job isn't nearly as attractive as it used to be, and I'm willing to back the guy to give him a chance.

Nobody else wanted it, even for insane money. I hope Heupel can restore some of our past glory, and our fanbase can work on improving the awful perception that we currently have (outside of the state of Tennessee) about not being so dang negative about literally everything.

My guy, spot on. Except, it isn’t just VolNation that has to find fault and complain about everything . That’s now become the status quo for the Nation in today’s age.

 

[DeusExMachina]

My dad had this saying: "some people would ***** if you hung 'em with a brand new rope". We could have hired Saban or Belichick, and some negative twonk on here would raise a stink about it.

 

[Exiled]

I'm onboard with JH. Actually thought of him early on, but everything was pointing to a much bigger splash hire. Depending upon who he fills out his staff with, he could be a very good hire. JMHO

 

[Darkside]

Yes. You don’t hire the same coach you just hired at UCF for the Tennessee job.

 

[N.ohio vol]

Its not a terrible hire nowhere close to what we all wanted but we were free falling and probably lucky to land him with all the circumstances. This wasnt White's first chioce either.

 

[Myrtleturtle]

For the record, I complained ad nauseam about Pruitt. He was awful. So glad he's gone.

That said, do we have to complain about everything? Every single coach mentioned here in the past week...people complained about. Something was wrong with every single POSSIBLE hire.

Look, the fact is that Tennessee is not a top job right now, no matter how delusional our fanbase is. Despite the fact that most of our fans think it's a top 10 college job - it isn't. I'm not sure it's even a top 25 job right now, given the possible/likely NCAA sanctions.

If there was a top 10 or 15 coach out there that WANTED this job (and the possible $6-$8 million/year that came along with it), don't you think he would have reached out to Danny White and told him he would take it? Other coaches right now think Tennessee is toxic, and quite honestly, laugh at the fact that we think this job is:

a. attractive, and
b. way better than it actually is

We don't really have a choice but to trust Danny White. By all accounts, he's wonderful...and one of the top couple of ADs in the country.

Keep in mind, White hired Josh Heupel not once, but twice. He must like him.

I love the Vols. But damn, I get so tired of our fanbase complaining about literally everything. Just be happy we got rid of Fulmer and Pruitt, and let's give White and Heupel a chance to build something. Lord knows we've fallen so far that there's plenty to (re)build. Maybe Heupel can...maybe he can't...but this head coaching job isn't nearly as attractive as it used to be, and I'm willing to back the guy to give him a chance.

Nobody else wanted it, even for insane money. I hope Heupel can restore some of our past glory, and our fanbase can work on improving the awful perception that we currently have (outside of the state of Tennessee) about not being so dang negative about literally everything.

Well said!

 

[salutethehill]

This thread is stupid. Worst thread since Kiffin.

 

[Herman Hickman]

To be honest, UTAD and the ruling booster class have given us plenty of reasons to complain over the last generation.

Their decisions have put us into a place where we are staring right at entering a second generation of third-tier status in the SEC.

It is not fair to Heupel or White. But the other decision-makers, past and present, deserve every Bob Gibson-style high heater they get from this fanbase for what they have done to Tennessee football.

 

[lilesrt]

For the record, I complained ad nauseam about Pruitt. He was awful. So glad he's gone.

That said, do we have to complain about everything? Every single coach mentioned here in the past week...people complained about. Something was wrong with every single POSSIBLE hire.

Look, the fact is that Tennessee is not a top job right now, no matter how delusional our fanbase is. Despite the fact that most of our fans think it's a top 10 college job - it isn't. I'm not sure it's even a top 25 job right now, given the possible/likely NCAA sanctions.

If there was a top 10 or 15 coach out there that WANTED this job (and the possible $6-$8 million/year that came along with it), don't you think he would have reached out to Danny White and told him he would take it? Other coaches right now think Tennessee is toxic, and quite honestly, laugh at the fact that we think this job is:

a. attractive, and
b. way better than it actually is

We don't really have a choice but to trust Danny White. By all accounts, he's wonderful...and one of the top couple of ADs in the country.

Keep in mind, White hired Josh Heupel not once, but twice. He must like him.

I love the Vols. But damn, I get so tired of our fanbase complaining about literally everything. Just be happy we got rid of Fulmer and Pruitt, and let's give White and Heupel a chance to build something. Lord knows we've fallen so far that there's plenty to (re)build. Maybe Heupel can...maybe he can't...but this head coaching job isn't nearly as attractive as it used to be, and I'm willing to back the guy to give him a chance.

Nobody else wanted it, even for insane money. I hope Heupel can restore some of our past glory, and our fanbase can work on improving the awful perception that we currently have (outside of the state of Tennessee) about not being so dang negative about literally everything.

So.. you’re making this about the fanbase?

 

[mitzustu]

Are you saying we shouldn’t complain about the trash we’ve witnessed the last couple of decades? If something good happened do you not think we’d applaud it? If we won games you don’t think we’d be happy? Goodness.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

I mean we have the right. Look what this administration has put us through.

 

[Vato]

Yes. You don’t hire the same coach you just hired at UCF for the Tennessee job.

Apparently you do

 

[over60vol]

Lucky any coach would come to this dumpster fire. NCAA coming for us so no top tier coach was coming and we're just lucky to get what we got. Give the guy a chance, maybe he can assemble a quality staff. Just accept the position we are in and get behind this guy. We really don't have any other choice.

 

[GSD82]

For the record, I complained ad nauseam about Pruitt. He was awful. So glad he's gone.

That said, do we have to complain about everything? Every single coach mentioned here in the past week...people complained about. Something was wrong with every single POSSIBLE hire.

Look, the fact is that Tennessee is not a top job right now, no matter how delusional our fanbase is. Despite the fact that most of our fans think it's a top 10 college job - it isn't. I'm not sure it's even a top 25 job right now, given the possible/likely NCAA sanctions.

If there was a top 10 or 15 coach out there that WANTED this job (and the possible $6-$8 million/year that came along with it), don't you think he would have reached out to Danny White and told him he would take it? Other coaches right now think Tennessee is toxic, and quite honestly, laugh at the fact that we think this job is:

a. attractive, and
b. way better than it actually is

We don't really have a choice but to trust Danny White. By all accounts, he's wonderful...and one of the top couple of ADs in the country.

Keep in mind, White hired Josh Heupel not once, but twice. He must like him.

I love the Vols. But damn, I get so tired of our fanbase complaining about literally everything. Just be happy we got rid of Fulmer and Pruitt, and let's give White and Heupel a chance to build something. Lord knows we've fallen so far that there's plenty to (re)build. Maybe Heupel can...maybe he can't...but this head coaching job isn't nearly as attractive as it used to be, and I'm willing to back the guy to give him a chance.

Nobody else wanted it, even for insane money. I hope Heupel can restore some of our past glory, and our fanbase can work on improving the awful perception that we currently have (outside of the state of Tennessee) about not being so dang negative about literally everything.

Then most likely that means White sucks also

 

[MoreSteam]

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Lol - you're probably not even intelligent enough to put together such a long post or thought without a misspelling or grammatical error...

 

[MoreSteam]

So.. you’re making this about the fanbase?

I just wish our fans realized WHAT we are. We aren't nearly as good as we think we are.

GBO

 

[jmay8]

For the record, I complained ad nauseam about Pruitt. He was awful. So glad he's gone.

That said, do we have to complain about everything? Every single coach mentioned here in the past week...people complained about. Something was wrong with every single POSSIBLE hire.

Look, the fact is that Tennessee is not a top job right now, no matter how delusional our fanbase is. Despite the fact that most of our fans think it's a top 10 college job - it isn't. I'm not sure it's even a top 25 job right now, given the possible/likely NCAA sanctions.

If there was a top 10 or 15 coach out there that WANTED this job (and the possible $6-$8 million/year that came along with it), don't you think he would have reached out to Danny White and told him he would take it? Other coaches right now think Tennessee is toxic, and quite honestly, laugh at the fact that we think this job is:

a. attractive, and
b. way better than it actually is

We don't really have a choice but to trust Danny White. By all accounts, he's wonderful...and one of the top couple of ADs in the country.

Keep in mind, White hired Josh Heupel not once, but twice. He must like him.

I love the Vols. But damn, I get so tired of our fanbase complaining about literally everything. Just be happy we got rid of Fulmer and Pruitt, and let's give White and Heupel a chance to build something. Lord knows we've fallen so far that there's plenty to (re)build. Maybe Heupel can...maybe he can't...but this head coaching job isn't nearly as attractive as it used to be, and I'm willing to back the guy to give him a chance.

Nobody else wanted it, even for insane money. I hope Heupel can restore some of our past glory, and our fanbase can work on improving the awful perception that we currently have (outside of the state of Tennessee) about not being so dang negative about literally everything.

A large majority of the posters on Volnation are absolutely lunatics disconnected from reality. They are calling for the head of a darn near universally acclaimed AD who backed up the brinks truck to a number of home run hires and gave it a shot. It is not his fault that those folks said no when faced with a depleted roster after portal defections with unknown sanctions on the horizon and this lunatic fanbase calling for people's heads before they've stepped on campus. Its amazing that these lunatics can't see that they are part of the problem. I mean, it was rumored that someone was sending hate emails to a candidate. I wasn't excited about that candidate either, but good grief. I'm not saying that this HC hire was my first choice, but even White implied that in the press release on UTSports. However, we do have a guy with head coaching experience, a winning record, and a high powered offense. Let's get behind him and get some stability.

 

[Orangeblooded615]

With an incompetent administration that doesn't care about winning with all the resources in the college football world......yes yes we do.