Does UT really care about football?

#51
#51
They care about TV money and season tix.

If they are still getting those (which they are currently), this is how much they care: ,.|..
 
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#52
tnvols72 said:
I am almost certain that UT will blow this again. UT loves that season ticket money come rolling in around April and that is all they care about. The product on the field ,they could careless about.
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Should be obvious that the two are tied together. At some point, fans just won't feel that the investment in time and money are worth the product on the field. That's already happened for me. Plus, I've already found things to do on Saturdays thanks to covid. Soon UT football won't even be distant memory.
 
#53
#53
They care about ROI. Vol fans tend to show up, win or lose. Unless it gets so bad that it disrupts the revenue stream (stop buying season tickets, hot dogs, beer, etc.) and reduces ROI beyond some threshold, we'll keep getting what we've had for the past decade+.
 
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coffeevol said:
Not as much as they use to. Fulmer will ignore outcry from fans and media about a subpar job and give CJP 5-6 years to accomplish something. Write that down, Fulmer will never make a change, he feels like time to right the ship is the answer and maybe he is right.
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Of course thats the right thing

But not when you have the wrong captain like we do now
 
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CAVPUT said:
We'll find out soon enough. If we have any real interest in turning this around, the folks in Knoxville are working back channels to sign Freeze for next year. Might be why Liberty bumped his pay. Hope so.

If we blow this again and he ends up at another SEC program while we head into next year with Pruitt and perhaps JG, the answer to the original question is obvious. And if they don't give a chit, why should fans?
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A little late on the reply here but JEEZ I can't do that again. The thought of watching this same train wreck AGAIN with JG at the helm next year is gut wrenching. I know he isn't the only problem but man... a 6th year senior who can't even read a defense may be leading us next year. I know things change, but assuming we are like this again next year and play the full schedule we will likely end up 5-7 at best. Fun.
 
#59
#59
The idea of pulling for your team is not blind loyalty. There has to be something there that attracts you and causes you to be excited. We don't enjoy paying our hard earned money and making the sacrifices to support the team only to experience continuous failures. Truthly, does anyone enjoy the current experience sitting there and watching the product we have put on the field for the past 15 years. This is not a temporary down turn but an implosion of monumental proportions. I have no answer because the admiistration has allowed this to occur and continues to astound us with idiodic decisions. You get what you pay for and unless and until they make the comittment that the fans have made over the down years, nothing is going to change. If it can get any worse. UT knows how to take it to another level of futility.
 
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CAVPUT said:
Should be obvious that the two are tied together. At some point, fans just won't feel that the investment in time and money are worth the product on the field. That's already happened for me. Plus, I've already found things to do on Saturdays thanks to covid. Soon UT football won't even be distant memory.
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Happened to me back in 2016. Got tired of basically just throwing my money away. Pretty soon 25k will be the norm.
 
#61
#61
Put it this way, if Tennessee really cared about its fans and football program Jon Gruden would be the head coach at UT...They could have offered him the world to the point he couldn't say no but alas that didn't happen...This place would've been hysterical over him and it would be super hard to even get a single ticket let alone season tickets to see his teams play...The recruiting would be out of this world I mean who wouldn't want to play for him?!?...But UT don't care...Never has...They know they can put joe blow out there as coach and people will pay to see what he can do and they will spend that money for beer and food and merch all the while hoping this crappy coach does something to keep them interested and if he doesn't then they'll fire him and get the masses excited about another no name who they will hype up as the next Saban or he has bloodlines to this coach or blah blah blah...And he'll fail and it will start all over again....It's a scam we keep playing and falling for....Until the fans actually stand up and MAKE them hire a good coach they never will...Got to get out there and get your voices heard and if they don't do not spend a nickel on that program again.
 
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'Boro-vol said:
The eggheads in the administration do not. At one point the academics found it distasteful that the football coach (Fulmer) was the most powerful man on campus, if not this end of the state. They seized the opportune moment when fan support dwindled to purge him, and the good-ole boy network, from the Hill. They have never fully relinquished control, though hiring Fulmer as AD remains a head-scratcher.

To directly answer the question...they care about the check football can provide, not football. And they certainly don't care about the check enough to relinquish control.
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How do you explain the success of the other sports on campus?

Serious question, not trolling you.
 
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