Former players post ad supporting Fulmer

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Lexvol

Lexvol

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O+W was right. This situation is going to get far uglier than I originally anticipated. Word is that the add in the KNS was not initiated by CPF. Regardless it looks very desperate.

Should a treasured coach ever require such a letter of support?
 
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lexvol, correction to your statement....if Phil Fulmer doesn't beat Arkansas, Vandy or Kentucky, the situation is going to get far uglier....Thanks Pennington, you jack off.
 
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Larkin said:
lexvol, correction to your statement....if Phil Fulmer doesn't beat Arkansas, Vandy or Kentucky, the situation is going to get far uglier....Thanks Pennington, you jack off.
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Winning the east is the only solution. I would argue that the timing for the add placement only adds urgency, fuel, and speculation to the current situation.
 
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and emotion...I know I don't have to explain to you the emotional attachment all of us have toward Tennessee.

Emotion needs to be taken out of the equation here, otherwise, Fulmer will be our head coach regardless of any football record.

My opinion is that if Fulmer wins the SEC title, he deserves another year or two. Lose and a change needs to be made.
 
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Larkin said:
and emotion...I know I don't have to explain to you the emotional attachment all of us have toward Tennessee.

Emotion needs to be taken out of the equation here, otherwise, Fulmer will be our head coach regardless of any football record.

My opinion is that if Fulmer wins the SEC title, he deserves another year or two. Lose and a change needs to be made.
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Agreed. It is impossible to remove a coach that wins the SEC championship game. IMO just making the game adds a year.

That being said, this year has been a very cognitive exercise for me. The man hug between Fulmer and Hammy show me that they are much more emotional about their decisions than they are willing to admit.
 
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Another SEC East title? Makes me want to vomit when someone refers to that billing as a championship.

I think you're right about adding another year...what do you think the odds are that Crompton is to Ainge as Martin was to Manning?
 
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Larkin, I agree. Win the SEC title and i think he will earn one more year. I would take it year by year if i was MH.
 
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Larkin said:
Another SEC East title? Makes me want to vomit when someone refers to that billing as a championship.

I think you're right about adding another year...what do you think the odds are that Crompton is to Ainge as Martin was to Manning?
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I think that Crompton will be more of a leader on the field than Ainge, but I don't know how quickly this team can get some receivers and defensive lineman on the field. Unless the SEC east implodes again next year (which is highly unlikely) I don't see any way, shape, or form that this UT team can return to prominence by then. What do you think about Crompton?
 
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I think T. Martin had a better TEAM to work with than JC has myself. I think that plays a big part when you compare TM vs. JC.
 
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myrobbins7 said:
I think T. Martin had a better TEAM to work with than JC has myself. I think that plays a big part when you compare TM vs. JC.
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From what I heard early in the season the coaches were having a hard time convincing Crompton that he couldn't run through a brick wall. While I don't know that he has the ability of Tebow, his mentality is very similar to the Florida QB.
 
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Lexvol said:
From what I heard early in the season the coaches were having a hard time convincing Crompton that he couldn't run through a brick wall. While I don't know that he has the ability of Tebow, his mentality is very similar to the Florida QB.
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Oh, by all means i think JC will bring very good things to this team. If he plays like Tebow i welcome him with open arms..
 
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Larkin said:
Another SEC East title? Makes me want to vomit when someone refers to that billing as a championship.

I think you're right about adding another year...what do you think the odds are that Crompton is to Ainge as Martin was to Manning?
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:puke5:It is not a championship, but given the current climate, and our athletic director's attachment to the coach, it will be enough. ... If we don't get embarrassed in our bowl game.
 
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If those players really cared about UT they wouldnt have wrote that article. I know Fulmer is a good person but his coaching skills and enthusiasm are gone. Fulmer will not go quietly and it will take someone dragging from his office, to make him leave.
 
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jennsd said:
I don't get a hard copy of the paper. Who were the players named?
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Here is the pdf file. Glad to see that most of my favorites were not on the list! One of you engineers or math people get some percentages from us. How many people on the list actually played under CPF while he was a head coach? Looks like those that did are in the minority.

http://web.knoxnews.com/pdf/11_09_07fulmerad.pdf
 
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Well, Fulmer still has the opportunity to win our support back, starting tomorrow.

I wonder how much effort former players invest in the current players? Seems like that would be energy better spent than putting an ad in the paper.
 
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Look at it this way, or at least i do. We are not gonna get anyone any better to come in here next year. When we do get someone they are not gonna be near as good of a recruiter as CPF. If you look at the full body of work he ain't that damn bad! We have struggled at times but alot of that is on the players. He can't make them tackle someone.

Now that i have said all of that let the bashing begin. i can take it.
 
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Larkin said:
lexvol, correction to your statement....if Phil Fulmer doesn't beat Arkansas, Vandy or Kentucky, the situation is going to get far uglier....Thanks Pennington, you jack off.
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Is John Pennington responsible for us betting blown out by our two biggest rivals this season? Is Pennington responsible for 5-6? Our bowl record this decade?
 
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The skills necessary to be successful aren't industry specific. They include skills like honesty, clarity of purpose, a daily commitment to improvement, discipline, attention to detail, focus, an incredible work ethic, the ability to work with others and a willingness to learn from adversity.
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If this year's team had these qualities, I wouldn't be calling for Fulmer's head.
 
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TrueOrangeBlood said:
Look at it this way, or at least i do. We are not gonna get anyone any better to come in here next year. When we do get someone they are not gonna be near as good of a recruiter as CPF. If you look at the full body of work he ain't that damn bad! We have struggled at times but alot of that is on the players. He can't make them tackle someone.

Now that i have said all of that let the bashing begin. i can take it.
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No bashing here just a simple disagreement. From the looks of the team, the disconnect between CPF an the players seems to be growing. I simply don't buy the fact that no one on earth can recruit to UT better than CPF.
 
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No . . . but he is responsible for writing what amounted to a tabloid style story that created an environment where an ad like this was inevitable.
 
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Larkin said:
Another SEC East title? Makes me want to vomit when someone refers to that billing as a championship.

I think you're right about adding another year...what do you think the odds are that Crompton is to Ainge as Martin was to Manning?
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I see where you are going with your anology. But Crompton is far closer to being a Tee Martin than Ainge could ever lie about being a Peyton.

Lexvol said:
From what I heard early in the season the coaches were having a hard time convincing Crompton that he couldn't run through a brick wall. While I don't know that he has the ability of Tebow, his mentality is very similar to the Florida QB.
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We can't have a QB that is country strong and is actually a FOOTBALL PLAYER!! No, we need a QB that is tall and has a strong arm. That is the recipe for success.
 
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