I hope...

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dsbyrd said:
I'll take that as a compliment. Different story but I guess the antithesis would be Ebeneezer Scrooge. Which character would you rather be? Which would most people prefer to be around? Discuss.
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I find people like to be around success. Don't know many people who have any use for the "it could always be worse" crowd. I'm lucky that way.
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hatvol96 said:
I find people like to be around success. Don't know many people who have any use for the "it could always be worse" crowd. I'm lucky that way.
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When it comes to athletics, you are dead on. No one loves a lovable loser, unless you are the Cubs.
 
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dsbyrd said:
I'll take that as a compliment. Different story but I guess the antithesis would be Ebeneezer Scrooge. Which character would you rather be? Which would most people prefer to be around? Discuss.
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regarding our football program, I'd prefer to be around those interested in making it better and winning something meaningful.

The rationalization approach to mediocrity just doesn't seem to do it for me.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I find people like to be around success. Don't know many people who have any use for the "it could always be worse" crowd. I'm lucky that way.
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Pollyanna was ultimately successful, and without being an insufferable jerk to those around her.
 
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I thought 2005 should have been it, right then and there. 2002 should have put the initial pressure on. 2006 was fine I guess, compared to what we were the previous year. But in my mind, based on the long period of time without a championship, 2007 was a failure. No BCS bowl, no conference championship. failure.

And obviously we aren't going anywhere special this year. But that isn't really shocking to anyone that has been paying attention.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I find people like to be around success. Don't know many people who have any use for the "it could always be worse" crowd. I'm lucky that way.
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And I'm very successful. I still have no issue with my decision. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p></o:p>
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dsbyrd said:
Pollyanna was ultimately successful, and without being an insufferable jerk to those around her.
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Ultimately being a key part ofthe fable. If people want to wallow around wasting time, have at it. I find attacking problems immediately to be far more effective.
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#37
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dsbyrd said:
Pollyanna was ultimately successful, and without being an insufferable jerk to those around her.
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for any pollyanna that has made it, there are millions of others who accept the status quo and become miserable failures.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
regarding our football program, I'd prefer to be around those interested in making it better and winning something meaningful.
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I would too. I just think you can make it better without booing players or even coaches, and without engaging in ad hominem attacks either against the coaches, players, or even the people on this board.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
And I'm very successful. I still have no issue with my decision. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p></o:p>
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As long as you and your ilk acknowledge your foolhardy
support of a washed up coach is what got the program where it is, I could care less how you feel about your decision.
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champyvol said:
i was just thinking the samething. utvolpj i hope now that you can see how wrong you were and helped destroy a very good program thumb's up champ.:good!: i know they will never admit it hat, but alot of the people on this site are the reason we are now no better than a mid american conference school.
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The statements in this post are true only if Mike Hamilton and UT boosters are the "alot of people on this site." Criticizing Vol fans for being fans and having hope is ridiculous. I've wanted Fulmer gone too but I'm not going to be smug about the fact that our program is in the tank just to make myself feel smart about being able to spot the obvious. It's time for a change but I think Fulmer needs to stay for a short while longer. We need to have a good year recruiting for us to have any kind of shot in the near future. We have a good thing going with our new offensive staff and that will be destroyed by getting rid of Fulmer. We need to handcuff Fulmer and force him to get rid of Chavis. The new DC and Clawson can compete for the right to replace Fulmer in a few years.
 
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<!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->dsbyrd, I'm happy you had a good time. My whole trip wasn't really that bad, either, save for the game. But we are not talking about the events surrounding the reason we went to Knoxville, we are talking the reason itself, the game versus UF. And that, my friend, was awful.

I'll let you go back to Pleasantville now...
 
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BigPapaVol said:
for any pollyanna that has made it, there are millions of others who accept the status quo and become miserable failures.
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And there are the Al Davis' of the world who cant hire good people anymore. There are TONS of businesses out there that do exactly the same. I think you give staff members who have done well the opportunity to correct things. CPF was the coach when the team won a national title and 2 SEC titles. He has earned the right to correct things.
 
#45
#45
dsbyrd said:
I had a fun day Saturday, spent some wonderful time with my kids before and after the game. Yes, the game was a bummer but I went and had a nice dinner afterward and was unscathed except for a small blister from all the walking.
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Sounds like you took a trip to your local park: "I had a fun day Saturday, spent some wonderful time with my kids before and after the picnic. Yes, the picnic was a bummer due to the ants but I went and had a nice dinner afterward and was unscathed except for a small blister from all the walking/hiking."

I appreciate that you had a good time Saturday, but the folks that I know who attended the game had a miserable time. As I watched the game on TV, I felt sorry for the people who were there in person watching it.
 
#48
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dsbyrd said:
I agree. For heaven's sake, the economy is in the tank, there are wars going on, people are getting put out of their houses . . . I love college football as much as the next guy but let's keep things in perspective.

I can't hardly stand to read this board any longer. I am terribly disappointed in the team's performance but it's just silly to stomp your feet and hold your breath like a child denied a cookie.

I have season tickets but am lucky enough not to have to donate. I do invest several hundred dollars in extra expenses each time I make a trip to the Hill from Memphis. But I don't feel like that gives me the right to act like a jerk and treat the players and coaches as if I own them and they are my indentured servants.

I had a fun day Saturday, spent some wonderful time with my kids before and after the game. Yes, the game was a bummer but I went and had a nice dinner afterward and was unscathed except for a small blister from all the walking.

Many of the players on the other hand are beat up and bruised, and I bet some of them are in whirlpools right now nursing sprains and other injuries. Their coaches have to have serious concerns about job security at this point. So, I'm sorry if they all let some of you down. But I refuse to boo them. That's not how my dad brought me up as a football fan.
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Classy post. Moderation fellas.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
And there are the Al Davis' of the world who cant hire good people anymore. There are TONS of businesses out there that do exactly the same. I think you give staff members who have done well the opportunity to correct things. CPF was the coach when the team won a national title and 2 SEC titles. He has earned the right to correct things.
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You might want to familiarize yourself with Al Davis before making the claim that it's the people he hires.

And also... how many 2nd chances is this man going to get?
 
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