It's Time

#51
#51
ROFL, it's not fact. Fact in this type of discussion doesn't exist.

We have different relationships with the university. Neither is better, neither is bigger. Just different.

And why did you even bring that up? Out of everything in the post, why?
 
#53
#53
VolinArizona said:
ROFL, it's not fact. Fact in this type of discussion doesn't exist.

We have different relationships with the university. Neither is better, neither is bigger. Just different.

And why did you even bring that up? Out of everything in the post, why?
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The one paragraph seemed to attack non UT graduates. I wasnt trying to be a prick. I just wanted to say that we are all Vol fans and going to school there doesnt make you more of a fan.


It was a really good post. Seriously. I agree it is time.
 
#55
#55
You guys are killing me, why didn't you tell me VIA that I needed a box of Kleenex before reading this...I sat and cried like a baby this is very sad, but unfortunatly very true..I love CPF, but I think his coaching days are over...:cray:
 
#56
#56
It saddens me to say that I agree with you VnAZ.

Rock bottom. An era has officially ended. All that remains is the timing, and a dignified exit stategy.
 
#57
#57
orange+white=heaven said:
It saddens me to say that I agree with you VnAZ.

Rock bottom. An era has officially ended. All that remains is the timing, and a dignified exit stategy.
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O+W at least you can say that with a clear conscience. You have given this staff every opportunity to turn things around.
 
#59
#59
golfnut0517 said:
Good post and in my own opinion i believe it is time to go outside of the Big Orange Family and spend some bucks and get a good coach,new blood if you will.
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I agree...based on our special teams performances...we've moved away from General Neylands axioms.....Time to find a coach that can take the talent that we have and walk into any stadium in the country and kick their rear ends.....
 
#60
#60
Lexvol said:
O+W at least you can say that with a clear conscience. You have given this staff every opportunity to turn things around.
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i think a lot of folks fall in that category, but to your point, i think OWH has always done a good job of keeping things in perspective, and not allowing the "emotional" reaction take over the train of thought.....something most of us struggle with.
orange+white=heaven said:
This weekend was hard. The glare of reality takes a toll on the eyes.
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qft. and it sucks that it takes a loss like this to validate/confvirm what many have been saying for years now, but i'm with you, for anyone needing "proof"....i think we have it now.

VIA...good post.
 
#62
#62
checkerboard_charly said:
The one paragraph seemed to attack non UT graduates. I wasnt trying to be a prick. I just wanted to say that we are all Vol fans and going to school there doesnt make you more of a fan.


It was a really good post. Seriously. I agree it is time.
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I have met some people that are really high on the horse and think they are better fans because they went to the school. Going as far to say, their opinion means more.

I don't think that is the majority but I met a group of people recently that was like that. They were at the party more for the, "Hey look at me I'm an affluent Alumni with money" social aspects, more so than watching the game. Kind of made me sick, but hey whatever they want to think they can think it. Doesn't hurt me either way.
 
#63
#63
VolinArizona said:
From my blog, but I'm not linking it, because I want this to be posted here, too.
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I sit here, with a heavy heart and eyes full of mist. I sit here, with my head hanging, hands on my brow, wondering where things went wrong. What happened to us? Where is the pride of our university? Where is the fire? Where is the answer?

Tennessee football for me will always be connected in my thoughts to my family. From the age of 5, my father took me to home game after home game, every year until he could no longer afford that choice. Then, my father, my mother, and I would spend every Autumn Saturday together, no matter the opponent, no matter the other things we could do on those days. We sat together, with pride for the University of Tennessee, and watched every second of every game we could. With my mother in poor health, and my father working his body to the max, Tennessee football is a way for me to remember a lot of good times with them. The key word is "remember." Memories.

These memories, which I will carry with me until my grave, were brought to me by a lot of characters, but mostly led by University of Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer. He led my now alma mater to a national championship, 2 SEC titles, and numerous numerous Saturdays of victory. I have been and always will be proud to wear orange.

This is why I'm so saddened to say what we all want to say. The thought alone depresses me. Coach, it's time. You know it is. You know in your heart of hearts that it's time. You've done all you can do. At some point in every person's life, he faces a moment of clarity, where he realizes he is human, a mortal. Tonight, no doubt, you're sitting with a heavy heart, knowing what I know. What we all know.

I consider you a good man with a kind heart and the best of intentions. But it's time. You and I share a bond - we're legit Tennessee Volunteers, we spent 4 years on the same campus, dealing with the same student issues. We are brothers in orange. We bleed it, we live it, we love it. And for that reason, it's time. And you know it.
There is no other image this century that epitomizes what's going on in our football program, and the image will never be forgotten by me. After Florida went up 14-3, the camera was on you, Coach. What did I see, in the FIRST quarter? You let out the biggest sigh, your cheeks filled with air. That sigh was a sigh of confusion. This game, this new game of college football, has passed you, Coach Chavis, and even Coach Cutcliffe, by. The look on your face told the story, and I knew then, in the 1st quarter, down only 11, that we stood no chance. And that hurts. I talk 365 days a year about the memories you helped bring me and my family. And today, I was hurt.

It's time, and you know it. It hurts just to say it, to type it, to think it. I'm literally in a state where crying is a possibility. My memories are becoming tainted by a more recent pain. I can't let that happen, and you, with as much love for this university, can't either. You need to leave as head coach with warm memories of your years in that position. Tennessee is us, and we are Tennessee, and I never want either of us to lose that. I know you want to prove you can do this.

But it's time.
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good thoughts....you had me crying at the end:cray:
 
#64
#64
I saw this this morning in the TFP....
There's obviously a problem, but Vols coach Phillip Fulmer said Sunday night that it's not his system.
"I believe in what we're doing," Fulmer said. "I believe we've got to get a lot better at what we're doing."

More specifically, Fulmer said the Vols have to run the football better and play smarter in the secondary.
"We've been a good running football team in the past," Fulmer said. "We're going to be able to get back to doing that better. I certainly think we could play the perimeter game better (when) we play a team with the speed that Florida has on the perimeter."
Tennessee had 37 yards on 21 carries Saturday. The Vols ran for minus-11 yards against Florida last season, and 66 the year before.
That's 92 yards in three games, and 26 in the past two.
Before watching film of Saturday's loss, Fulmer thought there were a few minor issues. Turns out there's one really big one.
"We got our butt whipped at the line of scrimmage," he said. "They did a good job of the zone blitz package, but we'd worked on every bit of it and basically knew what was coming.
"For the most part, we just got our rears whipped."
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I suppose there is not much else that the man could say, but the fact is that 'what we're doing' is insufficient.
The comment, combined with what I saw transpire on the field, tell me that.... as VnAZ succinctly put it... this game has passed my coach by.

I really don't have the words to describe how hard it has been on me this weekend to accept this truth. Perhaps most of all because I know how hard getting to the place where we actually have a new day will be in the coming year.

I am as deeply sad about this program as I have ever been.
 
#65
#65
compeltely fair assessment of the game and CPF's comments regarding it.

i've said it before, but continuing to do the same things over and over again, expecting better results each time is the oldest form of insanity.

i'm there.:crazy:
 
#66
#66
I guess he doesn't realize that you have to tweak the system alittle bit each year to keep the other teams guessing. I mean, I can pretty much tell you what we are running from what formation we setup in. That's bad considering I'm no where close to being a coach.
 
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