Mike Hamilton fields questions

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Starting at the 7 minute mark on first link, and it continues on the second link.

http://tonybasilio.com/mp3/JulyAug2008/7-7-2008_Tony-Basilio_03.mp3http://www.tonybasilio.com/mp3/7-7-2008_Tony-Basilio_03.mp3

http://tonybasilio.com/mp3/JulyAug2008/7-7-2008_Tony-Basilio_04.mp3http://www.tonybasilio.com/mp3/7-7-2008_Tony-Basilio_04.mp3

At the 16:00 mark or so, pretty much the highlight of the interview with Beano's questions and Mike's responses.

The last caller (Vol Chick?) has a pretty good exchange with him comparing Tennessee to Auburn and UGA.
 
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Good job by the interviewer, he was tough... called out the fact we haven't met the 2 SEC championships in 10 years criteria that Hamilton set. Hamilton backpeddled by saying that after a couple of years on the job he now thinks...

"winning a division title is a significant accomplishment in this league."

Thats leadership fortitude folks, when you can't meet the goals, just lower them. I do have to say, however, that I respect Hamilton for coming on the air to address the angry mob.

Oh yeah, and I loved the first caller dropping the "Hambone" line.
 
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General Jack said:
Good job by the interviewer, he was tough... called out the fact we haven't met the 2 SEC championships in 10 years criteria that Hamilton set. Hamilton backpeddled by saying that after a couple of years on the job he now thinks...

"winning a division title is a significant accomplishment in this league."

Thats leadership fortitude folks, when you can't meet the goals, just lower them. I do have to say, however, that I respect Hamilton for coming on the air to address the angry mob.

Oh yeah, and I loved the first caller dropping the "Hambone" line.
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He couldn't take the gloves off like most people would have wanted (at the risk of him not coming back on for another interview), but he did about as good as I could ask in terms of straight to the point questioning. Even brought up Fulmer's record and other facts. Hamilton essentially gave us the company line.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
He couldn't take the gloves off like most people would have wanted (at the risk of him not coming back on for another interview), but he did about as good as I could ask in terms of straight to the point questioning. Even brought up Fulmer's record and other facts. Hamilton essentially gave us the company line.
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Which is his job.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
He couldn't take the gloves off like most people would have wanted (at the risk of him not coming back on for another interview), but he did about as good as I could ask in terms of straight to the point questioning. Even brought up Fulmer's record and other facts. Hamilton essentially gave us the company line.
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I agree, but its nice for me to see, a thousand miles away, that the heat is being ratcheted up on hammy for this contract.
 
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I think if the heat gets hot enough Hamilton will be looking to get the hell out of Knoxville.

It was funny to hear him say, "sexiness of what they did".
 
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General Jack said:
Good job by the interviewer, he was tough... called out the fact we haven't met the 2 SEC championships in 10 years criteria that Hamilton set. Hamilton backpeddled by saying that after a couple of years on the job he now thinks...

"winning a division title is a significant accomplishment in this league."

Thats leadership fortitude folks, when you can't meet the goals, just lower them. I do have to say, however, that I respect Hamilton for coming on the air to address the angry mob.

Oh yeah, and I loved the first caller dropping the "Hambone" line.
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I cried.

"Hambone, I 'preciate you coming on"

Which he came out talking of the contract on a positive note.
 
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So what Hamilton is saying is the reason we didn't have a stellar recruitng year this past year was because Coach Fulmer was not locked in as a long term coach here, other words, the players come to UT to play for Phillip Fulmer, not the University of Tennessee.PLEASE!
 
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I thought it was really interesting to hear that Les Miles only needs 7 wins to get a contract roll-over.
 
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Business said:
Which is his job.
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I didn't expect anything less. Anytime you have an interview like this, very rarely (very, very rarely) do you get a guy to just breakdown and just come clean or give the kind of bombshell answers the general public wants to hear. At least Beano didn't back away from asking the pointed questions that would appease most. I know I came away pleased with the line of questioning. Can't really say I was hoping for too much on the responses from Hamilton.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
I didn't expect anything less. Anytime you have an interview like this, very rarely (very, very rarely) do you get a guy to just breakdown and just come clean or give the kind of bombshell answers the general public wants to hear. At least Beano didn't back away from asking the pointed questions that would appease most. I know I came away pleased with the line of questioning. Can't really say I was hoping for too much on the responses from Hamilton.
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But you know what people that will do that. Give honest answers are much more respected.
 
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We didn't have a stellar recruiting year because were thought of as a program on the decline. Until fulmer changes that on the field it will still be the overall perception. Espn doesn't help us because they advertise the fact we haven't done anything in awhile.
We'll have a good class this year i predict. But we've had them in the past and keep getting the same results. If hamilton did this because of recruiting. Then its just another wrong move on his part. In the end he just looks like a homer. That is about it. He has set the bar at mediocrity and that isn't were the university of tennessee should be. Bruce better bring hamilton something good in basketball. Another sweet sixteen isn't going to do much. If this crap backfires and we lose to our biggest rivals again in embarrassing fashion. I hope they form a mob and run his sorry butt out of town.
 
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From operationsports website:


Up and Coming Programs in NCAA Football 09
Submitted on: 07/07/2008 by Chris Sanner

College football is a sport built around big-time programs facing off against each other in colossal match-ups to determine conference or national championships. However, every few years there is a newcomer to the Hall of Greatness that tries to spoil the party with a great season of its own.

Past national champions who were not perennial powers include Clemson in 1981, BYU in 1984, Colorado and Georgia Tech in 1990, and Tennessee in 1998. Nowadays, it seems the giants have a firm grip on the top of the college football world.
 
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maxcf said:
From operationsports website:


Up and Coming Programs in NCAA Football 09
Submitted on: 07/07/2008 by Chris Sanner

College football is a sport built around big-time programs facing off against each other in colossal match-ups to determine conference or national championships. However, every few years there is a newcomer to the Hall of Greatness that tries to spoil the party with a great season of its own.

Past national champions who were not perennial powers include Clemson in 1981, BYU in 1984, Colorado and Georgia Tech in 1990, and Tennessee in 1998. Nowadays, it seems the giants have a firm grip on the top of the college football world.
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well since a video game website said it then it must be true :snoring:
 
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On the one hand, he doesn't get into specifics about which alleged schools or NFL teams have been sending out feelers for Fulmer, then in the next sentence, he turns around and volunteers specific information about Indiana not "formally" inquiring about Bruce Pearl. If he can speak about in specifics related to Pearl and has knowledge of any and all formal contact related to Pearl/Indiana, why can't he equally name just one specific school/team that had sent out inquiries about Fulmer?
 
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I listened to both links. If you ask me, he outclassed everyone on the entire broadcast. He's clearly very business savvy, and he never indicated that the contract extension was anything more than just a recruiting tool.

Personally, everyone but Mike Hamilton came across like a redneck (including the broadcaster, how he got on the radio i have no idea) in those particular sound clips.

I'm a reasonable person. I'm a UT graduate, born/raised here, etc. But, i'm not beyond thinking outside the box. Just like with any long term commitment (marriage is a good example), there are tons of ups/downs.

It's my thought that a successful long term commitment is defined by how you deal with good times and bad times. The stock market would be another great example.

At the end of the day, we should be proud that we've got a coach that loves our program more than anybody else in the entire state; we've got an AD who is absolutely brilliant economically; and we've got the majority of our fan base that's not retarded enough to really BUY INTO this contract conspiracy.
 
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Mullet said:
I listened to both links. If you ask me, he outclassed everyone on the entire broadcast. He's clearly very business savvy, and he never indicated that the contract extension was anything more than just a recruiting tool.

Personally, everyone but Mike Hamilton came across like a redneck in those particular sound clips.
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And that is where the problem is. This contract will do nothing to end the negative recruiting. Not to mention, it is fiscally irresponsible.
 
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How is it fiscally irresponsible? Specifically. And furthermore, how can it not HELP recruiting? Specifically.
 
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Mullet said:
How is it fiscally irresponsible? Specifically. And furthermore, how can it not HELP recruiting? Specifically.
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He has not done anything to deserve the old contract to be amended or to be given a raise. Not many other coaches survive 9 years with no conference championship and no other Tennessee coach has survived this long without winning an SEC championship, in particular. This contract was design for a coach that either has a program as a perenial top 5 team and conference title holder and/or a coach that is being hotly pursued on the open market. Neither are the case with Fulmer. No one is clammering to take Fulmer away from Tennessee and no other school would reward a coach with Fulmer's resume over the past decade with the largest raise in school history.

As far as recruiting, I would contend that winning has a positive impact on recruiting, much more so than the length of a coach's contract. And if you want to flip it, there is no evidence that the length of a contract "specifically" helps in recruiting. If you want to stop Urban, Saban, and Richt from negatively affecting your recruiting, the best way to counter that is to win something of significance and go to significant bowl games. Fulmer hasn't done that in 9 years. That is why the alleged negative recruiting works. If Fulmer was winning every now and then, what these other coaches say on the recruiting trail would fall on deaf ears...
 
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And another thing about the fiscal responsibilty... why hand cuff yourself with a $5 million buyout when there was so much scrawling about paying Buzz Peterson/Jerry Green a few years back? If you have to fire Fulmer, you have an enormous anchor on the program for 4 years. Plus, you have to hire a new coaching staff, as well.

Someone made a great point last week. When negotiating, the epitome of contract negotiations is a one way buyout. The university has to pay Fulmer to fire him, but if some other job should happen to come up and lure Fulmer away, he is on the hook for $0. That is reflective of a contract that is given to someone that has a university/team at his mercy and that there is no way it can survive without him. That is representative of a coach that has an ridiculous amount of leverage created by doing something that is tremendous and noteworthy on a consistent and annual basis. That simply doesn't describe the type of production that Fulmer has treated us with since 1998.
 
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