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I have been lurking around reading on this forum now for several months and just joined tonight
As the saying goes, opinions are like a-- holes and elbows, everyone has one but here is mine.
I have been a long time Fulmer supporter who knows Fulmer is not perfect but still better for this particular coaching job than most others would be. However, after the Florida game I was ready for a change. For about a week or so, I had begun to agree with those of you who want Fulmer gone. As much as I hated it, I had begun to believe those people who say this man cant coach and is washed up. I began to believe those who said he only won in the past because of superior talent and none of it was due to his coaching ability.
I had also began to believe that if we did not act fast and make a coaching change, that this program was going to go down the tube quickly.
Over the last couple of weeks I have had a change of heart again which is not primarily due to us looking a little better as of late.
What I began to realize is that even all of the supposed great and flashy coaches in college football have their flaws and do not perform any more consistently with the same or better talent than Phillip Fulmer does at Tennessee. Who out there is so great? Urban Meyer ? He wins a national championship with someone elses recruits while also being fortunate enough to win it even though they lost a game last season. I might add that they darn near lost several games last year and were fortunate to be in the NC game last year in the first place, and people have the gall to call our National Championship lucky, even though we were undefeated. This year the miracle Meyer has managed to loose 2 games he shouldnt have, I think even Fulmer could pull that off.
Mark Richt, media darling for a couple of years, and supposed future superstar coach at Georgia. What has he done to eclipse Tennessee and Fulmer. It looks to me like Georgias program might be more stagnant than Tennessees has been over the last few years.
The list goes on and on, Tressell(Ohio State), Weis(Notre Dame), I dare say Carroll(USC), they lost 2 games last year and are underperforming this year, and jees they recruit top 5 every freakin year, Stoops(Oklahoma), Mack Brown(Texas), sure won a NC a couple of years ago, but should have won several due to great talent. Les Miles(LSU), need I say more about him. Frank Beemer(VT), media darling a few years ago but cooled off now, Bobby Bowden(FSU) now having a horrible downturn. I could go on and on but I hope you get my point. All of these coaches at one time or another are or have been considered great but still have their ups and downs. Their teams frequently underperform and dissapoint their fans for various reasons such as recruits dont pan out, team chemistry, or just the fact that their competition gets better along with bad luck. Does this mean that they have now forgotten how to coach, that they are no longer worthy of coaching at a major university anymore?
Look, my patience like yours does not last forever. If Fulmer does not get our program back to where it was in the 90s a good percentage of years soon then I will agree we need a change, but if we overreact we could see a turn for even the worse. I dont believe college football will be as stable at the top as years past, we will see a lot of different teams up and down in 3 to 5 year cycles or even shorter in a lot of cases due to scholarship reductions and spread of talent. I firmly believe there will be very few 10 to 15 year dynasties, just stable programs that fairly consistently finish in the top 15.
I believe coach Fulmer deserves a chance to get our program back to NC contender. At Tennessee we have to have someone who can recruit outside of the state. We can not rely on instate talent like a lot of other SEC schools. If we hire another coach who is to say they will be able to recruit worth spit. Tennessee no longer has a monopoly on big and great facilities and fan support. I firmly believe Fulmer can still recruit and has not forgotten how to coach.
Lets support our coaches and players, be positive even in adversity, after all, future recruits are listening to us.
I want to give Fulmer a chance, I believe he deserves it, he is after all like us, a proud Tennessean and bleeds orange, albeit a little richer than most of us.
Go ahead and proceed to rip me to pieces, I know it is coming.
Go vols, crush Bama, I freakin hate Bama and their stupid roll tide, their cocky attitude, their frequent reference to the "Bear". Please Vols, send their fans home crying to their ugly little homes in their ugly pathetic state. I even hate the way the word, "Alabama" rolls off the tongue,makes me want to puke. I hope they loose every game the rest of the season
As the saying goes, opinions are like a-- holes and elbows, everyone has one but here is mine.
I have been a long time Fulmer supporter who knows Fulmer is not perfect but still better for this particular coaching job than most others would be. However, after the Florida game I was ready for a change. For about a week or so, I had begun to agree with those of you who want Fulmer gone. As much as I hated it, I had begun to believe those people who say this man cant coach and is washed up. I began to believe those who said he only won in the past because of superior talent and none of it was due to his coaching ability.
I had also began to believe that if we did not act fast and make a coaching change, that this program was going to go down the tube quickly.
Over the last couple of weeks I have had a change of heart again which is not primarily due to us looking a little better as of late.
What I began to realize is that even all of the supposed great and flashy coaches in college football have their flaws and do not perform any more consistently with the same or better talent than Phillip Fulmer does at Tennessee. Who out there is so great? Urban Meyer ? He wins a national championship with someone elses recruits while also being fortunate enough to win it even though they lost a game last season. I might add that they darn near lost several games last year and were fortunate to be in the NC game last year in the first place, and people have the gall to call our National Championship lucky, even though we were undefeated. This year the miracle Meyer has managed to loose 2 games he shouldnt have, I think even Fulmer could pull that off.
Mark Richt, media darling for a couple of years, and supposed future superstar coach at Georgia. What has he done to eclipse Tennessee and Fulmer. It looks to me like Georgias program might be more stagnant than Tennessees has been over the last few years.
The list goes on and on, Tressell(Ohio State), Weis(Notre Dame), I dare say Carroll(USC), they lost 2 games last year and are underperforming this year, and jees they recruit top 5 every freakin year, Stoops(Oklahoma), Mack Brown(Texas), sure won a NC a couple of years ago, but should have won several due to great talent. Les Miles(LSU), need I say more about him. Frank Beemer(VT), media darling a few years ago but cooled off now, Bobby Bowden(FSU) now having a horrible downturn. I could go on and on but I hope you get my point. All of these coaches at one time or another are or have been considered great but still have their ups and downs. Their teams frequently underperform and dissapoint their fans for various reasons such as recruits dont pan out, team chemistry, or just the fact that their competition gets better along with bad luck. Does this mean that they have now forgotten how to coach, that they are no longer worthy of coaching at a major university anymore?
Look, my patience like yours does not last forever. If Fulmer does not get our program back to where it was in the 90s a good percentage of years soon then I will agree we need a change, but if we overreact we could see a turn for even the worse. I dont believe college football will be as stable at the top as years past, we will see a lot of different teams up and down in 3 to 5 year cycles or even shorter in a lot of cases due to scholarship reductions and spread of talent. I firmly believe there will be very few 10 to 15 year dynasties, just stable programs that fairly consistently finish in the top 15.
I believe coach Fulmer deserves a chance to get our program back to NC contender. At Tennessee we have to have someone who can recruit outside of the state. We can not rely on instate talent like a lot of other SEC schools. If we hire another coach who is to say they will be able to recruit worth spit. Tennessee no longer has a monopoly on big and great facilities and fan support. I firmly believe Fulmer can still recruit and has not forgotten how to coach.
Lets support our coaches and players, be positive even in adversity, after all, future recruits are listening to us.
I want to give Fulmer a chance, I believe he deserves it, he is after all like us, a proud Tennessean and bleeds orange, albeit a little richer than most of us.
Go ahead and proceed to rip me to pieces, I know it is coming.
Go vols, crush Bama, I freakin hate Bama and their stupid roll tide, their cocky attitude, their frequent reference to the "Bear". Please Vols, send their fans home crying to their ugly little homes in their ugly pathetic state. I even hate the way the word, "Alabama" rolls off the tongue,makes me want to puke. I hope they loose every game the rest of the season
