Peyton Manning's Perspective?

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Has anyone heard anything? What does he think?

And do you think he will still visit to do pep talks?
 
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Yeah he said it was a sad day for the Tennessee Family and that coach Fulmer was the main reason that he came to Tennessee and that he wishes him the best and that he wanted to thank him for all his hard work and he would always be his coach! It was nice!
 
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Yeah, he released a statement yesterday, and although he didn't say as much, the tone, I thought, was pretty harsh towards the decision to severe ties with Fulmer.

""Fulmer is and always will be MY coach." - something along those lines.

But that was to be expected as he was obviously so close.
 
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m37bruno said:
Yeah he said it was a sad day for the Tennessee Family and that coach Fulmer was the main reason that he came to Tennessee and that he wishes him the best and that he wanted to thank him for all his hard work and he would always be his coach! It was nice!
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Thats Cool
 
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TennesseePride said:
Has anyone heard anything? What does he think?

And do you think he will still visit to do pep talks?
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I don't know about Peyton, but the local news in Nashville quoted Haynesworth, and he was not happy about it. He was politically correct, but you understtod his statement as a disagreement with the firing.
 
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“This is a sad day for the Tennessee family,” former UT quarterback Peyton Manning said in a release. “Nobody loves the University of Tennessee more than coach Fulmer. I will always be indebted to him for the impact he has made on my life and my football career.”

Manning, who played at UT from 1994 to 1997, is widely considered the best player of Fulmer’s tenure and one of the best UT football players of all time.

“I know I speak for hundreds of players when I say it was an honor to have played for him at UT,” the Indianapolis Colts signal-caller said. “I am fortunate to have played four years for one of the greatest coaches in the history of college football.

“His legacy at Tennessee will be that he built men and won championships. He will always be my coach.”
 
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jeremytn said:
“This is a sad day for the Tennessee family,” former UT quarterback Peyton Manning said in a release. “Nobody loves the University of Tennessee more than coach Fulmer. I will always be indebted to him for the impact he has made on my life and my football career.”

Manning, who played at UT from 1994 to 1997, is widely considered the best player of Fulmer’s tenure and one of the best UT football players of all time.

“I know I speak for hundreds of players when I say it was an honor to have played for him at UT,” the Indianapolis Colts signal-caller said. “I am fortunate to have played four years for one of the greatest coaches in the history of college football.

“His legacy at Tennessee will be that he built men and won championships. He will always be my coach.”
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Perico,

Don't quit your day job to become a reporter because your summary of Peyton's statement has NO resemblance whatsoever to what Peyton actually said. You'd just end up getting sued.

Perico - "Fulmer is and always will be MY coach." - something along those lines.
 
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If you have ever played sports, you know that the coaches make an impact on you. For example, you play for the University of Tennessee and Phillip Fulmer. There is a connection to the school. That is a given. But the coach, (especially a coach like Fulmer), puts a face to the school. All of these players love UT but Fulmer was their coach and they will always have a love for him. Very simple.
When a new coach comes in and does well, they will embrace him. As long as the new coach is receptive to them.
 
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Dawson said:
If you have ever played sports, you know that the coaches make an impact on you. For example, you play for the University of Tennessee and Phillip Fulmer. There is a connection to the school. That is a given. But the coach, (especially a coach like Fulmer), puts a face to the school. All of these players love UT but Fulmer was their coach and they will always have a love for him. Very simple.
When a new coach comes in and does well, they will embrace him. As long as the new coach is receptive to them.
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We don't need a "receptive" coach. We need a real hard-ass. That's the only way that we're ever going to whip our current marshmallow-soft players into anything remotely useful on a football field.
 
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Thanks for the info guys....I was really worried about how this would effect the relationship between Manning and UT.
 
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TennesseePride said:
Has anyone heard anything? What does he think?

And do you think he will still visit to do pep talks?
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Yes, I don't think the resignation of Fulmer will have any affect on whether Manning comes back to visit, etc. He loves this place, and the fans, too much.
 
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Sorry for the misquote. I didn't go back and read the article, one of a hundred I read yesterday. Maybe I read it wrong, so sue me. For some reason, the way it was written into the story I read gave it a negative vibe.
 
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NVM. Now I am misreading. This is what Peyton said:

Peyton Manning, quarterback, 1994-97, now with the Indianapolis Colts
"This is sad day for the Tennessee family. His legacy at Tennessee will be that he built men and won championships. He will always be my coach."
 
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Michigan replaced head coach Lloyd Carr with Rich Rodriquez before this season. The Wolverines are 2-7 in 2008 and were 9-4 in Carr’s final season in 2007.

“The people in Michigan wanted a change and they got it,” Reveiz said.
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I'm sure he'll be saying the same when Michigan is competing for the Big 10 title. I don't understand when people point to a coach's first season as a sign of failure. It doesn't make sense.
 
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