Please do not go to football games till a change is made

#126
#126
shocker said:
Don’t give this administration reason to keep around a bad coach, you can support the team and players by watching on TV. The University doesn’t need the money they are getting enough from TV contracts and other sponsorships. We as a fanbase have only one way to hurt them and that is by poor attendance. Sadly by next year the next pool of coaching candidates to choose from will probably not be as prevalent as it is now, but at least Pruitt and Fulmer will hopefully be gone.

If we somehow beat Florida next year than I was wrong and I’ll gladly eat crow..
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Shut the F up
 
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#129
#129
shocker said:
Define “like this again” what if he just wins 5 or 6 do you think he will be fired? Because one would think Fulmer could easily spin that as an improvement from 3-7.
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He will need to match or build his win total from 2019 and win every game he is supposed to IMO
 
#130
#130
BigOrangeMojo said:
I will spend my hard earned money the way I see fit. If I want to watch a football game, I will watch a football game. If I want to do something else instead of watching Pruitt screw it up again, then I will do that.
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You'll spend your money the way your wife tells you just like the rest of us buddy!😂
 
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loservol said:
You know the AD is treating you like garbage and thinks the world would be better off without all you rabble, but yet your still acting like an unwise individual with your money. They are taking the money and laughing in your face.

There was a time people in this state would proudly stand up against tyranny, until change was made.
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You’re comparing a football team that isn’t very good to “tyranny”.
 
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volsack said:
I'm not sure if you see the holes in your logic and argument? Not going to the game isn't going to solve anything and here's why:

1) You are worth just as much to the university watching at home as TV revenue money is what drives the funding for the athletic department. Staying at home will drive up advertising rates and make the SEC network more valuable which negates anything you are trying to protest

2) The people on this board, and those that call into sports radio shows are the vocal minority when it comes to their fandom. Most people don't care as much as you all, and football is more of a social event than anything else. If you don't go, there will always be people that will gladly buy your tickets for the experience of going to the game and tailgating. This is the same fallacy that people who talk about money lost from lack of season ticket renewals suffer from. There will always be people that will donate and buy tickets to replace you.

3) The school has wanted to downsize the capacity of Neyland for years. Remember the plan to bring the seating capacity to like 90k? Fans not showing up will just give more credence to the necessity of that plan, which will increase demand and price while decreasing supply. Its a win-win for the university.
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This is spot on
 
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I know this.... as long as ppl are paying steak prices for a hot dog then they will keep serving hot dogs. TN doesn’t appear to value winning. I don’t care what kind of fan you are of steak how you can keep running back to hotdogs at steak prices is beyond me. TN ain’t controlling me
 
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shocker said:
Don’t give this administration reason to keep around a bad coach, you can support the team and players by watching on TV. The University doesn’t need the money they are getting enough from TV contracts and other sponsorships. We as a fanbase have only one way to hurt them and that is by poor attendance. Sadly by next year the next pool of coaching candidates to choose from will probably not be as prevalent as it is now, but at least Pruitt and Fulmer will hopefully be gone.

If we somehow beat Florida next year than I was wrong and I’ll gladly eat crow..
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No worries over here, have not headed to Neyland since Kiffin left and they hired Dooley.

There's no way Pruitt takes a win over Florida.
 
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#142
If you really feel this way, you might need to find a new team to follow. I am as upset about our head coach as many, but I will not stop supporting the team. I am hopeful that my daughter gets her acceptance letter to the University of Tennessee this spring and give me even more reasons to spend time on The Hill.
 
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shocker said:
Don’t give this administration reason to keep around a bad coach, you can support the team and players by watching on TV. The University doesn’t need the money they are getting enough from TV contracts and other sponsorships. We as a fanbase have only one way to hurt them and that is by poor attendance. Sadly by next year the next pool of coaching candidates to choose from will probably not be as prevalent as it is now, but at least Pruitt and Fulmer will hopefully be gone.

If we somehow beat Florida next year than I was wrong and I’ll gladly eat crow..
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Please don't go to games until this ridiculous Covid fake deadly disease, mask wearing is STOPPED!
 
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#147
tenascvol said:
If you really feel this way, you might need to find a new team to follow. I am as upset about our head coach as many, but I will not stop supporting the team. I am hopeful that my daughter gets her acceptance letter to the University of Tennessee this spring and give me even more reasons to spend time on The Hill.
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Tell her not sing rap songs on the tic toc.
 
#149
#149
VolunteerHillbilly said:
It’s starting to sound like the new, more virulent strain that’s spreading out of Europe will require a different vaccine. This thing is going to be here the rest of our lives, just like the flu.
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Yep. Knew that shortly after it appeared, back in February-March. The stuff that comes out of Pandora's box doesn't go back into Pandora's box, ever. Viruses are too good at mutating.

We just need to settle into the new reality. As you said, just lilke living with the flu and other diseases.

p.s. Not so sure we'll need a different vaccine. The beauty of most of the vaccines developed so far is that they're geared to those little probes on the outside of the virus, the bits that give it a "corona" look. And those shouldn't mutate nearly as often as all the gunk inside the shell of the disease. Hopefully the types of vaccine we've already got will be good for a whole family of variants.
 
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#150
Interesting. I didn't attend Chattanooga but since I live here I go to some of their football, basketball and lady basketball games. No one has ever said I should go or not go as a way to show support or non support for the school or program. I go for the entertainment value.
As long as I am entertained and think the cost is reasonable, I will go if I can. If I am not entertained or think the cost is to high, I don't go. I have never told anyone how to spend their entertainment dollars.
I am sure though that as a school becomes less competitive, the entertainment value will go down so whoever is providing the entertainment will start losing revenue. I think the AD realizes that which is why they keep firing coaches every 4 years or so.
Bottom line if someone is entertained and think the price is a reasonable value, they should go if they want to. Not my place to tell them how to spend their money. If UT went 12-0, I might think going to the games is to expensive and just watch it on tv.
 
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