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No. Phil already has a street named after him. And as great as he has been as a coach, he was still not Robert Reese Neyland.
Plus, it still sounds like he wants to coach. What if he lands another job in the SEC? (Don't laugh, if OM loses Nutt or Vandy loses Johnson, either one would gladly take him.) Would we really want Fulmer coming into a stadium named in his honor, with an opposing team? If he did that and beat UT in his "own" stadium, it would be the biggest embarrassment in the program's history.
I was under the assumpition that Tennessee had a better class of Fans then some of the individuals that have posted here. I guess you have that kind of a fan base for all the teams in College sports and elsewhere. I would not hesitate to say that these fans are probablly not "true" fans or they don't sink their heart into it week after week.
VolfanBill said it well: "Classless!"
You can't account all Tennessee fans, just because we have a few dumbass's that have to harp on the team all the time and are never happy in life.....Every football team has a few of those fans.
Paul William "Bear" Bryant has died. Stay tuned for details at eleven.hmy:
Aren't you the dude who started the face with a screen name thread and posted yourself with some chick you claimed to be your wife and then we called you out on it for being some girl on the radio?
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Field will be named Phillip Fulmer Field
nice post, I completely agree.Jokes aside, no one would question that Phil Fulmer has given the bulk of his adult life to UT football. He is as "Go Orange" as they come. Sadly, the last of a dying breed. He has taken UT football to the pinnacle of success. He is a first-ballot CFHOF coach. He deserves a send-off, and recognition, far beyond what he will get on Saturday.
IMO, he peaked in 1998. I don't fault him for staying on, but after the 2005 season, he should have taken a very hard look at where UT football was, and whether he was the right man to lead it back to where it belongs. I also don't fault him for sticking it out...looking for "one more great season". Who among us wouldn't want to go out on top, and on our terms? Sadly, it just didn't work out, and in the end, Fulmer's loyalty to an underachieving staff, and perhaps his ego, were his undoing. Again, I can't fault him for that...but...it was his path, and he chose it. He leaves UT as a wealthy man, who won't ever have to worry about his mortgage payment, or his lifetime financial security. Who among us can say that?
Will I miss him? Yes. Will I miss his coaching? No.
Go Vols.
Jokes aside, no one would question that Phil Fulmer has given the bulk of his adult life to UT football. He is as "Go Orange" as they come. Sadly, the last of a dying breed. He has taken UT football to the pinnacle of success. He is a first-ballot CFHOF coach. He deserves a send-off, and recognition, far beyond what he will get on Saturday.
IMO, he peaked in 1998. I don't fault him for staying on, but after the 2005 season, he should have taken a very hard look at where UT football was, and whether he was the right man to lead it back to where it belongs. I also don't fault him for sticking it out...looking for "one more great season". Who among us wouldn't want to go out on top, and on our terms? Sadly, it just didn't work out, and in the end, Fulmer's loyalty to an underachieving staff, and perhaps his ego, were his undoing. Again, I can't fault him for that...but...it was his path, and he chose it. He leaves UT as a wealthy man, who won't ever have to worry about his mortgage payment, or his lifetime financial security. Who among us can say that?
Will I miss him? Yes. Will I miss his coaching? No.
Go Vols.
Jokes aside, no one would question that Phil Fulmer has given the bulk of his adult life to UT football. He is as "Go Orange" as they come. Sadly, the last of a dying breed. He has taken UT football to the pinnacle of success. He is a first-ballot CFHOF coach. He deserves a send-off, and recognition, far beyond what he will get on Saturday.
IMO, he peaked in 1998. I don't fault him for staying on, but after the 2005 season, he should have taken a very hard look at where UT football was, and whether he was the right man to lead it back to where it belongs. I also don't fault him for sticking it out...looking for "one more great season". Who among us wouldn't want to go out on top, and on our terms? Sadly, it just didn't work out, and in the end, Fulmer's loyalty to an underachieving staff, and perhaps his ego, were his undoing. Again, I can't fault him for that...but...it was his path, and he chose it. He leaves UT as a wealthy man, who won't ever have to worry about his mortgage payment, or his lifetime financial security. Who among us can say that?
Will I miss him? Yes. Will I miss his coaching? No.
Go Vols.