The #1 thing holding our program back is...

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... Our jack wagon fan base.

We have too many fanatics with unreasonable demands and unrealistic expectations for our program, players and coaches.

Vol Nation needs to stop behaving like 14 year old girls. What is happening right now is only one moment in time. It will not always be this way. Just because Johnny G said he didn't want to take us to the prom doesn't mean we can't go. We've got a lot of eligible suitors who would love to take us.

Stop trashing our players. Tyler Bray is among the best QBs in the nation yet most of you fail to appreciate him. The kid is among the top QBs in UT history. We've got many fine young men who chose us over the 100+ division 1 schools out there. Let's get behind them so they don't regret that choice. Most importantly, we expect them to do their jobs on the field, they should reasonably expect uss to do ours. Fans support teams. They lift spirits. They offer encouragement. Right now we're as poor a fan base as Dooley proved a coach.
 
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dimera23 said:
... Our jack wagon fan base.

We have too many fanatics with unreasonable demands and unrealistic expectations for our program, players and coaches.

Vol Nation needs to stop behaving like 14 year old girls. What is happening right now is only one moment in time. It will not always be this way. Just because Johnny G said he didn't want to take us to the prom doesn't mean we can't go. We've got a lot of eligible suitors who would love to take us.

Stop trashing our players. Tyler Bray is among the best QBs in the nation yet most of you fail to appreciate him. The kid is among the top QBs in UT history. We've got many fine young men who chose us over the 100+ division 1 schools out there. Let's get behind them so they don't regret that choice. Most importantly, we expect them to do their jobs on the field, they should reasonably expect uss to do ours. Fans support teams. They lift spirits. They offer encouragement. Right now we're as poor a fan base as Dooley proved a coach.
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Guy the fans don't hire and fire coaches.. If you don't like what you hear on a message board then my best advice would be to not log on..
 
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I agree with the OP. The idea that is the ok thing to use this message board to just trash people is what is wrong. I'd like to know how good everyone here is at what they do.
 
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volinca said:
I agree with the OP. The idea that is the ok thing to use this message board to just trash people is what is wrong. I'd like to know how good everyone here is at what they do.[/]

Do you prefer to ride in the front or the back of the short bus? I'm assuming front.
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Our behavior is pretty typical in the SEC. We are still not as bad as Gator fans. Somehow they always win, even with crappy teams. Vandy fans suck,UK ect... Just go down the list. I hate them all!
 
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dimera23 said:
... Our jack wagon fan base.

We have too many fanatics with unreasonable demands and unrealistic expectations for our program, players and coaches.

Vol Nation needs to stop behaving like 14 year old girls. What is happening right now is only one moment in time. It will not always be this way. Just because Johnny G said he didn't want to take us to the prom doesn't mean we can't go. We've got a lot of eligible suitors who would love to take us.

Stop trashing our players. Tyler Bray is among the best QBs in the nation yet most of you fail to appreciate him. The kid is among the top QBs in UT history. We've got many fine young men who chose us over the 100+ division 1 schools out there. Let's get behind them so they don't regret that choice. Most importantly, we expect them to do their jobs on the field, they should reasonably expect uss to do ours. Fans support teams. They lift spirits. They offer encouragement. Right now we're as poor a fan base as Dooley proved a coach.
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:lolabove: :lolabove: :lolabove: :lolabove:
Nice Try.

UTs problems started with UT President Turnovers and bad AD hires............it is really as simple as that.
 
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Weird...you went fanbase. I would have said terrible coaching and play-calling. I did not realize that the fans were on the field when we lost 7 games this season.
 
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dimera23 said:
... Our jack wagon fan base.

We have too many fanatics with unreasonable demands and unrealistic expectations for our program, players and coaches.

Vol Nation needs to stop behaving like 14 year old girls. What is happening right now is only one moment in time. It will not always be this way. Just because Johnny G said he didn't want to take us to the prom doesn't mean we can't go. We've got a lot of eligible suitors who would love to take us.

Stop trashing our players. Tyler Bray is among the best QBs in the nation yet most of you fail to appreciate him. The kid is among the top QBs in UT history. We've got many fine young men who chose us over the 100+ division 1 schools out there. Let's get behind them so they don't regret that choice. Most importantly, we expect them to do their jobs on the field, they should reasonably expect uss to do ours. Fans support teams. They lift spirits. They offer encouragement. Right now we're as poor a fan base as Dooley proved a coach.
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In some cases I would agree to an extent ... Fans want to feel like they have input on their favorite team. They just give their opinion ... sometimes good or sometimes bad. The one problem is .. is like the Gruden incident. Fans want so bad to get to the glory days that they put all their heart out and its hard to let go. Would Gruden have been a home run hire. No one really knows.
 
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utvolpj said:
can you offer one example of the fans holding back our program?
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I agree! It is the fans who are pushing the program forever forward. Whenever the Vols lose, we cry out for the coaches' heads... and when we win we give the program the finances it needs to survive. Whenever we are without a coach, we give our collective opinions as to who we think would best lead our program. So, I agree with you utvolphj, our fan base is not UT's problem... it is actually the base for every athletic program at the university.

Our VN members should also realize that our forum is made up of very mature members (I'm on the ripe side of 60), very immature members (some may be 14-year-old starry-eyed girls, and we have everything in between. That makes our part of the fan base special - we can voice our opinion, read the opinions of others, agree, or agree to disagree. And we can collectively get together on gameday and yell, "GO VOLS!!!" till out voices give out.

No, the VN is not the problem. The problem is just that we are human, and we sometimes get a bit impatient. Let's just let Dave Hart do his job. If we do not like his hire, yell at him, not at each other... because we are V-F-L.
 
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dimera23 said:
... Our jack wagon fan base.

We have too many fanatics with unreasonable demands and unrealistic expectations for our program, players and coaches.

Vol Nation needs to stop behaving like 14 year old girls. What is happening right now is only one moment in time. It will not always be this way. Just because Johnny G said he didn't want to take us to the prom doesn't mean we can't go. We've got a lot of eligible suitors who would love to take us.

Stop trashing our players. Tyler Bray is among the best QBs in the nation yet most of you fail to appreciate him. The kid is among the top QBs in UT history. We've got many fine young men who chose us over the 100+ division 1 schools out there. Let's get behind them so they don't regret that choice. Most importantly, we expect them to do their jobs on the field, they should reasonably expect uss to do ours. Fans support teams. They lift spirits. They offer encouragement. Right now we're as poor a fan base as Dooley proved a coach.
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Was on board until your TB comments. Then the wheels came off your post.
 
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