The official "Can't get Phil off my mind" thread (merged)

#251
#251
Woo hoo... more supporters of The Fired Coach.

With all of those other BCS programs knocking his door down, he might be tough to get back.
 
#255
#255
Wow...a Fulmer post. I am not one to bash on Phil, I think he gave his all for Tennessee, and gave us many, great, great years. I think it was time for him to go, but I have to say I am not sure we are better off right now than when we fired him two years ago. I am 100% behind Dooley (I was never a Kiffin fan), so we will see what the years ahead bring.

All I know is from all the people the gripe and complain on here about the Vols for the last couple of years, you better be the ones shouting your freaking heads off for the Vols during home games. I wonder how many of you sit on your hands the whole time and golf clap when something good happens. We have such a great stadium, and some Saturday's I am so disappointed when I see how quiet our fans are in general, especially the alumni sections. We don't have a home field advantage compared to other venues in the SEC, because unless it is a huge game or at night the crowd seems asleep half the time. To make things worse the students section still is half way empty right at kickoff. I am not that old, but we made it a rule and still due to be on our way to the stadium an hour before kickoff.

Sorry for the rant, just getting tired of all the bashing of our own (coaches, players, etc...) by the same fans that show no support on gameday for their team.
 
#256
#256
If you could get me 90's Fulmer, The still-proving himself former assistant that beat Alabama and Georgia like red-headed stepchildren, was a master motivator, who won a National Championship, then we've got a deal.

I'm not interested in 2002-2008 Fulmer. Love the guy, grateful for the best football years of years of my life, giving me great memories of going to Neyland Stadium and expecting to win, but his time had come and gone.
 
#257
#257
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#261
#261
dont feed the troll dont feed the troll dont feed the troll dont feed the troll dont feed the troll
 
#262
#262
please tell me that this is a joke becouse it is funny,but i would say that fulmer should have been gone after the 98 championship
 
#266
#266
Ok, i said it before and I'll say it again. I do not want Fulmer back. I think it would be a backwards step. But, since you brought it up and you did, here were my concerns during that fateful '08 season:

1. Firing fulmer, we lose UT identity with coaches and we won't ever get it back: Check
2. Firing fulmer, we bring in a staff that, if successful, gone in 3 years: Check
3. Firing fulmer, we bring in a staff that, if not successfull, gone in 3 years: NA
4. Firing fulmer, UT becomes a professional-like team with tradition and fan base taking a back seat to big contracts, big money, can't afford seats, higher fan apathy: Check

Still, I got on the Lane train. I like anybody in orange. And I like Dooley, a lot more. As an alumni of UT, I have huge loyalty to whomever is in charge. I would have still liked to have kept it "in the family" as majors and Fulmer were both orange-blooded as it gets. I think that mindset along with winning makes for a very successful program. Otherwise, we're like Miami Hurricanes of the 80's. Win a lot but a dismal fan base and big apathy when not winning. That is not what UT is about, I believe. I believe that the coaching staff should embrace our program, understand and be adamant about the tradition, not just the volwalk and the maxims but understanding the overall program and living and dying orange. Mainly, I do not want a coach, no matter how good, to use UT as a stepping stone to another college program or NFL. I would rather have a coach who gets it than a coach who doesn't. I think the program sells itself and we will be generally successful. Whether or not we would have won another national championship in the next five years with Fulmer or Kiffin or anybody, we'll never know.
That's about it.
 
#271
#271
I'd like to have him back.... for about 5 minutes so I could rip those biscuit & sawmill gravy eatin' lips from his face and use them to kiss my butt.
 
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