What was the announcement?

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yoyoyoyo said:
I never said what I was expected or I was disappointed. I had no expectation for the announcement. I was just talking about the fanbase in general.
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You said butch messed this up. I bet those players feel different. And I don't know what the heck those fans expected. A 5 star to run out of the T? Gruden and Manning to agree to be on the coaching staff? Morons
 
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Volumnus 2011 said:
Very poor PR? What do you know about PR? Actually, I don't know what you were expecting. I thought it was a cool announcement, and hearing from the players was a great touch.
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I am glad you know me, what business I own and how we handle PR everyday. How about Butch not saying anything about an announcement unless it's something very important like a jersey retirement, new facilty upgrade, large donation, etc. I think year long captains are great for the team, just not worthy of promoting to the public as a big announcement. Most of the public doesnt grasp the importance of it.
 
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announcement was that the Vols traded all their future draft picks to the TN Titans for the rights to Steve Spurrier.
 
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volfanhill said:
You said butch messed this up. I bet those players feel different. And I don't know what the heck those fans expected. A 5 star to run out of the T? Gruden and Manning to agree to be on the coaching staff? Morons
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Yes and he did. He let people imagine whatever they thought a big announcement could be. It probably could never live up to fan expectation. That's why you just announce the captains at the game. He did it to generate interest and most casual fans don't qualify that as big.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
I am glad you know me, what business I own and how we handle PR everyday. How about Butch not saying anything about an announcement unless it's something very important like a jersey retirement, new facilty upgrade, large donation, etc. I think year long captains are great for the team, just not worthy of promoting to the public as a big announcement. Most of the public doesnt grasp the importance of it.
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I agree. You've got Steve Spurrier, Allen Iverson, and Gruden in the building, and TEAM CAPTAINS are the BIG announcement?!? And let's not forget about all the hype articles....
 

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VolAllen said:
I agree. You've got Steve Spurrier, Allen Iverson, and Gruden in the building, and TEAM CAPTAINS are the BIG announcement?!? And let's not forget about all the hype articles....
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By Butch saying there was an announcement leaves it open to speculation so it better deliver. It didn't so it's on him not the people speculating. He decided to put it out there.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
By Butch saying there was an announcement leaves it open to speculation so it better deliver. It didn't so it's on him not the people speculating. He decided to put it out there.
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Yea, and the general population doesn't really give a $hi+ who the "official" captains are. We already knew that Sutton and Dobbs were the captains...
 
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Figured it was not going to be anything insane. At most I thought it might be something about the stadium or field getting some upgrades. Would never have expected it to be captains but on the same token I am not disappointed either.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
By Butch saying there was an announcement leaves it open to speculation so it better deliver. It didn't so it's on him not the people speculating. He decided to put it out there.
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It was a big announcement. To the team and the captains. Sorry if you were disappointed but I am pretty sure he did it to stress the importance of being named captain. Just because some fans do not see it as a big deal does not mean it is seen that way to the team.
 
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TNVOLFN said:
Peyton as QB coach, of course!
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everyone expecting a QB coach to be named needs to keep in mind, Butch would have to fire another coach first before he could hire anyone, not just Peyton.

I know you are not indicating that was your expectation.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
I never said what I was expected or I was disappointed. I had no expectation for the announcement. I was just talking about the fanbase in general.
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Well, I got suite tickets to the Barons/Smokies game Thursday, and I was outnumbered like 12,000-8 (I am merely playing the numbers here) and I had one Goober in the suite that was of course clad in Maroon ask me what was the "big announcement" on Saturday, I certainly went with the "Peyton is coming" theme, most everyone in the suite squirmed. I enjoyed it while it lasted. My entire point is obviously more than just Us were paying attention.:ermm:
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
Butch is the one that messed this up saying there was going to be a big announcement. It's very important internally but shouldn't be promoted as a big announcement to fans. Very poor PR. They should have just announced it at the game and everyone would be congratulating them instead of this.
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Butch see's this as a BIG DEAL. Just because fans don't doesn't mean he or the team don't see it has a huge event. and he realizes fans expectations are generally much higher than reality
 
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LWSVOL said:
Butch see's this as a BIG DEAL. Just because fans don't doesn't mean he or the team don't see it has a huge event. and he realizes fans expectations are generally much higher than reality
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Your last sentence says it exactly, don't leave it open for speculation. WBIR ran a picture with Peyton and special announcement. What are casual fans suppose to think? That's why you just announce it and then talk about the gravity afterward. I never said this isn't a big deal, I am simply talking about how most things that are left to speculation run wild.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
Your last sentence says it exactly, don't leave it open for speculation. WBIR ran a picture with Peyton and special announcement. What are casual fans suppose to think? That's why you just announce it and then talk about the gravity afterward. I never said this isn't a big deal, I am simply talking about how most things that are left to speculation run wild.
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People shouldn't be morons. Yes you are a moron if you thought Peyton was going to be a coach. Yes you are a moron if you think Gruden or Spurrier were going to be involved. Could someone have announced their commitment today? Sure. Reasonable. Was what actually happened something special? Yes it was. Stop being a moron and you won't be disappointed over obvious crap. And it isn't Butch's fault when the media speculates. He wanted this to be a big deal for those captains and it was.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
Butch is the one that messed this up saying there was going to be a big announcement. It's very important internally but shouldn't be promoted as a big announcement to fans. Very poor PR. They should have just announced it at the game and everyone would be congratulating them instead of this.
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WTF were you actually expecting?
 
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volfanhill said:
People shouldn't be morons. Yes you are a moron if you though Peyton was going to be a coach. Yes you are a moron if you think Gruden or Spurrier were going to be involved. Could someone have announced their commitment today? Sure. Reasonable. Was what actually happened something special? Yes it was. Stop being a moron and you won't be disappointed over obvious crap. And it isn't Butch's fault when the media speculates. He wanted this to a big deal for those captains and it was.
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yoyoyoyo said:
Your last sentence says it exactly, don't leave it open for speculation. WBIR ran a picture with Peyton and special announcement. What are casual fans suppose to think? That's why you just announce it and then talk about the gravity afterward. I never said this isn't a big deal, I am simply talking about how most things that are left to speculation run wild.
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Butch doesn't play to your asinine speculation.
 
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whew, for a second there I thought the big announcement was going to be the new team of Musberger and Spurrier in the vol radio both.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
Your last sentence says it exactly, don't leave it open for speculation. WBIR ran a picture with Peyton and special announcement. What are casual fans suppose to think? That's why you just announce it and then talk about the gravity afterward. I never said this isn't a big deal, I am simply talking about how most things that are left to speculation run wild.
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Just stop. A closed mouth catches no flies....
 
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