What's with all these apology threads?

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Gramps

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Coaching is a job. When the coach puts a subpar product on the court he is open to criticism. When he puts a good product on the floor he is due praise. That is the nature of the business.

I critized CCM for his teams poor performance on the court, his bad decision making, terrible timing for timeouts, losing games we should have easily won. I for one will not apologize to a coach for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job. I still wanted to Vols to win each and every game but would sit and scratch my head at some of the dumb decisions being made by Cuonzo.

During the last month our coach and this team has woke up and are putting a great product and performance on the court. I will give Coach Martin and his staff credit for that and will say job well done but I will not apologize for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job earlier in the season and last year.

I am a Tennessee Volunteers fan, not a coaches fan. If any coach at UT is not getting his job done, replace the coach. No coach is as big as the program. They are no more than a spoke in the wheel.

Winning cures all in sports. I applaud Coach Martin for the job he is doing now. He has shown he can get the job done.
 
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I apologize for reading a thread about apology threads. Gotta start a thread to let others know. Petition to follow.




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Just enjoy the ride. Everybody has said something or felt like the team should've done better.
 
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Liked the thread title....


I have yet to read an apology thread, hell to tell the truth I don't read the tear-down threads either.
 
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Just think how close it was for Tennessee to make the tournament and you will understand exactly what Gramps was talking about. Bruce Pearl waited until he knew Tennessee was in the NCAA or he may well have been the coach if they were relegated to the NIT again. Tha's the nature of the business and it is a business for programs like Tennessee!
 
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Gramps said:
Coaching is a job. When the coach puts a subpar product on the court he is open to criticism. When he puts a good product on the floor he is due praise. That is the nature of the business.

I critized CCM for his teams poor performance on the court, his bad decision making, terrible timing for timeouts, losing games we should have easily won. I for one will not apologize to a coach for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job. I still wanted to Vols to win each and every game but would sit and scratch my head at some of the dumb decisions being made by Cuonzo.

During the last month our coach and this team has woke up and are putting a great product and performance on the court. I will give Coach Martin and his staff credit for that and will say job well done but I will not apologize for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job earlier in the season and last year.

I am a Tennessee Volunteers fan, not a coaches fan. If any coach at UT is not getting his job done, replace the coach. No coach is as big as the program. They are no more than a spoke in the wheel.

Winning cures all in sports. I applaud Coach Martin for the job he is doing now. He has shown he can get the job done.
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I find it comical that so many posters on here have totally changed their tune about Martin based on the Mercer game.

Most of these same posters still wanted Martin fired after going toe to toe with UF in the SEC tourney but a win over Mercer merits a raise and extension?! :crazy:

If you go back to the loss at aTm and look at how this team is playing you'll see they're playing at a high level. They are crushing teams. They are playing well when it matters...in March. It's fine that many of you were wanting to see this all year long, but wouldn't you rather have the team playing well now vs peaking in Dec or Jan?

I wonder how these new Martin Bandwagoners would have responded had UT lost to Mercer. Would they be anti-Martin or use the excuse that Mercer beat Duke so they must be good?

Just enjoy that UT is still playing and playing well!
 
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I think VN has been divided forever now! this Cuonzo thing will be in disucssion till he leaves!
Good lord, its over! its fine if everybody jumps on the cuozo bandwagon.. He deserves it, his team deserves it. We as fans will enjoy this ride till it lasts!
GO VOLS!!
 
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Gramps said:
Coaching is a job. When the coach puts a subpar product on the court he is open to criticism. When he puts a good product on the floor he is due praise. That is the nature of the business.

I critized CCM for his teams poor performance on the court, his bad decision making, terrible timing for timeouts, losing games we should have easily won. I for one will not apologize to a coach for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job. I still wanted to Vols to win each and every game but would sit and scratch my head at some of the dumb decisions being made by Cuonzo.

During the last month our coach and this team has woke up and are putting a great product and performance on the court. I will give Coach Martin and his staff credit for that and will say job well done but I will not apologize for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job earlier in the season and last year.

I am a Tennessee Volunteers fan, not a coaches fan. If any coach at UT is not getting his job done, replace the coach. No coach is as big as the program. They are no more than a spoke in the wheel.

Winning cures all in sports. I applaud Coach Martin for the job he is doing now. He has shown he can get the job done.
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Well-said......and objectively and logically--in a common-sense manner. I ate crow because I said Martin sucks--what I should have said is what you said--poor performance is just what it is--poor. Good performance is just what it is--nothing more and nothing less. GO VOLS! :salute:
 
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When I don't perform on my job and my boss calls me out on it...I either step up or lose my job.

When I step up and start meeting expectations, my boss doesn't apologize to me for being critical. Instead, he tells me that's what he expected all along and to keep it up.

If the criticism bothers me, then I'm at liberty to find another job.
 
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lostsheep said:
When I don't perform on my job and my boss calls me out on it...I either step up or lose my job.

When I step up and start meeting expectations, my boss doesn't apologize to me for being critical. Instead, he tells me that's what he expected all along and to keep it up.

If the criticism bothers me, then I'm at liberty to find another job.
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Yeah I tried to explain this yesterday. When you deal with the public and your relations are poor and they avoid doing business with you.....you run the chance of being fired if you don't change their perception of you & your product. It is just that simple.
 
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DERELICK_MY_VOLS said:
Yeah I tried to explain this yesterday. When you deal with the public and your relations are poor and they avoid doing business with you.....you run the chance of being fired if you don't change their perception of you & your product. It is just that simple.
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Fantastic avatar.
 
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Good post, OP. Really it's the same issue as with previous Dools threads/posts.

Just because there are obvious coaching mistakes/incompetence that lead to loses, it does not mean that the coaching staff cannot learn from those issues and improve. Dools didn't, Zo did. People pointing out the mistakes are actually helping the situation - not hurting it if the coaching staff will learn and change. Those trashing taking that approach are the real bandwagon fans because they have minimal understanding of the game itself while being blindly loyal to the coaches, instead of being loyal to the best interests of the program.

Zo has made positive changes and it paid off. For that he is to be praised and his contract extended if he chooses to stay. He stepped up because the expectations are high for athletic programs at UT. Serrano did it. Jones will do it. Now Zo has done it.
 
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I apologize for not apologizing.
Winning cures all woes.
 
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It has bothered me that even the National media has chimed in to chastise our fans for being critical of Martin throughout the season. Now we've got half of Volnation posters starting "apology threads". At the time, he deserved every bit of criticism he got. EVERY BIT! That is what we do as fans. We demand results. That is what makes us a great, passionate fanbase. I don't apologize for it, nor do I think we were wrong to do it. It might not even be a stretch to say the heat from the fanbase helped galvanize this team and propel them during this stretch.

Anyway, it has certainly been fun! GBO!
 
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zjcvols said:
Fantastic avatar.
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:eek:lol: THANKS!

Dick Vitale watch your back.....YOU'RE NEXT!

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Gramps said:
Coaching is a job. When the coach puts a subpar product on the court he is open to criticism. When he puts a good product on the floor he is due praise. That is the nature of the business.

I critized CCM for his teams poor performance on the court, his bad decision making, terrible timing for timeouts, losing games we should have easily won. I for one will not apologize to a coach for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job. I still wanted to Vols to win each and every game but would sit and scratch my head at some of the dumb decisions being made by Cuonzo.

During the last month our coach and this team has woke up and are putting a great product and performance on the court. I will give Coach Martin and his staff credit for that and will say job well done but I will not apologize for saying he was doing a bad job when he was doing a bad job earlier in the season and last year.

I am a Tennessee Volunteers fan, not a coaches fan. If any coach at UT is not getting his job done, replace the coach. No coach is as big as the program. They are no more than a spoke in the wheel.

Winning cures all in sports. I applaud Coach Martin for the job he is doing now. He has shown he can get the job done.
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Sorry you are wrong on your assessment. Buy a book about basketball. It just took this team a while to buy in.
 
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