Should DK have his number retired by the University?

Should DK have his number retired?

  • Yes

    Votes: 85 37.8%

  • No

    Votes: 128 56.9%

  • I like pie

    Votes: 12 5.3%
  • Total voters
    225
#51
#51
midnight orange said:
It doesn’t send a good message to future transfers if you can’t have your jersey retired because you were here for one year. Especially if you were one of the best to ever put on an orange jersey.
Click to expand...
All about personal recognition and not team achievements in the message geared that way most likely...
 
#52
#52
volfanhill said:
He meets the qualifications


Edited: Thanks Army


Student-athletes will be eligible for consideration if they achieve three of the five criteria listed below:

"SEC Player of the Year
National Award (Player of the Year, Sullivan, or similar honor)
First-Team All-American
Career record holder in a significant category (as determined by the committee) at the UT, SEC, or national level upon completion of career
National championship during tenure."
Click to expand...

If DK has a terrific NBA career, this idea will gain steam.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HalfullVol, BisonVol, Vols All Day and 1 other person
#54
#54
BisonVol said:
I’m not a huge fan of retiring a number, but his name should hang in the rafters at FCC. He accomplished some truly special things in his lone season here and was the catalyst for this team making an E8 run.
Click to expand...

Agree with this. He is a generational player that did things here we may never see again, and for that his jersey and name should absolutely hang in the TBA rafters, but retiring a number should be reserved for someone who accomplishes similar things but spends his college career at UT.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BisonVol and BernardKingGOAT
#55
#55
volfanhill said:
He meets the qualifications


Edited: Thanks Army


Student-athletes will be eligible for consideration if they achieve three of the five criteria listed below:

"SEC Player of the Year
National Award (Player of the Year, Sullivan, or similar honor)
First-Team All-American
Career record holder in a significant category (as determined by the committee) at the UT, SEC, or national level upon completion of career
National championship during tenure."
Click to expand...
You absolutely retire his number. He’s the best player we’ve in basically half a century. Normally I’m cool to just disagree with others, but I’m sorry, the majority of the folks have voted “no” here which totally backs my theory that the majority of this board are idiots.
 
#57
#57
Rockytop10nessee said:
You absolutely retire his number. He’s the best player we’ve in basically half a century. Normally I’m cool to just disagree with others, but I’m sorry, the majority of the folks have voted “no” here which totally backs my theory that the majority of this board are idiots.
Click to expand...

There are many here not necessarily saying "no", but instead calling for his name on a jersey hanging in the rafters. He needs to be honored, and either way they decide to do it, I'm all in.
 
#58
#58
Thunder Good-Oil said:
As always, retire numbers? No. “Retire” JERSEYS? Yes. Hang jerseys in the TBA/FCC. Keep numbers available. How does Kentucky do it? They’d be out of numbers by now.

If any number is never worn again it should only be #53.
Click to expand...
My feelings exactly, find a way to honor him. Hang his jersey up there, but eventually we run out of numbers if we keep retiring good players numbers.
 
#59
#59
I'm saying, YES. Best single season by a Vol in my lifetime, that I can remember (so, although I was born in '71, I don't remember Bernie and Ernie, '78-'79 team is the first one I do). I know that's not qualification, but I'm making it one. Only one year for the Vols, but I don't care, he deserves it, imo. Only regret, I wanted one more win and a Final 4. But, he did everything he could to get us so very close. I watched his season highlights last night, again. A thing of beauty. I think he will be drafted in the top 10, also. Helps that it's kind of a weak draft, but I think he's a first rounder in any draft over the last 10 years, no matter how loaded it was
 
#60
#60
No, I think you should play more than one year at Tennessee before you are even in consideration to have your jersey retired. He did a lot of great things here but no.
 
#64
#64
Savannahbayvol said:
A school with a dismal history in hoops like ours is actually debating whether a player like DK should have his # retired?
Click to expand...
It was far from dismal when Barnes arrived, and he's elevated it. I reckon we're debating it because it's not open and shut either way.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top