WhenUrVolUrVFL
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I’m a Tennessee alum. Came here in 06’ because I wanted to go to a school with a big sports program, and be proud of my Alma mater.
I was a student Fulmer’s last year. I grew up a Michigan fan and I saw how two different programs conduct themselves. Michigan is similar in that Lloyd Carr was fired, probably before he should have been. And Michigan endured a decade of incompetence to pay for their decision of getting rid of a coach that won them a NC in 1997.
Tennessee pulled the same stunt with Fulmer. And we’ve been an absolute joke in football since. Firing Fulmer was the biggest mistake any major program has ever made. We went from
Being a blue blood to being a door mat, and a joke. Anyone that was vocally anti Fulmer and put pressure on the AD to act is responsible for the decade plus of incompetence.
If Tennessee was in the same position as Michigan was with Harbaugh, say—with Peyton Manning—and say Manning lost his first 3 or 4 games against Bama—they would have tarnished Manning’s legacy and probably chased him off. Michigan did the logical thing, fought to keep their guy—and now Michigan has defeated Ohio State 3 times in a row and will probably win a national championship this year.
And now I’m seeing many of the same morons cut from the same cloth—putting that same toxicity at Coach Rick Barnes.
If you need to spew venom and criticism—why not target the right thing. Officiating.
Tennessee has endured insane officiating across every major sport, and it’s not a coincidence. I don’t know why the officials have chosen to screw our school and our athletics; but they have. And it’s not an opinion. It’s not in my head.
Look at the stats. Heres the stats from this past football season.![FD47AF3F-5794-43C5-B771-1F0680D36FBF.jpeg FD47AF3F-5794-43C5-B771-1F0680D36FBF.jpeg](https://www.volnation.com/forum/data/attachments/575/575885-a4ccbbcdb982b3b1af2483285a644d68.jpg)
Check out the free throw discrepancy in Tennessee basketball games. It’s absurd. How much do we put up with before enough is enough???
If you must be toxic—aim that toxicity at the officiating and demand an inquiry or change at an institutional level.
Holding our coaches—who we are lucky to have—to absurd standards while not acknowledging the unfair level of play is insane and stupid.
To our whiny, annoying, toxic, embarrassing fan base—May you have a terrible Christmas and please go become an Alabama fan and annoy and embarrass those clowns. Christmas is the perfect time for you to get your transition completed and become the brave Alabama or Florida fan you know you really are Deep inside of you. I’m tired of you making the university I actually graduated from—look bad.
Thank you Coach Barnes, Coach Heupel, and Coach Vitello for being the best 3 coaches a school has across the major sports.
Go Vols!
I was a student Fulmer’s last year. I grew up a Michigan fan and I saw how two different programs conduct themselves. Michigan is similar in that Lloyd Carr was fired, probably before he should have been. And Michigan endured a decade of incompetence to pay for their decision of getting rid of a coach that won them a NC in 1997.
Tennessee pulled the same stunt with Fulmer. And we’ve been an absolute joke in football since. Firing Fulmer was the biggest mistake any major program has ever made. We went from
Being a blue blood to being a door mat, and a joke. Anyone that was vocally anti Fulmer and put pressure on the AD to act is responsible for the decade plus of incompetence.
If Tennessee was in the same position as Michigan was with Harbaugh, say—with Peyton Manning—and say Manning lost his first 3 or 4 games against Bama—they would have tarnished Manning’s legacy and probably chased him off. Michigan did the logical thing, fought to keep their guy—and now Michigan has defeated Ohio State 3 times in a row and will probably win a national championship this year.
And now I’m seeing many of the same morons cut from the same cloth—putting that same toxicity at Coach Rick Barnes.
If you need to spew venom and criticism—why not target the right thing. Officiating.
Tennessee has endured insane officiating across every major sport, and it’s not a coincidence. I don’t know why the officials have chosen to screw our school and our athletics; but they have. And it’s not an opinion. It’s not in my head.
Look at the stats. Heres the stats from this past football season.
![FD47AF3F-5794-43C5-B771-1F0680D36FBF.jpeg FD47AF3F-5794-43C5-B771-1F0680D36FBF.jpeg](https://www.volnation.com/forum/data/attachments/575/575885-a4ccbbcdb982b3b1af2483285a644d68.jpg)
Check out the free throw discrepancy in Tennessee basketball games. It’s absurd. How much do we put up with before enough is enough???
If you must be toxic—aim that toxicity at the officiating and demand an inquiry or change at an institutional level.
Holding our coaches—who we are lucky to have—to absurd standards while not acknowledging the unfair level of play is insane and stupid.
To our whiny, annoying, toxic, embarrassing fan base—May you have a terrible Christmas and please go become an Alabama fan and annoy and embarrass those clowns. Christmas is the perfect time for you to get your transition completed and become the brave Alabama or Florida fan you know you really are Deep inside of you. I’m tired of you making the university I actually graduated from—look bad.
Thank you Coach Barnes, Coach Heupel, and Coach Vitello for being the best 3 coaches a school has across the major sports.
Go Vols!
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