Expect a visit from Al Sharpton

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KureVol

KureVol

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As a lifelong Vol I am well aware of the "real" powers that be behind the athletic program. I was a student at the University when the whole Wade Houston/Cherokee Country Club incident broke. I believe that if the reports are true that Kippy Brown was not given a fair shot at becoming the coach at the University of Tennessee, then Mike Hamilton will have some serious explaining to do. If there are people out there who actually believe that Derek Dooley was more qualified than Kippy Brown to be the head coach at UT needs to have their head examined. Kippy has been a class act everytime he has stepped foot on this campus. He has coached under Majors, Fulmer and recently LK. That is just for the Vols. He has numerous years of experience as position coach at the NFL level, yet somehow he gets passed over for the kid of a legendary SEC football coach that could be the poster child for the Old South Good Ole Boy Network. Brown showed his allegiance to the university by being the glue that has kept this team together since Monday evening. This is how our AD treats loyalty. I believe that I echo the sentiments of a lot of "younger " fans in Volnation. This could get very ugly unless Hamilton can somehow give a proper explaination on why Derek Dooley is more qualified than Kippy Brown to be Tennessee's head football coach. Many of you will say that he was the head football coach, AD, at LT plus he was an attorney. That sounds good if you want to give an award for Multi-Tasker of the Year. This is Tennessee Football. Kippy was our best option for retaining the rich tradition of our program. Dooley seems, if given time ,he could build this team back up to where it should be.....But so could Kippy. This is 2010, but for Kippy, it might as well be 1950.
 
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Al will always show up to where the largest quantity of cameras are at.
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KureVol said:
Currently, there are a lot of cameras at UT
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Compared to Haiti, the cameras don't care about football.

Unless Kippy decides to really make a stink about it, I doubt much will come of it.
 
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Doubt it. There is probably a reason Kippy has never landed a head coaching job in the NFL. The Vols hired a recruiter with ties to the SEC. Kippy has been in the NFL for a while and had a chance to come back to college a few years ago under Fulmer but turned it down.
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I really hate it when people bring race into everything. Tennessee hires a white football coach, and we are all the sudden living back in 1950's racist America. I like Kippy, but if anyone thinks the only resaon he wasn't hired as Hc, they need to get a life.
 
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bigorangecrush89 said:
why didn't they just interview Kip earlier in the process, given that he was made interim head coach already?
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There was no intention on hiring Kippy Brown. Just like there was no intention of going after Kevin Sumlin of Houston. I wonder what the common thread is?
 
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OP is right, in a way. Whenever you bring up Sharpton - it will polarize people. But it doesn't look good to have one minority (I think) candidate for the job, and then not even give him a legitimate interview.

I agree that it won't get a lot of attention, but it might get briefly mentioned on ATH or PTI today, especially since TN is in the south. National media loves that stuff.
 
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FAIL.

This has nothing to do with race. I would enjoy seeing Mike Hamilton on the radio with his multi racial family pictured arguing with Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton is a racist pimp and liar who professionally agitates because he knows that progress means he would have to earn a living by doing something other than hating Jews and white people.
 
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KureVol said:
Currently, there are a lot of cameras at UT
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Not enough for him.

Al Sharpton is a disgrace, and every time he opens his loud mouth or shows up somewhere he sets African-Americans back years at a time.
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KureVol said:
There was no intention on hiring Kippy Brown. Just like there was no intention of going after Kevin Sumlin of Houston. I wonder what the common thread is?
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Are you making this racial accusation towards Hamilton? Yea, him and those adopted black kids of his make it hard to ward off the idea that he considers some races lesser.
 
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I knew it. I really knew it. We would have the "race card" being thrown out there if Kippy was not hired. Trust me, I was one of the ones wanting Kippy to get the nod at first, but have since felt good about the hire and now I don't know if one is better than the other. Any time a black man or woman in this day and age is passed over for a job this is what happens and it's really getting old. This is the type of attitude that brought about the stupid rule in the NFL forcing an owner to interview a minority candidate even if there is not a qualified candidate available. By the way, I am one of the "younger" VN posters you speak of and I don't share your point of view.
 
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checkerboard03 said:
OP is right, in a way. Whenever you bring up Sharpton - it will polarize people. But it doesn't look good to have one minority (I think) candidate for the job, and then not even give him a legitimate interview.

I agree that it won't get a lot of attention, but it might get briefly mentioned on ATH or PTI today, especially since TN is in the south. National media loves that stuff.
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Also hilarious since we would have taken Lovie Smith over Derek Dooley (he was after Muschamp I think but before DD) yet we could not get him enough of the 11 million he is owed if he is fired.
 
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The Seahawks issue with Leslie Frazier/Pete Carroll is a little bit higher profile. Though, on that one, Roger Goodell is backing the Seahawks despite some media members trying to find an issue.
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
FAIL.

This has nothing to do with race. I would enjoy seeing Mike Hamilton on the radio with his multi racial family pictured arguing with Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton is a racist pimp and liar who professionally agitates because he knows that progress means he would have to earn a living by doing something other than hating Jews and white people.
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This is the truest thing I have EVER read on VN.
 
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im4thevols said:
I really hate it when people bring race into everything. Tennessee hires a white football coach, and we are all the sudden living back in 1950's racist America. I like Kippy, but if anyone thinks the only resaon he wasn't hired as Hc, they need to get a life.
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Are you familiar with the Wade Houston story from the early 90's. If you are than you will understand that racism is alive and well at UT......and I am a conservative. I have been to the parties. I have sat in on job interviews where my collegues have dismissed candidates because of their skin color, and sometimes even their name. There is another level that supercedes the AD. Booster's that give millions of dollars to the university that dictate what coach is hired. There are people who could not stomach a black head coach at UT just like people could not stomach a black President. I speak from experience.
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
FAIL.

This has nothing to do with race. I would enjoy seeing Mike Hamilton on the radio with his multi racial family pictured arguing with Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton is a racist pimp and liar who professionally agitates because he knows that progress means he would have to earn a living by doing something other than hating Jews and white people.
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It's not entirely Mike's choice. You'd better believe there are some boosters that will not allow a black head coach at UT as long as they still have ties to UT.
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
FAIL.

This has nothing to do with race. I would enjoy seeing Mike Hamilton on the radio with his multi racial family pictured arguing with Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton is a racist pimp and liar who professionally agitates because he knows that progress means he would have to earn a living by doing something other than hating Jews and white people.
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Finally something i agree with you own.....Al Sharpton can go:the_finger:eek:ff
 
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