Good Grief. Give it a Rest.

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VolInNW

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We all know the story. 2 years ago Danny White, after being turned down by multiple candidates (by many sources), settled on Josh Heupel, the coach from whence White came, UCF. Not surprisingly, many Vol fans were underwhelmed by the hire. Some were very vocal about it, others were resigned, some took a wait and see approach. I was personally very underwhelmed, though it did seem like Heupel was generally articulate and he came across as genuine - a definite move up from Slingblade McGump.

Today, it seems a few fans are taking some form of delight in bumping old threads where many expressed disapointment in the hire, some more vocal than others. I don't get it. I don't recall anyone jumping up and down about the hire, CERTAIN we would win 11 games in his second season. I think we have ALL been pleasant;ly surprised by how fast Heupel seems to have turned the program and the culture.

Why make this an issue? Are some just that bored? I don't know a single fan on this board who is nbot generally positive about Heupel at this point. If some have been slow to get onboard, well excuse the F out of them as we have ALL had to deal with 15-20 years of an absolute poop-show.

Give it a rest, sparky. Heupel is doing great things. Let's just all be happy about that, and hope that Tennessee football wil;ll soon be back among the elite!
 
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We GET the POINTS...

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VolInNW said:
We all know the story. 2 years ago Danny White, after being turned down by multiple candidates (by many sources), settled on Josh Heupel, the coach from whence White came, UCF. Not surprisingly, many Vol fans were underwhelmed by the hire. Some were very vocal about it, others were resigned, some took a wait and see approach. I was personally very underwhelmed, though it did seem like Heupel was generally articulate and he came across as genuine - a definite move up from Slingblade McGump.

Today, it seems a few fans are taking some form of delight in bumping old threads where many expressed disapointment in the hire, some more vocal than others. I don't get it. I don't recall anyone jumping up and down about the hire, CERTAIN we would win 11 games in his second season. I think we have ALL been pleasant;ly surprised by how fast Heupel seems to have turned the program and the culture.

Why make this an issue? Are some just that bored? I don't know a single fan on this board who is nbot generally positive about Heupel at this point. If some have been slow to get onboard, well excuse the F out of them as we have ALL had to deal with 15-20 years of an absolute poop-show.

Give it a rest, sparky. Heupel is doing great things. Let's just all be happy about that, and hope that Tennessee football wil;ll soon be back among the elite!
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Why? Did you issue this kind of response to all the Chicken Littles that are having their posts bumped? If you have the "courage" to say it... then have the courage to own it. I think a few guys have done the right thing and said, "Dish up my crow". Those are guys who've likely learned to show a little patience before having their hissy fit in public. Others... are deflecting and blaming others for bringing up what are now pretty idiotic looking posts.

I was "wait and see" mostly because UT had had such a poor record of managing coaches which included the last half of Fulmer's tenure. But if you were looking at resumes... his was better than anyone UT had hired since Fulmer was fired. If there was a hire that deserved "wait and see" out of that group... it was him.

Unless my memory fails me, the reaction to Heupel was more negative than the reaction to Jones... and Jones was a complete joke. His "record" was as thin as tissue. He beat a bunch of losers at Cincy... that was his resume.
 
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sjt18 said:
Why? Did you issue this kind of response to all the Chicken Littles that are having their posts bumped? If you have the "courage" to say it... then have the courage to own it. I think a few guys have done the right thing and said, "Dish up my crow". Those are guys who've likely learned to show a little patience before having their hissy fit in public. Others... are deflecting and blaming others for bringing up what are now pretty idiotic looking posts.

I was "wait and see" mostly because UT had had such a poor record of managing coaches which included the last half of Fulmer's tenure. But if you were looking at resumes... his was better than anyone UT had hired since Fulmer was fired. If there was a hire that deserved "wait and see" out of that group... it was him.

Unless my memory fails me, the reaction to Heupel was more negative than the reaction to Jones... and Jones was a complete joke. His "record" was as thin as tissue. He beat a bunch of losers at Cincy... that was his resume.
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Nah. Dooley blew that guy out before we hired him. Heupel was always better than Butchy boy due to the lack of Butchisms.

And I think our expectations for hiring were a lot higher at the time of Butch compared to coming off the NCAA disaster with Pruitt and the carousel of Coaches/ADs/Presidents/Chancellors.
 
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Now is the time to let bygones be bygones.

The Vols are primed to do great things for years to come. Now is the time to jump on the wagon, let the chips fall and take your lumps like a man.
 
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VolInNW said:
We all know the story. 2 years ago Danny White, after being turned down by multiple candidates (by many sources), settled on Josh Heupel, the coach from whence White came, UCF. Not surprisingly, many Vol fans were underwhelmed by the hire. Some were very vocal about it, others were resigned, some took a wait and see approach. I was personally very underwhelmed, though it did seem like Heupel was generally articulate and he came across as genuine - a definite move up from Slingblade McGump.

Today, it seems a few fans are taking some form of delight in bumping old threads where many expressed disapointment in the hire, some more vocal than others. I don't get it. I don't recall anyone jumping up and down about the hire, CERTAIN we would win 11 games in his second season. I think we have ALL been pleasant;ly surprised by how fast Heupel seems to have turned the program and the culture.

Why make this an issue? Are some just that bored? I don't know a single fan on this board who is nbot generally positive about Heupel at this point. If some have been slow to get onboard, well excuse the F out of them as we have ALL had to deal with 15-20 years of an absolute poop-show.

Give it a rest, sparky. Heupel is doing great things. Let's just all be happy about that, and hope that Tennessee football wil;ll soon be back among the elite!
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I’m not so sure that White didn’t pull one over on Volnation. I think Heup was his guy all along and he interviewed just for perception, to appease us Vol lunatics.
I’d be curious to know how many “candidates” actually had an offer opposed to just being interviewed.
 
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sjt18 said:
Why? Did you issue this kind of response to all the Chicken Littles that are having their posts bumped? If you have the "courage" to say it... then have the courage to own it. I think a few guys have done the right thing and said, "Dish up my crow". Those are guys who've likely learned to show a little patience before having their hissy fit in public. Others... are deflecting and blaming others for bringing up what are now pretty idiotic looking posts.

I was "wait and see" mostly because UT had had such a poor record of managing coaches which included the last half of Fulmer's tenure. But if you were looking at resumes... his was better than anyone UT had hired since Fulmer was fired. If there was a hire that deserved "wait and see" out of that group... it was him.

Unless my memory fails me, the reaction to Heupel was more negative than the reaction to Jones... and Jones was a complete joke. His "record" was as thin as tissue. He beat a bunch of losers at Cincy... that was his resume.
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If we give points and rewards for photos of hot babes....we have a winner in here!
 
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Imagine, creating a thread to tell people to stop posting in threads.

The negative reactions were dumb and over the top by many. Their's a reason "Old Takes Exposed" is so popular. I was pretty happy with Heupel from day one, he was clearly an offensive innovator and no one of the negative responders could look at his time at UCF with any kind of understanding. It was all just "he keeps getting worse!!!!" type responses.

Glad to the see the old bad takes back up again. Might as well own them if you have them.
 
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Critique connotes a detailed analysis that describes and weighs the characteristics of something before drawing conclusions based on evidence and inference.

Criticism in a general sense to refer to an expression of mere disapproval or faultfinding.

More critiquing, less criticizing.
 
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