J Majors

#32
#32
terrypedigo said:
Hey dont get on coach he liked his liquids when he was here and it didnt hurt some of them was 90 prof. :)
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I didn't get on him. For JM these days, cracking his first Absolute of the day is "exciting news". Second most exciting news for him is that it is tapioca day in the cafeteria
 
#36
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Never said he wasn't a legend. I just get tired of him always whining about being fired. He was a great player and a good coach. He got fired because he wouldn't shut up. He did it to himself.

Plus, UT reached greater heights after he left, so that makes him mad too. He rebuilt the foundation, for sure, but he never showed that he could get UT to the level they reached in 98. (89-91 teams were more talented than 98 team)
 
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I agree the 89-91 teams were more talented than the 98 team. So was 1993,1996,1997,1999,2001,2002
 
#39
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Backwards K said:
Never said he wasn't a legend. I just get tired of him always whining about being fired. He was a great player and a good coach. He got fired because he wouldn't shut up. He did it to himself.

Plus, UT reached greater heights after he left, so that makes him mad too. He rebuilt the foundation, for sure, but he never showed that he could get UT to the level they reached in 98. (89-91 teams were more talented than 98 team)
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Take a look at this...Johnny Major's first Camp at Pitt - YouTube
 
#40
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114VOL said:
I agree the 89-91 teams were more talented than the 98 team. So was 1993,1996,1997,1999,2001,2002
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1996 team struggles were due to young O-line. JMO. Give Peyton 95 or 98 O-line in 96 or 97 and look out.

Tee had similar issue in 99. See Alex Brown vs Josh Tucker

2002 no way. Lost a ton from 2001 team and were not close to 98.
 
#41
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114VOL said:
I agree the 89-91 teams were more talented than the 98 team. So was 1993,1996,1997,1999,2001,2002
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After looking back, the 89 team should not be included in that even though they only lost one game to an inferior Alabama team.

As for your list, I'll give you 97 and 99 as being at least as talented as the 98 team (or better) but the 90 and 91 teams were the most talented teams I remember (I can remember back to Dewey Warren's time).
 
#46
#46
Johnny gets it.


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#47
#47
If for nothing else, his decision to come back home and coach the Vols should be admired. His love for the University really can't be questioned. He left a national championship team and great legacy at Pitt to come home and take over a program that had dipped into the SEC's lower tier. He left a program sitting at the top of the heap, a program that he built from the ground, because of his love for the University of Tennessee. He then proceeded to rebuild the Vols to a point of where they were a national contender.

No doubt he liked his whiskey, but he has never been the drunk that he was portrayed as by so many of our fans. Most of whom that have made that claim based on baseless rumors. Had he been the drunk many claim, he would be either dead by now or in really bad shape. He's 80 years old and in pretty good physical condition, especially for that age. You don't live to be 80 by being a hard drinker.
 
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