John Adams quote on Lady Vols game vs SC

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Rockytop10nessee said:
I'm rooting hard for coach, but I don't believe we're committed to being elite in WBB. We're committed to being pretty good, but it's not a revenue sport, and I don't think the athletic department cares enough to make a change, which we obviously need. I wish we would stop hiring former lady vols just because they're lady vols. The Lady Vol Mafia is stupid though and gets in the way. We could have had Jeff Walz, went with Kellie instead. Just moronic. Heaven forbid someone with testicles coaches Pat's program. SMH.
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Yep, the Lady Vol mafia got exactly what they wanted; a LV who was/is a career asst and one fired at NC State. Speaking of NC State Wes Moore ,who beat Holly when he was at UTC, and should have been considered has them at #6. But heaven forbid we hire a ...............man!
 
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It's always funny to me that true blue Vols get so upset about this one guy, in a dying print newspaper. There are literally hundreds of "All Vol" total homers you can read or listen too. It's 99.9% of the local media. Don't read Adams, go ahead and drink the orange kool aid being ladled out by the gallons if that's what you like.
 
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I live in Chattanooga, but buy the KNS for my mother in law who lives in Oak Ridge. I read his columns every time I am up there, which is a fair amount. I love a physical newspaper and ours has gone the way of the Dodo, so I read as much of it as I can to get my fix.

I have a really hard time with his columns. Every once in a while he will have something positive to say about the Vols, but most of it is just nasty and ugly. I'm not asking for a homer's view point, but I don't want a hater's view point either. He reminds me of the food critic Anton Ego in the Pixar movie Ratatouille. He is ugly because he can be, not because he needs to be. I can't stand the guy.
 
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SprocketRocket said:
I live in Chattanooga, but buy the KNS for my mother in law who lives in Oak Ridge. I read his columns every time I am up there, which is a fair amount. I love a physical newspaper and ours has gone the way of the Dodo, so I read as much of it as I can to get my fix.

I have a really hard time with his columns. Every once in a while he will have something positive to say about the Vols, but most of it is just nasty and ugly. I'm not asking for a homer's view point, but I don't want a hater's view point either. He reminds me of the food critic Anton Ego in the Pixar movie Ratatouille. He is ugly because he can be, not because he needs to be. I can't stand the guy.
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Exactly, and throw in the sarcasm and snideness and that makes him the POS he is..........
 
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SprocketRocket said:
I live in Chattanooga, but buy the KNS for my mother in law who lives in Oak Ridge. I read his columns every time I am up there, which is a fair amount. I love a physical newspaper and ours has gone the way of the Dodo, so I read as much of it as I can to get my fix.

I have a really hard time with his columns. Every once in a while he will have something positive to say about the Vols, but most of it is just nasty and ugly. I'm not asking for a homer's view point, but I don't want a hater's view point either. He reminds me of the food critic Anton Ego in the Pixar movie Ratatouille. He is ugly because he can be, not because he needs to be. I can't stand the guy.
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That’s fair. Over time Adams non establishment stance has evolved into old man ugliness. Reminds me of the tv show House where he was interesting for while but by season 4 you just wanted someone to punch him.
 
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A lot of people pride themselves on "just telling it like it is" or "speaking the truth."

But it's not WHAT people like John Adams says that's bothersome, but the spirit in which it's said.

People like that -- and there are several on this board -- get kind of a sick thrill from "being the ones willing to tell the truth." But they're actually less interested in "truth" than they are in getting the mildly sadistic high of twisting the knife into already bleeding wounds.

His career in Knoxville has given his sadism a steady source to feed from. It's gross.
 
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livefaith said:
OP. Please don't post links here and give that self aggrandized Vol hater a platform and a better paycheck. If ya just gotta, just post the relevant trash from hit article without the link that tempts people to click and become a monetizer of him and his drivel. Thats all. 🙂
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He's a columnist for an independent newspaper. Fans like you don't seem to understand that it's not his or any columnist's job to cheer for UT's teams. His job is to give informed opinions. And in the case of the women's BB program, what exactly do you expect him or anyone to do--spin cotton-candy pieces that make you feel good? That's not how it works.
 
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franklinboy said:
"That tells me South Carolina will get Tennessee’s best shot – whatever that’s worth".

I say forfeit the game if those ladies are gonna go into the game believing that they literally don't stand a chance.....but that's my opinion. Plus the fact that a columnist up there on the HILl like John Adams knows what coming...hell forfeit the rest of the reg season then...I thought that anyone can be beat at anytime but thats not with what folks in Knoxville are believing.....
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For 3 quarters, the Lady Vols were just as good as the lady Lamecocks. The officiating was awful!
 
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Voltopia said:
I never wanted or needed him to be a fan -- and he wrote enough sarcastic columns about Tennessee over the years that I've never mistaken him for one.
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Have you paid attention to what went on within UTAD over those years? A lot of critical columns were warranted.
 
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turbovol said:
He's a columnist for an independent newspaper. Fans like you don't seem to understand that it's not his or any columnist's job to cheer for UT's teams. His job is to give informed opinions. And in the case of the women's BB program, what exactly do you expect him or anyone to do--spin cotton-candy pieces that make you feel good? That's not how it works.
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Nothing to do with his opinions on the lady Vols. His history of trying to pile on constant UT negativity. He doesn’t report facts or a true informed opinion the majority of the time. I haven’t paid to read his crap over 20 years I may see something he said on here but I certainly don’t advise anyone to expect a fair informed opinion on Adams reporting. GBO
 
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turbovol said:
He's a columnist for an independent newspaper. Fans like you don't seem to understand that it's not his or any columnist's job to cheer for UT's teams. His job is to give informed opinions. And in the case of the women's BB program, what exactly do you expect him or anyone to do--spin cotton-candy pieces that make you feel good? That's not how it works.
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Then he should have an even handed approach in his articles which he does not do .I had a 40 year subscription to the Knoxville News Sentinel having graduated from Tennessee in 1961 when they had Tom Siler as the Sports columnist .I used to get the News Sentinel in the jungles of South Vietnam in 1964/65/66/68 ..often getting them a month or two months late and often torn up .The reason was the Sports page ...fantastic.I cancelled my 40 year subscription in 2001 because of this "ASS Hole" .He does not and has never had an even handed fair analysis of the Vol Sports Programs . Look at his background and you will quickly understand why he has a big spur up his ass for UT.I have never read an article of his since cancellation and will not do so because they will be dripping with poison toward the Vols .
Have a great day because I do not subscribe to your theory about informed opinions especially when it references John Adams.
 
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Rockytop10nessee said:
would be better than Adams, who is a detriment to the program and to the community. Knoxville would be a better place if he moved away. He's a POS.
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Not everyone at KNS needs to pump sunshine and make you believe otherwise. He’s an opinion journalist
glv98 said:
So you want a propagandist and a homer? The LVs had one of those for years in Flessor and it was so boring.
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And he got fired for a reason while Adams moves on
 
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Majors said:
Not everyone at KNS needs to pump sunshine and make you believe otherwise. He’s an opinion journalist

And he got fired for a reason while Adams moves on
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I thought Dan retired, but maybe he was vol-un-told to retire. The way things are with print newspapers today, I'm amazed at the NS hiring a bright young person like Cora and making it a real beat. Probably bc she has such a social media presence.
 
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glv98 said:
I thought Dan retired, but maybe he was vol-un-told to retire. The way things are with print newspapers today, I'm amazed at the NS hiring a bright young person like Cora and making it a real beat. Probably bc she has such a social media presence.
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He was fired in a round of layoffs for I believe USA Today a few years back. Print paper is a dying brand…amazed at the size of Kns Building for the need and product produced.
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
Nothing to do with his opinions on the lady Vols. His history of trying to pile on constant UT negativity.
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Yeah. It's not about wanting the sports writer to be a homer, nor is it about wanting someone who'll kiss up to the athletics department, I don't need that. I've never asked for that. And all the folks saying "he's supposed to be neutral, he's not a fan" -- okay swell, sure, I can agree with that. But it'd be nice if it actually was neutral, then. For Heaven's sake, why should I want to read a sports column where the writer for Tennessee is just as likely to take a sarcastic dunk on the Vols, as he is say anything even-handed about it? I've read enough of his columns - at least, I had before they paywalled it all back in the day - to recall plenty of acerbic commentary over the years. It got tiresome.

Heh, I even remember him drawing Fulmer's ire to the point Fulmer and Mike Hamilton wrote columns in response to Adam's remarks. I suppose that tickled some people, they were sour on Fulmer by that point anyway. Anyway, I just don't know why the choices have to be either wanting to read a slobbering homer or sarcastic takedowns.
 
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Voltopia said:
Yeah. It's not about wanting the sports writer to be a homer, nor is it about wanting someone who'll kiss up to the athletics department, I don't need that. I've never asked for that. And all the folks saying "he's supposed to be neutral, he's not a fan" -- okay swell, sure, I can agree with that. But it'd be nice if it actually was neutral, then. For Heaven's sake, why should I want to read a sports column where the writer for Tennessee is just as likely to take a sarcastic dunk on the Vols, as he is say anything even-handed about it? I've read enough of his columns - at least, I had before they paywalled it all back in the day - to recall plenty of acerbic commentary over the years. It got tiresome.

Heh, I even remember him drawing Fulmer's ire to the point Fulmer and Mike Hamilton wrote columns in response to Adam's remarks. I suppose that tickled some people, they were sour on Fulmer by that point anyway. Anyway, I just don't know why the choices have to be either wanting to read a slobbering homer or sarcastic takedowns.
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Well heaven forbid someone critize Fulmer and/or Hamilton the 2 worst ADs we ever had.
 
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alexvol said:
Then he should have an even handed approach in his articles which he does not do .I had a 40 year subscription to the Knoxville News Sentinel having graduated from Tennessee in 1961 when they had Tom Siler as the Sports columnist .I used to get the News Sentinel in the jungles of South Vietnam in 1964/65/66/68 ..often getting them a month or two months late and often torn up .The reason was the Sports page ...fantastic.I cancelled my 40 year subscription in 2001 because of this "ASS Hole" .He does not and has never had an even handed fair analysis of the Vol Sports Programs . Look at his background and you will quickly understand why he has a big spur up his ass for UT.I have never read an article of his since cancellation and will not do so because they will be dripping with poison toward the Vols .
Have a great day because I do not subscribe to your theory about informed opinions especially when it references John Adams.
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Thx for your service Alex!
 
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glv98 said:
I thought Dan retired, but maybe he was vol-un-told to retire. The way things are with print newspapers today, I'm amazed at the NS hiring a bright young person like Cora and making it a real beat. Probably bc she has such a social media presence.
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He occasionalyy has a column in:
Chattanoogan.com
 
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John Adams has always been horrible to the male Tennessee teams, even the 1998 football team. But he used to slobber over the Lady Vols like us fans, believe it or not. That changed when we lost Pat Summitt. Anyway, just saying it is possible for him to write nice things about UT sports.
 
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Savannahbayvol said:
Well heaven forbid someone critize Fulmer and/or Hamilton the 2 worst ADs we ever had.
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I never said he couldn't criticize either of them. That wasn't even the point of my remarks. My point was that he was strongly acidic and had a penchant for getting digs in on Tennessee, at Tennessee's expense, whenever he could -- and it got old a long time ago.
 
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