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I was in Walgreens the other day and a Knoxville News Sentinal guy was in there trying to sign people up. He asked me and I said "if you get rid of John Adams I'd think about it." He then told me, "you don't know how many times I've heard that today." .. I think his comment in the presser about the players clapping was really smarta$$ and most of his colums are only negative.. I'm just wondering, how does he stay around?? Does the news sentinal go for "The guy people love to hate?"

Before you go into, "He posts facts and the truth and people don't like it" bull .. it's not that he posts truth, he finds the bad parts of every situation. Anyways, just trying to talk about something other than the "3 star terrible, worst, never going to play players" that CBJ is recruiting according to some.. because that gets annoying to read.
 
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JeffHostetler said:
I was in Walgreens the other day and a Knoxville News Sentinal guy was in there trying to sign people up. He asked me and I said "if you get rid of John Adams I'd think about it." He then told me, "you don't know how many times I've heard that today." .. I think his comment in the presser about the players clapping was really smarta$$ and most of his colums are only negative.. I'm just wondering, how does he stay around?? Does the news sentinal go for "The guy people love to hate?"

Before you go into, "He posts facts and the truth and people don't like it" bull .. it's not that he posts truth, he finds the bad parts of every situation. Anyways, just trying to talk about something other than the "3 star terrible, worst, never going to play players" that CBJ is recruiting according to some.. because that gets annoying to read.
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You answered your own question. He stays around because you keep reading his column.
 
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JeffHostetler said:
I was in Walgreens the other day and a Knoxville News Sentinal guy was in there trying to sign people up. He asked me and I said "if you get rid of John Adams I'd think about it." He then told me, "you don't know how many times I've heard that today." .. I think his comment in the presser about the players clapping was really smarta$$ and most of his colums are only negative.. I'm just wondering, how does he stay around?? Does the news sentinal go for "The guy people love to hate?"

Before you go into, "He posts facts and the truth and people don't like it" bull .. it's not that he posts truth, he finds the bad parts of every situation. Anyways, just trying to talk about something other than the "3 star terrible, worst, never going to play players" that CBJ is recruiting according to some.. because that gets annoying to read.
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I thought he made a very decent president, and I really liked the movie
 
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He does tell the truth and make good points. Homers don't like when some one doesn't kiss our butt all the time. What he writes usually turns out to be true.
 
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k-town_king said:
He does tell the truth and make good points. Homers don't like when some one doesn't kiss our butt all the time. What he writes usually turns out to be true.
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You don't have to be a homer to see if Tennessee wins by 30 points he would write about the interception Bray threw.
 
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bamacheats said:
You answered your own question. He stays around because you keep reading his column.
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I quit reading his colum a long time ago. I can tell by the title that I won't like it or it's only negative. I just see the title on the home page of Volnation where it shows other articles.
 
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Coastypop said:
Glad to have you join the discussion John.. :hi:
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Nah I live here and read the paper. When he talks about about problems at UT the are true. People around here don't like anything written or said that isn't kissing UT's butt. The same people think ESPN hate us.
 
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It's the Stern effect. More people that hate him read his stuff just to see what he is going to say. Makes the paper $.
 
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JeffHostetler said:
You don't have to be a homer to see if Tennessee wins by 30 points he would write about the interception Bray threw.
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This is bogus.

How much sunshine can you pump during three losing seasons that include a loss to Kentucky (with a wr at qb), a blowout loss to Vandy, and a shootout against Troy (allowing the most yards by a Tennessee team ever)?

The "he would find the negative in a 51-0 win over bama" argument doesn't hold water until you give him something positive to work with.

He did pick Tennessee to beat Florida in his column that week.
 
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Like him or not, Adams is not a homer. A dose of reality is a med that should be taken regularly. Consider his viewpoint and agree or disagree, it means nothing.

My issue with Adams is his sloppy writing at times and questionable understanding of facts. He can be spot on and he can be worse than a middle schooler. Inconsistent.
 
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99gator said:
This is bogus.

How much sunshine can you pump during three losing seasons that include a loss to Kentucky (with a wr at qb), a blowout loss to Vandy, and a shootout against Troy (allowing the most yards by a Tennessee team ever)?

The "he would find the negative in a 51-0 win over bama" argument doesn't hold water until you give him something positive to work with.

He did pick Tennessee to beat Florida in his column that week.
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Exactly right, Adams wasn't all that negative when we were winning. The program has had like a black cloud over it for the last 3 years and Adams has just been telling it like it is.
 
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Adams only started being negative at end of Fulmers time. Sometimes he is right, sometimes he is confused. I thought at the beginning of the season he was positive, but he jumped off the wagon at the Florida game like most of us.
 
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Should've asked the KNS guy if he had in scrolls, 8tracks, or betamax machines he was also selling.
 
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From my read on John...he seems to wait for a scenario to play itself out and then digs in to gather stories, facts, and gives us a recap of events, issues, ect. It is nothing new or ground breaking in reporting, and as annoying as it can be at times, he is generally on target.

Truth hurts.
 
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John Adams is a tool. Way too much negativity and the majority of it is trash to divide the fan base. Don't read into whatever the man writes. DONT LET THAT OLD MAN GET THE LAST LAUGH lolz
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In my own publications, which are academic in nature, I consider it my exclusive duty to present factual truth. Granted, analysis and interpretation go hand in hand with writing, but I also consider it a sign of abject failure if you are able to accurately discern my personal biases, based on my writing. I am strongly convinced that John Adams does not subscribe to this theory.
 
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Adams is not a fan; he has to look at things differently. He isn't supposed to play to the sycophants.

Like the gator said, not much good to say over the past couple seasons.

To be clear, I'm not saying I agree with him. His job is to keep people reading. He's just filling his niche.
 
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