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#301
#301
Don't want to get in the middle of a p****** match. Since it is a message board I have this message. Anybody that believes Cheek and Hart are not egomaniacs bent on doing what they and the BOT want to do relating to chasing the dollar - those folks need to rethink their blind loyalty positions. This whole thing with the LV logo has been totally bungled from the start, just as have numerous other critical decisions involving those two. Getting lucky on a couple of hires and signing a contract with Nike are not major achievements. Any major college AD/Chancellor in America could do that. FWIW, I really like those hires, but, they have not proven they can win at a high level at UT yet. Hope they do.

Whether it is the right or wrong thing to eliminate the LV marketing effort is not for me or any of us to decide since we do not have all of the information or authority to do so. However, some on here would have us trust the previously mentioned individuals and what they decide. That's where the line gets crossed and precisely why there should have been more public input into the decision making process. They just did it, didn't discuss all the ramifications with the fan base and financial contributors as well as explain why they would abandon a decades long marketing program that had made the LV's name recognizable world wide in sports circles. Maybe it was time to move on. We will never know because they chose to keep it quiet because of what they are now experiencing. That is totally disrespectful toward a significant portion of the UT fan base IMO. That's one of those 'do want you want and ask forgiveness later' type deals.

When Cheek and Hart are gone and David Blackburn is hired as the new AD - that's when I will trust UT again on major decisions. I know the later's character as well as dedication to UT and its supporters. I have no use for the other two.
 
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#302
#302
Cheek & DiPetro can go straight to Hell and ride their PowerT's all the way. Fugging A**holes!
 
#305
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Vols4us said:
Don't want to get in the middle of a p****** match. Since it is a message board I have this message. Anybody that believes Cheek and Hart are not egomaniacs bent on doing what they and the BOT want to do relating to chasing the dollar - those folks need to rethink their blind loyalty positions. This whole thing with the LV logo has been totally bungled from the start, just as have numerous other critical decisions involving those two. Getting lucky on a couple of hires and signing a contract with Nike are not major achievements. Any major college AD/Chancellor in America could do that. FWIW, I really like those hires, but, they have not proven they can win at a high level at UT yet. Hope they do.

Whether it is the right or wrong thing to eliminate the LV marketing effort is not for me or any of us to decide since we do not have all of the information or authority to do so. However, some on here would have us trust the previously mentioned individuals and what they decide. That's where the line gets crossed and precisely why there should have been more public input into the decision making process. They just did it, didn't discuss all the ramifications with the fan base and financial contributors as well as explain why they would abandon a decades long marketing program that had made the LV's name recognizable world wide in sports circles. Maybe it was time to move on. We will never know because they chose to keep it quiet because of what they are now experiencing. That is totally disrespectful toward a significant portion of the UT fan base IMO. That's one of those 'do want you want and ask forgiveness later' type deals.

When Cheek and Hart are gone and David Blackburn is hired as the new AD - that's when I will trust UT again on major decisions. I know the later's character as well as dedication to UT and its supporters. I have no use for the other two.
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I agree on most everything you said and even gave it a like but really feel the Lady Vols should have made the decision. The women have been carrying that name for about 40 years now and so we have the BOT hire a couple of outsiders to do their dirty work? Bunch of elitist cowards.
 
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#306
I tell you one thing. These big wig BOT muckety mucks must be praying that Nike hits a home run with these uniform roll outs because if they don't.....it's going to be uncomfortable for a lot of people.
 
#307
#307
But if it does, a relatively tiny segment will compensate by whining even louder. :)
 
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#308
*ahem*

"ATTENTION PEOPLE. We've GOTTEN RID of them, it's DONE, so stop complaining and here's a BUTCH JONES quote and BUTCH JONES beat IOWA last January and he is cool and we all love BUTCH JONES so we don't care what you have to say about this because we consulted with consultants and Nike consultants and they said Lady Vols is DUM but wouldn't give us the B because we can't afford it which is why we're in this mess anyway and even some students we found on the Strip told us they don't know who Bridgette Gordon is so why should we care about Lady Vols either and that's why we're making everything the power T because my God did you see ticket sales when Dooley was the coach how do you even get THIRTEEN guys on one field anyway and Dave Hart can fix this and get teams with eleven mens but he's got to finish this thing off guys we can't afford to pay for powder blues on top of all the orange it's an expensive ink after all and here's a bunch of specious quotes that don't actually deal with the issue at hand but they seem really supportive so come on just stop complaining and do what we say okay because ONE TENNESSEE cost us a lot and it's more important than anything that happened in the 70s or 80s Alf notwithstanding and we are ONE TENNESSEE Power T now and no I don't know what's up with that middle N but Nike says it's cool so GO VOLS and buy some t-shirts."

Jimmy Cheek: Power T symbol of excellence, unity - News Sentinel Story
 
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Voltopia said:
*ahem*

"ATTENTION PEOPLE. We've GOTTEN RID of them, it's DONE, so stop complaining and here's a BUTCH JONES quote and BUTCH JONES beat IOWA last January and he is cool and we all love BUTCH JONES so we don't care what you have to say about this because we consulted with consultants and Nike consultants and they said Lady Vols is DUM but wouldn't give us the B because we can't afford it which is why we're in this mess anyway and even some students we found on the Strip told us they don't know who Bridgette Gordon is so why should we care about Lady Vols either and that's why we're making everything the power T because my God did you see ticket sales when Dooley was the coach how do you even get THIRTEEN guys on one field anyway and Dave Hart can fix this and get teams with eleven mens but he's got to finish this thing off guys we can't afford to pay for powder blues on top of all the orange it's an expensive ink after all and here's a bunch of specious quotes that don't actually deal with the issue at hand but they seem really supportive so come on just stop complaining and do what we say okay because ONE TENNESSEE cost us a lot and it's more important than anything that happened in the 70s or 80s Alf notwithstanding and we are ONE TENNESSEE Power T now and no I don't know what's up with that middle N but Nike says it's cool so GO VOLS and buy some t-shirts."

Jimmy Cheek: Power T symbol of excellence, unity - News Sentinel Story
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Jimmy Cheek wouldn't appreciate the misspellings and run on sentences you wantonly applied to him. :)
 
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Voltopia said:
*ahem*

"ATTENTION PEOPLE. We've GOTTEN RID of them, it's DONE, so stop complaining and here's a BUTCH JONES quote and BUTCH JONES beat IOWA last January and he is cool and we all love BUTCH JONES so we don't care what you have to say about this because we consulted with consultants and Nike consultants and they said Lady Vols is DUM but wouldn't give us the B because we can't afford it which is why we're in this mess anyway and even some students we found on the Strip told us they don't know who Bridgette Gordon is so why should we care about Lady Vols either and that's why we're making everything the power T because my God did you see ticket sales when Dooley was the coach how do you even get THIRTEEN guys on one field anyway and Dave Hart can fix this and get teams with eleven mens but he's got to finish this thing off guys we can't afford to pay for powder blues on top of all the orange it's an expensive ink after all and here's a bunch of specious quotes that don't actually deal with the issue at hand but they seem really supportive so come on just stop complaining and do what we say okay because ONE TENNESSEE cost us a lot and it's more important than anything that happened in the 70s or 80s Alf notwithstanding and we are ONE TENNESSEE Power T now and no I don't know what's up with that middle N but Nike says it's cool so GO VOLS and buy some t-shirts."

Jimmy Cheek: Power T symbol of excellence, unity - News Sentinel Story
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Don't know which one was funnier your's or Cheeks'.
 
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#311
He has a PhD in Education? Unbelievable.

(Can't believe somebody with some intelligence over there didn't stop him. "Hey boss, you sound like a dumbass.")
 
#313
#313
Voltopia said:
*ahem*

"ATTENTION PEOPLE. We've GOTTEN RID of them, it's DONE, so stop complaining and here's a BUTCH JONES quote and BUTCH JONES beat IOWA last January and he is cool and we all love BUTCH JONES so we don't care what you have to say about this because we consulted with consultants and Nike consultants and they said Lady Vols is DUM but wouldn't give us the B because we can't afford it which is why we're in this mess anyway and even some students we found on the Strip told us they don't know who Bridgette Gordon is so why should we care about Lady Vols either and that's why we're making everything the power T because my God did you see ticket sales when Dooley was the coach how do you even get THIRTEEN guys on one field anyway and Dave Hart can fix this and get teams with eleven mens but he's got to finish this thing off guys we can't afford to pay for powder blues on top of all the orange it's an expensive ink after all and here's a bunch of specious quotes that don't actually deal with the issue at hand but they seem really supportive so come on just stop complaining and do what we say okay because ONE TENNESSEE cost us a lot and it's more important than anything that happened in the 70s or 80s Alf notwithstanding and we are ONE TENNESSEE Power T now and no I don't know what's up with that middle N but Nike says it's cool so GO VOLS and buy some t-shirts."

Jimmy Cheek: Power T symbol of excellence, unity - News Sentinel Story
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I'm going to go ahead and nominate this for best post of the thread.
 
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#315
so original. I bet Nike paid a team of Stanford MBA's a lot of money to come up with that.
 

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Stanford and Cal MBA's working on it.

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Sandvol said:
Don't know which one was funnier your's or Cheeks'.
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Me neither. The thing is, I understand the problem is complex, too. I don't begrudge the idea of trying to unify everything, it's a legitimate thing to discuss. But the way they keep treating it like it's something they can just talk around is just ... well, really freaking funny to me. Shallow. But also freaking funny.

(I mean, seriously. The crux of their argument is that a marketing campaign slogan they'll use for a few years is more important than 40-50 years of Lady Vols history. They keep talking to everyone except the people who care about it and acting like it's fine rather than respecting the people they need to win over. Freaking. Funny.)
 
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Voltopia said:
Me neither. The thing is, I understand the problem is complex, too. I don't begrudge the idea of trying to unify everything, it's a legitimate thing to discuss. But the way they keep treating it like it's something they can just talk around is just ... well, really freaking funny to me. Shallow. But also freaking funny.

(I mean, seriously. The crux of their argument is that a marketing campaign slogan they'll use for a few years is more important than 40-50 years of Lady Vols history. They keep talking to everyone except the people who care about it and acting like it's fine rather than respecting the people they need to win over. Freaking. Funny.)
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Also, what is so bizarre is they don't give a rats ass what the Lady Vols think or care. He gives us a verbal image of Butch Jones in the article but not Candace Parker. (It was hilarious that the News Sentinel put the image of Lady Vols in the background of the pic.)
 
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