Letter from Coach Fulmer

#51
#51
I agree, screw you all...you're all idiots, you're all wrong all the time. :thefinger:
















How's that?
 
#52
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Originally posted by jakez4ut@Nov 29, 2005 5:22 PM
I agree, screw you all...you're all idiots, you're all wrong all the time. :thefinger:
How's that?
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#54
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Originally posted by CSpindizzy@Nov 29, 2005 5:13 PM
I just think it's funny how people criticise people for criticising.....such a vicious circle. I'm merely pointing it out and he's getting more irate about it.

I've seen most people here moving on about heavy criticism on what has happened. I think most are at least cautiously optimistic about the future, if not VERY optimistic. I just think whining about whiners does little to stop the whining in the first place. If it bothers him that much it might be wiser to help the problem rather than make it bigger.
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The only time you need to sweat bullets on this site is when the "Powers that Be'' (you know who you are, please don't squish this post) bring there wrath upon you. Other than that, woopty-doopty(sp) to everyone else.
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Originally posted by BHAMVOLFAN@Nov 29, 2005 2:08 PM
I gotta admit to being older than the majority of you guys.  I could care less who takes the blame and could care less if any blame is accepted in public.  Some of our younger posters really don't have a clue as to who Fulmer really is other than an overweight, balding middle age white guy. 

But I would like to ask you to take my word for a few things in regard to him. 

A. No one loves this program more than Fulmer.  He WILL do everything in his power to make things better.  None of us need to lose sleep over that.

B. Fulmer's background is such that quick fixes, fashionable offenses and doing things that are "sexy" to the fans but not fundamentally sound will not happen under his tenure.  Did he let this one get away from him....hell yes!  and who has publically admitted to being a failure this year?  You have your "blame."

C. Firing a coach of his stature will do more damage in the short term than good in the short term.  Most of the "blame gamers" are into instant gratification.  If you run him off, you will not be instantly gratified, in fact the media would do an about face and let us know what insufferable ignorant, disloyal rednecks we are.  The ESPN, Adams, Climer hate would escalate.  In the mean-time the program would be in dissaray.  Is that what you want?

Bottom line...we have a program that is traditionally a strong one.  We have certainly had a bad year, the coach admits it and is trying to fix it.  Get a life, chill out, grow up, act like a man and freaking deal with it.  We have become so narcissitic that we are beginning to make the bammer look good.  Come on, face this like a man and show some character.  If you want your coach and team to show character, take the lead!

Rant over, I feel much better, thank you!
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:clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :aggressive:
 
#56
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Originally posted by jakez4ut@Nov 29, 2005 5:26 PM
:cry: ouch, my ego!!!!
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All in good fun my man....all in good fun.
 
#57
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Originally posted by BHAMVOLFAN@Nov 29, 2005 2:08 PM
Come on, face this like a man and show some character.  If you want your coach and team to show character, take the lead!

Rant over, I feel much better, thank you!
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Though I think I appreciate the message, I still believe that you have got it backwards. The fans (word is short for fanatic by the way) are not responsible for leading with their character. They should show a healthy respect, as long as the product is respectable. I would argue that this year's product was not.

Thanks to closed practices, the fans are left with vehicles like this forum to make sense of what happened to this season. That includes questioning the leadership of this vaunted UT football team.

No one on earth should ever have to set any example for someone that is already in the leadership position that CPF has. The onus is on him to show leadership and to be straight forward with the fans. The letter was a small step, but unfortunately, though am probably a bit younger than you, have heard these words for too long.

I am not jumping on anyones back, or riding CPF, I am just saying that he is the one that ran his mouth, closed practice, and had to go through a 5-6 season to begin this soul searching. We are left to speculate, and thank goodness that we can.
 
#58
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Originally posted by CSpindizzy@Nov 29, 2005 6:13 PM
I just think it's funny how people criticise people for criticising.....such a vicious circle. I'm merely pointing it out and he's getting more irate about it.

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I agree completely. Supposedly its wrong to criticize Fulmer or Ainge, put its perfectly fine to criticize the people posting on the board. None of them are getting 2 million dollars a year or a free scholarship to play football either.
 
#59
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I gotta admit to being older than the majority of you guys. I could care less who takes the blame and could care less if any blame is accepted in public. Some of our younger posters really don't have a clue as to who Fulmer really is other than an overweight, balding middle age white guy.


I am with you BHAMVOLFAN. A lot of folks on this board don't remember the Bill Battle years or the average Johnny Majors years. Fulmer will get this program back on track.
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#60
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Originally posted by oklavol@Nov 29, 2005 7:31 PM
I agree completely.  Supposedly its wrong to criticize Fulmer or Ainge, put its perfectly fine to criticize the people posting  on the board.  None of them are getting 2 million dollars a year or a free scholarship to play football either.
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I think it is fine to criticize Fulmer. It is a free country. If Ainge is a bad player why should you criticize him. He does not put himself into the game. The coaches do that. Blame the coaches. If the coach told you or me to go in we would go.
 
#62
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There are just some younger posters, like myself, who think UT should have never gotten so far off track. We are not so willing to think that it happened by chance, and that a good leader would have righted the ship before it got so far off course.
 
#63
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Originally posted by Lexvol@Nov 29, 2005 7:00 PM
There are just some younger posters, like myself, who think UT should have never gotten so far off track.  We are not so willing to think that it happened by chance, and that a good leader would have righted the ship before it got so far off course.
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I don't think one bad year has the ship off track. The team played in the SEC championship game last year. I don't think anyone saw this kind of season coming.
 
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we were 5-6 in 1988 only to go 11-1 the following year. It can be repeated but i am sure someone will point out a reason why we wont.
 
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[COLOR=orange]i think this is a good move by Fulmer. the first one all year, but a good one. but why should he have to send an email and apologize for the season to keep season ticket holders. if i had the money i would have season tickets every year. whether we won or lost. i love this football team and i will be dancing on a cloud when this funk is over.


next year we will be 10-1 after the regular season and we will play in the sec championship game.[/COLOR]
 
#67
#67
I disagree that Fulmers open letter to the Volnation was mandated by the AD's office. I'm gonna take him at his word regarding everything said in the letter. It takes a dedicated individual to publicly appologize for a failed endeavor like we had this year and outline plans for improvement. We'll see how everything goes with recruiting and hiring of new coaches with the proof being the team put on the field next year. Until then my hat is off for your sincere apology Coach. :hi:
 
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Dear Tennessee Fans,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the great support you give our team. Your passion and pride for our program is what makes us special!
Phillip Fulmer


This year was a disappointing season for everyone in the Tennessee family. We started this season with great expectations and failed to live up to those expectations. I assure you that no one is happy about our season - especially me, and I know that our fans deserve better than what we produced this year.

Now that the season is over, I am taking a step back and re-evaluating the entire program. We're doing a lot of things well - especially our defense, but obviously not enough. We grossly underachieved offensively, and special teams were erratic at best. As I've said before, the results this year are unacceptable and accountability starts with me.

My staff and I have great determination to get things back on track. In order to get things turned around, we first have to look at what happened this season. I'm doing a complete audit of everything in our program. No stone will be left unturned and no question left unanswered as to what went wrong.

I've taken some steps already and others are in short order. I have made some coaching changes to move forward. I feel the addition of David Cutcliffe as offensive coordinator is a great step forward for us. He is a great football coach, but better yet he's a leader and teacher. He will challenge our thinking, be creative with our offense and very demanding of our players.

I appreciate the support and patience I've received from the administration and Tennessee fans everywhere to make the adjustments I need to make to get back to where I believe we should be. We have had many great moments, games and seasons together and will again. Tennessee football is about pride, and it's my first priority to restore that pride.
Go Vols!

Phillip Fulmer
Head Football Coach
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Hamilton said no raises or extensions for PF. After this year I think UT should be in for a rebate from PF.You get a raise after a 7-5 season and then have a season like this year. Raise should be put back in athletic fund.
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#69
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Originally posted by checkerboard_charly@Nov 29, 2005 8:05 PM
[COLOR=orange]i think this is a good move by Fulmer. the first one all year, but a good one. but why should he have to send an email and apologize for the season to keep season ticket holders. if i had the money i would have season tickets every year. whether we won or lost. i love this football team and i will be dancing on a cloud when this funk is over.
next year we will be 10-1 after the regular season and we will play in the sec championship game.[/COLOR]
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Thats what the letter was all about. Keeping the money coming in from the alumni.
 
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Originally posted by oklavol@Nov 29, 2005 6:31 PM
I agree completely.  Supposedly its wrong to criticize Fulmer or Ainge, put its perfectly fine to criticize the people posting  on the board.  None of them are getting 2 million dollars a year or a free scholarship to play football either.
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No it is fine to criticize the coaches and players. But when people don't know what they ar etalking about or make it personal then that takes it to a whole new level. I support our coach because he has earned it. I remember not being in the hunt at all. I also remember winning a NC not to long ago also.
My point to this post to begin with is that many on here were clammoring for CPF to take responsibility and make changes. He has and nothing has changed many of them. I have watched and listened to bammers so long that it is hard to take, that fans of a classy program like Tennessee would act like them.
Is CPF responsible for this team? Yes.
Has he taken a little long in making changes? apparently. He is probably a little to loyal to his staff and if that is his knock then so be it. I think that is better than what others are doing. Just look at Ole Miss.
 
#71
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Originally posted by hmanvolfan@Nov 29, 2005 10:50 PM
I disagree that Fulmers open letter to the Volnation was mandated by the AD's office. I'm gonna take him at his word regarding everything said in the letter. It takes a dedicated individual to publicly appologize for a failed endeavor like we had this year and outline plans for improvement. We'll see how everything goes with recruiting and hiring of new coaches with the proof being the team put on the field next year. Until then my hat is off for your sincere apology Coach.        :hi:
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I agree with you 100%.
If that is not the case then someone show me where another coach has done this? The fact is that the big money guys and most of the rest of us who donate will not stop because of a bad year. Hell, they didn't stop when battle was the coach.
I think CPF loves UT and means what he says. Until he shows me I can't trust him I will.
 
#72
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That was a good letter. I'm glad to see him handle things in a classy manner, even after the spoiled VOL fans have bashed him, his coaching staff, and the team all year.

I think next year will be a great year for the VOLS! :clapping:
 
#73
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I think if a lot of those "evil" people didn't "bash" him he'd probably not have made any, if many of the changes he's made. While there are different degrees of "bashing" out there I think fans, alumni, players, etc. have a right to criticize and even hold accountable the actions of a head coach. While some "bashers" have been extreme, not all who have been critical deserve to be lumped together in this category. Most top level people in sports, politics, and the business world will keep chugging along doing what they do unless pressured to change. I think we would have seen minor changes to the staff at most unless there was some serious pressure put on Fulmer.

Again, while there were some extremes, I fail to see why someone critical of Fulmer for this season and previous inaction should be considered bandwagon, spoiled, stupid, traitors or any other derrogatory name already given.
 
#74
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Agree with CSpindizzy about the level of discourse and name calling lately on the board. Can we stop prefacing remarks with comments implying no one else on VolNation knows anything or cares about the Big Orange? If no one else knows anything then why hang around. It certainly doesn't make me want to listen to your opinion if you first tell me you think I am a moron.
 
#75
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I meant bashing them on a personal level instead of a professional level. The fans have every right to criticize them, but some go way too far. Those are the ones that I was referring to.
 
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