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OT: Tennessee in a lot of athletic debt
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Posted: 1/29/2013 8:48 AM
OT: Tennessee in a lot of athletic debt
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Posted: 1/29/2013 9:26 AM
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I think Lyle is going to find out that years away from being an upper echelon program has hurt Tennessee more than he may have realized. You can win at UT, but it will be tough. I still don't think Butch Jones was a good choice for them. Ironically enough, I think Tuberville could have pulled them from the fire, but not Jones.
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Posted: 1/29/2013 8:44 PM
RE: OT: Tennessee in a lot of athletic debt
Read this article on another site and was just going to post it.
Tough situation... not sure I believe in these AD's taking on debt.
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Posted: 1/31/2013 9:23 AM
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After the way UT stripped down our coaching staff before the bowl game, I have absolutely no sympathy.
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Posted: 1/31/2013 9:37 AM
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The previous AD was a good man.
But he was in way over his head... in that job.
Its embarassing the mess he left across the board in that athletic program.
Last edited 1/31/2013 9:38 AM by bearcatvol
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Posted: 1/31/2013 9:47 AM
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UCLemmiwinks wrote: After the way UT stripped down our coaching staff before the bowl game, I have absolutely no sympathy. Agreed. It is one thing to say the HC must come, but to call for the entire staff to come is revolting. I can't think of many other situations where a team went into a bowl game without their head coach or their offensive and defensive coordinators. This last team did not get enough credit for winning the Belk Bowl under those circumstances IMO. Anywhere else it would be a national "feel good" type story.
Last edited 1/31/2013 9:48 AM by CliftonAve
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Posted: 1/31/2013 12:12 PM
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UCLemmiwinks wrote: After the way UT stripped down our coaching staff before the bowl game, I have absolutely no sympathy. Jone's is way over his head!....He and his staff will be gone before the contract is over....Then again this money debacle may be a pretty good insurance policy.
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Posted: 1/31/2013 12:44 PM
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CliftonAve wrote:
This last team did not get enough credit for winning the Belk Bowl under those circumstances IMO. Anywhere else it would be a national "feel good" type story. Don't get me started Clifton   DON'T GET ME STARTED  Butch was right about one thing before leaving: Our story is definitely not being told. I am at the point now, where I am going to sever ESPN from my way of life, and I expect to be very happy for doing so 
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:57 PM
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Lemmi! I sense a growing pessimism in your posts. Hang in there man! We all need each other....sort of.  |
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Posted: 1/31/2013 2:18 PM
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It is crazy. After the run this program has had the last several years this should be such a happy time. Instead it's wrought with worry that we are about to lose everything we have built.
I believe we are close to a better situation. But the waiting and concern has taken so much of the joy out of what should be a historic high point in being a Bearcat fan.
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Posted: 1/31/2013 2:29 PM
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bearcatvol wrote: It is crazy. After the run this program has had the last several years this should be such a happy time. Instead it's wrought with worry that we are about to lose everything we have built.
I believe we are close to a better situation. But the waiting and concern has taken so much of the joy out of what should be a historic high point in being a Bearcat fan. OK, I'll go with that. My optimistic happy face is back  But, it seems as though the Big XII is entertaining just about every option but us.
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Posted: 1/31/2013 2:48 PM
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bearcatvol wrote: It is crazy. After the run this program has had the last several years this should be such a happy time. Instead it's wrought with worry that we are about to lose everything we have built.
I believe we are close to a better situation. But the waiting and concern has taken so much of the joy out of what should be a historic high point in being a Bearcat fan. The fear of everything crashing down on us is what is causing all the fear. If UC had been an also ran the past eight years I am guessing there wouldn't be so much angst. Nobody wants to go backwards and the current landscape, if unchanged, doesn't appear to have any growth for UC. |
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Posted: 1/31/2013 3:53 PM
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Posted: 1/31/2013 4:00 PM
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CliftonAve wrote:
bearcatvol wrote: It is crazy. After the run this program has had the last several years this should be such a happy time. Instead it's wrought with worry that we are about to lose everything we have built.
I believe we are close to a better situation. But the waiting and concern has taken so much of the joy out of what should be a historic high point in being a Bearcat fan.
The fear of everything crashing down on us is what is causing all the fear. If UC had been an also ran the past eight years I am guessing there wouldn't be so much angst. Nobody wants to go backwards and the current landscape, if unchanged, doesn't appear to have any growth for UC. the fact we got to taste the "good life" since joining the big east...after all those years struggling as an independent, then to a lesser extent in c-usa....then seeing the program really take off. it has been wonderful, something i never dreamed would happen, but myself, i am terrified of where we end up. i just don't see how the program can continue to grow, or even maintain the level we are at, without finding a strong and stable home. it will be ashame to go back to the pre big east days. i just hate this waiting game...hard to deal with. and i feel like it has to be hurting our athletic department in the short term. we need to land in a better situation fast, then continue the progress we have made. it seems like babcock is capable of building something better. but not without the better conference situation. |
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