I spent my formative years in Clinton, Tennessee, about seventeen miles from Knoxville, and my blood turns orange with the leaves every fall. It didn't really come as a surprise, but I have to say I was disappointed when the University of Tennessee actually fired head football coach Phillip Fulmer. I know Fulmer's record the last few years hasn't been quite what we UT fans have come to expect, but he still has one of the highest winning percentages of active coaches--number five, the last time I checked. I have real difficulty believing the program can recruit a coach who can do better than that. Coach Fulmer has handled the situation with class, as he has always done, so I'll try to do the same.
Thanks, Coach Fulmer. Thanks for seventeen good years. Thanks for 150 wins, each one sweet in its own special way. Thanks for the National Championship. Thanks for always being the kind of guy who, win or lose, makes Tennessee look good. I'll miss you.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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Chris,
I realize this post has nothing to do with the 2008 Presidential Election, but I wanted to say this: I hope, in the upcoming Obama presidency, that the interests you hold near and dear to your heart are given respect and courtesy. No matter how different you and I feel about politics in general (though, I feel it is a much smaller gap than either you or I believe it to be) I sincerely hope you will feel heard and respected. Victories in elections do not mean dominance, and I hope you do not come to feel the new adminstration and associated groups to be in complete opposition to you and yours. We need each other to right the ship, and I think we both know that.
In comraderie and honesty,
-J
Would you take Tommy West to team up with Kiffin and Orgeron? He's gotten my beloved U of M up from the abysmal to lower-levels of mediocrity in less than 10 years! If we Tigers don't win more than 6 or 7 games next year and get to a "deeper in December" bowl game, Coach West may well be looking for work. Maybe then we could hire Sylvester Croom...but I'd settle for Tommy Bowden. Hope you're well-
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