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Tennessee fans... a question..
Posted on 3/16/10 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 3/16/10 at 10:13 pm
What do yall think about Eric Berry coming out and slamming Dooley on not welcoming explayers into the fold? Heard Bassilio(sp?) complaining today that it was all on Dooley and pretty much say to the effect, Dooley should interrupt practice to welcome Berry anytime he wants to come visit. Surely it can't be good to have one of the best players of the decade bashing the new coach. It also appears to make Berry look like a prima donna and bitch to whine about things after getting preferential treatment of running through the T with the Seniors on Senior day. Has Tennessee stooped so low that tradition doesn't matter and that fans will back some kid who pissed on all the traditions like he has or is Dooley really starting off on the wrong foot and burning bridges already? I'll hang up and listen now.
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Posted on 3/16/10 at 10:15 pm to Alahunter
Rut roh
Posted on 3/16/10 at 10:34 pm to WildcatMike
Former players can be there. Dooley banned all personnel that weren't there for conditioning not realizing that all the former lettermen and ex-players were kicked out as well. He has cleared everything up and they are all allowed back whenever they want.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:01 pm to VAvolfan
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Former players can be there. Dooley banned all personnel that weren't there for conditioning not realizing that all the former lettermen and ex-players were kicked out as well. He has cleared everything up and they are all allowed back whenever they want.
This is what happened. I'm glad that this is what happened, because at this moment, I like Berry far more than Dooley.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:35 pm to ohiovol
quote:=Kiffin, not Dooley.
pissed on all the traditions
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:37 pm to Alahunter
This is gonna go well, I promise.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:46 pm to VAvolfan
Coach Dooley almost pulled a big boo-boo. I bet they were rushing around to do damage control. 
I think Shula also kept past players out of practice and you see how that helped Bama during the years he was coaching.
I think Shula also kept past players out of practice and you see how that helped Bama during the years he was coaching.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:47 pm to Tnman
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pissed on all the traditions
=Kiffin, not Dooley.
= Berry. I wasn't talking about Dooley. I'm talking about the liberties Kiffin and Berry took in trashing some long standing traditions, and now everyone kissing his butt when he goes on radio trashing the new coach.. right or wrong, instead of taking it up with the new coach.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:53 pm to Alahunter
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It also appears to make Berry look like a prima donna and bitch to whine about things after getting preferential treatment of running through the T with the Seniors on Senior day.
He didn't run through the T on Senior Day.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:55 pm to Alahunter
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= Berry. I wasn't talking about Dooley. I'm talking about the liberties Kiffin and Berry took in trashing some long standing traditions, and now everyone kissing his butt when he goes on radio trashing the new coach.. right or wrong, instead of taking it up with the new coach.
Berry's simply my favorite. I'll almost always take his side unless I really feel he's wrong. I'm not one to linger in every little tradition. It didn't really bother me that Kiffin didn't embrace the traditions here to be honest.
This post was edited on 3/16/10 at 11:56 pm
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:56 pm to 2close2Gainesville
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This is gonna go well, I promise.
The Dooley hire?
For UT or Bama?
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:58 pm to jatebe
Confusion at UT over who is allowed at practices
An apparent misunderstanding has some Tennessee football lettermen concerned about head coach Derek Dooley's policy decisions.
The discord began in mid-February when Dooley cleared UT's indoor practice facility of all visitors not involved in the upcoming conditioning drills.
Unbeknownst to Dooley, former UT players were in the group escorted from the building, according to senior associate athletic director David Blackburn.
Blackburn said that Dooley has since spoken to the board of UT's Lettermen's Club and sent a letter to former players, mostly to welcome them on campus - with a few stipulations.
Most importantly, if a former player wants to attend practice, he's asked to inform the football office beforehand.
Dooley was not available for comment Monday, but did speak to former defensive tackle Wes Brown, one of the players unceremoniously escorted from UT's complex.
Brown said Dooley called Monday to apologize and the two even joked about the situation. Brown said Dooley said he wants former players to be involved and is the opposite of the reputation that is preceding him among some former lettermen.
"He was basically telling me there were so many fresh faces (in the complex)," Brown said. "I understand that. I wasn't upset or mad."
Before Dooley addressed the problem with Brown and other lettermen, rumors circulated among former players that they might not be welcome at practice and during team functions.
Former UT safety Eric Berry, who has been preparing for the NFL draft since January, said he planned to meet with Dooley today.
"That was one of the things I'm going to bring up," the All-American said of the snub Monday on the News Sentinel's radio show, The Sports Page.
Berry said he heard of the new rumored policies.
"One of my former teammates called and told me that he (Dooley) had kicked a few guys out of practice and they weren't able to watch practice," Berry said. "I got a message from someone else saying that they were also kicked out of practice.
"They were very upset about it. I was trying to figure out what was going on. I thought a lot of people were just playing (joking), but I found out it was a serious matter."
etc., etc., etc.
An apparent misunderstanding has some Tennessee football lettermen concerned about head coach Derek Dooley's policy decisions.
The discord began in mid-February when Dooley cleared UT's indoor practice facility of all visitors not involved in the upcoming conditioning drills.
Unbeknownst to Dooley, former UT players were in the group escorted from the building, according to senior associate athletic director David Blackburn.
Blackburn said that Dooley has since spoken to the board of UT's Lettermen's Club and sent a letter to former players, mostly to welcome them on campus - with a few stipulations.
Most importantly, if a former player wants to attend practice, he's asked to inform the football office beforehand.
Dooley was not available for comment Monday, but did speak to former defensive tackle Wes Brown, one of the players unceremoniously escorted from UT's complex.
Brown said Dooley called Monday to apologize and the two even joked about the situation. Brown said Dooley said he wants former players to be involved and is the opposite of the reputation that is preceding him among some former lettermen.
"He was basically telling me there were so many fresh faces (in the complex)," Brown said. "I understand that. I wasn't upset or mad."
Before Dooley addressed the problem with Brown and other lettermen, rumors circulated among former players that they might not be welcome at practice and during team functions.
Former UT safety Eric Berry, who has been preparing for the NFL draft since January, said he planned to meet with Dooley today.
"That was one of the things I'm going to bring up," the All-American said of the snub Monday on the News Sentinel's radio show, The Sports Page.
Berry said he heard of the new rumored policies.
"One of my former teammates called and told me that he (Dooley) had kicked a few guys out of practice and they weren't able to watch practice," Berry said. "I got a message from someone else saying that they were also kicked out of practice.
"They were very upset about it. I was trying to figure out what was going on. I thought a lot of people were just playing (joking), but I found out it was a serious matter."
etc., etc., etc.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:58 pm to GoBigOrange86
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He didn't run through the T on Senior Day
My bad. I thought there was a big to do about him doing it and that he actually did. I stand corrected.
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:59 pm to ohiovol
The thread, dude. It's already going in a pretty good direction, well, at least to me. I love laughing at your squirmin hillbilly asses.
This post was edited on 3/17/10 at 12:01 am
Posted on 3/16/10 at 11:59 pm to Alahunter
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My bad. I thought there was a big to do about him doing it and that he actually did. I stand corrected.
Kiffin said Berry was free to do it if he wanted to, but Berry declined.
Posted on 3/17/10 at 12:01 am to GoBigOrange86
well.. hell. This thread is not gonna be any fun now.
Posted on 3/17/10 at 12:02 am to Alahunter
That's me. Captain Buzzkill.
Posted on 3/17/10 at 12:17 am to GoBigOrange86
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The thread, dude. It's already going in a pretty good direction, well, at least to me. I love laughing at your squirmin hillbilly asses.
Okay, keep in mind: Bama up Tennessee down, before that, Tennessee up Bama down, what comes next??? Enjoy it now frickstick, cause your time is coming!
Posted on 3/17/10 at 12:27 am to Tnman
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Okay, keep in mind: Bama up Tennessee down, before that, Tennessee up Bama down, what comes next??? Enjoy it now frickstick, cause your time is coming!
I know, just want ya'll to know I just to mess around with ya'll , but ya Bama used to be up, then was down,and is back up, of course UT was up, and is now down, and the cycle will continue as so. That's what makes this rivalry, and it will even itself, it's a cycle.
Posted on 3/17/10 at 12:31 am to 2close2Gainesville
I dished out an enourmous amout of shite on bama fans back in the day, hard times eating it now!
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