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Quote:VolBrian ‏@VolBrian 10h
Per Coach Fulmer, ETSU football will be headed back to the Southern Conference.
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Coach Fulmer and Shawn Bryson getting their interview on.]


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ETSU hires him, UT fires him.

He still wears UT gear.

Disturbing.

Pitt, he is a UT guy. He still loves UT, always will. He has met with the new UT coach several times, and would do anything he can to help them. I personally think that is commendable.

ETSU hires him as a consultant, thats all. That does not mean that Fulmer all of a sudden quits being a Volunteer. He is going to help us raise some money, help us make some decisions, then go back to his business.

In the REAL WORLD of college athletics, ETSU's return to the SoCon would be a real positive for the university, and Fulmer's continued allegiance to UT is, indeed, commendable. First, after what Stanton and Mullins did to ETSU athletics in 2003, an invite from the SoCon, in REALITY, would be a gift. Stanton and Mullins did a number on Buc athletics over the past decade, and, frankly, we're still lucky to be a Division I school. Even from a new and revised SoCon, an invitation would be a break. Second, Fulmer's continued UT allegiance is big of him, but must also be a little "in your face" to those big donors and their administrators who ran him off given the state of that football program and the resulting financial issues since his departure.

Since Fulmer and Shawn Bryson were being interviewed togther I would guess it was UT related so yeah I could see him wearing UT gear.

He grew up as a UT fan.. he played football at UT.. he graduated from Ut.. he coached there as assistant and head coach for all of his career..They made him a multi-millionaire.

He is taking a few months to help us get our football program started..
Do you think he should trash his orange cap???? I wouldn't have much respect for him if he did..

And............. his jacket is ETSU blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote:VolBrian ‏@VolBrian 1h
@UsefulBrokeness I asked and he told me that's where they are headed. Obviously a lot has to be done before that happens though.

that was the gentleman's answer to my question about how he came about the news. apparently he heard it directly from Fulmer's mouth.

(04-27-2013 04:26 AM)etsubuc Wrote: [ -> ]Pitt, he is a UT guy. He still loves UT, always will. He has met with the new UT coach several times, and would do anything he can to help them. I personally think that is commendable.

ETSU hires him as a consultant, thats all. That does not mean that Fulmer all of a sudden quits being a Volunteer. He is going to help us raise some money, help us make some decisions, then go back to his business.

what he said!

By this logic, since Georgia made Mike Cavan, then it would have been okay for Cavan to be publicly photographed wearing Bulldogs gear when he was the coach here.

Personally, I like this logic! Willie Stargell missed a golden opportunity to give out Stargell Stars to Atlanta Braves players when he was their first base coach in the 1980s. Stan Musial's bid to buy the Pirates in the early part of that decade was clearly doomed when he didn't wear a Cardinals cap while meeting with investors! Why isn't Steve Spurrier wearing a Florida Gators visor on the South Carolina sidelines?!!?!?!!?!?!?

Those guys on "Pardon the Interruption" were too hard on Michael Jordan when they showed a photograph of MJ driving away from the Washington Wizards practice with a car with an Illinois license plate to question the commitment of his comeback. I can't imagine why he doesn't wear Bulls stuff to Bobcats games now!

So Brian Noland can chastise students for wearing Tennessee Volunteers gear instead of ETSU stuff to games but he can't get his own employees/advisors in a very visable role to do the same when they are photographed?

Let's not try to make some sort of reach on the color of the guy's jacket. Right now, ETSU is buttering his bread. It would be tremendous PR for the football program for the only known current entity of the program, and a famous one at that, to be photographed wearing ETSU stuff instead of something that effectively tells the public "I'd rather be in Knoxville" while working for ETSU.

(04-27-2013 09:52 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote: [ -> ]By this logic, since Georgia made Mike Cavan, then it would have been okay for Cavan to be publicly photographed wearing Bulldogs gear when he was the coach here.

Personally, I like this logic! Willie Stargell missed a golden opportunity to give out Stargell Stars to Atlanta Braves players when he was their first base coach in the 1980s. Stan Musial's bid to buy the Pirates in the early part of that decade was clearly doomed when he didn't wear a Cardinals cap while meeting with investors! Why isn't Steve Spurrier wearing a Florida Gators visor on the South Carolina sidelines?!!?!?!!?!?!?

Those guys on "Pardon the Interruption" were too hard on Michael Jordan when they showed a photograph of MJ driving away from the Washington Wizards practice with a car with an Illinois license plate to question the commitment of his comeback. I can't imagine why he doesn't wear Bulls stuff to Bobcats games now!

So Brian Noland can chastise students for wearing Tennessee Volunteers gear instead of ETSU stuff to games but he can't get his own employees/advisors in a very visable role to do the same when they are photographed?

Let's not try to make some sort of reach on the color of the guy's jacket. Right now, ETSU is buttering his bread. It would be tremendous PR for the football program for the only known current entity of the program, and a famous one at that, to be photographed wearing ETSU stuff instead of something that effectively tells the public "I'd rather be in Knoxville" while working for ETSU.

lol so by your logic, the Chiefs should chastise Joe Montana because after he retired, he wears primarily 49ers gear..and his Super Bowl rings. I suppose Fulmer should have taken off his National Championship ring out of respect for ETSU...idiot. only you would complain about the color of a hat that the guy is wearing. He signed on as an advisor only for a few months. He isn't coaching the team and he won't be the AD...heck he probably won't even be in JC that much after he helps us find a coach and get the ball rolling, so it doesn't matter what color his hat is. Do you want to do an underwear check too..just to make sure he isn't wearing UT boxers?

If Joe Montana is representing the Chiefs in a paid position and advising them on who their next head coach should be he shouldn't be wearing his No. 16 jersey in public- no.

Duh!

But I'm the idiot. Okay.

(04-27-2013 10:02 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote: [ -> ]If Joe Montana is representing the Chiefs in a paid position and advising them on who their next head coach should be he shouldn't be wearing his No. 16 jersey in public- no.

Duh!

But I'm the idiot. Okay.

you whine and complain over petty stuff....next you're going to be criticizing Noland because he doesn't wear his blue and gold socks every day.

This goes hand in hand with the inferority complex of ETSU. Yes, we know the legacy of Fulmer and UT. But while there wasn't a Twittersphere in 1979 or so, do you think if Phil Fulmer was photographed publicly (newspaper, magazine) wearing a Vols cap on, say, a recruiting trip for Vanderbilt when he was an assistant coach there it would have been okay?

Or would George McIntyre have called him into his office and asked what he was thinking?

By the way, did you know that Fulmer is actually the Bucs head coach? As of 11:09 a.m. this Saturday, that's what it reads on Wikipedia.

Dol- this isn't petty.

It's the first game of the Bucs new program. Everyone is decked out at Thane Gash Stadium for the opener against Tusculum. We're both there on the 50 burying the hatchet and sneezing our lungs out in the east Tennessee air.

Behind us is none other than Joe Corso! The longtime political science professor and one time candidate for local office, as well as part time political commentator on election day on various TV stations.

Corso is dressed in blue and gold! Only it's NOTRE DAME blue and gold, his alma mater. He's got a cap on with a shamrock and a Notre Dame shirt.

You don't think the reaction would be "Uh, doesn't he know where he's at?"

"Oh, I'm a Notre Dame grad!" Corso says! "I want to inject the Luck of the Irish, my alma mater, into the new Bucs!"

"Uh, yeah. Thanks Joe," those around him react, quite naturally, while rolling their eyes.

Question, would it be okay then for Fulmer to be wearing an orange sweater when he attends that game? Or WILL he attend that game? UT might have an opener against Southern Mississippi that evening and some alumni have asked him to eat barbecue with them prior to the kickoff.

(04-27-2013 10:06 AM)etsudolfan Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-27-2013 10:02 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote: [ -> ]If Joe Montana is representing the Chiefs in a paid position and advising them on who their next head coach should be he shouldn't be wearing his No. 16 jersey in public- no.

Duh!

But I'm the idiot. Okay.

you whine and complain over petty stuff....next you're going to be criticizing Noland because he doesn't wear his blue and gold socks every day.

Dolf stop feeding the troll, you were right in an earlier post, he is an idiot, plain and simple as Bill Meade would say. Ignore him he is going to ***** and whine about everything ETSU does because no matter what he posts deep down he hates the place as much as he hates Johnson City. The problem is nobody gives a damn so he keeps coming around trying to get attention.

Anyway, the bottom line with this is that ETSU hired Phil Fulmer to advise their coaching search and to get the program off the ground.

Yet he's given the media minimal attention. So instead of wheting the public's appetite for the new program, and I do believe Fulmer could get people out there talking about ETSU football, there are something like 200-250 tickets sold for the program's rebirth.

I ask, what would it have meant for Fulmer to have shown up at the ETSU-UT baseball game wearing an ETSU cap? How positive would that have been?

But instead he lies back in the shadows as we wait to inevitably hire a former UT assistant to guide the program, or perhaps hear how someone from outside of UT just had too good of a resume to pass up if his former proteges shun him.

Show of hands, does anybody besides Pitt give a damn about what color hat Fulmer wears to his charity golf event? Anybody?? Yeah didn't think so..

Okay Rod. You win. I guess we can await Brian Noland wearing his WVU stuff on campus now. He camped out all night for tickets to see the Hoopies play once, remember?

I'm an idiot for believing that if you're going to bully students for wearing UT stuff you can hold the same standards for your employees. Okay.

There is a gain that can be made in the PR game to sell the program, that would be vital in the PR game, and still Fulmer can't get out of 1998.

That said, it should be a surprise to nobody that ETSU will go to the SoCon, if this tweet is correct. The OVC simply isn't a good fit geographically and I doubt they want to split up the revenue pie more than 12 ways or take in a member that essentially tells Morehead State they're going about it all wrong.

The SoCon, meanwhile, needs teams.

The only other alternative that I could see would be to create a Big South/A-Sun alliance that would benefit in having a great geographical reach, Florida recruiting bases, larger TV markets and many new rivalries. There would be tremendous potential for growth among the schools in such a league.

But that might be a bit too far fetched as it makes too much sense.

(04-27-2013 10:10 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote: [ -> ]This goes hand in hand with the inferority complex of ETSU. Yes, we know the legacy of Fulmer and UT. But while there wasn't a Twittersphere in 1979 or so, do you think if Phil Fulmer was photographed publicly (newspaper, magazine) wearing a Vols cap on, say, a recruiting trip for Vanderbilt when he was an assistant coach there it would have been okay?

Or would George McIntyre have called him into his office and asked what he was thinking?

By the way, did you know that Fulmer is actually the Bucs head coach? As of 11:09 a.m. this Saturday, that's what it reads on Wikipedia.

Ok, we don't live in 1979 anymore...and not even high school or college English teachers/professors consider Wikipedia to be a legit source, so if you are checking Wikipedia for facts then there is something seriously wrong with your brain.

(04-27-2013 10:21 AM)RodShaw2 Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-27-2013 10:06 AM)etsudolfan Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-27-2013 10:02 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote: [ -> ]If Joe Montana is representing the Chiefs in a paid position and advising them on who their next head coach should be he shouldn't be wearing his No. 16 jersey in public- no.

Duh!

But I'm the idiot. Okay.

you whine and complain over petty stuff....next you're going to be criticizing Noland because he doesn't wear his blue and gold socks every day.

Dolf stop feeding the troll, you were right in an earlier post, he is an idiot, plain and simple as Bill Meade would say. Ignore him he is going to ***** and whine about everything ETSU does because no matter what he posts deep down he hates the place as much as he hates Johnson City. The problem is nobody gives a damn so he keeps coming around trying to get attention.

lol well said