Posted by rootin4volz on March 10, 2008 at 11:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

New Headline:

"Will Adams Ever Stop Swimming in Egyptian River?"

Posted by anthony on March 10, 2008 at 11:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This just goes to show you, once you get the spotlight, you'd better turn it on!! Life's a stage and we are but actors. So what makes us different from you , John? Winning, that's what!! And this article is just another indication of it.

Posted by lpelleg1 on March 10, 2008 at 11:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I just don't understand why they have to play the thing in the stupid Georgia Dome. I understand it's more seats and more money, but every other conference plays in a traditional arena. I am glad to see they've committed to play it outside of Atlanta a little bit more in the future, with one in Tampa, New Orleans, and another one in Nashville coming up in the next few years. I'd like to see one in Memphis, but that won't happen until Conference USA decides to play elsewhere.

Posted by rbatten9 on March 11, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Funny how since the Adams/Fulmer articles there hasn't been any news out of Knoxville of football players getting in trouble with the law. I hope that continues.

Go Vols win the SECT and make it to the Final Four!

Posted by reasonablevol on March 11, 2008 at 1 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If we are going to win the SEC tournament, I want to do it the hard way. That is by beating LSU, Vandy, and Kentucky. These are the teams we will likely face. I hope we face them b/c they give us our best chance of losing. If we can get through that gauntlet, we'll be ready for Indianapolis!!

Posted by Orangefever on March 11, 2008 at 1:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Indianapolis?! either your an idiot or im missing something?!

Posted by bsvolfan on March 11, 2008 at 1:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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Posted by VolFan_stuck_in_FL on March 11, 2008 at 1:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

reasonablevol just:

remember the Alamo

that's where we want to be

Posted by BillVol on March 11, 2008 at 1:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Another good column, John. Ignore these idiots.

Posted by General_Watermelon on March 11, 2008 at 6:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What's in Indianapolis?

Posted by etsuvol99 on March 11, 2008 at 6:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

YAWN another tread-lightly article, like the one on SEC non-conference football schedules.

Don't run from your opinions, John. Do an article on why Fulmer needs to be fired but not Saban or Paterno or Croom.

Posted by alfrizzle097 on March 11, 2008 at 6:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Indianapolis=FINAL FOUR!!!!.... last year

Posted by pdhuff on March 11, 2008 at 7:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Don't know what's going to happen. Somebody will get upset, always do.

Play who's in front of you Vols. You can do it!

Posted by dfreeman on March 11, 2008 at 7:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Orangefever - That's certainly a classy post! Calling someone an idiot for getting the city wrong?? Really, does that make him and idiot or did it just make you feel better about your own pathetic state?

Posted by gillblog on March 11, 2008 at 7:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Conference tournaments are a waste of time and energy. But, they make big money for the conferences so we'll never get rid of them.

Posted by Bigger_Al on March 11, 2008 at 8:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Adams eats worms.

Posted by vol88 on March 11, 2008 at 8:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I would be interested to see how our road wins over quality opponents compares to UCLA and UNC.

Consider Memphis, Gonzaga, Xavier, Florida (yeah, but they're still Florida).

I really think this team has proven they can win on the road. That bodes well for a run deep in the tourney. For what it's worth, one of my biggest fears is getting in Texas' bracket.

Posted by 55Vol on March 11, 2008 at 8:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Adams..... who cares what you think about about Tennessee athletics....... you don't. Your irrelevant.

Posted by TheVolMan on March 11, 2008 at 8:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

More pathetic bashing of John Adams from the whiners--keep it up morons--great idea to kill the messenger. At least Adams had the guts to tell the truth. I guess that bothers you whining weenies who choose to keep your heads in the sand.

Posted by murrayvol on March 11, 2008 at 8:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

dfreeman: I'm pretty sure it's the latter.

Good article. Good frame of reference for what's happened to good teams in the past. I haven't been a fan of the SECT for obvious reasons. Hope we can leave a mark this year.

Note to Adams bashers: Just keep gnawing at that elbow and eventually your arm will fall off.

Posted by vol88 on March 11, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

People, this guy an editor at a newspaper, not an employee for UT sports information. Editors sometimes write editorials that readers don't agree with. If he would've written a "Stay the Course" column about UT football, there would've been just as much, if not more, outrage from the same people who hate him for calling out Fulmer. I don't agree with Adams all of the time, but when I disagree with him, that just means he's doing his job.

If you want sugar-coated UT stuff 24/7, then go to utsports.com.

Posted by etsuvol99 on March 11, 2008 at 9:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Adams hasn't told any truths, he just wrote an opinion down. And that opinion was that Fulmer should not be Tennessee's football coach because some kids got in trouble for drinking. Like it or not, it happens at every school.

Posted by gator4life on March 11, 2008 at 9:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

alfrizzle, actually Indianapolis = Final 4 two years ago. Last year we won it in Atlanta...but thanks for trying.

Posted by King30 on March 11, 2008 at 9:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Guys (and Gals), we're not just playing for A number one seed, we're playing for THE number one seed. NC can get upset in the ACCT and it may not matter what Memphis, UCLA, or Kansas does.
Pearl's right. WE would be deserving of the number 1 overall seed (and close to home first round venue) having beaten Memphis on their court and having a stronger RPI and SOS than any of the three.
Think we've got something to play for?
Bring on LSU and Vandy...they're in for a Big Orange beatdown.

Posted by shipperman on March 11, 2008 at 9:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

etsuvol99, Adams is saying what a lot of us are thinking, if Fulmer cannot discipline his players properly, run him outta town. True he cannot help that they get in trouble, but He can do more to assure that others do not want to repeat the bad behavior

Posted by Hunter on March 11, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If recent NCAA history is any indication, we'll play in the Charlotte regional as the #1 overall (assuming UNC drops in the ACC Tourney) and Duke will be the #2, giving them an extreme home court advantage. NCAA logic!

Posted by chkrbrd on March 11, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I like our chances against Duke more than Carolina, because Duke has less inside the paint.

Posted by pdhuff on March 11, 2008 at 10:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Dook of the Smokies. Nice ring to it.

Still adjusting to this B Ball school thing. Do we have to act like the denizens of forums.kentucky.com?

Posted by brownsvillevol on March 11, 2008 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

if we win the sect we WILL be the overall #1 seed. if we lose we will be either the 4th #1 seed or the 1st #2 seed.

Posted by BOASoldier on March 11, 2008 at 10:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

John Adams had a right to write the column about firing Fulmer. He stated his opinion as fact... he has that right ... there is no legal action that can be taken against him for that. A lot of people do not like him for the opinion he expressed... a lot of people do not like him because he is writing for a Knoxville paper and chose to do interviews in other states putting the Vols HC down. It is one thing to criticize within the "family" but taking it outside the family and making it seem to everyone that your "opinions" are facts is completely ethically wrong. Look around the SEC Florida has horrible problems with their atheletes past and present, SC, AL, GA, pick one and anyone can find a host of off the field issues. Write a column about college football in its intirety, but to single out one coach and call for his head in his home town will bring about a deserved scrutiny. So it is perfectly fair for anyone to ask for John's head. He did it out of opinion why shouldn't we?

Posted by pdhuff on March 11, 2008 at 10:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

BOAsoldier - good post - You do have that right and you just did. He's just trying to get up to Finebaum's level.

Posted by BADGES0413 on March 11, 2008 at 11:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I must admit I like some of Adams articles but did not agree with most of the Fulmer article. Bringing up what Leonard Little did after he left UT was pointless. I do ask one thing of the KNS, can you please leave out his pointless picks in Friday's paper during football season. I don't care if his cat picks Miss State to beat Vandy in week 5. Maybe a story on one of the current players or coaches can be put on page 2 of the sports section.

Posted by NCC1701 on March 11, 2008 at 11:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

John Adams can say or type whatever he wants. So can we. I say Adams is a smug little jerk. When he is on that radio show with Dave Hooker he sounds like a know-it-all dork. He tries to be funny--and he fails. It took very little "guts" to write what he did. He is just trying to sell papers. He'll never look a real man like Fulmer in the eye. All of you who support him so much must ask yourself why you champion somebody who observes and comments for a living over a man who actually coaches the friggin team.

Posted by 55Vol on March 11, 2008 at 11:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Adams was unprofessional by including the NFL stats in his article. It is clear from that article he has a personal vendetta against Fulmer. Why would you include the actions of grown men who have moved on? If he had not included those issues, the article would stood on it's own merit. Going to Finebaum's show to spout off shows the personal vendetta he has.

After that fiasco, he is irrelevant.

Posted by Volchaz on March 11, 2008 at 11:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

In the second round, when UT plays LSu, Adams will be pulling for the corndogs. I'm sure your opinions will go over better down there, John.

Posted by VOLstuckINky on March 11, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"Will Adams ever leave Knoxville?"

Posted by knoxsingle on March 11, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sorry, not reading anything by Adams. Waste of paper for KNS to print anything he writes.

Posted by GoVol on March 11, 2008 at 2:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

John Adams - we all know you want TN to lose in this tournament...so whay not just come out and say it? Why write the article with a bunch of open-ended questions when we all know where your heart and loyalty really lies?

Truth be told - I didn't really read the article...just quickly scanned it because JA is a complete idiot and classless.

Posted by FireJohnAdams on March 11, 2008 at 3:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Please!

Posted by 99gator on March 11, 2008 at 3:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

they play the tourney in the georgia dome to help acclamate the SEC to the tourney. if and when you get to the final four, you will play in a similar dome situation. it is a good experience for the players to get used to that kind of setting.

Posted by davidray31 on March 11, 2008 at 4:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Atlanta is a very logical place to play the SEC tourney.I hope Pearl can pull it off in our house of horrors.Look for LSU,Vandy,then the big Blue on Sunday.

Posted by Chainsaw on March 11, 2008 at 5 p.m. (Suggest removal)

John Adams is only relevant to his dog.

Posted by marc_ash on March 11, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'll tell you, it appears based on recent posts since the infamous "Fulmer Article" that John Adams is far from winning any writer of the year awards from any Knoxville natives.

Poor John, sure going out to dinner in Knoxville isn't quite what it used to be.

Posted by pdhuff on March 11, 2008 at 7:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

marc ash - I bet he's loving every minute of it.
He'll stir it up again when this dies down.

These guys are a special breed-they know how to put it to a cause or someone. And the more he's railed against, the more his bosses pat him on the back. Attention is the name of the game.

Finebaum pumps out books non-stop.

Posted by knoxsingle on March 11, 2008 at 7:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i still think another publication should give john adams a taste of his own medicine.

Posted by snowvol on March 11, 2008 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

From vol88: "I don't agree with Adams all of the time, but when I disagree with him, that just means he's doing his job."

Amen to that. My goodness, it sickens me how many Vols fans believe, or at least imply, that News-Sentinel writers should tow the UT party line. And Heaven forbid if they don't.

The vitriol sent in the direction of John Adams is utterly laughable. Like vol88, I don't always agree with John -- but that's why I love his writing. He will not be a shill for Tennessee, suck up to any of the coaches in any sport and portray the football program, in particular, as something running tantamount to purity and goodness.

Go read some articles from sportswriters in Los Angeles that cover SC and UCLA and see how they treat the Trojans and the Bruins; read Chicago writers and how they've destroyed the Bears after their collapse in the free agent market; and read New York writers any day of the year about St. Johns, Rutgers or any pro team in the metro.

All of the above writers make John Adams articles seem like travelogues for Disneyworld.