Liars who coach

by RevOrange on Dec 12, 2007 12:43 PM EST

Seems to me there is a credibility problem among head football coaches in the SEC west.

Nick Saban says "I'm not gonna be Alabama's coach." A month later, he's hired at Bama.

Houston Nutt denies a relationship with a woman (not his wife) with whom he had over 1,000 phone conversations.

Bobby Petrino assures his boss on Monday that he is Falcon's coach forever. On Tuesday, he is hired at Arkansas.

Am I the only one bothered that liars can make millions? Integrity used to count for something; Now, it is secondary to winning football games. My sincere wish is for Nutt, Saban, and Petrino to fall flat on their lying butts.

Croom, Tuberville, and Miles (so far) are coaches with integrity that are good role models. My sympathies are with the student ahtletes that have Saban, Nutt, and Petrino as role models. What great examples of ethical behavior these "gentlemen" are.

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Further proof

that Phils a good coach with values and intergrity and another reason we should be happy to have him.

Proud member of the EBMCC (Eric Berry Man Crush Club) and Josh McNeil's Videographer

by Volorado on Dec 12, 2007 2:02 PM EST reply actions

I'll take the integrity, thank you very much.

The integrity is a nice thing to have. Win or lose, we can always take pride in the fact that our program is a clean one. There are individual player issues, as there are with pretty much every program, but the staff behaves and the boosters seem to stay on the high road. That makes for a program I can cheer without hesitation - without feeling like I'm approving of unethical behavior.

Setting the rivalry thing aside for a bit, it's a huge reason I'm glad I'm not going to school at Alabama. After the booster problems and now Saban, I'd have a really hard time cheering for them. Integrity is a big reason I started following UT football in the first place (remember, I'm not from around here...)

by David Hooper on Dec 12, 2007 3:51 PM EST reply actions

Ah, another zealot to call friend

There is no zeal like that of a convert.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 12, 2007 4:01 PM EST up reply actions

MONEY

For the love of money,is the route of all evil. It all boils down to money,sorry to say that when Dollar signs get in some peoples eyes Integrity goes out the window. A 14 million dollar offer for 5 years waved in front of some ones eyes looks pretty good I guess. Money talks B.S. walks, sad but true.
" I WILL GIVE MY ALL FOR TENNESSEE TODAY". GO VOLS!!!!

OLD SMOKEY

by old smokey on Dec 12, 2007 8:36 PM EST reply actions

Heh

Maybe we should start referring to the Western Division as the South West Conference...

by David Hooper on Dec 12, 2007 9:20 PM EST reply actions

Not so fast...

Seems Tuber-ville (as in Mr. Potato Head) did the same song and dance before jumping from Ole Miss to Auburn...not that anyone could blame him.

Ain't it good to be alive and be in Tennessee!

by ttocswob on Dec 13, 2007 5:01 PM EST reply actions

Tough Sitauations

I think for all of these coaches it's a very tough situatuon when they are considering another position while still maintaining the integrity of the team. When it's during the season you don't really have a choice other than support your team fully or risk breaking up the unity.

People always talk about coaches like they only care about money, but it is a career and people want to move into more respected positions with opportunity to succeed, those positions usually come with more money.

by PeytonManningCutcliffe on Dec 16, 2007 4:22 PM EST reply actions