by Mark Nagi | Apr 20, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman If you spend any time listening to local sports talk radio you know that there are hundreds, maybe thousands of people out there that could do a better job than Butch Jones and members of his coaching staff at Tennessee. We know this because the moment...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 13, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman It was a beautiful day in Knoxville. On Tuesday, March 24th, the sun was shining brightly without a cloud in the sky. It was the kind of day that makes you realize spring is here and the long hard winter is over. Vols fans hope that the weather that...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 6, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman For once, Tennessee gets a break. After recent coaching changes that had the worst possible timing (Lane Kiffin leaves in football, Cuonzo Martin bolts in men’s basketball), the Volunteers wasted little time after firing men’s basketball coach Donnie...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 30, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Recently the only constant in coaching a revenue sport at the University of Tennessee, has been change. Since 2008 Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, and Butch Jones have been the football coaches. Bruce Pearl, Cuonzo Martin and Donnie Tyndall...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 23, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman At the present time, Tennessee Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart is one of the most unpopular people in town. Sure, his hiring of Butch Jones is starting to pay off, and when football “drives the engine,” that’s good for the bottom...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 16, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The commonly held view was that Tennessee, losers of 8 of their previous 10 games, would be a quick out at the SEC Tournament. But if we learned anything about this Vols basketball team, it is to expect that they won’t go quietly. In Tennessee’s first...
