[Pearl] thinks that will energize the crowd. We want to help the basketball coach, and I think the students want to help the basketball coach. |
[UT athletics director Mike Hamilton said the Tennessee party had four buses, and he was on the last one, which included other school officials and cheerleaders.] They were throwing bottles at the buses and that kind of stuff, ... The bus I was on, they broke three of the windows. |
Are we going to recognize our tradition or not? If we're going to recognize our tradition, then let's get on with it. |
But for today, as the standards have been set forth, these are the three players that meet those standards. |
Coach didn't want to put the lineup up because he didn't want guys on our team worrying about who was in or who was out. |
For future games, we hope our fans will continue to support our teams with great passion and energy but will celebrate victories in the stands and not on the floor. |
He cares deeply about what we're doing, whether or not we're winning and how we're doing it. But he's not a meddler. If we need something, he's the first one there willing to help. But he doesn't meddle. In this era of college athletics, that's refreshing. |
He's been somewhat of an evangelist, a circuit-riding preacher. He's connected with the fan base. |
I can tell you for anybody who has a fear that we're not thinking about it or working on it, that fear is unfounded. |
I don't dispute that we probably could have - quote, unquote - played the game, ... But for us, it went beyond playing the game. It involved the transportation of university employees and student-athletes in what in our opinion was not a safe environment. |
I don't dispute that we probably could have - quote, unquote - played the game. But for us, it went beyond playing the game. It involved the transportation of university employees and student-athletes in what in our opinion was not a safe environment. |
I guess our concern is that some people will slide under the radar and other people won't do it. |
I mean his heart and soul is Maine hockey. He was disappointed in himself and we feel for him. He loves everyone on the team. We've got such a tight knit team, he didn't want to let us down. But we'll look to try and get him back in the lineup for Sunday. |
I see a scenario where Bruce would be paid in that ballpark. Tubby has won a national championship. Billy has played in the national championship game, and I think our guy is a guy who can get us there. |
I think he will be one of the highest paid coaches in the conference. Right now he's in the middle of the pack with his salary. If we're going to have a program that aspires to be one of the top three or four programs in the league on a regular, consistent basis that comes at a cost. That's the direction we'll probably need to continue to head. |