Mike Hamilton
Mike Hamilton
celebrate continue energy fans future great hope passion stands support teams victories
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.
add approved clearance door fans fire five four plan rows seats viability walk
The preliminary plan ... was to add four to five rows in those door areas, about 60 to 70 seats in each corner. We've got to see about the viability of that. We still have to have an 8-foot clearance for fans to walk out and it has to be approved by the fire marshal.
bruce buying explain fans students whatever
It has been an unbelievable thing to watch. I can't really explain what it is, but whatever it is, Bruce has it. Whatever it is that he's selling, our student-athletes, our students and fans are really buying it.
connected fan somewhat
He's been somewhat of an evangelist, a circuit-riding preacher. He's connected with the fan base.
allow drive fans hotel needed playing wherever
Playing it in the day would allow fans to get there and then drive wherever they needed to drive to find a hotel room,
brought coach energy enthusiasm hoped life pearl tennessee year
In his first year at Tennessee, Coach Pearl accomplished more than we could have hoped for. His energy and enthusiasm have brought new life to Tennessee basketball.
guy situation
In any situation like this, there will always be, 'What about this guy or what about that guy?'
heart himself knit loves maine mean soul tight
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.
athletes decided
It wasn't all set before we decided on these three, ... But the athletes weren't set, either, and we said, 'All right, let's write the criteria.' It kind of evolved, and those things meshed together.
bottles broke buses three throwing
They were throwing bottles at the buses and that kind of stuff. The bus I was on, they broke three of the windows.
coach guys team worrying
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.
recognize tradition
Are we going to recognize our tradition or not? If we're going to recognize our tradition, then let's get on with it.
college fame great hall plans recognize statue system type
Right now, we have plans to put a Neyland statue out there, as well as some type of system to recognize our great players, All-Americans and College Hall of Fame members,
felt safe unfair
if we felt like it would be unfair to our student-athletes and not safe for our student-athletes.