Mike Hamilton
Mike Hamilton
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,
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.
attention bring continues great major model national playing rivals series team
This will be a great series for our team and our fans, and it continues our model of playing major interconference rivals that bring national attention to our program,
among blessed coaches continued criteria extremely great high history players stood success three tradition vital
We have been blessed with great tradition - established by having a great University, great coaches and great players. In establishing a set of criteria with extremely high standards, these three stood out among the rest. Saluting our history of championship teams, players and performances is vital to the continued success of any great program,
felt florida football great logical maybe needed numbers ohio oklahoma others programs retired start state
When you look at programs like Nebraska, Oklahoma and Florida State and Ohio State and others and you see the retired numbers there, we felt like this was a logical progression that we needed to really consider. We have a great football heritage, and maybe we need to start recognizing that more so.
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.
felt safe unfair
if we felt like it would be unfair to our student-athletes and not safe for our student-athletes.
beyond dispute employees involved opinion played playing safe university
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.