Mike Hamilton
Mike Hamilton
basis coaches consistent continue direction four highest league middle pack paid program programs three top
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.
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.
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,
basketball build continue football formal might process recognized reunion type
We can build on this. We will probably continue to have some type of basketball lettermen's reunion every year. It might not be this same formal process where they're recognized at a football game, but it might be at a basketball game.
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.
constantly continue looking men recognize ways
UT has had a lot of outstanding athletes. We are constantly looking for new ways to recognize these young men for their contributions to our program. This is one way we acknowledge all they have done, and continue to do, for the University.
anybody fear thinking
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.
meet players standards three
But for today, as the standards have been set forth, these are the three players that meet those standards.
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.
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.
customers excited
We're excited, our customers are excited about it.
bring gone jobs since smaller totally
We're just going to bring it up to date. It hasn't been totally remodeled. We've done a lot of smaller remodel jobs on it, but it's been 20 years since it's totally been gone through. So we're going to redo it and bring it all up to date.
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,