Butch and rings

The athletic department spent a total of $39,793 on rings and pendants to celebrate both the victory over Virginia Tech in the Battle at Bristol and the Music City Bowl victory over Nebraska, according to records obtained by the Knoxville News Sentinel.


Dave Hart should be fired immediately for signing the checks for this

 

BoB rings?

really, butch?

 

In retrospect, it has to be one of the top wins in Butch's career.

 

Probably had so much money left in the ring budget from the years of no success. They had to spend it on something.

 

Pfft.

Who would have wanted just one SEC title ring when you could get TWO for Bristol AND a win over Nebraska?

 

Tennessee isn't the first nor the last to do this.

Non issue.

 

I agree. It seems stupid to me, but if the players want them, then I'm all for it.

 

i think the BoB rings came from the sponsors or whatever and went to both teams

 

Shit, Kentucky got rings for their bowl game, and they got wrecked. At least we aren't getting bowl loss rings.

 

2 rings for a championshipless Music City Bowl season is pretty damn weak. That's taking it to a new low for a top 10 all time wins program.

 

They're striving for number 1 on the revenue list. Could you imagine the costs associated with real championship hardware? Why try for that when this is so much cheaper and easier, and the goals of the admin are in sight?

 

Revenue doesn't include expenses.

 

It's idiotic regardless of who does

 

I think that having players who would even want them IS the problem.

 

Bingo. Loser mentalities everywhere. Mediocrity is ok now.

 

I'd say the majority of them will pitch them in a drawer and they'll never see the light of day, but I think it should be up to them to decide what they do with the rings. Also, I'm almost positive that it was announced well before the Battle of Bristol that the winning team would get rings, so I don't think that is one of Butch's many terrible ideas.

In the mile long list of legitimate gripes about Butch, this issue is pretty close to the bottom.

 

If $40k on rings for meaningless ball games, imagine how much they must've spent on the life championship rings...most important victory of all.

 

5 star hearts, more valuable than gold rings.

 

I remember meeting a former player in a Vegas casino once. He saw my UT hat and wanted to show me his SEC championship ring that he still wore. It was bad ass. This, not so much.

 

I've never heard of a ring for a regular season game