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Legacy of Winning: It Doesn't All Happen on Game Day

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There was the one about paying a female trainer over $300,000 for a tape recording that remains in a vault in Tennessee.

No chapter on the meetings with a recruiting guru at the home of a prominent UT booster.

No mention of his friend, Richard Johaniningmeir, the NCAA investigator.

Nothing about Diane Sanford and her relationship with star QB, Tee Martin.

He left out chapters on Kenny Smith, Eric Locke, and his part-time job as private investigator too.

With all the food fat Phil has been inhaling over the last few years, the only thing he has the credentials to write is a cook book. Or a book on how to take your program up a notch or two by cheating and lying...

This book has got to be fiction! It has no mention of donuts in the whole thing. Phat Phil can't live without donuts.

This book is about as interesting as waiting for grass to grow in Death Valley. The problem is not what Fulmer says, it's what he DOESN'T talk about. Examples ? How did he quietly achieve the status of becoming one of the most disliked coaches in America ? He doesn't mention grade changing for players at UT, not a hint of winning the National Championship with a quarterback who would later admit to accepting money from UT supporters and not a word of his acting as an investigator for the NCAA and serving as a secret witness for the same under the promise his name would never be revealed.
There were so many interesting areas Mr Fulmer could have addressed but for some reason chose to make his book bland and a yawner.

Phil Fullmer is a boil on the backside of colllege football and is not to be trusted. Tennessee used to be a proud and respected football program until this lying cheat stabbed Johnny Majors in the back and got his job. Since then, Tennessee under the leadership of this Judas has became a blight on the landscape of intercollegiate athletics.

This has to be fiction, right? This book should only be used as training paper for dogs.
Disclamer:
Do Not Read this Book and Walk at the same time, could cause injury if you are a UcheaT player!
End of Disclamer.
Plenty of color pictures, little writing, as UT players cannot read, but can understand drawings. Includes a box of orange crayons to color inside the book.

Yes winning doesn't begin on gameday. It begins by winning your job by stabbing your former boss in the back. It is followed with lots of lying and cheating. Buy as many players as you can and fix their grades and status to reflect they are passing so they are elligable to play. Put the SEC front office in your hip pocket so they can run interference for you and make you appear clean. Show recruits forged letters on NCAA letterhead paper saying your rivals will be out of business in a couple of years. Be creative with Pell Grant Money and ATM cards. Lighten the classroom load for your athletes, Walking is a tough course and many fail this class. Learn to self-report any infractions and remember the best line of defense is to say there was nothing improper found. Cheat and cheat well and deny everything that anyone other than your mouthpieces have spoken. Be sure to send Christmas Cards and presents to Roy Kramer, Milton Kirk, Roy Adams, Doug Dickey and all the gang at the SEC office and the NCAA.

I knew Phil and his first wife Renee when we were neighbors at one of U.T.'s married students' apt complexes. He was a fine father to son Phillip, Jr. and a good husband. He shares from his personal experiences what it takes to get to where he is and I'm thankful he's kept the dream alive for the U.T. Vols. As for the silly comments and fat Phil remarks, it sounds like jealous and mean spirited people don't want Coach Fulmer to shine. Sorry guys/gals, but victory is the best revenge and Phil is not a vengeful person but someone who keeps his focus on the goal. Count the number of NFL players who have been first round draft picks from the Vols roster and that tells you of Coach Fulmer's accomplishments. Johnny Majors picked Fulmer to replace him- that's that.If kindness upsets you naysayers, then read the Enquirer where falsehoods are the order of the day.

Well, we haven't really read the book, but we praise Phil Fulmer for always cleaning his plate and never making a mess. We never have to empty the salad bar when he comes in, he always eats everything.
Irving Schwartz