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In other words, a slap in the face to the imbeciles in Nashville, not to those in favor or opposed.
Posted by Powergamz]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:47 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mayfield]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:05:09 -0600 Memphis Flyer
As far as the Democratic Women's endorsement, it really doesn't mean much. Ford would only be there to enrich his special interest sponsors and probably help him out of his personal financial hole. I find this endorsement extremely naive.
Posted by Shelby Voter]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:16:28 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Strait Shooter]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:41 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by christinareeves]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:32:48 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mayfield]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:07:59 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by davidkentholt]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:18:30 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by sbanbury]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:51:06 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by tomguleff]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:34:34 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mike hollihan]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:45:16 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by briaa]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:56:07 -0600 Memphis Flyer https://spectrumssb2.memphis.edu/pls/PROD/…
and find the professor names and go to http://data.tennessean.com/DB/dbc/tbrsalar… (type in last name to improve search) and find their salaries. Southwest Community Colege pays a adjunct teacher $1500/class. Many professors at UofM make over $120,000 per year and teach 6 semester hours a week or 12 semester hours a year (dont let the special study or dissertation classes make you think they teach more than 6 hours a week - these types of classes are very little work). This means that they make about $30,000 per class where adjunct teachers at Southwest make $1500 per class. UT Martin requires their professors to teach 12 hours a week and pay about half as much as UofM. These are all state institutions but their presidents make different financial decisions.

Ms. Raines has plenty of money at her disposal to support the football program but she wastes it on these professor salaries by paying 20 times more for a teacher than does Southwest. She should be fired for wasting the taxpayer dollars like this. I guess she doesnt know or care that the poor pay her $300,000 salary and $150,000 annual salary in retirement every time they buy something. This is unbelievable that she takes from the poor and waste their money on people who have 6 figure salaries and work 6 hours a week. Ms Raines why dont you take your $150,000 per year retirement and leave. You just wasted nearly 3 million dollars when you fired Tommy West. How does a person become the president of a college and cant do simple math? Quit wasting our money and take a math or accounting class for free you might just learn something.
Posted by Penny Pincher]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:59:15 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by RESPECTNEEDED]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:55 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Phlo]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:24:08 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I have been a fan all my life. I've witnessed many impossible victories, and many many more sorry no excuse defeats. A coach can't rest on the laurels of his flukes and expect one miracle to secure his position forever with both the fans and the university. His legacy must be built on a consistent level of play. Tommy West took the Tigers to more bowl games, but this was at a time when there were more bowl games than bowl-quality teams, when having a 59% average would get you failed out of school but invited to the Playdoh Barber Shop bowl.

I think we all knew this would be Tommy's last year, even before it began. I think Tommy knew it, too, and I think it showed in his lack of inspiration on the field.

Many of the things Tiger Country said are true. I've lived here all my life with the Vol fans, the Bulldog fans, the Razorbacks. But it has nothing to do with the university and everything to do with geography. Memphis draws in people from all around. Memphians also go to different schools and come home. They support the team they most identify with, and that team often is where they grew up or went to school. Memphis also has a big population of Steeler fans, even though we have a team in Nashville who could use our support. That's just the nature of the demographics of this city. There's no point in crying about it, much less demanding absolute unquestioning loyalty to a school merely because it is located within the city limits where you happen to live. Should Tiger fans who move to Little Rock stop rooting for the Tigers?
Posted by Jeff]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:20 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Anyway, yeah, Go Tigers! I do agree--to a point--that the self-hate many Memphians have is counter-productive and really, just silly. Not all of the problems here are impossible to solve or at least begin to address. Sure, other cities and towns can be great; I know from experience, but I love being back. Let's work to improve what we can. I suppose Tommy West was trying to say that in so many ways, but a man that cannot look at himself for contributing to the problems he experiences in this life has a loooooong road to travel.
Posted by saispas]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:17:51 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Poverty, crime, racism, backwards mentalities, corruption... Became too much. The final straw was I was in a car accident on rockcreek and germantown. I was hit from behind by a young guy not paying attention and did not see me stopped at a redlight. I was hit so hard it knocked me about 5 feet forward into traffic.

No one stopped to try and render aid. It seemed to mr that the drivers all sped up and started driving very, very rude. Swerving around me as if they were angry.

I now live in Dallas TX and my boss (a white guy) when he learned I was from Memphis stated that the more he reads and hears about TN the less he wants to move there. He was right.

TN is known for poor rednecks and violence prone blacks.'poverty, high infant mortality and racism.

So glad I moved.
Posted by yodle]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:48 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by B]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:25:22 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by strumpeace]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:05:16 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Phlo]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:05:06 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Steve (40 yr fan)]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:21:03 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I continually hear parents and kids alike say with disgust, "I'm not going to (sic send my kid to) University of Memphis, I going to Tennessee or Ole Miss, or Alabama, or Arkansas, or Auburn, or Mississippi State"; and, when I ask why, the answer I receive is "Well it's "Memphis"".

To Phlo: What real part of the problem was West? Was he the part that made the football team have to practice at CBHS because there is NO other available practice facility? Did he cause the actual practice time to be cut short because of the extended travel time to and from CBHS? Was it his part that classes for his student athletes were not scheduled properly and thus cause a number of the members of the football squad to regularly arrive at practice late or have to leave early in order to fulfill their academic commitments? Was he responsible for less than competitive athletic facilities? Was he responsible for less than competitive salaries for assistant coaches?

My goodness man, The entire U of M Athletic Department budget for 2009 is projected at 19.2 million, which is approximately 89.7% of the national average for division I schools (24.1 million), and approximately 19.5% of the 98.1 million being spent by Tennessee for its Athletic Department's 2009 budget.

From Rivals.com: "Tennessee has the most expensive staff of assistant coaches in college football history. The price: $3.325 million for nine assistants. That comes out to $369,444 per coach. That makes the $2.4 million that Alabama doled out to its nine assistants this past season which was tops in the nation seem like a pittance".

I ask. Is Tommy West really part of the problem or are you and people like you the real problem? I contribute to the school regularly, do you? I proudly wear a UofM logo, do you? When asked who I am rooting for, I say UofM and not just during Basketball season should the team be winning.

I challenge those who are Tennessee fans, move to Knoxville. To those who are Mississippi fans, Starkville, Oxford, Jackson, and Hattiesburg would be a great place for you to live. To those who are ashamed of Elvis, Al Green, Justin Timberlake, Rufus Thomas, Cybil Sheppard, etc.... Nashville is awaiting. When you live in Memphis you should support ALL THAT IS MEMPHIS - UNCONDITIONALLY!

The real problem with Memphis Athletics is not Tommy West, RC, or as it will be if Pastner does not display winning results this year. Instead, it is with you and those like you. Your lack of support, your lack of ownership, your lack of pride in where you live and one of your largest neighbors - the University of Memphis. You can support more than one team. Fred Smith does. Why not you too? If you live in Memphis (or one of its "toon towns", be for all that is Memphis. Cut the blame game, you are only embarrassing yourselves and reinforcing what our competitors have come to believe. We are a city divided - on everything. Not just football. We lack character! Unfortunately we don't even respect others who show it. Especially Tommy West.

He could have just walked away with his 2 to 3 million little reasons and not said a thing. Instead he showed a lot of class in standing up for the University to his last day. He has told us how it is and to paraphrase it in proper Memphis venacular so all will understand "We ain't gonna be nothin' as long as we continue to act like and do nothin".



Posted by MemphisISTigerCountry]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:59:52 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Zo born 1906]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:43:36 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by TennesseeDrew]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:37:45 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Midtown Mark]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:06 -0600 Memphis Flyer