Thinks small time, rewards high school accomplishments over loyalty and his own program by choosing George Quarles instead of successful defensive coordinator Billy Taylor as the Bucs’ new football coach.
“For service and devotion you would think that I would deserve a fair promotion.”
Dolly Parton. 9 to 5.
In 2020 ETSU hesitated to promote the obvious successor to coach their basketball team and suffered accordingly. They’re doing the same thing now with the football program and it simply isn’t a good look.
East Tennessee State athletic director Scott Carter reminds me of a middle-aged man who just received…
Note- this article was written on Sept. 23, 2021, revised on October 7, and submitted twice to a local newspaper, who then ignored it. I’ll let you decide if you feel it would be worthy of publication. Since it was written, the American has added six new teams and a…
Robinson will be the best player on either team when the Buccaneers play Vanderbilt on Saturday. And yet he’s not getting the recognition he deserves.
HERO Sports has named senior safety Tyree Robinson to their third-team preseason FCS All-American team.
Sounds like a nice honor except for one thing; it’s…
The east Tennessee radio veteran with a strong sportscasting background passed away last month. He was just 53.
Saddened to hear local east Tennessee sportscaster Marty Ricker passed away last month at the young age of 53.
With John Fulkerson coming back and a potentially sympathetic ear in Rick Barnes, there will never be another chance like this
One of the first tests new East Tennessee State head men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver will have is putting together a schedule.
And early indications are he is failing.
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Anthem Kneeling, Transfers, Wes Miller, Communication, Questions of Race, Etc.
They didn’t.
But make no doubt, upper east Tennessee didn’t just…
Consider how he’s handled certain situations in his career
A quote from East Tennessee State athletic director Scott Carter that was re-run ad nauseam over last summer on the Buccaneers flagship radio station comes to mind following the events that caused Jason Shay’s resignation as ETSU head men’s basketball coach.
The best player the Buccaneers have had since reviving football is severely underappreciated.
The greatest player of the post-revival era of East Tennessee State football may very well play his final game for the Buccaneers (4–1) at 6 pm at Mercer (4–2) Saturday night.
He’s never lived in the Tri-Cities, and now must sell an area to his team that might support their play but not their minds.
Here’s what the average east Tennessee sports fan sees when contemplating incoming East Tennessee State University head men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver.
