UT fires longtime head coach John Trembely

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orca1946 — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:57:09 GMT

Karen, did your friend tell anyone back then?

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__steve__ — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:14 GMT

I don't think you know what that word means. Did I spell it wrong, or do you have first hand knowledge?

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Former Member — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:41:39 GMT

Did I spell it wrong, or do you have first hand knowledge? Maybe look it up? It has nothing to do with anything that has been going on with John Trembley. You're diagnosing someone with a mental illness even though you've never met them, based on some behavior you read about which has nothing to do with the mental illness you are talking about.

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__steve__ — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:10:43 GMT

yes, you are correct, tphe truth will probably never really surface accurately. But taking my response generally being (excuse me) off topic, evil does exist where you wouldn't expect it.

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Former Member — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:26:10 GMT

It's weird how these psychopaths can fit very well in our society I don't think you know what that word means.

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__steve__ — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:49:32 GMT

It's weird how these psychopaths can fit very well in our society

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swimshark — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:14:52 GMT

People are not always who they appear to be. No one would have ever suspected that my AG coach was a child molester (not me, but a friend of mine. Even married her mom to get to her.) I think he is a despicable human being for what he did to her, however I also remember all of the wonderful things he did to foster my love of swimming, and the great team he built in the early 1980s. This is the human condition, good and bad. No one, no matter their accomplishments, is immune. In trying to digest events, people can recognize the same facts, but choose to see the glass as half-empty or half-full. Again, this is the human condition. To be sure, though, this is a devastating situation for many. I agree Karen. My HS band director married one of my classmates as soon as she turned 18. 30 years later, he was convicted of an inappropriate relationship with a 15 year old girl. We have witnesses to him doing the same to my former classmate so this is a repeat offense. He was a great band director which took us to many titles and even a trip to Russia. As for a human, he was/is pathetic. Some people are addicted to the attention things like this give them. It's along the lines of alcohol addiction and has to be treated as such.

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orca1946 — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:32:54 GMT

If true , why would such a man do something as stupid as this n the internet?????

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Karen Duggan — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:16:20 GMT

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swimshark — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:02:31 GMT

It's a beautiful day. It's great to be alive. Actually, it's "It is a beautiful day and it is great to be alive!". The start of every email from my coach.

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Former Member — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:01:25 GMT

Apparently you didn't know him as well as you thought you did. This is now the best post of the thread...

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art_z — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:35:04 GMT

As I think I've said I went to JT's swim camps at Mercersberg for a couple of summers when I was a kid, so I only know him a little. But from what I knew of him I thought the man walked on water. He was charismatic and motivating, and I learned a lot at his camps. . I too went to Mercersburg camps in 81, 82 and 83, usually for 2 weeks each summer, and have (had?) pretty much the same impressions as you. I was flabbergasted reading that article. We're all human, and I guess I put nothing past anyone, but I am truly shaken to the core, and I haven't see JT in 30 years.

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Former Member — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:54:37 GMT

Written like somebody who knows nothing about the man in question. Apparently you didn't know him as well as you thought you did.

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Former Member — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:40:20 GMT

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Former Member — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:34:31 GMT

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Midas — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:47:45 GMT

:shakeshead:

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Midas — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:06:20 GMT

Look, he was a great swimmer back in the day, but now he is an adult who allegedly tried to solicit sex from teenage boys on the internet. This is neither sad nor tragic. It is despicable. Alexander Dale Oen's death, on the hand, truly is a tragedy. Written like somebody who knows nothing about the man in question. You're missing the point where he was a great coach and an inspiration to a LOT of swimmers. It is absolutely a tragedy for swimming that one of the sport's great coaches goes down in flames like this. It's a bigger tragedy to the UT swimming program. And it is a personal tragedy for JT that his career ended up this way. The man had achieved much and this is a tremendous fall from grace. I think your characterization of the allegations are way off base. KPD Investigator Richard Giammarino, a financial-crimes specialist, and ICAC investigators worked the case for the next four months but determined the evidence wouldn't support criminal charges. "The allegations have been ruled unfounded," KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Friday. Yeah, it appears he abused drugs and did some stuff on the internet he shouldn't have. And it sounds like he got close to the line on actually doing some bad stuff. But I take some heart in the fact that he never actually crossed the line. I'm not saying he shouldn't have been fired, but let's not paint the man as some sort of despicable human being. I haven't seen anything yet to say that he's anything more than a tragic one. Comparing the JT debacle to Dale Oen is spurious. They can both be, and both are, tragedies in their own ways. It's a beautiful day. It's great to be alive.

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gdanner — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:19:53 GMT

As I think I've said I went to JT's swim camps at Mercersberg for a couple of summers when I was a kid, so I only know him a little. But from what I knew of him I thought the man walked on water. He was charismatic and motivating, and I learned a lot at his camps. My few experiences around him were similarly positive. Such difficult subject matter for anyone that knows him personally. On another note, this is all seemingly unrelated to two of their best swimmers getting thrown off the team: Storvik and Harrison. The timing of it all was a strange coincidence.

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Midas — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:44:42 GMT

As I think I've said I went to JT's swim camps at Mercersberg for a couple of summers when I was a kid, so I only know him a little. But from what I knew of him I thought the man walked on water. He was charismatic and motivating, and I learned a lot at his camps. This is very sad and I don't know what to think. I want to take comfort in the fact that no charges were brought against him. But now I have doubts. It's a shame that someone of his caliber and contribution to the sport had to have such an ignoble end to his career, understanding that he no doubt played a large role in his own demise.

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Former Member — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:49:04 GMT

Wow, the other article has a lot more detail. www.knoxnews.com/.../ Crack pipes, meth, and sex. :eek: I want to barf after reading that. What do you have to do to go down that road? JT was revered by many of the folks I swam with in my earlier days.

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aquageek — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:36:44 GMT

I don't know a thing about Trembely other than what I've read. But, I do know quite a bit about Matt Kredich. He is an outstanding person, well beyond simply being a good swim coach. UT is in great hands with him.

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gigi — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:30:02 GMT

Very sad all around

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knelson — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:05:46 GMT

I don't know...if the statement below is accurate, would you send your child to swim for this coach? If not, then I can see how it would be the university's business. Oh, no question about that.

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swimshark — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:21:33 GMT

I don't know...if the statement below is accurate, would you send your child to swim for this coach? If not, then I can see how it would be the university's business. Sadly, I agree. I hope the team can move past this and become the champions they once were.

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Former Member — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:45:28 GMT

He was a great swimmer and, obviously a charismatic and very successful coach. This is a sad story and there are no easy answers. People are more fragile than we like to think. I hope he has support and friends. Maybe he could get back in the water. It may sound simple-minded but I think good exercise can help in a number of ways. It helps me. A tough story.