But once he came back to the Southeastern Conference last year, Martin’s return trip to Knoxville, Tenn., would eventually get here.
But will the Vols boo their former coach when he steps on the floor? Should they boo their former coach?
“I think he’ll get a nice reception,” said Hyams, a longtime Knoxville sportswriter and radio show host who’s covered the Vols since the 1980s. “The majority of people recognize what a great person he is and that he did a good job there. The problem was you’d have what I consider a very vocal minority. Now, sometimes a minority is 2 percent and sometimes it’s 35 percent.