2009 Football Prospects and Index

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Freak

Freak

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We are going to try something new. Each prospect that we are discussing that has legit interest in Tennessee will have an official thread. Ideally, I would like for those thread to include some basic information and/or pics about the prospect. Kind of like Rex does - example. Note that the first post provides basic information about the prospect and note how he listed the title. I believe that will work well. Hopefully, between myself, Rex, the community, and the eventual addition of a couple of recruiting mods we can keep some order to this forum. Please also be careful to make sure these official prospect threads on topic.

Now for me, the biggest issue of the idea above is how to be able to quickly access a prospect's thread if you have some information to add. Most people won't use the search function, unfortunately. So that 's where this thread comes in. This thread will provide an index of prospects with the link to their corresponding thread here.

Feel free to add any suggestions that you might have to this process. Also, please feel free to use this thread to suggest a prospect's thread that needs to be linked. It might be one that is not on my list or it could be a better thread than the one I have linked since we have several for some of these prospects.

Lastly, many of these links aren't in the new format that we would like to see. If you wish to start one, following the basic guidelines above, just post the new link here and I will update this list.

I realize at first, this list will not be comprehensive and it will take everyone's help to make this process work.

Any questions?

Thanks
 
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vols kick balls said:
It is a good idea. Who gave you the idea freak?
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You know, I come up with a good one every once in a while. :) I will also plan on making this page a little more user friendly with a bit more info as we go along.
 
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Not sure if you want to go into this much detail but maybe a sub forum of prospects only and let only the mods create the original thread. That would keep all the topics the players names and keep the need for mod interference to only those threads. Use the main recruiting forum for other recruiting topics and future recruits and or stat threads like LWS does.

Also maybe seperate Football from basketball as well or just use a football or basketball Icon by said recruits name to make it easier to decifer. But with SO many prospects maybe a forum for each... /shrug
 
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head1 said:
Not sure if you want to go into this much detail but maybe a sub forum of prospects only and let only the mods create the original thread. That would keep all the topics the players names and keep the need for mod interference to only those threads. Use the main recruiting forum for other recruiting topics and future recruits and or stat threads like LWS does.
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That's a good idea but it really puts all the work on the mods and I prefer to have everyone contribute.
 
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vol_freak said:
That's a good idea but it really puts all the work on the mods and I prefer to have everyone contribute.
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Well we pretty much have certain people who do that already, like Rex, who would just be in charge of it from now on and give him a little backup, like VIA and whoever else would be deemed worthy.

I would think those two for sure contribute the most in this forum and would easily stay on top of that. If someone created a prospect thread in the main recruiting forum the mod could just move it where it belongs.
 
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what shocks me more than anything is that Freak had a good idea. But, like my granddaddy used to say, "Even a lame dog catches a rabbit once in awhile."
 
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rexvol said:
what shocks me more than anything is that Freak had a good idea. But, like my granddaddy used to say, "Even a lame dog catches a rabbit once in awhile."
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I always thought it was "even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while". :)
 
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rexvol said:
what shocks me more than anything is that Freak had a good idea. But, like my granddaddy used to say, "Even a lame dog catches a rabbit once in awhile."
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How the hell is a lame dog gonna catch a rabbit? I'm calling shenanigans on your grandaddy.
 
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#16
I'll see if I can pull some strings. :)

Be sure to add prospects you see that are not listed.
 
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vol_freak said:
I'll see if I can pull some strings. :)

Be sure to add prospects you see that are not listed.
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lol
The only two I can think of off the top of my head are Antonio Foster and D.J. Swearinger, both of which we are leaders for.

How do I add, just post a link to the thread and you'll add later?
 
#18
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Sure, that would be fine. I added both of those.
 
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this board has officially become to big for me to keep up with. not that it's a bad thing.
 
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vol_freak said:
You know, I come up with a good one every once in a while. :) I will also plan on making this page a little more user friendly with a bit more info as we go along.
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that was my plan for the get-go but the thread limits me to 10,000 letters so I had to keep editing and going back. :blink:
 
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hampdawgg said:
that was my plan for the get-go but the thread limits me to 10,000 letters so I had to keep editing and going back. :blink:
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Yeah. I have a solution for that if you are interested in still keeping this up to date. I've been working on my own version for fun as well. PM me if you want.
 
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doozer said:
this board has officially become to big for me to keep up with. not that it's a bad thing.
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How so? This thread addresses an idea on how to make it easier to keep up with. :dunno:
 
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Well for one people dont use the search button as much as they should so alot of redundant posts.

Are you just going to use this as a sticky to have the prospect list or is this just the temporary fix?
 
#24
#24
Well both. It's going to be a sticky for the prospect list but ideally I'd like to add some more information to it and make it a bit more user friendly than just a list of names with links.
 
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