Ath Dept Not Doing Their Job -- Tiny

#27
#27
I skipped a Ton of class in high school and my grades suffered. Had tough time getting into colleges. My principals and teachers are clearly to blame. Malpractice!
 
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WiseOlVol said:
The University's job is to prepare students for their professional careers. That includes aspiring professional athletes. They are in entertainment no less so than, say, drama and music majors.

It appears Tiny won't be drafted because, principally, he was not ready for the combine and other pre-draft workouts.

For all potential draftees, the The Ath Dept should organize simulated events whereby the kids can assess whether they'll stack up and in which areas they are lacking.

For underclassmen, the likely results of the combine and pre-draft events should be known before the kid pulls the trigger and declares for the draft. We're talking about millions of dollars here.

Both Bray and Tiny already had enough exposure to be almost assured of a 1st or 2nd round selection if they stay for the Sr. years. That's a ton of guaranteed money.

It's malpractice to allow these kids to shoot themselves in the foot.
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its his knees apparently, but hes a grown ass man, he had tons of advice, but you have to support the mans decision. no drinkin and typin!
 
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GoVols15 said:
With all due respect, this is really a dumb statement! How do you know what the AD said to Tiny? The bottom line is Tiny made the best decision that he thought was best for him, period. I'm sure Tiny talked to a lot of people and carefully weighed his options. To blame the AD is just plain ignorant.
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I would like this twice if I could... Let's just hope that Tiny gets invited to the right camp with an opportunity to make a roster. At least for the moment it seems like he made a big mistake but that's his mistake not our Athletic dept.
 
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WiseOlVol said:
The University's job is to prepare students for their professional careers. That includes aspiring professional athletes. They are in entertainment no less so than, say, drama and music majors.

It appears Tiny won't be drafted because, principally, he was not ready for the combine and other pre-draft workouts.

For all potential draftees, the The Ath Dept should organize simulated events whereby the kids can assess whether they'll stack up and in which areas they are lacking.

For underclassmen, the likely results of the combine and pre-draft events should be known before the kid pulls the trigger and declares for the draft. We're talking about millions of dollars here.

Both Bray and Tiny already had enough exposure to be almost assured of a 1st or 2nd round selection if they stay for the Sr. years. That's a ton of guaranteed money.

It's malpractice to allow these kids to shoot themselves in the foot.
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Wtf?

Richardson has knees made of paper.
 
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mommasvol said:
:sad: i just hurt for him
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Agreed. Noone should take pleasure in this. I thought he made the right call. I never saw this coming. He still has the tools to make it if he can get hiis knees in order
I hope he does. All this second guessing and fingerpointing is weak.
 
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TennesseeOrange said:
These kids know what is at stake during the combine process. Also, there are various draft committees, and I would be shocked if UT does not have a pro sports council that these kids can consult. Don't blame the Athletic Department when they did nothing wrong.
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Don't they have the guy on bUTchs staff who is a liaison between the NFL and U.T.?

IF you will recall, there was a fair share amount of articles in the past 12 months that praised "Tiny" so it wasn't a given that he would not be drafted.

There was room for him and others to think that he might get drafted....
 
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#39
No one to blame here. I'm reasonably sure everyone gave their best assessment of Tiny's draft potential. Many projected draft placements were flat out wrong. Tiny still has chance to be picked up as a free agent or play out of country. Not the end of the world. I also wasn't sold on the stellar quality of the OL last year except not allowing very many sacks.
 
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7thgroupvolfan said:
It's called being self-motivated. The only person Tiny can point to is himself. University's fault my ass..
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All I remember about Tiny is the false starts and everybody telling me how much better he was than James, really I thought at worst 4th round what happen.
 
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My Dolphins are in need of all the lineman they can get . Maybe he can go play with Juwuan James and Dallas Thomas
 
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Have you not read about how much butch did for j James to help him get drafted so high? Butch does whatever for his players and I highly doubt he threw tiny to the curb. Get a grip. Tiny underachieved and that's a huge knock when drafting someone. I do believe however he should have been drafted and he will be a steal in FA but c'mon get a grip. The ADs fault...???
 
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Is every stinkin' thing the AD, university, coaches, etc fault? Good grief. Sometimes these boys gotta look in the mirror. Got out worked by a lot of lesser school guys apparently. That ain't on UT
 
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I really wish the NCAA would allow a kid after the combined to come back if he got in over his head not just because of Tiny every year this happens to a lot of players. a lot of it is the family members pushing them, and the kids reading the clipping a lot of them don't never return and get there degree I know its there choice but think 21 or 22 and everybody telling you how great you are and how much money you going to get begin a first or second round choice no way Tiny would have went if he thought he was a 6th or 7th round choice much less undrafted.
 
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At some point you have to make the individual responsible for his actions. It's society's fault. It's the AD's fault. It's always somebody else's fault. BS.

I agree what the OP wrote about providing information on comparisons and consequences, but the player like Tiny probably wouldn't listen anyway. They see the vision of millions, they have family pushing them to the pros, they have self interested hangers on influencing them to grab the ring. But to blame the AD is just wrong.
 
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One good thing comes out of all this Tiny draft debacle...our current and incoming guys see what "buying in to the hype" gets you and makes them think harder about staying the full four years.
 
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