Cameron Carr Transferring

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

False.

Point Break or Road House

False. The Outsiders

 

[vols 30]

False. The Outsiders

False. Red Dawn

 

[jp1]

I don't care that it's selfish. RB put him in a corner, he chose to leave.

Barnes didn't put him in a corner. That's laughable.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Patrick Swayze's best movie was Ghost.

 

[wrangler]

No votes for Uncommon Valor?

 

[knoxvol52]

No reason to apologize. There are tons of these situations throughout the collegiate landscape, all incentivized by this toxic environment that is college sports.

This stuff started with the UNLV QB walking away from his team during season this year. Shocked why individuals are surprised about this, it's the new age of college sports. The name on back of Uniform is more important than name on the front.

Individuals better cherish the Ziegler's and Mashack's of the world they will become far and few in the landscape of college athletics..

 

[Houstonvol1]

This stuff started with the UNLV QB walking away from his team during season this year. Shocked why individuals are surprised about this, it's the new age of college sports. The name on back of Uniform is more important than name on the front.

Individuals better cherish the Ziegler's and Mashack's of the world they will become far and few in the landscape of college athletics..

IIRC he was trying to preserve his senior year and claimed UNLV didn’t pay him the 100k promised by a coach. UNLV said he was never offered the money.

So Carr is walking away to preserve his sophomore year? Something doesn’t add up to me. Why avoid talking to a coach.

 

[Houstonvol1]

This is shocking and maddening at the same time. Was very high on him for his athletic ability and seemed like a smart kid with good family influence. This flies in the face of what I know of him and the influence of CRB and staff.

Feels like something else behind the scenes, I don’t even think this is about being recruited or offered something else at another school. Even the worst of the worst D1 scum coaches wouldn’t advocate for this kind of departure.

I agree. The “selfish player” narrative doesn’t seem to fit here. Nothing makes sense. Transferring at this point in the season makes no sense. His playing time was going to go up on a team with national exposure. Likely a starter next year. If he wanted a redshirt why not at least talk to a coach. He had two more years.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Feels like something else behind the scenes, I don’t even think this is about being recruited or offered something else at another school. Even the worst of the worst D1 scum coaches wouldn’t advocate for this kind of departure.

I think you have too high of an opinion of some D1 coaches. I can name 5 off the cuff that would probably do this and have done this before.

 

[creekdipper]

If we recruit another big man out of the portal that ends up starting, I fully expect to lose either Estrella or Phillips.

I know you love UT and can't fathom this, but these kids have a very small shot at making the league and have to do what they can to maximize their chances of getting there. If Carr thinks he is an NBA talent he isnt going to get there with 8 minutes per game in year 2. Time will tell.

Didn't seem to affect Knecht.

 

[creekdipper]

I know Swayze is mad about it.

Pain don't hurt.

 

[NighthawkVol]

I was referring to a famous Patrick Swayze quote from the (terribly cheesy) 80’s movie, Dirty Dancing.

What’s do we know about Boswell’s shoulder now? When is he expected to be back?

 

[NighthawkVol]

You didn’t miss anything. It’s just a pop culture reference.

But I thought you and I were going to perform “the lift” at the end-of-season talent show?

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

But I thought you and I were going to perform “the lift” at the end-of-season talent show?

If you don’t hit that Ozempic I bought you, we’ll never get there.

 

[creekdipper]

False. Red Dawn

Michigan fans agree.

 

[creekdipper]

Strangest situation since Sade Wiley-Gatewood left the Lady Vols in January when we were undefeated and #1. What made it worse was that she was the starting PG.

Her mid season defection to Maryland in mid season may very well have cost Summitt/UT another national championship.

 

[NighthawkVol]

If you don’t hit that Ozempic I bought you, we’ll never get there.

You can lift me even with my sugars actin up.

 

[BreatheUT]

The transfer portal and semi-pro sports have made strange bed fellows.

It's over in a few years for college sports if something doesn't change.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

I think you have too high of an opinion of some D1 coaches. I can name 5 off the cuff that would probably do this and have done this before.

I can think of maybe 3, but I start going deeper than that I feel like I’m rolling the dice. Could it happen? Sure. I just don’t think it’s the situation here - Barnes wouldn’t roll over without bringing attention to it.

This just feels like there’s something else driving it. Even someone being tampered with probably wouldn’t just say “peace” and walk out like this one did .

 

[Houstonvol1]

The transfer portal and semi-pro sports have made strange bed fellows.

It's over in a few years for college sports if something doesn't change.

The system will likely evolve. What makes this even stranger is that the portal is not even open for basketball. March ( I think).

 

[Sudden Impact]

The transfer portal and semi-pro sports have made strange bed fellows.

It's over in a few years for college sports if something doesn't change.

I don't expect any worthwhile changes. The NCAA hands are tied and they are administrators not leaders. Lost control along time ago and it is coming back to haunt them. They choose what was best for the pot of gold and fumbled it into what we have today.

The only way the NCAA can change the system is to reorganize how they approach their jobs. Control the things you can control and change the mission statement of the organization. As soon as this happens you will see a mass exodus of colleges from the organization.

 

[therealitytheory]

"Shoot straight for once you Army pukes."

All that cheese and I still got a little misty..

 

[Rushin Orange Collusion]

This is shocking and maddening at the same time. Was very high on him for his athletic ability and seemed like a smart kid with good family influence. This flies in the face of what I know of him and the influence of CRB and staff.

Feels like something else behind the scenes, I don’t even think this is about being recruited or offered something else at another school. Even the worst of the worst D1 scum coaches wouldn’t advocate for this kind of departure.

I respectfully disagree that the worst of the worst D1 coaches wouldn’t approve of this behavior. This smells like tampering or under the table shenanigans. Carr may have been told not to say anything. Still, this is very bizarre. So much for the golden rule!

 

[Lefteye]

False.

Point Break or Road House

Don’t sleep on Red Dawn

 

[Shades]

Looks like Barnes saw this coming, although many of Carr's teammate did not.

https://atozsports.com/nashville/volunteers/rick-barnes-makes-surprising-revelation-after-tennessee-vols-win-against-mtsu/

Barnes told reporters that he has no idea why Carr left the program while noting that the coaching staff didn't have any discussions with the sophomore guard before he left.

"He just walked out," said Barnes.

"We were obviously counting on him being part of the team. Surprised his teammates. They were very disappointed. So from here on, there is nothing to really talk about. He made his decision. No reason. It’s baffling to be quite honest with you.”

"To be honest with you I am not surprised," continued Barnes when further asked about Carr's decision. "It didn’t surprise me. I actually made that comment to the coaches. That’s all I can tell you...We are around these guys all the time. We know when guys are locked in and when they’re not. We know guys. We know these guys like the back of our hand. They talk. We talk. So if you ask me, I was not the least bit surprised.” [\QUOTE]