Da'Rick Rogers invited to UT's pro day??

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1982Alum said:
He's not a kid, he is a man now at 21. And he is a delinquent that shouldn't be on campus. He's a pot head and the pros are aware of his past. He is someone we certainly do NOt want to be a UT representative. as for the VFL discussion, I just laugh.
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what do you think UT's enrollment would drop to if all delinquent "potheads" were kicked off campus?
 
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utvolpj said:
what do you think UT's enrollment would drop to if all delinquent "potheads" were kicked off campus?
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So you don't think that an athelete representing the University of Tennessee should be held to a higher standard?? If you don't see the significance of that then....well....I don't know what to tell you.
 
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Spartacavolus said:
You are leading for DQOY. I have my own opinion. I can handle you disagreeing. You can't. I guess you feel entitled to be the opinion nazi.
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So you admit you think we're all leeches?

Because if your apparently slow small businesses have ever taken a special tax break, government benefit, or if you've used any kind of government sponsored forum, seminar, or otherwise, you're a worse leech than any of us.
 
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1truevol said:
So you don't think that an athelete representing the University of Tennessee should be held to a higher standard?? If you don't see the significance of that then....well....I don't know what to tell you.
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They are held to a higher standard. That's why they are supposed to pretend like they don't and keep from getting caught. If you cleaned house on our program you would just have about 15 players, and I was giving us a little credit. I am sure there are schools where you would have less than 10.
 
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1truevol said:
So you don't think that an athelete representing the University of Tennessee should be held to a higher standard?? If you don't see the significance of that then....well....I don't know what to tell you.
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why start now? They've never been held to the standard everyone is clamoring for now. They may look like they are but it doesn't happen in reality
 
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TylerD said:
They are held to a higher standard. That's why they are supposed to pretend like they don't and keep from getting caught. If you cleaned house on our program you would just have about 15 players, and I was giving us a little credit. I am sure there are schools where you would have less than 10.
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Uhhhh.........no.
 
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utvolpj said:
why start now? They've never been held to the standard everyone is clamoring for now. They may look like they are but it doesn't happen in reality
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Hell, the standards for things like this are much higher now than when my parents were in school in the early 80s.
 
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SIGH! The usual VN hate festival on a player. People do dumb things. Some due to immaturity, some to being motivated by dubious even diabolic reasons. A lot of people endure experiences that face plants them into a wall, lo and behold, they realize what a jackass they've been. A lot of them put forth effort to change their ways. But you know what? A lot of people are so full of spite, hate, and worse they refuse forgive or forget no matter what that person does to remedy his past. If God treated people this way, we'd all be in hell whether we have died or not.

I read DR's comments, I can only speculate he's serious. His comments indicate he now knows he was 9/10ths an ass and 10/10ths what comes out of an ass. He values the university enough to desire to be part of it despite his past failing. He bluntly confesses to those failings. You know, he could have gone on the media and badmouthed the university and everything about it. Given the imbecilic behavior of a lot of Vols fans, it's a wonder he didn't. Given Vols fans already have a reputation for being a sorry bunch of retards, many people probably would have nodded in agreement with his badmouthing. But he isn't badmouthing the UT or its fans, if anything he's badmouthing himself. Interesting. For someone gathering so much hate, he sure shows a lot more class than his haters.
 
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1truevol said:
So you don't think that an athelete representing the University of Tennessee should be held to a higher standard?? If you don't see the significance of that then....well....I don't know what to tell you.
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College kids make mistakes, hopefully they learn from them. Until they start getting paid to represent Tennessee, they are college kids that play a sport. And I mean really get paid, not scholarships; because what scholarship out there expects out of you what a football scholarship demands?
 
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Spartacavolus said:
If people don't understand a point, it usually leads to namecalling.
And I don't care if people smoke pot. That's not even in the debate.
I think he and Montori should have had a pro day somewhere else. That's all. And the opinion of a 15 yr old isn't going to change mine.
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Some people just have to be perpetual haters. Interesting is comments on here about deserving entitlement and other such creamed diarrhea. But he himself talks about his immaturity and how having to to to TTU was humbling. And how he is putting his past behind him and learning from the experience and making himself a better person.As opposed to giving the UT and its fan the finger and worse. I honestly believe the haters here, if DR flew like Superman, acquired and donated 600 acres of prime real estate to the UT, and paid for mobile dome for Neyland Stadium, you haters would find fault with that as well.
Guy's trying to actually learn from the results of his stupidity and the haters are ignoring it. I agree the litmus test is when he has money as a pro. If his character hasn't changed, we'll know fast enough. But to sit back now and just hate on the guy for being stupid as if none of us ever were stupid, is ridiculous. There's a difference between being stupid and staying stupid. Hating is both.
 
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TylerD said:
So you think that these players choose not to do it because of the consequences? That's hilarious.
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You and some others simply seem to be out of touch with the expectations of college atheletes. In many cases these players are the faces of the university (any university) that they play for. This is fact and like it are not....they are held to a higher standard than the general student body. Do all players realize this and embrace this? Of course not! It's really unfortunate for those who "don't" or "won't" get it. They are given EVERY opportunity to right their ship but are simply too immature or selfish to conform to the responsibilities of the team and the program. At the end of the day that's their choice. It just bothers me...that as if the coaches didn't bend over backwards enough, they invite a player like that back to perform in our pro day. I love Coach Jones don't get me wrong, but in this case I would've let DaRick figure out his best "path" to the NFL since he didn't want to stay on ours!
 
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1truevol said:
You and some others simply seem to be out of touch with the expectations of college atheletes. In many cases these players are the faces of the university (any university) that they play for. This is fact and like it are not....they are held to a higher standard than the general student body. Do all players realize this and embrace this? Of course not! It's really unfortunate for those who "don't" or "won't" get it.
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you keep saying this but it's not true. Easiest example is admissions requirements

1truevol said:
They are given EVERY opportunity to right their ship but are simply too immature or selfish to conform to the responsibilities of the team and the program. At the end of the day that's their choice...It just bothers me that as if the coaches didn't bend over backwards enough, they invite a player like that back to perform in our pro day. I love Coach Jones don't get me wrong, but in this case I would've let DaRick figure out his best "path" to the NFL since he didn't want to stay on ours!
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so that "every opportunity" doesn't include an NFL pro day in Knoxville? Interesting
 
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1truevol said:
No he gave up his vol card when he repeatedly chose to put himself and his off the field actions above what the "team" was trying to accomplish! Wish him the best...but I don't consider him a Vol.
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I get what you're saying. I was mad about that too and am still frustrated by his off the field stuff. However, Da'Rick did give his all for Tennessee on the field. We would have 2 straight losses to Vandy without him throwing his body in the way to make a great catch to send us into overtime 2 years ago. He carried the team many times on the field.
 
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1truevol said:
I know there will be some here who think this is such a classy move on Coach Jones's behalf....but not me. I just disagree with rolling the carpet out for a young man who had countless chances here at UT to "grow up" and show "maturity" here at UT. He was given a long leash and did nothing but abuse it. Instead he was selfish and felt know allegiance to his team and ultimately got shown the door. I'm sorry but I think we should have left those ties severed. He cares nothing about being a VFL so please don't play that card. Go Vols!
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Its Dooley's fault.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
SIGH! The usual VN hate festival on a player. People do dumb things. Some due to immaturity, some to being motivated by dubious even diabolic reasons. A lot of people endure experiences that face plants them into a wall, lo and behold, they realize what a jackass they've been. A lot of them put forth effort to change their ways. But you know what? A lot of people are so full of spite, hate, and worse they refuse forgive or forget no matter what that person does to remedy his past. If God treated people this way, we'd all be in hell whether we have died or not.

I read DR's comments, I can only speculate he's serious. His comments indicate he now knows he was 9/10ths an ass and 10/10ths what comes out of an ass. He values the university enough to desire to be part of it despite his past failing. He bluntly confesses to those failings. You know, he could have gone on the media and badmouthed the university and everything about it. Given the imbecilic behavior of a lot of Vols fans, it's a wonder he didn't. Given Vols fans already have a reputation for being a sorry bunch of retards, many people probably would have nodded in agreement with his badmouthing. But he isn't badmouthing the UT or its fans, if anything he's badmouthing himself. Interesting. For someone gathering so much hate, he sure shows a lot more class than his haters.
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I don't disagree with any of that. I don't understand why an opinion equals hate though. You guys are putting emotion into it. Mine is more based on cut and dry. You embarrass yourself, the program and get kicked out of school. He still has a career. A year off from Dooley was probably more helpful than anything anyway.
Again, I hope he has learned and excels on the next level. I need someone to explain to me why that is hate.
 
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