Evan Russell not available tonight (Friday) now AVAILABLE

[MAD]

Can someone change thread title from Not available to AVAILABLE

 

[ALStateLineVol]

I think TV and his teammates did the right thing by not sharing until his family decided to share.

Absolutely couldn't agree more but society wants to interject a narrative quickly rather than wait for the truth. I was appalled at the narrative that was started and, even worse, to broadcast on national TV something so egregious was truly disappointing for the player, family, and school. Prayers for this young man in dealing with this illness and now having to deal with a false accusations. He didn't deserve any of this and I hope a valuable lesson is learned from this.
Go Vols!!

 

[tn4elvis]

Because of health issues, I was extremely vulnerable to a tragic outcome if I contracted Covid before I got the vaccinations. After a year of deliberate isolation from all but one person - a fellow shutin - I began to have panic attacks for the first time in my life. They are extremely unpleasant and psychologically debilitating, as I wondered during the event if my heart was blowing up, which just increased the anxiety and fear, like being in a perpetual loop of fear and confusion. My blood pressure twould balloon to 160/100!! Stress is a debilitating thing. Looking back, I reallize I've always done a poor job of managing it, mostly due to ignorance. I hope all in this conversation will give some thought to it for themselves and loved ones. Some people handle stress with no problem. But I think most of us could use a little helpt.

Evan, as one of the older guys on this team, and with the team trying to win a national championship, is likely feeling the pressure of being responsible for the outcome. Even if that isn't the case and his anxiety is caused by something else, it sure doesn't help when people on this forum and elsewhere in the fan base write and say that this team will be a failure if they don't win the natty. I have been angered every time I read something like that here. I hope people who say those kinds of things will cease and desist from putting that kind of pressure on these fine young men.[/QUOTE. Fantastic post my friend. It’s a kids game being played by talented kids for our enjoyment. Win or loose the CWS it’s still been a great and entertaining year. We as a society put way to much pressure on these kids. Let them have fun and play ball.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Stress and anxiety are insidious. I get panic attacks, runs in my family, and like many other people here and elsewhere thought I was dying the first time it happened. Sometimes I know what causes them, sometimes they come out of nowhere. If something similar happened with Evan and he ended up in hospital thinking he was having a heart attack I can understand all the concern and suddenness out of everyone.

Luckily its nothing 'serious', unluckily you get to spend the rest of your life managing yourself so you dont get too spooled up. Not really sure whats going to happen if I ever have a heartattack for real.

There are cardio rhythm monitors that blue tooth to your phone…nice to keep handy. I carry one in my ‘puter bag. I experienced an attack about four years ago, after having a heart attack 12 years ago. One was unlike the other, but similar enough that when you throw in variance of severity and individual experience, it’s nice to have the additional information at hand. Monitored my oxygen daily multiple times daily during the onset of Covid. When I did catch it, eight months after taking the J &J, I felt I had it before my O2 readings indicated anything.

 

[OldTimer]

Can someone change thread title from Not available to AVAILABLE

Done…..

 

[TN_gal]

Much to the Russell family.

 

[ButchPlz]

Much to the Russell family.

Some days I wish I was less angry about this stuff. Lesson here.

 

[sjt18]

Mostly the ESPN guy. He took obvious troll reporting, added extra commentary, and did not follow any journalistic protocol...

LOL... when have they in politics or sports over the last 30 years?

 

[Halph66]

I think TV and his teammates did the right thing by not sharing until his family decided to share.

I would appreciate that if it was me or a family member. It’s a personal decision to share, or keep it to one’s self. There are laws in place to help guard that. Letting it out when one chooses not too could add to his anxiety.
This kind of thing can impact future jobs or cause doubt from future employers.
CTV seemed nervous (out of place) in the after game presser, in my opinion. I was concerned that it might be do to the concern for ER and not knowing what to say.
Supporting ER like VolNation did last night for Chuck may be what the young man needs. GBO but most importantly Go Evan! VolNation is on your side.

 

[vol66]

Done…..

I was gonna wait until it was for sure, but I admit I was dreading figuring it out!

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

Glad to see that Evan moved back from Kentucky, recovered from COVID, got clean, and patched things up with TV

 

[tennrich1]

This clown Arkansas Twitter troll is still laughing about the rumor he spread online and the damage he did. I will never understand why people are so cruel and get enjoyment out of trying to damage someone’s reputation. Just cruel. No apology for the BS he spread. Just laughing about it and claiming himself as the best Twitter troll of all time.

It’s probably coincidence but several years ago I worked with a young man who was so devoted to Hogs sports he would cried if they lost. A grown man with a family. Otherwise he was a good normal person. He once told me how much fun he had logging onto opposing teams websites and causing all kinds of chaos. That is just sick to me. Arkansas has always seemed defensive and insecure about being in the SEC. Like they constantly need to prove their worth at being here. Clearly their programs are highly successful. I just never understood the insecurity. This guy on Twitter doesn’t seem to have a clue WHY this is so vile!

 

[ButchPlz]

Glad to see that Evan moved back from Kentucky, recovered from COVID, got clean, and patched things up with TV

Wonder what happened to the baby he was carrying though.

 

[ZZ13]

I deal with anxiety myself.
Finding a medication that works and doesn’t make you sluggish and tired all day can be an issue.

Good advice. I started having panic attacks and anxiety attacks out of the blue when I was 51. I’m 64 now. Worse than chronic pain. Fortunately it won’t really harm you directly but it feels like you are falling apart. Finally settled in on 10mg a day of paroxetine permanently a few years ago. Whenever I went off it because I though I was over the symptoms, it would come back several months or so later for other worrying I would start doing. I wish my best to Evan and hope this is just a fleeting issue that goes away forever.

 

[txbo]

I just will never understand why or how stuff like this starts and goes from 0-60 in a matter of hours. It went that fast BEFORE the broadcast.

People aren’t into the most logical explanation like he’s sick, or he pulled something or has a headache. No they go straight to a worst case scenario. They aren’t super heroes, they’re young men and they are far more invested than any of us.

If Evan plays today, some people, in addition to ESPN need to have some crow, raw with no sauce and cold.

GBO!!!

This could have all been avoided with a better announcement.

"Evan Russell is ill and won't be available for tonight's game. He is day to day on his return."

 

[ButchPlz]

This could have all been avoided with a better announcement.

"Evan Russell is ill and won't be available for tonight's game. He is day to day on his return."

You could say that but this is a lot more of a touchy subject and I'm sure it wasn't easy for TV to deal with either.

 

[vol66]

This could have all been avoided with a better announcement.

"Evan Russell is ill and won't be available for tonight's game. He is day to day on his return."

I understand but yeah, I’m past ready to get back to baseball.

 

[supersmo18]

Too many calls for a lawsuit in this situation. That’s a huge problem in America. This just isn’t litigation worthy, IMO. A public apology should be fine and a reprimand by ESPN on the announcers for making the comments without substantiation would be bonus. Move on and play ball.

 

[Halph66]

This clown Arkansas Twitter troll is still laughing about the rumor he spread online and the damage he did. I will never understand why people are so cruel and get enjoyment out of trying to damage someone’s reputation. Just cruel. No apology for the BS he spread. Just laughing about it and claiming himself as the best Twitter troll of all time.

That is the only thing he has ever done of any importance in his life time. He’s never worked for something he wants. That’s how these types work. They succeed off of bringing others down.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

I think preacher was just acknowledging the fact that you have to tune out the outside noise……..

This!
I usually keep it silly and never call anyone out, because I like hearing differing opinions, but...
I’m gonna do it and I hope it doesn’t land me in timeout, this one has “strucken”(iykyk) a nerve with me!
I’m so glad this team is not as soft as a lot of this fan base! “We should sue”, “we demand an apology on Twitter”...
Is this our society now?
No no no!
Evan Russell knows what kind of man he is and so do his coaches and teammates!
Deal with this how you need to, block out the nonsense, when you’re ready strap your cleats on, go out and do your job behind and at the plate, to help your team take another step toward the ultimate goal!
ESPN doesn’t surprise me with their nonsense and neither does the Knoxville media. What does surprise me are the Vol fans that were throwing BS out there and hoping something would stick so they would have some ridiculous drama to talk about!
Be better than that Vol nation!
Every single person that calls themselves a Vol fan, should’ve immediately defended Russell, until we knew differently. IMO, most that were throwing around the BS are the wagon jumpers, who know nothing about this team, other than their record and who their next opponent is.
This is the last thing I’ll say about this subject, I’m ready to cheer the baseVols on to another big win!
GO BIG ORANGE!!

 

[txbo]

You could say that but this is a lot more of a touchy subject and I'm sure it wasn't easy for TV to deal with either.

TV didn't need to address the "touchy subject".

"Evan is sick and won't play tonight. We hope to have him back soon"

Privacy protected. Speculation killed.

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

TV didn't need to address the "touchy subject".

"Evan is sick and won't play tonight. We hope to have him back soon"

Privacy protected. Speculation killed.

You give the general public too much credit

 

[txbo]

You give the general public too much credit

Maybe but I bet the result would have been better that what we experienced in the last 24 hours.

 

[Halph66]

This team needs to be on ESPN the rest of the season and be apologizing for what they did. That's just the start of what all needs to be done.

Why help ESPN gain viewers? I would rather be anywhere else but that broadcast.

 

[wmcovol]

Too many calls for a lawsuit in this situation. That’s a huge problem in America. This just isn’t litigation worthy, IMO. A public apology should be fine and a reprimand by ESPN on the announcers for making the comments without substantiation would be bonus. Move on and play ball.

You don’t stop this crap allowing the perpetrators to simply say I’m sorry. You stop it making them pay.