Evan Russell not available tonight (Friday) now AVAILABLE

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OldTimer said:
You can tell he was reading that from a script….too little too late in my opinion[/QUOTE


The too little is ESPN management saying nothing; they just let the kid announcer mumble his way out of this. ESPN thinks their stuff doesn't stink.

Same for Sankey. We would only hear him come to bama's defense. The rest of the league can suck it as far as he is concerned.

Oh how I wish both would be replaced.
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I think Vitello could have done a better job of handling the matter. You can say more to allay suspicions without being specific. Instead, he gave a cryptic response--he's sick--that was sure to invite speculation. If he was in fact sick, why not say: "We think he came down with a stomach bug"--or "he developed flu-like symptoms and we hope he'll be back in a day or do but he's still being checked out. Doesn't appear to be anything too serious." He might also have said, if this were the case: "He hasn't tested positive for Covid or failed any tests of any kind." Or, alternatively, "He's got a personal matter that he's dealing with--it doesn't involve any failed tests or rules violations or anything like that--and we hope to have him back soon." My point is, you can say more, eliminate suspicious speculation--without saying too much.
 
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turbovol said:
I think Vitello could have done a better job of handling the matter. You can say more to allay suspicions without being specific. Instead, he gave a cryptic response--he's sick--that was sure to invite speculation. If he was in fact sick, why not say: "We think he came down with a stomach bug"--or "he developed flu-like symptoms and we hope he'll be back in a day or do but he's still being checked out. Doesn't appear to be anything too serious." He might also have said, if this were the case: "He hasn't tested positive for Covid or failed any tests of any kind." Or, alternatively, "He's got a personal matter that he's dealing with--it doesn't involve any failed tests or rules violations or anything like that--and we hope to have him back soon." My point is, you can say more, eliminate suspicious speculation--without saying too much.
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Can we just stop with this "what should have been said" stuff. CTV said what he was able to say to respect the privacy of his player while respecting the public interest in the nation's #1 team.
 
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turbovol said:
I think Vitello could have done a better job of handling the matter. You can say more to allay suspicions without being specific. Instead, he gave a cryptic response--he's sick--that was sure to invite speculation. If he was in fact sick, why not say: "We think he came down with a stomach bug"--or "he developed flu-like symptoms and we hope he'll be back in a day or do but he's still being checked out. Doesn't appear to be anything too serious." He might also have said, if this were the case: "He hasn't tested positive for Covid or failed any tests of any kind." Or, alternatively, "He's got a personal matter that he's dealing with--it doesn't involve any failed tests or rules violations or anything like that--and we hope to have him back soon." My point is, you can say more, eliminate suspicious speculation--without saying too much.
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I really think this is way off base. So you would rather TV to lie about the condition of a player or discuss a very personal issue of one of his players. I think it’s time to renew your Vol Card!
 
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“…inaccurate, unsourced information I used Friday night…”

Also known as a lie. Just call it what it was. You spread a lie because it was a Tennessee player. If it were an Arkansas player, Troy wouldn’t have aired it for the whole listening audience to hear.
 
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Can we get this thread closed? Evan was sick, he’s better now, the ESPN guy gave his scripted apology, no use in Monday morning quarterbacking what TV should or shouldn’t have said

Some of y’all can doubt TV, but I think I’ll trust that the guy that got us 50+ wins, a regular season SEC championship, a SEC tournament championship, and a #1 overall seed probably knows how to handle his team.
 
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txbo said:
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."
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Agreed. I would not have jumped to PEDs personally (not sure where that came from), but the way it was announced (simply that he was “unavailable” and it would be addressed after the game — especially when our beat writers are also saying there is nothing physically wrong with him) sounded to me like it was likely something disciplinary (not judging Evan here, just playing the probabilities based on the way these things usually go in college sports). That’s no justification for making up rumors, etc., but the way to avoid those rumors would have been to say that he was unavailable due to a health issue.
 
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