Family Atmosphere

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Year after year I read that recruits really like the family atmosphere when they visit Tennessee. I hardly ever read comments like that from recruits going to other schools.

So what is it that sets Tennessee apart from other programs when it comes to this?
 
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OWB said:
Year after year I read that recruits really like the family atmosphere when they visit Tennessee. I hardly ever read comments like that from recruits going to other schools.

So what is it that sets Tennessee apart from other programs when it comes to this?
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Probably Phil in his apron doing dishes.
 
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Well, glad to see that nobody is taking this topic too seriously..:dry:
 
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VolNation seperates itself from other message boards in the same way. There's definitely an undeniable family atmosphere here.

:huggy:
 
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OWB said:
Year after year I read that recruits really like the family atmosphere when they visit Tennessee. I hardly ever read comments like that from recruits going to other schools.

So what is it that sets Tennessee apart from other programs when it comes to this?
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I read that to be a reflection on the coaching staff.

Fulmer has said he trys to treat recruits and players like he would treat his family.
 
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and guys who he would want to date his daughters. that's y we've had gf beaters, armed robbers, DUI'er's and so forth
 
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i'll take a stab at it....

we always talk about how TN recruits nationally cause they have to. Knowing that going in, it's not like we are going in to HS's all over the state and recruiting 2-3 people out of each...so it is very likely that there is a farily significant % of players that play football at TN that know no one when they get here, other than the people that have been hosting or recruiting them. it puts a premium on the coaches creating that atmosphere and developing relationships between teammates. and it doesn't hurt that in most cases, the person doing the hosting was in the same shoes as the new recruit 3-4 years prior...so there's been a precedent set that the kid can see and buy in to, w/out necessarily thinking there's anything to it.

So when a guy that is in the program that is from NJ or OK or CA etc...comes to another kid from another part of the country and talks about "tennessee family", it's a little easier to buy it than if it were the opposite. there are likely no "cliques" already formed when some of these players get to knoxville, and many of them are forced into a social and cultural situation that is perceived to be a lot different than what they were used to, depending on what part of the country they were from.

So given the history that TN has from a national recruiting standpoint, i think it makes a kid from CA or OR or wherever not so intimidated about coming in to a school that may be so far from home.

How's that OWB????
 
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OWB said:
Year after year I read that recruits really like the family atmosphere when they visit Tennessee. I hardly ever read comments like that from recruits going to other schools.

So what is it that sets Tennessee apart from other programs when it comes to this?
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yes they like to keep crime in the family......lololol just kidding
 
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jakez4ut said:
i'll take a stab at it....

we always talk about how TN recruits nationally cause they have to. Knowing that going in, it's not like we are going in to HS's all over the state and recruiting 2-3 people out of each...so it is very likely that there is a farily significant % of players that play football at TN that know no one when they get here, other than the people that have been hosting or recruiting them. it puts a premium on the coaches creating that atmosphere and developing relationships between teammates. and it doesn't hurt that in most cases, the person doing the hosting was in the same shoes as the new recruit 3-4 years prior...so there's been a precedent set that the kid can see and buy in to, w/out necessarily thinking there's anything to it.

So when a guy that is in the program that is from NJ or OK or CA etc...comes to another kid from another part of the country and talks about "tennessee family", it's a little easier to buy it than if it were the opposite. there are likely no "cliques" already formed when some of these players get to knoxville, and many of them are forced into a social and cultural situation that is perceived to be a lot different than what they were used to, depending on what part of the country they were from.

So given the history that TN has from a national recruiting standpoint, i think it makes a kid from CA or OR or wherever not so intimidated about coming in to a school that may be so far from home.

How's that OWB????
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Good answer Jake..:good!:
 
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