voldawgforever
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I call bs. No one makes that kind of life altering decision based on some anonymous posters on some message board.
Please provide the name of this really good player who isn't coming to TN solely because of internet message board drama.
I really wish Freak would implement a no tolerance policy...get rid of these people that have nothing but venom and idiocy to spew.
I know he was injured last year, I am assuming that everything went ok and he is on track to be back for spring practice?
Listen folks. If the parents can't take a little criticism or if they don't realize that most negative posts are trolls then we don't need their son playing for us. The first time he gets criticized he will run to mommy. If they are not smart enough to know that most on here are trolls then their son has no way of making it in class. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I believe this site has little or no effect on recruiting. If it does, then those that it effects need to grow the hell up.
Spoken like a person who does not have children. Those are usually the "experts" on raising kids, and can tell us all how we should do it.
No one wants to hear their kid getting bashed, and especially by people who have spent their lives being critical of others, but how probably done nothing of significance in their own lives.
I certainly don't blame Mz Terry for getting upset, I do too having to get through the garbage of so many complainers who have no clue what they are talking about, but are willing to try to attach negative comments to various players.
No one wants to see their kid bashed, but people are smart enough to understand reality.
And it exists everywhere. I dont know croom or his mother. They seem like great people.
But, if croom drops the game winning td against alabama, the last place they are going to want to be is a vol message board.
It's the nature of the beast.
Firstly, the majority of negative posts on this message board and on TOS are vol fans, some of them are long time members, and NOT trolls. There was a lot of angry and aggressive spewing during the last couple of Dooley years and it reached a fever pitch the day CBJ was announced. It was embarrassing actually. The meltdowns are pitiful. Secondly, recruits and current players absolutely do get on these sites. Think about it...if you were a 16/17 year old kid who could Google his name and find endless chatter about yourself...wouldn't you be tempted to read...and wouldn't you perhaps lack the maturity to properly digest some of the crap that is written by complete moron fans that have no clue what they are talking about and who think that they are actual evaluators of talent? I love the posters that can't even navigate the recruiting forum but then decide to post about how lame a 3* is. Negativity from our fanbase does get to these kids. It just does. I believe it also got to the team last year.
I wish parents didnt visit sports boards. Good never comes of it.
Why don't y'all leave her alone. If she wanted to post she would post.
Firstly, the majority of negative posts on this message board and on TOS are vol fans, some of them are long time members, and NOT trolls. There was a lot of angry and aggressive spewing during the last couple of Dooley years and it reached a fever pitch the day CBJ was announced. It was embarrassing actually. The meltdowns are pitiful. Secondly, recruits and current players absolutely do get on these sites. Think about it...if you were a 16/17 year old kid who could Google his name and find endless chatter about yourself...wouldn't you be tempted to read...and wouldn't you perhaps lack the maturity to properly digest some of the crap that is written by complete moron fans that have no clue what they are talking about and who think that they are actual evaluators of talent? I love the posters that can't even navigate the recruiting forum but then decide to post about how lame a 3* is. Negativity from our fanbase does get to these kids. It just does. I believe it also got to the team last year.
There is no way I could have said it better. Our own fanbase really believes their constant negativity on VN and TOS doesn't hurt our recruiting or team. They expect these kids to understand why they are being ugly about 3* or cry when someone is considering another college. They are ugly if you aren't top notch in recruiting a player and any person that posts a negative article about our coaches will be Praised with a fire so so thread.
I don't think many vols fans on here deserve a winning season. They can't see any positive and think that crying like a 3 yo in Walmart will fix it when infact it hurts us.