GoVols876
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So he was Madonna before Madonna was Madonna?
These kids better get used to it, if they can't handle a little criticism, game over.
They should know the game by now, if they aren't coming to your school, then they suck, it's just they way it is.
Long story short -- While Florida and Alabama are loading up on 5-star and 4-star recruits, Dooley and staff are stealing recruits away from ECU, Vandy, and LA Tech.
It gives some Vol fans reason to worry.
Long story short -- While Florida and Alabama are loading up on 5-star and 4-star recruits, Dooley and staff are stealing recruits away from ECU, Vandy, and LA Tech.
It gives some Vol fans reason to worry.
I saw this and thought everyone here in the recruiting forum should read it's contents... (So we don't negatively effect a recruit that UT is recruiting)
Recruits and their parents read message boards...we have seen that first hand here at VN...
“I have a comment that someone put on Volquest.com that my dad showed me,” Mason said. “It said: ‘Hutson Mason will never play a down in the SEC. He’ll never do anything. He’s garbage.’ I printed it out and put it in my locker and highlighted it and it’s still in my locker right now. So every day I open up my locker I see it before I work out. You just use all that stuff for motivation. Sometimes you just want to take some action and prove somebody wrong.”
If you guys will do some research into the AJC articles about Mason, you will find just as many UGA fans bashing him, even after he signed, and calling his signing nothing but a PR move by CMR.
The reference to VQ is sour grapes because he really wanted an offer from UT and it never came.
So you are worried. With your logic, bashing our players and prospects makes it all better. Huh??? Makes a lot of sense to me.
DD was handed a disaster and he is trying to make the best of it. It won't help him get 4 and 5 star recruits with some of our brilliant fans calling prospects and their families disparaging names.
I think you are missing the point of the thread....Mason was just an example of a recruit that caught wind of a message board...
The point is... to not bash recruits while we are recruiting them...ie. Ambles...it makes no sense...
...and the point about being of high character...
You're right... who wants a team full of Chris Johnsons(ECU), Jay Cutlers(Vandy), and Terry Bradshaws(LaTech)????
I got your point.
The prospects that do not have a huge CHIP on their shoulder, do not give a rip about the fan boards.
You are taking this WAY too serious.
Long story short -- While Florida and Alabama are loading up on 5-star and 4-star recruits, Dooley and staff are stealing recruits away from ECU, Vandy, and LA Tech.
It gives some Vol fans reason to worry.
Im not taking anything too seriously...I thought ppl at volnation would find the article an interesting read...thats why I posted it...
I commented on you because you brought up the AJC stuff to try and make a point that wasn't relevant here at VN...
Great thread. Lots of recruits google themselves. In a lot of cases, message boards talking about that recruit are the first sites that come up. Kids shouldn't make their college decisions based on such things but we really shouldn't risk it.
For example, all the idiots bashing Ambles for being a pre-madonna.