Portal Activity (News and Rumors)

[TheMookieMonster]

Nope. I'm fine with these kids getting paid, but this check chasing mercenary crap is ridiculous.

Again, you’re throwing **** against the wall you don’t even know is true. You have ZERO proof we are paying Pebbles or Amick as the highest bidder. It’s well-documented that NC State already had a catcher and Pebbles wouldn’t play next year. It’s also well-documented that Amick wants to play 3B which Clemson wasn’t going to let him do because they have a 3B. Both of those guys seem to be leaving for reasons that aren’t just “check chasing” but keep talking out of your rear end if you want.

 

[Volfan39]

They were good enough to get the team to Omaha weren't they? That's pretty good.

Oh so you’re just openly okay with the team being worse. Ok that’s completely not brain dead at all

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Again, you’re throwing **** against the wall you don’t even know is true. You have ZERO proof we are paying Pebbles or Amick as the highest bidder. It’s well-documented that NC State already had a catcher and Pebbles wouldn’t play next year. It’s also well-documented that Amick wants to play 3B which Clemson wasn’t going to let him do because they have a 3B. Both of those guys seem to be leaving for reasons that aren’t just “check chasing” but keep talking out of your rear end if you want.

Yeah, a freshman switch hitter who hit .350 isn't going to play, you know how ridiculous that sounds? Also, if Ammick hits he's gonna play at Clemson. These P5 kids jumping around is ridiculous.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Oh so you’re just openly okay with the team being worse. Ok that’s completely not brain dead at all

Again, they got this team to Omaha. This free agency crap is awful.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Yeah, a freshman switch hitter who hit .350 isn't going to play, you know how ridiculous that sounds? Also, if Ammick hits he's gonna play at Clemson. These P5 kids jumping around is ridiculous.

He was a 1B/DH last year (Amick). He wants to play 3B, how do you not understand that?

 

[Spring Hill Jay]

Without Denton Maui and Merritt we don’t get out of regionals.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

He was a 1B/DH last year (Amick). He wants to play 3B, how do you not understand that?

Is he going to run away at the professional level when he doesn't get his way?
You play where you're told to.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Is he going to run away at the professional level when he doesn't get his way?
You play where you're told to.

Okay, man. Whatever. You’re just bitter.

 

[Volfan39]

Again, they got this team to Omaha. This free agency crap is awful.

We don’t make Omaha without transfers. Cmon man don’t act like this read team was a bunch of Tennessee boys cause it wasn’t

 

[mr.checkerboards]

We don’t make Omaha without transfers. Cmon man don’t act like this read team was a bunch of Tennessee boys cause it wasn’t

Merritt is the only transfer I'm fine with. Moving levels makes sense

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Okay, man. Whatever. You’re just bitter.

Why would I be bitter? This crap is dumb.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Why would I be bitter? This crap is dumb.

Then don’t watch? You won’t be missed. You’re already trashing our incoming transfers as money hungry selfish people.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

Then don’t watch? You won’t be missed. You’re already trashing our incoming transfers as money hungry selfish people.

I’d just stop while you’re ahead. You’ll make him late to his new weekend shift.

 

[Halph66]

I'm trying to stay with it, but I'm probably gonna check out of college athletics soon. This build an All star team check chasing crap sucks.

So all you'll have left is high school sports for now. Everything from NCAA and up, the players are chasing $$$. Afterall it's a business.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

So all you'll have left is high school sports for now. Everything from NCAA and up, the players are chasing $$$. Afterall it's a business.

One it makes sense in professional sports.
Two guys sign 10-12 year contracts and actually commit.

 

[Halph66]

It sucks. Give me kids like Kirby, Sewell.... Ferguson, Russell etc..... kids that committ as a freshman and we get to actually watch grow and mature. Not whatever this crap is.
All these transfers aren't coming to ride the bench. They'll take prime spots from guys who have been here working their asses off to get a chance.
I'd rather see Kendro or Jaslove at short than Ammick. Give me DD or Tears in the OF. Give me Stark or Charlie behind the plate. Whether he wants to be here or not Give me a 3rd year Burns over Snead.

That formula doesn't work for every player. If a player that has aspirations of playing at the next level has a first rounder playing in front of him, may never see the field. But if he goes somewhere else and plays, he has an opportunity to put performance on tape for the pros. Just because he isn't better than player #1 doesn't mean that he's not good enough to make it in the pros. It's all a business decision. I would think most apply the same logic with their work environment.

 

[StarRaider]

Without Denton Maui and Merritt we don’t get out of regionals.

So they would have been ok without Do and Lindsey?

 

[SGMVols]

Without Denton Maui and Merritt we don’t get out of regionals.

Wouldn’t have made the tournament at all

 

[BruinVol]

Each invidividual within the "family" has a right to feel their own way about the transition/loss/divorce. I hardly think it is fair to say that everyone needs to react the same way. If Kirby and other teammates still value and appreciate that person and their shared experiences then that is a very healthy way to handle such events. Grateful for the time together instead of anger that it is over.

If some want to no longer have a relationship with the departing party then that is valid too and is their choice. I am not really sure what the argument is here. People handle transitions in their own way. Each person has to decide for themselves.

Agreed. Each person should be able to treat it differently

remember the op suggested it all should stay within the confines of the lockeroom. That’s not allowing each person to handle it differently

 

[Halph66]

Is he going to run away at the professional level when he doesn't get his way?
You play where you're told to.

Pro players leave all the time when they don't get their way regardless of how many years their contract is for.

 

[fryeguy93]

Tennessee is having a great week.
Why are so many people upset?

 

[Spring Hill Jay]

So they would have been ok without Do and Lindsey?

They where transfers also.

 

[knoxvol52]

Pro players leave all the time when they don't get their way regardless of how many years their contract is for.

Correct James Harden leaves everytime he gets his feelings hurt,maybe wrong words he leaves because he realizes something better out there.

 

[taylorvol]

Friends are one thing and yea those relationships shouldn’t die but when one transfers in this kind of “ugly” bad divorce way this family stuff is lost..

Why would/did you say those things about Kirby and @preacherman20 4 years ago? Seems very spiteful and odd (trying to be nice here) to call out a player and his Father in that manner.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

We can agree to disagree just like four years ago when you said my son would be a bad teammate and I would be a horrible player's parent. That aged well. This is not a divorce but a brother that has moved out. Once a brother always a brother. The players might not agree with each other's decisions but they are still brothers, or at least should be. My son will not stop being Hollis, Jake, Logan, Chase, Drew, Garrett, Evan, Zach, Alerick, or any of the other brothers he has played with brother just because they moved on. You might not like them but he is their brother. Once you fight with each other everything changes. Fan and players see the team different or at least they should. There are things that are shared in a locker room and dugout that should not be told outside that area to ANYONE ever. Just my belief or code.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas