marcusluvsvols
Blue collar skoller
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Eason signed a new deal? That’s awesome!
Apparently its lost on a LOT of our fanbase (not you) that retaining the bulk of our roster and the BEST on our roster is even MORE important than every shiny, new player in the portal. Our biggest rivals can do double the damage to us competitively if they can TAKE great players from us and ADD them to their roster. To lose a player the caliber of Boo or especially a Nico, Matthews etc to a rival team would be a HUGE blow. Guarantee you all our biggest rivals in the SEC are tampering with our best players thru their agents trying to put a dagger in our backs.
You have to sweep your OWN porch before you worry about anyone else's.
Aside from the aspect mentioned above, even landing a STAR player of equal ability to someone like Boo is a loss. That player doesnt have a year in our system, doesnt have relationships with our coaches/players, and didnt CHOOSE Tennessee out of HS when they had lots of options. They have zero loyalty or bonds here within our team. Does that mean we don't want portal players? Of course not. This staff has plugged key holes in our roster using the portal every year...it just means that the guys that are already here are much more important in the vast, overwhelming majority of cases. People need to calm down and let our staff do what they do best IMO. They have earned our respect and trust.