'25 Portal Thread

[Orangeblood75]

With social media it’s really hard to tell who is a true fan and who is a dirty troll. We have a great and VERY passionate fan base.

 

[zhangliao04]

This guy was our best pass catcher this year. Glad to see he is back.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

This guy was our best pass catcher this year. Glad to see he is back.

He also blocks better than several of our OL

 

[aRmo]

Using common sense ain’t that damn hard

It is when they were not born with it.

 

[Pawleysvol]

Is Schiano our head coach?

If you are trying to give the fans credit for that then congrats, but there is a LOUD vocal minority that acts entitled and hurts the program. The garbage that happened last night on Twitter with folks trashing Spyre/Vol Club will be used against Tennessee and may even cost us a player or two. You will know who to blame if that happens.

 

[dmwvol12]

Worst fan base in college sports

People can blame Twitter but a lot of the vitriol and nonsense on this site and forum since the loss to OSU hasn’t been helpful either. If you really are a Volunteer fan repeatedly screaming for coaches to be fired is simply not helping. Let the people in charge that actually know the truth make an informed decision. Take what Tony V said to heart. You need to decide: Your either a Vol or your not. I’ll climb back into my hole now.

 

[zhangliao04]

He also blocks better than several of our OL

That’s not hard to achieve.

 

[peaygolf]

“Unfinished business”?????

Yea right. Got paid to “finish business.”
Glad he’s back, but don’t try and fool people it’s because of wanting to finish anything.

Edit
I thought he had entered the portal.

 

[Vol423]

If you are trying to give the fans credit for that then congrats, but there is a LOUD vocal minority that acts entitled and hurts the program. The garbage that happened last night on Twitter with folks trashing Spyre/Vol Club will be used against Tennessee and may even cost us a player or two. You will know who to blame if that happens.

I don't even use social media. My point is that it has already been proved that the administration can't control Vol fans on social media.

 

[zhangliao04]

With social media it’s really hard to tell who is a true fan and who is a dirty troll. We have a great and VERY passionate fan base.

Passion brings stupidity a lot of times. Every fanbase has them. But this doesn’t help our coaches ability to get us to the next level. People need to learn to put the phone down but that’ll never happen with some.

 

[zhangliao04]

“Unfinished business”?????

Yea right. Got paid to “finish business.”
Glad he’s back, but don’t try and fool people it’s because of wanting to finish anything.

Of course he is getting paid. What would you do? Not take the money when you didn’t have any draft stock?

 

[Vawlz]

“Unfinished business”?????

Yea right. Got paid to “finish business.”
Glad he’s back, but don’t try and fool people it’s because of wanting to finish anything.

It's player-speak, and it shouldn't bother you.

Some of you need to get offline and touch grass.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

Our fanbase is something else. We eat our own like no other.

 

[KnoxtotheBoro20]

“Unfinished business”?????

Yea right. Got paid to “finish business.”
Glad he’s back, but don’t try and fool people it’s because of wanting to finish anything.

You okay? Feel like you are typically a positive poster lol

 

[IUGradVol]

Our fanbase is something else. We eat our own like no other.

Saddest thing about being a Tennessee fan. Wouldn’t trade being a UT fan but what you say is very accurate!

 

[Jimmy Football]

You okay? Feel like you are typically a positive poster lol

Us old guys get grumpy from time to time. Peay is good people.

 

[vol9799]

Already happening

I'm sure you're right, and totally agree that most of what people (fans & players alike) post on social media is absolutely pointless.

BUT (and I can't believe I'm doing this) I'm gonna default back to what Saban said he told players about social media distractions, "why the xxxx would you care what some 30-something fat guy living in his mother's basement thinks?" If a player is influenced easily enough to make decisions based upon false information on the net, then they were just as likely to be susceptible to false information given to them by "friends, family, handlers, etc."

Not to wax all philosophical, but this is a discernment problem, not a result of the internet spawning a bunch of liars, cheats & trolls (they've always been there). Any individual (player or otherwise) making major life decisions based largely upon something they found online without substantiation, would probably find a way to make an equally bad decisions even if there were no fans (or posers) posting on social media.

 

[KnoxtotheBoro20]

I understand people being critical of the team, especially when the fans are even more financially invested than ever. I just don’t understand the people posting stuff to social media to earn web warrior credits lol

 

[xtremevolfan]

Yes, another year of keeping our most athletic TE off the field.

The only one keeping him off the field is himself (assume you talking Ethan Davis). Youve gotta train harder, practice harder, make it to where the coaches cant keep you off the field.

 

[Teezy]

So players are gonna believe what fans say on Twitter. Come on get real

Yes players believe this. It’s irrational to think otherwise. They are people just like you and me. All it does is give them more confidence and leverage to act out against their own coaches and team. If we believe it, they certainly can to. Our fan base literally brags about stopping a hire and firing an AD. Stop pretending like fans don’t have an effect on the team.

 

[RikidyBones]

It kind of works in UTs benefit to a degree. If this is a normal contract in NIL then it's only a matter of time until the player finds out he's been fleeced by the other school and it's before ink actually hits paper.

 

[Volbrando]

“Unfinished business”?????

Yea right. Got paid to “finish business.”
Glad he’s back, but don’t try and fool people it’s because of wanting to finish anything.

Maybe he just hasn’t had time to try to ribs at Calhouns yet.

 

[Teezy]

I'm sure you're right, and totally agree that most of what people (fans & players alike) post on social media is absolutely pointless.

BUT (and I can't believe I'm doing this) I'm gonna default back to what Saban said he told players about social media distractions, "why the xxxx would you care what some 30-something fat guy living in his mother's basement thinks?" If a player is influenced easily enough to make decisions based upon false information on the net, then they were just as likely to be susceptible to false information given to them by "friends, family, handlers, etc."

Not to wax all philosophical, but this is a discernment problem, not a result of the internet spawning a bunch of liars, cheats & trolls (they've always been there). Any individual (player or otherwise) making major life decisions based largely upon something they found online without substantiation, would probably find a way to make an equally bad decisions even if there were no fans (or posers) posting on social media.

I agree with your sentiment, but the facts are that it hurts us. Which is why we all need to collectively resist that stuff regardless of the kids decision making. Think about recruits that don’t have that close of a relationship yet. This could be their first or second impression. It’s just overall a bad look and reputation for, not only our fan base, but our program as a whole.

 

[WarMachine]

Allright, rednecks. You've seen Heupel being competitive. He reminds me of my little brother growing up. He was several years younger and would exploit every advantage he could find to compete with his older bros. I fully expect Heup to be aggressive with changes. He knows this year wasn't good enough and I expect him to do whatever it takes to get better.

 

[LoudOrange]

Would it be beneath Kirby Smart to point to Twitter comments on Spyre to the Branch decision makers and say that he has heard the same thing about Spyre. Our group in Athens is much better with our players.

Since they know Nico's family they could ask them, but point taken.