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#54
#54
@1RBFjr said:
I didn’t find a thread over there for tonight’s game 🤷
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They must feel eviscerated. We beat them by 25 the first night and next night we let them think they're gonna win and at the last minute pull the rug out from under them, and then Blade slams the door and breaks their hearts. I imagine they're all drunk somewhere.
 
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Coach_Z said:
Yeah that changes the narrative as far as the whole backup thing goes.

But the other points are still valid. Don’t be a d!ck. But with a comment like “You don’t like it, then beat it” on an internet message board to a stranger, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised!
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Hahaha… name calling on a message board while trying to take the high ground. Solid. You must have gotten the score run up on you one too many times. Cry somewhere else, snowflake. Notice my name is my username. I’m don’t hide behind anything and I say the same things I’d say to your face.
 
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#56
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Jake Tate said:
Hahaha… name calling on a message board while trying to take the high ground. Solid. You must have gotten the score run up on you one too many times. Cry somewhere else, snowflake. Notice my name is my username. I’m don’t hide behind anything and I say the same things I’d say to your face.
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So we’re doing this, then. Oooookay.

-“Don’t be a d!ck” was the gist of my argument against running the score up, but hey I love how you talk about name-calling and then call me a snowflake in the same breath, that was neat.

-I’ve gotten the score run up on me a few times, yeah, but have also been on the other side twice as much. But we beat our guys by 50 running power, counter, boot, and quick screens. Not bombs. If it was a deep ball, it was the corner on snag to convert downs or the post over top of the boot, not four verts.

-No one’s crying, but again, cool how you took an aggressive stance instead of talking with someone with a different opinion than you.

-My name is Zachary Bevins. Pleasure to “meet” you, Jake Tate. Wish it was under better circumstances, besides you being mad online. Next time you’re in Atlanta, give me a shout and we’ll say all this to each other’s face. If you’re a drinker, I’ll buy you a beer or two, we’ll clear this up, and then talk about the Vols. If not, I’ll buy you a lemonade or some sh!t and do the same. But you should drop the the internet tough-guy act. Just take it easy dude, don’t be so mad.
 
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#57
Coach_Z said:
Eh, that’s pretty bush league. Other sports have a clock. Dribble out the clock, run the ball, park the bus. Lots of ways to not rub your opponent’s nose in it.

Yeah, have them do what they’re coached to do. But jacking up 3’s up by 40 is the equivalent of throwing bombs in the 4th quarter up by 40. Why not work it around the perimeter a while and work it inside the last five or so minutes? At the end of the day, there are no style points, it’s wins and losses. A 50-point blowout counts the same as a last-second go-ahead score. Get up to that margin by all means, yes, but once you’re there and it’s *safe*, don’t be a Richard. I strongly believe you can never score enough points in the first half. But when they hay’s in the barn, that’s that.

Put your backups in. Have them run the offense. They work hard. Let them run your scheme. Put some stuff on film. They earned it. But there’s a line for sure.

Baseball is different. Baseball has no clock. You have to swing. You have to throw strikes. You have to give the other guy his chance.

A lot of times, blowouts just can’t be avoided. Your team is better, has more talent, is more motivated, whatever. Most of the time blowouts are actually good for both sides — gives some guys some hard-earned playing time, builds confidence, exposes weaknesses. But as a guy who’s been on both sides of a blowout, there’s a way to do it.
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Because it was a blow out, and because I lost interest I didn’t notice that we played 19 players in game 1. So, it’s not like we didn’t take the pedal off the gas and running up the score on purpose.

Lots of comparisons to football and basketball in your post and that’s fine, but it seems like in the baseball version of “calling off the dogs”…it was done and it seems like you want guys, subs, to walk up there and strike out on purpose? That’s not gonna happen.
 
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vol66 said:
Because it was a blow out, and because I lost interest I didn’t notice that we played 19 players in game 1. So, it’s not like we didn’t take the pedal off the gas and running up the score on purpose.

Lots of comparisons to football and basketball in your post and that’s fine, but it seems like in the baseball version of “calling off the dogs”…it was done and it seems like you want guys, subs, to walk up there and strike out on purpose? That’s not gonna happen.
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Exactly. We pulled the starters. We pitched back end of the bullpen guys. And we weren’t exactly using hit and runs or stealing bags. It’s actually far more insulting to the other team to get up there and not swing the bat and just literally quit trying than it is to keep playing the game.
 
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vol66 said:
Because it was a blow out, and because I lost interest I didn’t notice that we played 19 players in game 1. So, it’s not like we didn’t take the pedal off the gas and running up the score on purpose.

Lots of comparisons to football and basketball in your post and that’s fine, but it seems like in the baseball version of “calling off the dogs”…it was done and it seems like you want guys, subs, to walk up there and strike out on purpose? That’s not gonna happen.
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“Baseball is different. Baseball has no clock. You have to swing. You have to throw strikes. You have to give the other guy his chance.”

I have zero beef with a 27-2 baseball score
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Exactly. We pulled the starters. We pitched back end of the bullpen guys. And we weren’t exactly using hit and runs or stealing bags. It’s actually far more insulting to the other team to get up there and not swing the bat and just literally quit trying than it is to keep playing the game.
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I absolutely agree with this. MSU had a weirdly bad night. Happens sometimes.
 
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#61
Coach_Z said:
“Baseball is different. Baseball has no clock. You have to swing. You have to throw strikes. You have to give the other guy his chance.”

I have zero beef with a 27-2 baseball score
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I read all that, maybe I’m missing your overall point?
 
#62
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vol66 said:
I read all that, maybe I’m missing your overall point?
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Maybe so. I was saying, baseball aside, running up the score on purpose is a d!ck move and not something to crow about. If your team is really that much better, there’s not much you can do to stop it. But you can run the clock out once the outcome is all but decided.

Baseball is a completely different animal. *You* make the game end, not a clock. Like I said, no beef with a 27-2 score.
 
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#63
Coach_Z said:
Maybe so. I was saying, baseball aside, running up the score on purpose is a d!ck move and not something to crow about. If your team is really that much better, there’s not much you can do to stop it. But you can run the clock out once the outcome is all but decided.

Baseball is a completely different animal. *You* make the game end, not a clock. Like I said, no beef with a 27-2 score.
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May I ask a question? What would you have had UT do differently last night?
 
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#64
#64
tennesseeduke said:
I'm pretty sure Dolly has been hit a lot!
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Not the last time out. However, I have no problem with taking him out after 34 plus minutes of sitting without throwing a pitch in the game. We won , he gave up on hits or walks, and he got to rest his arm for the SEC playoffs. Seems like a very smart decision.
 
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#65
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vol66 said:
May I ask a question? What would you have had UT do differently last night?
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Nothing.

None of this was about UT. It started because another poster was bragging about running up the score in a kid’s basketball game.
 
#66
#66
Coach_Z said:
Nothing.

None of this was about UT. It started because another poster was bragging about running up the score in a kid’s basketball game.
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I wasn’t bragging, I just said it happened and you got all butthurt about it, and felt the need to post a novella about how I was wrong.

My original point was, running up the score doesn’t mean anything except your kids are performing at the level that you’ve coached them to, and the other team can’t stop it. I’m sorry that hurts your feelings.
 
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#67
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VOLINVONORE said:
Not the last time out. However, I have no problem with taking him out after 34 plus minutes of sitting without throwing a pitch in the game. We won , he gave up on hits or walks, and he got to rest his arm for the SEC playoffs. Seems like a very smart decision.
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Dude. Duke's Dolly comment went so far over your head I almost fell out of my chair laughing.
 
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#68
youcancallmeAl said:
They must feel eviscerated. We beat them by 25 the first night and next night we let them think they're gonna win and at the last minute pull the rug out from under them, and then Blade slams the door and breaks their hearts. I imagine they're all drunk somewhere.
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I’d think they’d have a thread because it was a new game despite Thursday’s game, and Friday’s game was going well until the eighth. Maybe I couldn’t find it.
 
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#73
#73
OldTimer said:
I love the fact we are hated, for too many years everyone liked us, because we were not good! Screw them and everyone else, chances are against us to win it all but we have a better chance then any other team……
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This is exactly how I’ve always felt. Nobody likes Tennessee unless they are a Tennessee fan. It’s always us against the world.
 
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#75
#75
Vtonerider said:
Clarion Ledger has an article on MS State AD defending Lemonis one year after a natty. Sounds familiar TN fan?
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Man, I wouldn’t can him over this season either. I admit I don’t know a lot about the roster, the turnover last year, injuries(key ones), portal or any behind the scenes, etc…

How would it look to potential hires if you fire a guy a year after winning the whole thing. You can forget about the “big fish”.
 
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