Recruiting Football Talk VII

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FastChad said:
I’ve been around. Didn’t post much after the breakup with Jody but met a pretty cool girl at an outdoor survival class for beginners in Spartanburg. If it turns out that she can run and jump good, I’m thinking about proposing. Crazy times, huh.
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Good luck on your hunger games.
 
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Ace said:
Everyone on VN has been a little sensitive this week including myself. If any of my posts have been harsh, I apologize and I know we all just want the Vols to win. I am going to take a break from VN and I hope to be back in a little while. Good night
























See you tomorrow- Beat Illinois
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75-68 Vols ...book it...
 
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Fans always overreact. I am one that does that quite often. That’s just my fandom. People fan in different ways. For example, the dumbest thing on here is when people have a negative outlook for some reason they aren’t fans. That’s dumb. They just express themselves differently.

I think we have a great fan base that is a little dumb sometimes. But I am sure every fan base is like that. I know one thing, being a TN fan is better than being a fan of any other team!!!
 
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BigSteve09 said:
It's honestly elementary thinking, unfortunately. And our fanbase was firing the 2-cent takes off in spades yesterday, to anyone that would listen.

"We did not get 5-star OL. Don't we have money to write a blank check to win these battles?" Not taking into account the factors that you're mentioning.

Also not taking into account that there are 10+ other comparable/competitive collectives out there, and 40-50+ dynamic coaches and staffs that are constantly making moves and creating chaos as well. We don't just get to put our offer together and that's all the recruit has to consider. Recruiting has always been static, and it is especially static now.

People looking for someone to blame because a 5-star didn't put on a Tennessee hat and it ruined their day. Probably the same people that would have spent the entire day online arguing with other fanbases and rubbing the recruiting win in everyone's face if he did choose Tennessee. "You robbed me of the opportunity to be an a-hole to everyone else, so now I'm going to be an a-hole to YOU." Turning in on the staff, the collective. It's pathetic.

Creating rumors, with no end goal in mind. Just "They're robbing from members and that's why we aren't winning the 5-star recruit!" Completely unsubstantiated. Just a conclusion based on "Well, if we have money like we say we have money, we should never lose a recruiting battle again!" What are we gonna do? Overthrow the leadership of the Vol Club so we can write one check that one guy can't refuse, and completely undermine every other player that has to be considered?

We have several insiders (on this site and other sites) saying we put together the most competitive package. We have outsiders that constantly verify the reputation of our collective and the people running it as an industry leader and a reputable org. Then we have a player going on TV and saying that race played a role. To me, it is obvious that the offers were CLOSE enough, or some PROMISES were made (that may or may not be kept), to pretty much bring the financial side neck-and-neck. Then add the race spin to make it seem more honorable to take their bag.

Furthermore, it's more obvious than ever that this was planned going back weeks. This kid didn't just decide to fly to LA on a whim, and then show up to the Fox studios the morning of his announcement and walk in on Skip and Key. "Hey guys, mind if I say something real quick?" He hopped on a plane to LA right after the Ohio St trip. He didn't inform other staffs, he didn't update his socials. Obviously someone else laid all of this out and he just followed what was set up for him.

This was all arranged, it was a PR move by Deion, the kid is a tool for him (again) to spread his brand. He also did what he had to do to win. Now Prime has to back up whatever promises were made, and they have to honor whatever concessions they made to win the battle.

We are still early in this era of NIL driving recruitments. The market is still being set. The reputations are still being established.

We lost this one. You can't win them all. Obviously the staff feels duped. Obviously the fans feel duped. Deion was a chaos agent, and that is going to happen sometimes. We don't have to burn down everything that we're doing.
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And in typical fashion, when coaches don't have the same priorities as fans, when coaches' strategies don't match fans', this is what you get. Fans throw their hissy fit, criticize anybody and everybody.

Coaches must go after the players we want and spend whatever it takes to get said players. After all, we know better which players we need the most and how to allocate our money to get them.

The worst part is, probably the people criticizing the most don't even contribute to Spyre.
 
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KptVFL said:
Understand man! Been through a "jody" before! Actually gave up riblets for a bit.

I think even a 5.2 with a good vertical would suffice. Definitely need to consider all of her "measurables".

Good luck brother!
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If she was worth giving up riblets for, that must have really hurt.

I had a crush on my GED instructor. She convinced me that Red Bull was bad for my health so I gave it up for a while. Love will do weird things to you. After I failed the test the first time I took it, I realized she was an idiot. Started drinking Red Bull again and passed with flying colors the second time.

Her vertical leap probably wasn’t more than three inches, so it just proves that everything happens for a reason.
 
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DD4ME said:
Serious question. Some of y'all seem Schiano level fried after the Seaton deal.

Let's try not to:

Make Seaton's decision a dissertation on race in America on Twitter.

Embroil our collective in rumors of misappropriation despite no evidence to support it.

Label our coaches bad recruiters as they work to close strong.

And label every departing player a dead beat.

(Or use this thread to fan your flames of anger and we'll bring mattresses for you)
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AP pretty much just laid waste to our TE recruiting.

I cant promise anything. NGL its hard to stay positive about it.
 
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FastChad said:
If she was worth giving up riblets for, that must have really hurt.

I had a crush on my GED instructor. She convinced me that Red Bull was bad for my health so I gave it up for a while. Love will do weird things to you. After I failed the test the first time I took it, I realized she was an idiot. Started drinking Red Bull again and passed with flying colors the second time.

Her vertical leap probably wasn’t more than three inches, so it just proves that everything happens for a reason.
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Story of the year, IMO…
 
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FastChad said:
If she was worth giving up riblets for, that must have really hurt.

I had a crush on my GED instructor. She convinced me that Red Bull was bad for my health so I gave it up for a while. Love will do weird things to you. After I failed the test the first time I took it, I realized she was an idiot. Started drinking Red Bull again and passed with flying colors the second time.

Her vertical leap probably wasn’t more than three inches, so it just proves that everything happens for a reason.
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Let me get this rite...

You dumped her because she couldn't jump upon a curb...?🤨🤨🤨
 
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FastChad said:
If she was worth giving up riblets for, that must have really hurt.

I had a crush on my GED instructor. She convinced me that Red Bull was bad for my health so I gave it up for a while. Love will do weird things to you. After I failed the test the first time I took it, I realized she was an idiot. Started drinking Red Bull again and passed with flying colors the second time.

Her vertical leap probably wasn’t more than three inches, so it just proves that everything happens for a reason.
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FastChad said:
I’ve been around. Didn’t post much after the breakup with Jody but met a pretty cool girl at an outdoor survival class for beginners in Spartanburg. If it turns out that she can run and jump good, I’m thinking about proposing. Crazy times, huh.
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Make sure you post an accurate pencil drawn picture of her. Hey here’s a thought, have you ever thought about befriending a police sketch artist to help you?
 
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