Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[WesTnVol]

Taking on my nephew has been a challenge, and my wife's grandmother passed away Dec, 7th. Also my 21yo niece (my nephew's older sister) is struggling with early adulthood. She flunked all her college classes this semester. My wife's sister passed away in 2011, and these are her kids. She was my wife's only sibling. My mother-in-law raised them, and neither of them have any coping skills for the real world. My wife's stepfather died unexpectedly last year, and now these kids don't have a male authority figure in their lives either, so I'm somehow expected to fill that role now. This wouldn't be such a big deal, except for the fact that their black uncle was always portrayed as the family villain. Which is crazy, considering that my niece and nephew both have criminal, absentee fathers and my wife is the only woman in the family that hasn't been married and divorced multiple times. They essentially disowned my wife when she started dating me almost 30 years ago. Sorry for the rant. It's been an interesting year to say the least, and they all (mother-in-law, niece, and nephew) acted a fool yesterday at the annual Christmas breakfast that I host every year for my side of the family. They embarrassed my wife and basically ruined Christmas day.

So sorry brother

 

[peaygolf]

Taking on my nephew has been a challenge, and my wife's grandmother passed away Dec, 7th. Also my 21yo niece (my nephew's older sister) is struggling with early adulthood. She flunked all her college classes this semester. My wife's sister passed away in 2011, and these are her kids. She was my wife's only sibling. My mother-in-law raised them, and neither of them have any coping skills for the real world. My wife's stepfather died unexpectedly last year, and now these kids don't have a male authority figure in their lives either, so I'm somehow expected to fill that role now. This wouldn't be such a big deal, except for the fact that their black uncle was always portrayed as the family villain. Which is crazy, considering that my niece and nephew both have criminal, absentee fathers and my wife is the only woman in the family that hasn't been married and divorced multiple times. They essentially disowned my wife when she started dating me almost 30 years ago. Sorry for the rant. It's been an interesting year to say the least, and they all (mother-in-law, niece, and nephew) acted a fool yesterday at the annual Christmas breakfast that I host every year for my side of the family. They embarrassed my wife and basically ruined Christmas day.

Praying for peace……..Gods with ya

 

[knoxvol52]

Never, scrambled or no eggs for me

4 Over Light eggs for me everyday for breakfast with 3 sausage patties..

 

[The Dog]

4 Over Light eggs for me everyday for breakfast with 3 sausage patties..

Does it really take 3 minutes ? I like my sausage, well done. I cook my pre-cook sausage links and patties, at least 15 to 20 minutes

 

[knoxvol52]

Does it really take 3 minutes ? I like my sausage, well done. I cook my pre-cook sausage links and patties, at least 15 to 20 minutes

Sausage patties around 5 minutes when they start cooking. I don't like sausage cooked to death..

 

[jave36]

Sausage patties around 5 minutes when they start cooking. I don't like sausage cooked to death..

Pork has to be the most overcooked meat in oor country. 145 max for me.

 

[Orange.]

Ole Piss trying hard to poach Arion Carter.

One more time for the people in the back.

 

[Orange.]

@PlanetVolunteer
What you did there. I seent.

 

[JT3]

Ole Piss trying hard to poach Arion Carter.

Damn. He the one returning LBer we gotta keep.

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

Wonder if GM is good enough to start for USF. I don't know anything about their QB room but would be cool to see him reunited with CAG imo.

He should try WKU imo

 

[C-town Vol]

It shouldn't take 3 portal OL to make anyone feel good about our OL. Not if Elarbee is doing his job and developing these kids he recruited from HS.

I have a different take:

1. We are entering year 5 which should mean we have depth (and we do for the most part with bodies).

2. But the recruiting restrictions and the stink on the program made landing upper SEC level OL very difficult those first couple years (and we know the elite LOS guys are the hardest to land).

3. Therefore, it wasn’t until after 2022 that we started fishing in better waters (and this is true across the board except at QB). We are seeing a similar wash out at receiver. We didn’t really hit big on the DL early either, but Garner was able to keep some Pruitt guys in the program 6 years and got great rotational pieces in the portal (you don’t have rotational pieces on the OL).

4. So we are left with a lot of guys from those early classes who are lower level SEC or G5 caliber talent.

5. We all know it takes upper level talent in this league, regardless of how good the coach is. So the last couple of classes have been major talent improvements (at least according to rankings), but they are young…which isn’t ideal in this league.

6. I get all the Ellerbee criticism, but the way I see it, these next couple years will tell the tale.

 

[JCVol00]

FFS WHEN WILL OUR STAFF GROW A PAIR OF BALLS AND START USING NIL PROPERLY TO KEEP PLAYERS AND BRING IN PLAYMAKERS

 

[mr.checkerboards]

FFS WHEN WILL OUR STAFF GROW A PAIR OF BALLS AND START USING NIL PROPERLY TO KEEP PLAYERS AND BRING IN PLAYMAKERS
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Gotta pay to play.
We are cheap as ****.

 

[bigl3327]

Breaks my heart, bigl. Intrafamily rivalries can be draining even in "normal-ish" circumstances; but that is a firestorm. You have the character to get through it. But that makes it all the more unjust that you have to. I knew about you taking on your nephew. The way they've treated you is horrendous, and look at the fruit it's born. I don't mind you saying. That's a lot to keep inside. I would have been humiliated, too, if I were the wife; I think any sensible person would have been. She has no real reason to feel that way (but it's perfectly normal to be embarrassed and angry). She's an exemplary person, from everything I know. It's not her fault they tried to humiliate her by being horrible to you and to her. You know better than I do that you can't let them create a wedge like that. Maybe you can have your own little family breakfast this weekend with just the wife and young men. Worst of all, I can only imagine what you had to hold your temper through. You're a good man. I wish they could see that you are their way up and way out and a strong and intelligent person to lean on, instead of doing everything they can to vilify you and shame the niece and nephew away from help. Probably the only kind, level-headed helping hand they may ever get. No one else would put up with that. I wish there were some way I could help you. It makes me really angry to imagine the insults and rants and asinine trash they must have slung at you and your family. I hope your sons are doing well. I hate they had to endure that too. It sounds like shame, self-degradation, and envy striking out as rage -- the more ignorant and hateful the "better." I wish they would put down the shovel and stop digging. MIL really pulled out all the stops to damage her kids' prospects, it sounds like. It's the worse thing she could do to them. I hope they didn't follow her lead. I'm really sorry.

Sometime when I'm going to be near the Nashville area maybe we can watch a game together on TV. I've always appreciated your remarks on the recruits and the team.

Thanks for that. I've never let it affect me personally, because I know who I am as a person and nothing they say or do will ever change that. My kids are all adults and have grown up with with limited interaction with that side of the family, but I raised them to always be respectful in spite of the negativity. It hurts to see my wife hurting and continuing to try and maintain contact and involvement. I've never said a cross word to any of her family, because I've never wanted them to have any sort of validation for who they've wished I would prove to be. I come from a really large and loving family, but it's quite the opposite for her. There aren't very many of them. Even her grandmother's funeral was a complete sh!t show, with only a handful of family members and one friend showing up to pay their respects.

 

[JCVol00]

Gotta pay to play.
We are cheap as ****.

Our staff literally does not have a pair of balls, they will let players walk who get tampered with without counter offering, then wont go to the portal to try to replace him. Even if they do, the second the player gets counter offered they let him walk. Super frustrating and until we start counteroffering, we will get blownout by above average teams

 

[Smokey123]

FFS WHEN WILL OUR STAFF GROW A PAIR OF BALLS AND START USING NIL PROPERLY TO KEEP PLAYERS AND BRING IN PLAYMAKERS
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Hot damn that’s not good

 

[MarcoVol]

FFS WHEN WILL OUR STAFF GROW A PAIR OF BALLS AND START USING NIL PROPERLY TO KEEP PLAYERS AND BRING IN PLAYMAKERS
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How do you know they won’t pay to keep him? Other teams are gonna reach out to our good players via back channels. Doesn’t mean they def leave. That’s just how it works now.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Our staff literally does not have a pair of balls, they will let players walk who get tampered with without counter offering, then wont go to the portal to try to replace him. Even if they do, the second the player gets counter offered they let him walk. Super frustrating and until we start counteroffering, we will get blownout by above average teams

It's obvious now, we were the team paying players to practice for the playoffs.

 

[Jackcrevol]

FFS WHEN WILL OUR STAFF GROW A PAIR OF BALLS AND START USING NIL PROPERLY TO KEEP PLAYERS AND BRING IN PLAYMAKERS
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Everyone calm down. Losing one player isnt end of the world. I think it's concerning, but not end of the world.

 

[MarcoVol]

Our staff literally does not have a pair of balls, they will let players walk who get tampered with without counter offering, then wont go to the portal to try to replace him. Even if they do, the second the player gets counter offered they let him walk. Super frustrating and until we start counteroffering, we will get blownout by above average teams

Which really good players have they let walk?

 

[KPT_VFL]

I won’t panic about Arion Carter until he’s in the portal. College athletics needs to fix this issue. In no league on earth are you a free agent every offseason.

 

[MarcoVol]

I won’t panic about Arion Carter until he’s in the portal. College athletics needs to fix this issue. No league on earth has free agency every offseason.

Even if he hits the portal it doesn’t mean he’ll leave. Look to Braylen Russell for recent example.

 

[Smokey123]

Everyone calm down. Losing one player isnt end of the world. I think it's concerning, but not end of the world.

There’s definitely a bit of overreaction. But price saying “there’s chatter about a lot of guys” is very concerning. Especially after going 10-2 with a playoff birth and the QB’s we have on roster/committed. And Nico’s insta post…

 

[MarcoVol]

Our staff literally does not have a pair of balls, they will let players walk who get tampered with without counter offering, then wont go to the portal to try to replace him. Even if they do, the second the player gets counter offered they let him walk. Super frustrating and until we start counteroffering, we will get blownout by above average teams

Which really good players have they let walk?

 

[MarcoVol]

There’s definitely a bit of overreaction. But price saying “there’s chatter about a lot of guys” is very concerning. Especially after going 10-2 with a playoff birth and the QB’s we have on roster/committed. And Nico’s insta post…

I promise you this is happening to other playoff teams as well