Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Dudleys87]

At this point I wouldn’t care if Pruitt walked by Freeze/Malzahn on his way off the podium. Get his ass out of Knoxville, aight?

 

[SSVol]

There is literally no such thing as a bandwagon fan anymore.

And yet we have one posting here right now.

 

[yourstruly23]

Pretty simple at this point..
Play in bowl - he's back
Don't play in a bowl - he's gone

 

[tn88volfan]

Oh wow. Wouldve been nice to have him back

about the best OL we had on the team

 

[Voltrapnbama]

There is literally no such thing as a Tennessee bandwagon fan anymore.

Agreed. If your here now, your a fan. Only thing that can be debated is if your an optimist or pessimistic. There hasn't been a wagon to jump off of in 15 years. Ha

 

[SLICKYINC]

There is literally no such thing as a Tennessee bandwagon fan anymore.

Clarify please.

Jumping from the VOLS to Ole Miss and such is the definition of bandwagon. Hit that buy it now button. Stop talking about it and get on. Just get.

 

[LA Vol]

IDT many had enthusiasm for playing a bowl. UT needs to focus on getting its house in order. The season ran late, COVID protocols have been hard to deal with and players want to go home. There's been a lot of internal disruption for more than a month. People want the year to be done.

 

[C-town Vol]

Shrout has the potential to impact much like Branndon Stewart. Bottleneck in a QB competition is always tough.

We are NOTORIOUS for overrating the guys we have on the roster. Shrout will not thrive elsewhere. If guys aren’t good here, they rarely are good anywhere else.

 

[BigOrangeVols]

There is literally no such thing as a Tennessee bandwagon fan anymore.

When someone says they’re a Duke fan, everyone assumes basketball. That’s us now. People will bandwagon this year.

 

[DustyRockSolid]

That's kinda pathetic.

I've spent enough time and money to choose that course of action.

 

[Kingston Vol]

The VQ poster is hinting at a self-imposed bowl ban, but I wonder if the Liberty Bowl might be a COVID casualty. Tennessee has more new cases per capita than any place in the world. I doubt they want 20,000 Vol fans moving from one end of the state to the other for New Years.

 

[DustyRockSolid]

He’s done. Recent stuff only galvanized that belief.

Makes me feel better hearing you say it. Thanks. I'm tired of being a negative, miserable fan.

 

[Aesius]

Isn’t it crazy how things change so quickly and drastically? Three years ago, this board despised Haslam’s (and other “higher ups”) influence on the program, wanted rid of an incompetent AD and then rejoiced at the hiring of Fulmer and then celebrated that Fulmer picked “his guy” who was a renowned coordinator and recruiter.

Now, the board wants the higher ups in control and wants Fulmer and Pruitt out.

Just an observation.

Conclusion: Everyone with an ounce of money and power associated with UT football is incompetent, hence us being terrible for so long.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

There is literally no such thing as a Tennessee football bandwagon fan anymore.

FYP.

Going to be lots of bandwagon Tennessee Basketball fans coming, if not here already.

 

[Vol423]

Rumor on VQ that news should break soon about Vols not playing in the bowl.

It's an absolute disgrace that UT and other teams like us received bowl bids while a 9-2 Army team got the shaft.

 

[rjd970]

FYP.

Going to be lots of bandwagon Tennessee Basketball fans coming, if not here already.

Truth.

 

[Dudleys87]

about the best OL we had on the team

I swear and this is putting the cart before the horse is Friend is somehow retained again we’re all cursed

 

[i2amavol]

See, that's the thing. How many recruits will we lose out of Tennessee's class next year? And all the following years? Because JP doesn't have the backing in the administration or with fans anymore. Recruits know that. If they don't other coaches will make sure they do.They are not going to buy what he was selling anymore. So the only HOPE we had of even getting out of the basement of the east was to get a coach that would bring in some excitement or move to another conference.

That is one angle, but what if everything started coming up roses, and they actually become very good next season. It doesn't look likely at this point, but a lot can change between now and then. Then, we the fans have pored cold water on our beloved program. Either way, it just would have been nice if this had all happened, say today, instead of 10 days ago; but what do I know? I've only been following recruiting, and UT Football for about 50 years.

There is no doubt that I totally understand the thought process behind it. I am pretty fed up with bad football. I just buy into the possibility that we had some COVID-19 issues that were worse than some of our competition. It was really bad timing for this team - a perfect storm, if you will. Have bad decisions been made? Sure, but who knows if those bad decisions are a part of a larger pattern or simply one-time rock-and-hard place type of decisions.

 

[itsme]

I don't swim in these waters so this may be a normal practice, but it seems incredibly stupid to have one of your on the field coaches as one of your bagmen, rather than a random guy who owns a local car dealership, restaurant, etc.

If they'd ask and slip a few extra bills my way I'd be happy to run bagman duties for these guys.

 

[Grey_pilgrim]

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From the infamous FF.

The question was whether we could give Army our bowl game.

They do be cray in there

 

[TrippieRedd]

If Auburn rehires Gus, does he get to keep his buyout? lol

 

[rjd970]

It's an absolute disgrace that UT and other teams like us received bowl bids while a 9-2 Army team got the shaft.

It’s a money grab. TV revenue is what this is about.

 

[Dudleys87]

It's an absolute disgrace that UT and other teams like us received bowl bids while a 9-2 Army team got the shaft.

9-2! It’s a down right shame. I only hope they get first pick when teams drop off

 

[DustyRockSolid]

Jumping from the VOLS to Ole Miss and such is the definition of bandwagon. Hit that buy it now button. Stop talking about it and get on. Just get.

You sure you know what that word means?

 

[yourstruly23]

FYP.

Going to be lots of bandwagon Tennessee Basketball fans coming, if not here already.