Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[preacherwebb]

The proper spelling of the abbreviation for et cetera.... The list goes on!

Exacitically. Absotively. Posolutely.

 

[NMVol]

So I am gathering that the board is saying that Washigton is assembling a staff. Is that right?

 

[StoVol]

No undue stress, I'm a marriage counselor and passionate about these kind of issues.

There is nothing Freudian about it. It simply perpetuates the issue to say it's just the way it is, or sexist jokes aren't indicative. And fragile masculinity is just another term for insecure, didn't know it was a hotbutton word. The only people who punch down while joking are inherently insecure.

Sounds like you got it all figured iut

 

[Devo182]

I know that the great DC debate is in full rage, but I finally got around to reading an article about the Tweets from the UK game Saturday night. This one from our favorite KSR dude warms the cockles of my heart.

Think I'll watch it again for the 3rd straight night.

So good you have to watch it thrice.

 

[preacherwebb]

Don't forget the girls...

I'll leave that for you.
Happily married, well satisfied, not looking at the menu, thanks.
Oh, edited to add that I'm more committed than a Dabo Swinney 5 star recruit!

 

[SugarCC]

I think we are talking about two different things, but I don't understand how in the hell you missed what we said. It was a hypothetical to start with.

I have a strong feeling, and that is all it is...a feeling...that the dude was FAKING interest in the UT job just to force a raise and promotion out if OSU.

We said THAT doing THAT was dishonest IF he is actually doing it....like what Mike Gundy did to us several times.

If he did that..he never had a honest intention of taking this job, and wasted our time and resources, and embarrassed us, just to pad his own resume and pockets at OSU.

If that isn't what has happened then you are right..he did nothing wrong...but we will probably never know either way.

I sick of being the butt of everyones joke...screw em all.

First off, buddy...yes, screw them all. Outside noise hasn't affected me in some time, nor should WE let it. I know it's hard and frustrating; but...

We've been the butt of everyone's joke since "trailer-park frenzy"; since that time, I could give a sh!t less what everyone is saying. A lot of it, we've brought on ourselves; and, im not talking about hires and all that mess. Talking about burning sh!t in the middle of the street, and our social media presence, etc. It's one of the reasons I'm all for getting as far away from our past as possible. Not our history or traditions...just thinking that we have to have all that to be relevant again. All it takes is the right hire, period...everything else fades away if we have done that, and start winning again.

Second, I get what you're saying, and don't necessarily disagree. I'm looking at it from this angle: you like where you are...your job, the people, the atmosphere, everything. You just think your value has not yet been realized by the people you work for, but you still like them. Someone else comes calling, because they see your value, when your current situation doesn't. I just don't think it's wrong to talk, and even start negotiation talk and process; if your current situation comes along with an offer you believe is worth your value, you then have options. Makes no difference if you had no interest beforehand; and, I don't believe it makes you dishonest or indecent. You maybe even tell the pursuing employer how much your current job means to you, and if they decide your worth it to them to make an amazing offer that gets you to thinking, and then current employer is smacked across the face with this reality to counter offer...yeah, that's business, my friend. Having faith in your own value, to get what you believe is a fair wage for your service.

I understand what you and @SSVol and others are saying; I can see how it can be perceived on the surface. I guess I agree and disagree at the same time, and don't try stopping me.

 

[Pacer92]

To me, it’s perplexing nothing concrete has came out about Al Washington...denial or acceptance.

 

[eVOLve]

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Go to a different church. My pastor back in Tennessee had tattoos on both arms...very visible.

Every one of my children are tatted up.

 

[butchna]

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Really hope this isn’t true.

Edit: NM

 

[preacherwebb]

Yep ... I give you your props ... you're better at gifs than me.
I know my role ... I shut my mouth ... but I still gif sometimes.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

My point is whether you have tattoos or not it doesent make you any more Christian than me.

Well of course it doesn't.

 

[scienceteaching_vol]

Yeah ... pretty sure I wasn't talking about that ... at all ...

You literally said what if God wanted him to do it. You going to argue with God?

The problem with that is any personal conversation with God is by it's very definition anecdotal. What if someone believed God told them to wipe out a whole group of people. You going to argue with God?

Again not ruffling. Just having a thoughtful conversation.

 

[pismonque]

Every one of my children are tatted up.

Got one every year for Christmas since they were three.

 

[scienceteaching_vol]

I'll leave that for you.
Happily married, well satisfied, not looking at the menu, thanks.
Oh, edited to add that I'm more committed than a Dabo Swinney 5 star recruit!

Oh I'm happily married too. Just was pointing out recent rabbit holes this thread has dove into.

 

[Lofton/Durant4 3]

I work with a lot of women and I make jokes about generalizations towards the fairer sex occasionally. But boy do they crack a lot of jokes about men. And my wife and her friends are always reposting jokes at their husband's expense.

I think jokes can be like urban legends. There's some kernel of truth in there a lot of times. Sometimes a joke is just a joke. It's okay to laugh at ourselves. Malice lies in the intent not the reference.

Completely agree on intent, but it can still be harmful. And I'm not claiming all jokes about the opposite sex are inherently wrong, my wife and I joke about men and women all the time. The problem is when you use the generalizations to justify some position, opinion, etc.

But very good point.

 

[Smokey123]

Tennessee is #12 in Kenpom, #10 in NET. Alabama top 10 in both, UF, Mizzou, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado top 30 in both. Colorado is inside the top 20

So as of rn we’re looking at being a #3 seed

 

[preacherwebb]

Well fellas, I thought we'd hear something by now.
Gonna go spend some family time.
If we hire someone, y'all let me know.

 

[Lofton/Durant4 3]

I agree for the most part, but there are plenty of men whose personal experiences with women have been nothing but bad, so there are instances where sexist jokes don't come from insecurity. I would always encourage those people to increase their sample size to see a fuller picture of course, but not all sexist jokes (or jokes that punch downward, like that expression) come from fragile masculinity or insecurity.

But in general, they do, I agree.

I completely agree with this sentiment. I'm not trying to solve this on a UT message board and I'm writing while on a playground with my 2 year old.

It's sad when someone has such terrible overall interactions/rejection/etc. with the opposite sex.

 

[Dudley Smith]

Dang it's deep in here today. Can we go back to trashing Pruitt, making fun of Guarantano, and griping about the DC hire?

This is why we need some actual news. Idle minds are the Devil's Playground.

 

[Weezer]

Won't surprise me if we hear nothing about coaches today.

So, still nothing?

 

[Lofton/Durant4 3]

Sounds like you got it all figured iut

Lol not at all but I have years of study and experience that have given me a very accurate concept of healthy relationships and unhealthy relationships, sg least their makeups.

 

[preacherwebb]

You literally said what if God wanted him to do it. You going to argue with God?

The problem with that is any personal conversation with God is by it's very definition anecdotal. What if someone believed God told them to wipe out a whole group of people. You going to argue with God?

Again not ruffling. Just having a thoughtful conversation.

Like I said, what I was talking about and what you are talking about, are not the same thing and you know that.
Not falling for it.
Besides, you're too smart for me. I don't even know what a Spanish preposition is.

Edit: now I'm going to go do the family time thing. Y'all hire somebody while I'm gone.

 

[BruinVol]

Tennessee is #12 in Kenpom, #10 in NET. Alabama top 10 in both, UF, Mizzou, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado top 30 in both. Colorado is inside the top 20

So as of rn we’re looking at being a #3 seed

Got to finish in the top 3 of the league or we can’t get a 3 imo

 

[Rizzo924]

I see a few folks talking about overpaying. What is overpaying is in the eye of the beholder I guess. I'm not cheap and I wish we'd quit going cheap. Spend what it takes to get and keep who you want. jmo.

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Man.... that Will Friend salary in comparison to just others on our staff. smh