Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[drvenner]

7 years ago today-- Dobbs brought us back from 14 deficit with a few minutes to go against SC. In overtime, Barnett "bam bammed" the SC whiney quarterback, and we won when they had to kick a 145 yard field goal.

One of my favorite games ever. I watched it with my father in law who was living with me, at the time and woke up the rest of the house.

 

[Adam2014]

In that thread, Walker went on to lie about people getting hurt at Neyland. Last i saw, she had not responded whenever people asked her for proof.

Gotta love those blue check marks of twitter...the modern day badge of goose-steppers, imo...most of em.

She responded.

 

[drvenner]

So much of coaching comes from “the gut”. Dusty has been throwing everything out there….change in a lineup that has been dominant all year / using Grienke to pinch hit. Snit did the same type things using last night as a bullpen game. Last night it worked for Dusty and not Snit. Night before it was reverse.

It’s easy to sit here and question calls…..that’s what sports is all about. Braves pitching is set up well, now the bats need to come alive. If that happens, they win. If not, they don’t.

Dusty has had a lot of criticism in his career for, you guessed it, mismanaging his pitching staff.

 

[BigOrangeVols]

I hate double-standard woke media. I have my suspicions why one is dismissed and another not, but there’s rules about discussing that in this forum.

She's getting absolutely torched in the replies. Thank god no one threw any bottles at Mich St.

 

[volbeast33]

Dusty has had a lot of criticism in his career for, you guessed it, mismanaging his pitching staff.

People just don’t understand it….. they just want the best pitchers pitching…..Look no further then the Dodgers for an example…. We had three of the best starters in the majors and by the time they faced the Braves….. they were all pitching below average and scherzer couldn’t even finish the series.

 

[BigSteve09]

She responded.

what a cop out

 

[SpringBokVol]

So why did Gary Patterson quit? Ask to be leaved? Jump ship?

What gives?

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[Jimmy Football]

So why did Gary Patterson quit? Ask to be leaved? Jump ship?

What gives?

Forced to resign. They were going to let him finish out the year, but he just decided to leave immediately.

 

[rjd970]

So why did Gary Patterson quit? Ask to be leaved? Jump ship?

What gives?

Hopefully CJH picks him up as an analyst.

 

[drvenner]

People just don’t understand it….. they just want the best pitchers pitching…..Look no further then the Dodgers for an example…. We had three of the best starters in the majors and by the time they faced the Braves….. they were all pitching below average and scherzer couldn’t even finish the series.

I totally agree. You go with your best and if that is not working, then you have to try to figure something out. They don't make these decisions in a vacuum. I am sure that the pitching coach has a ton of input also. Ultimately, it's the manager's decision. Very hard decision to make, sometimes and if it works, you rarely get credit because all that happens is the pitcher does not allow any runs. There are plenty of pitching moves made throughout the season that work out great that no one ever talks about.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

People just don’t understand it….. they just want the best pitchers pitching…..Look no further then the Dodgers for an example…. We had three of the best starters in the majors and by the time they faced the Braves….. they were all pitching below average and scherzer couldn’t even finish the series.

Hey, can you just get us some injury nugs? Specifically, check on Cade and Elijah.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

The game unfortunately passed Gary Patterson by, just like Fulmer.

Couldn’t keep up with the NIL era and they’ve not played good football for awhile

 

[BigSteve09]

So why did Gary Patterson quit? Ask to be leaved? Jump ship?

What gives?

The timing could not be worse.

LSU and USC will fight it out for the top candidates.

Texas Tech and Washington State are already interviewing. TCU is about to find out where they sit on the totem pole, but TTU and WSU are their closest peers.

This isn't including what could happen when/if current active coaches bail for LSU or USC and the vacancies that those leave. If Penn State, Oregon, Ole Miss, Michigan State come open, TCU is well below those.

They're taking an unnecessary risk at the worst time. Maybe they like what they see across town at SMU and want to go that direction by hiring Dykes away. Or something that the public isn't privy to yet has surfaced. Either way, canning Gary now is ballsy.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Good stuff - we may have met each other since folks got out and walked around. It got tiring, but was a lot of fun with the Rocky Tops and Go Vols! Brought back memories of Frank Zappa - don't eat the yellow snow. lol. Lots of it on the access road side of the tunnel.

My wife was not amused. Finally inched our way around jack knifed semis to the Lake Junaluska exit and found a place to gas up/use the restrooms. Was filling the car as she went in first to use the restroom. It was the kind of place with hunting gear, deer heads on the wall, boxes stacked everywhere, etc. Two minutes later she came flying out crying. She had seen a big rat in the restroom with her behind a box as she did her business. She was not amused at my laughter. But it gave us a story to tell for years. She's still not over it - every time we go through the tunnel I ask her if we need to stop on the other side to pee. lol.

My brother drives out of Knoxville terminal for what is now XPO logistics, but was another company back then, I can't remember what it used to be called.

 

[LoudOrange]

My brother drives out of Knoxville terminal for what is now XPO logistics, but was another company back then, I can't remember what it used to be called.

Conway maybe. I'm not sure though.

 

[Revived2002]

One of my favorite games ever. I watched it with my father in law who was living with me, at the time and woke up the rest of the house.

I was at the game and left early to try and "beat the traffic." Watched the win in the parking lot with my wife. I vowed never to leave a game early after that! Celebrated with Vol fans back at the hotel. Great time!

 

[pierce60]

 

[butchna]

So why did Gary Patterson quit? Ask to be leaved? Jump ship?

What gives?

The new powers that be asked him to stay and finish the season. He had no interest. He hadn’t lived up to the beast he created since 2017. They might have overvalued the product but there had been a lot of personal tensions and fireworks going on and off the field. They started losing the annual matchup to SMU and there’s a lot of program pride invested in that game. Non-coincidentally, Sonny Dykes is the rumored favorite.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

She responded.

Then why no outrage when Ole Miss fans did the same thing in a BB game against us a couple of years ago?...absolutely nothing from those aholes back then.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Conway maybe. I'm not sure though.

That was it

 

[johnfnkelly]

The new powers that be asked him to stay and finish the season. He had no interest. He hadn’t lived up to the beast he created since 2017. They might have overvalued the product but there had been a lot of personal tensions and fireworks going on and off the field. They started losing the annual matchup to SMU and there’s a lot of program pride invested in that game. Non-coincidentally, Sonny Dykes is the rumored favorite.

Is TCU even that much better job of a job than SMU? I'd personally rather stay at SMU, or hope for the Tech job.

 

[volbeast33]

Then why no outrage when Ole Miss fans did the same thing in a BB game against us a couple of years ago?...absolutely nothing from those aholes back then.

Bc they probably didn’t even realize that game happened…. This was nationally televised with lane kiffin coming back to knoxville.

 

[SamRebel35]

Lolololololololo. "Katy Perry might be watching!"

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Bc they probably didn’t even realize that game happened…. This was nationally televised with lane kiffin coming back to knoxville.

So...they have presented with that info now.