Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

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Weezer said:
At some point, they'll start to lose the fanbase if they are not careful. If they don't care, fans will eventually stop caring and lose interest. Neyland will stop seeing sell-out crowds.
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Fans have less influence than ever before. The SEC money diminishes what percentage of revenue seats in the stadium make. There's a reason they're cutting stadium capacity. If you've looked at the last few years we all said "if this coach doesn't make it, Neyland will be empty". Was it? Sure attendance was down but there was still a lot of fans in there. You get a team that consistently wins 8-9 games a year, they'll be plenty of butts in the seats.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Is he an idiot for being a multi millionaire at 20?
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He’s an idiot for going somewhere were he won’t be developed. 2 mil now instead of hundreds of millions after he’s developed and prepared for the NFL.

Plenty of other schools will pay him to play for them
 
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99Vol said:
So what we want about Rusty but he actually knows things. He is often at a recruits HS when he knows coaches are visiting etc. Our guys are nearly worthless. They were stuck at home in Covid protocol before there was Covid…. Tapping keystrokes and stuttering responses in indefinite fashion as always….
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Rusty is there bc he’s UGA’s bagman.
 
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tnvols72 said:
From what I am reading here is UT plans on not recruiting big time players and not really wanting to invest in the NIL game and they are just going to surrender trying to win championships and expect fans to play along? Never mind that they want you to pay these outrageous season ticket prices now and be happy with 8,9 win seasons. Does anybody know for sure what the plans are for NILs or is it all just speculation ?
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Uhhhh
They announced an nil for a signed player today.
So I’m going with speculation

edit: 5 posts above. Lol
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
There is a plan and everything is going according to it. 😆
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so do we suck again or are we back? I need to know so I can decide which way I need to steer my emotions
Orangeslice13 said:
Uhhhh
They announced an nil for a signed player today.
So I’m going with speculation

edit: 5 posts above. Lol
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So your saying we have a chance ? lol

did not mean to do this
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Fans have less influence than ever before. The SEC money diminishes what percentage of revenue seats in the stadium make. There's a reason they're cutting stadium capacity. If you've looked at the last few years we all said "if this coach doesn't make it, Neyland will be empty". Was it? Sure attendance was down but there was still a lot of fans in there. You get a team that consistently wins 8-9 games a year, they'll be plenty of butts in the seats.
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This is a huge part of it. TV revenue is so good right now. There's no reason to try when youll still get paid regardless
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Last post for tonight. The thing about Barnes is his teams have a ceiling and hes shown that, dont hate on me for this one its not a knock on him for once, his teams are fine but never gonna win the big one.
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But he's doing it the "right" way. The AD is perfectly OK with his results given the way he runs the program. Maybe he'll shock us and make a final 4 in the near future.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Theyre already taking out 20k seats, that tells enough of the story right there. They dont expect to be able to sell out what they had.
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Personally have not seen a figure that hige but in any case, I am very much looking forward to the upper deck addition. Appears to be similar to TA&M's where my son and I watched the almost victory from.

Neither White nor Tennessee have revealed how the changes will impact the official figure for Neyland Stadium's capacity, which is currently 102,455
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YNWAvols said:
I cannot help but have a negative outlook on the viability of CFB. It just seems like the beginning to the end unfortunately.
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I feel the same way. The NIL is only going to help the programs that are already powerhouses. We have fallen so far behind over the past 15 years or so that it’s not likely we will ever get over the hump. The rich get richer while everyone else is just in their dust.
 
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None of this is new. UT has been saying it all year, and I've mentioned it several times. UTAD, every person in admin, every coach in every sport talks about it, and it's a talking point in interviews and presentations. UT has dismissed valuable players with academic and character issues-- this year in FB, but for several years now in other sports. Key players on other WBB teams were dismissed from or pushed out of UT and are starters at other programs. Academic clauses are in coach's contracts, along with academic bonuses. UT wants a strong culture and strong teams-- no arrests, no embarrassment, no drama and SAs repping the school with pride and graduating with a degree.

The right coaches can win at UT. They have the resources and are being given what they have asked UT to provide. But it has to be people who can work within the system UT has set and recruit SAs who can thrive and excel in that environment. UT leadership has set a path, they feel it's the right one and they believe they have the right coaches in place. Time will tell.
 
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