Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[drvenner]

Are we good at recruiting now?

Better than good, IMO.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[Jackcrevol]

Guys I'm getting nervous with where rakrooting is heading.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Better than good, IMO.

 

[drvenner]

Same here. This topic and the comments responding to @Brillovol post (don’t know how to multi-quote) got me thinking about KY’s dugout choreography. I thought they looked silly & I made disparaging comments, but I did think they were loose & having fun. Curious what everyone thinks about that kinda stuff.

I am a baseball traditionalist, but I want more fans for the game and watching this team is fun. As for the UK antics, I can take it or leave it either way. If it keeps them loose, have at it.

 

[SmokinBob]

Why does Drew Gilbert do that weird thing on second after hitting a double?

 

[drvenner]

That’s bc people will pay that for them…. One of the benefits of being a season ticket holder.

That does not make it any less classless to do it. Would selling them to GT fans be cool if they are willing to pay the price?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Agreed. Although I haven’t received my donation package yet…. Spyre slacking in that department. But oh well.

Saw your post and called them. They’re working on them. Packing them all by hand currently. Moving soon to a system that will automate the process so hopefully future sign ups get them quickly.

I was told to tell they are so sorry and working on it!”

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I buy them at my Gyms supplement store in Clinton TN. Southern Fitness. SR Labz is the maker.

Love that gym, sadly it's way outta the way but great spot to lift!

 

[drvenner]

Why does Drew Gilbert do that weird thing on second after hitting a double?

It is something he made up early this season. I don't think it means anything more than like hitting your own chest of pumping your fist. It is unique to our team, so I love it for that reason.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

It is something he made up early this season. I don't think it means anything more than like hitting your own chest of pumping your fist. It is unique to our team, so I love it for that reason.

Yeah loved it and loved the nod to Santi with the wrist bite after the homer as well.

 

[norrislakevol]

Love that gym, sadly it's way outta the way but great spot to lift!

Absolutely. I have been in a lot of gyms, but that place is the best by far.

 

[Maxwell865]

I love how most of the Heupel haters are disappearing....

 

[Jackcrevol]

Absolutely. I have been in a lot of gyms, but that place is the best by far.

'Maaa where's the ******* protein?'

'MAAA?'

 

[SmokinBob]

Same here. This topic and the comments responding to @Brillovol post (don’t know how to multi-quote) got me thinking about KY’s dugout choreography. I thought they looked silly & I made disparaging comments, but I did think they were loose & having fun. Curious what everyone thinks about that kinda stuff.

Didn‘t bother me - they were having fun

 

[BullsGap]

SIAP, but 24/7 top 247 has Nico at #3 overall. Some other good movers too. Seldon has made a huge jump.

 

[BigSteve09]

this dude looks like a super hero

 

[BreatheUT]

No elite commits from the big weekend?

 

[BreatheUT]

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this dude looks like a super hero

Is that McCoy?

 

[Vols4us]

My take on things football wise. TL;dr notification.

Gonna leave it up to Danny to fix Neyland at some point. Not gonna sit on a backless bench seat at my age and can't see anyway for all the people standing for 4 hours in front of me, which I physically cannot do. So I will contribute financially and watch at home or with friends on the big screen in a comfortable environment and miss the game day experience I once enjoyed. At least we have neighborhood parties and such to cheer the Vols on.

Heup is going to get this done in spectacular fashion and I hate I will probably not be able to experience it in person because the facility cannot accommodate me and others like me. But that is just how it is.

I am not a curmudgeon, just getting older. It happens to everybody eventually if you live long enough. I totally support the players who give/gave their all for Tennessee. I think NIL and the transfer portal are a godsend for our program. I want the players to make every dime they can make. They are giving up their bodies and time for our enjoyment. Never understood why a HC could make millions and bolt on the players he signed, yet, the NCAA and school expect them to get nothing except the scholarship benefits. How about the damages caused by the coach, NCAA and schools for not doing their best for the players to enhance their preferred athletic careers?

Josh Dobbs had a preferred career if football did not work out. He was extremely qualified to pursue it. Yet, when it came time to choose that education related career or professional sports - which did he choose? Look at Myron Rolle. Does neurosurgery now, chose the NFL over medicine first. He was proven to be a marginal NFL player before doing so, just like Dobbs. Time to acknowledge that the vast majority of college athletes will and do make the same choice.

As to the value of that scholarship and education - how many college educated people do you personally know who are not doing what they were educated to do with their work lives? A lot. The education degree prequalifies you to be considered for a job or career in your chose field of study, It does not insure you receiving a job. For the college athletes who take a lot of time and effort out of their lives to pursue their dreams, they are also taking time away from the education they would normally receive. That says to me very loudly - compensate them as much as our capitalistic economy provides.

That's a lot of words to say that Sankey, Saban and such can go pound sand. The day Sankey is gone should be a national holiday, at worst a Tennessee state holiday. He's doing his best to screw over a bunch of member schools, players, fans, etc. Saban is a hyprcrite just like Kiffin - just for different reasons.

 

[volbeast33]

That does not make it any less classless to do it. Would selling them to GT fans be cool if they are willing to pay the price?

I’m more irked by the fact that I was sitting up there by myself during our lean years but now I couldn’t go to a regional bc of all the people excited by us winning…. I feel like if you pay for and attend every game then selling those tickets is a perk bc you were there all year long.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Why does Drew Gilbert do that weird thing on second after hitting a double?

Drew has tasmanian devil blood in him

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[drvenner]

Geez. I'd save it and see a Super Regional game or at least Ga Tech.

$230 vs Alabama St? It'll be run ruled 15-0 after 7. Would be fun, but I doubt it'll be a memorable game.

Never thought I'd see baseball tix more expensive than football tix. We saw UGA 2015 for about $60/ticket iirc. Good seats. One of the greatest games and comebacks of the past decade.

If they have the street party again, go over there for that instead. Should be pretty epic.

 

[drvenner]

I’m more irked by the fact that I was sitting up there by myself during our lean years but now I couldn’t go to a regional bc of all the people excited by us winning…. I feel like if you pay for and attend every game then selling those tickets is a perk bc you were there all year long.

Honestly, to me, it is simply **** your buddy. I remember many years ago I was friends with a season ticket holder in basketball and he would always sell his Kentucky tickets to Kentucky fans because they would pay a good deal for them. He used that money to basically pay for his season tickets. Thing is, he was grandfathered in and had inherited the tickets and sold them to Kentucky fans. I had an issue with that also.