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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
I hear ya and must’ve missed points by others but I just don’t like the fact that the schedule isn’t created equal for all. I wouldn’t mind if every team played each other every year and OOC games reduced to 1.

Issue is that it would hurt small schools tremendously.
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Still can't do that, even if you wanted to. You can't even play everyone each year with 14 teams in the conference and a 12 game schedule, much less throw in an OOC game to boot.

There are so many issues to consider, it's almost mind-boggling. You need to play every one in your division, the historical rivalries, striving for fair/equal schedules, quality OOC games raise interest in the sport, small schools rely on games against the Bamas & UTs of the world to keep their athletic departments afloat, blah, blah, blah.

If you want to get as close to fair as possible, you have to eliminate the cross-divisional rivalry games (e.g., Bama) and go to 9 game conference schedules. The extra 3 conference games will be rotated, meaning you will play everyone else in the conference every 2 - 3 years, and you will play a road game and home game against everyone every 4 - 6 years.

As tough as the current scheduling is on UT, it's worse for Auburn. They have a more difficult division schedule, including a game against Bama, plus Georgia is their rivalry game.

And one last thought...the cycles we count on to balance things unfortunately don't even come close to doing so. As a result, fairness in scheduling is a pipe dream.
 
#7,827
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HankHill said:
I actually could see that especially with the new rule. London, chandler, Jordan, and Coleman are more than serviceable. Get banks in the game some but give him a full year of weight training to lean up some and he’s probably your bell cow next year.
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He is already 215+ pounds and it is my understanding that he looks shredded from working out before arriving at Tennessee.

I don't see how you keep him off the field this year. It was just said that he is doing really well in 7v7s and that they expect it to be even better when the pads go on....

Seems like pretty high praise to redshirt him and not let him play the whole year.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
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Haha I actually agreed with yer point though and gave reasons why I thought we would be more aggressive than expected. I just needed an escape goat to blame the debate on. :)
 
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HankHill said:
I actually could see that especially with the new rule. London, chandler, Jordan, and Coleman are more than serviceable. Get banks in the game some but give him a full year of weight training to lean up some and he’s probably your bell cow next year.
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But, if you don't think he will play for 4 years, then there is no point in redshirting him. Not saying that he is a pro right now, but the coaches can use experience to forecast the future based on what they see.
 
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bignewt said:
Man Teheran has lost it. Let him stay in Miami.
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Please!! He’s terrible! Please trade him and some prospects, and go after an elite starter. I haven’t heard anything about possible trades with the deadline looming in a week...have you?
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Agreed. We need to get someone elite. Trade some top prospects for a Degrom caliber pitcher and throw in Julio in the deal
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I doubt anybody would want him and his contract...our prospects on the other hand...too bad the Mets are in our division if we could get one of those two dudes...
 
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bignewt said:
I doubt anybody would want him and his contract...our prospects on the other hand...too bad the Mets are in our division if we could get one of those two dudes...
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That’s true, but we can BJ Upton him. Offer some of our pitchers but they have to take Julio.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Please!! He’s terrible! Please trade him and some prospects, and go after an elite starter. I haven’t heard anything about possible trades with the deadline looming in a week...have you?
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Only rumor I heard was Moustakas from KC but also that philly was after him. Nothing about pitching when that is what we really need. Both a starter and bullpen help.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Please!! He’s terrible! Please trade him and some prospects, and go after an elite starter. I haven’t heard anything about possible trades with the deadline looming in a week...have you?
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Some word out about Tigers OF Castellanos. Nothing solid about pitchers tho
 
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cHiZzLeVOL said:
He is already 215+ pounds and it is my understanding that he looks shredded from working out before arriving at Tennessee.

I don't see how you keep him off the field this year. It was just said that he is doing really well in 7v7s and that they expect it to be even better when the pads go on....

Seems like pretty high praise to redshirt him and not let him play the whole year.
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I’m not saying it’s good to happen. I’m just saying it’s a possibility. Given our depth there.
 
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Poster on VQ said Hutton on the radio in Nashville was sharing some stories he heard about Ga and coach Pruitt. Remember we were talking about all of this stuff with Murray and Pollack being orchestrated. Hutton said that he was told by a staff member that Kirby was in a meeting when Pruitt got the TN job. When he was told he looked at his staff and said “we better get to work.” If this is true then it would lend credence to te theory that Smart is behind this as well as the Quay Walker stuff. He knows Pruitt as well as anyone. He’s nervous about Pruitt on the trail and on the field when he gets the Vols rolling imo
 
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bignewt said:
With Ender moved down in the order and Acuna leading off I now like the line up. Culberson has been fire lately too so I dont see a big need for a bat.
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Just can’t rely on Culberson and Inciarte keeping this up. Plus, Markakis is gone after this year. Ender might be traded to. Getting a top bat in the outfield that is controllable could be big for next year as well as this year
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Poster on VQ said Hutton on the radio in Nashville was sharing some stories he heard about Ga and coach Pruitt. Remember we were talking about all of this stuff with Murray and Pollack being orchestrated. Hutton said that he was told by a staff member that Kirby was in a meeting when Pruitt got the TN job. When he was told he looked at his staff and said “we better get to work.” If this is true then it would lend credence to te theory that Smart is behind this as well as the Quay Walker stuff. He knows Pruitt as well as anyone. He’s nervous about Pruitt on the trail and on the field when he gets the Vols rolling imo
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I think that’s a little bit of a stretch
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Just can’t rely on Culberson and Inciarte keeping this up. Plus, Markakis is gone after this year. Ender might be traded to. Getting a top bat in the outfield that is controllable could be big for next year as well as this year
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Controllable is the key word there.
 
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