Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[CAVPUT]

Hope Turner can back this up. You talk the talk.....

 

[UTProf]

Avenatti's going to be too busy to do that. The Feds just arrested him on multiple charges:

Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20M extortion plot against Nike, embezzling client's money

He pissed off too many powerful people.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

To be fair, it wasn’t a CHOICE.

I’m thankful to Dan for that

 

[utkevdawg1]

He pissed off too many powerful people.

That...and the fact that he's a legit bottom feeding scum sucker.

 

[butchna]

Mark Geragos...lawyer to the scum of the earth (and Colin Kaepernick...if that’s not the same thing), caught up in that. Birds of a feather.

 

[ob79]

IMO, UT fans set expectations too low. Many fans are happy with so much less than UT teams can achieve. The whole culture of UT has changed dramatically since the 90s. UT fans used to expect to win-- the entire sports world expected UT to win. And in the past two decades, it has become the opposite. UT fans think a great season is overachieving and a mediocre season is achieving the norm.

While I completely agree with this...20 years, man. The VAST majority of 20 years. That's an entire generation that has only known hardship and mediocrity.

It's going to take time and a lot of winning at high levels to get back to late 90's, early 2000's level of respect and expectations from not just the national media but our own fanbase.

We older fans remember how it was and expect to get back there, like NOW...but it's going to take a lot of time and hard work.

We can, should and, hopefully, will make it.

I'm just enjoying this ride. People just need to realize that this TEAM and their gamesmanship, competitiveness, and humility is rare...and I'm going to miss the hell out of them when they're gone, regardless of the outcome...

But...LET'S GET THAT NATTY!!

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

So Zion really is getting paid?

Shazam!! Who would have thunk??

 

[UTProf]

That...and the fact that he's a legit bottom feeding scum sucker.

Yeah but we tolerate tons of people just like him in our society and often reward them with status and high paying and high powered jobs. It's when they annoy the super rich and powerful that they get smashed down.

 

[ChismsHeadband]

scum of the earth (and Colin Kaepernick...if that’s not the same thing)

So Kaep is the scum of the earth now. Wow.

 

[ChismsHeadband]

Exactly. But we would have if Currie would’ve hired goofy Dan

And looking at his Florida staff... Would we really do a reunion of dark-era retreads? Larry Scott, Sal Sunseri, Charlton Warren? No way Mullen would've been that dumb.

 

[butchna]

So Kaep is the scum of the earth now. Wow.

I said “if that’s not the same thing”. Leaving it open for individual opinion...don’t get triggered!

 

[JCP201]

 

[pismonque]

He pissed off too many powerful people.

Or he may just have been undone by his own reputation. Nike may have felt that paying him off would not necessarily have been the last of it. If he's holding info he can keep coming back to the well, and is just the type to do it. So let the feds catch him in his game, have a separate bad guy to mitigate the PR blow a bit and minimize the financial damage.

 

[ChismsHeadband]

I said “if that’s not the same thing”. Leaving it open for individual opinion...don’t get triggered!

Anyone leaving the door open for Kaep to be considered "scum" just because he knelt in protest is bringing unwarranted validation to a very dumb and small-minded opinion, though.

And the triggered party during that fall-out were the "patriots" that were so "offended" that they "boycotted" the NFL. I put those words in quotes because all three are lies.

 

[Vols4us]

Thank you Texas.

 

[butchna]

Anyone leaving the door open for Kaep to be considered "scum" just because he knelt in protest is bringing unwarranted validation to a very dumb and small-minded opinion, though.

And the triggered party during that fall-out were the "patriots" that were so "offended" that they "boycotted" the NFL. I put those words in quotes because all three are lies.

He knelt so that I could post this. Don’t dishonor him.

 

[ChismsHeadband]

He knelt so that I could post this. Don’t dishonor him.

I found your tell.

 

[Vols4us]

Anyone leaving the door open for Kaep to be considered "scum" just because he knelt in protest is bringing unwarranted validation to a very dumb and small-minded opinion, though.

And the triggered party during that fall-out were the "patriots" that were so "offended" that they "boycotted" the NFL. I put those words in quotes because all three are lies.

I'm not into the calling any athlete or player scum or anything else. However, I do take offense to a player who makes a conscious effort to wears socks with law enforcement officers pictured as pigs. His excuse for doing it was lame. You don't stereotype an entire segment of the population who support "pigs" if you expect us to support your career. Not making excuses for anybody else's reasoning, just my own for not caring two cents about what Kaep says or does in his pursuit of social justice.

Colin Kaepernick says the pigs on his socks were only meant to represent 'rogue cops'

 

[Vols4us]

Geragos fired by CNN.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Geragos fired by CNN.

CNN must have found out Geragos is a Republican.

 

[ChismsHeadband]

I'm not into the calling any athlete or player scum or anything else. However, I do take offense to a player who makes a conscious effort to wears socks with law enforcement officers pictured as pigs. His excuse for doing it was lame. You don't stereotype an entire segment of the population who support "pigs" if you expect us to support your career. Not making excuses for anybody else's reasoning, just my own for not caring two cents about what Kaep says or does in his pursuit of social justice.

Colin Kaepernick says the pigs on his socks were only meant to represent 'rogue cops'

He did a lot of acting/speaking before thinking.

The socks are a good example of what not to do if you're trying to have an earnest societal discussion.

The first post-game interview after kneeling was also a moment where he did more stuttering and sputtering than articulating exactly what he meant by his actions.

That shouldn't disqualify everything he's said, done, built, or donated to though. Which sadly, for some, it has.

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

I guess now is as good a time as any to rehash the kneeling argument. Surely many minds will be changed this time around.

 

[pharmvol10]

Bit surprised it wasn't Bruce

It was actually supposed to be Bruce. They called him to let him know but he was outside having a BBQ.

 

[Devo182]

Could you imagine how upset the meida would be if half the FF was the Sec or even if 3 teams made it.

Don't think they'd be mad at all. They were touting 4 SS teams yesterday. Nobody cares about sec bball. Outside of UK, we are actually the underdog conference and quite a few outsiders pull for us.

 

[Devo182]

We’ve kind of been forced to. I, personally, just try to just set realistic expectations. I really only care about the big 3 sports: football, basketball and baseball, in that order. Precipitous decline in caring between each. Football will probably win 7-8 games. That’s not a good season for football, but it’s meeting expectations. We need another great recruiting class or two to win at the level Vol fans expect. Basketball is elite and it was second weekend or bust this year for me. We’ve accomplished that. So I at least won’t look at this season as a bust, but going to the elite 8 really validates this team to me. I expect us to continue to be a tournament team for awhile under CRB and to eventually reach a Final 4. It could happen this year. Baseball has sucked for a long time, but could finish in the middle of the SEC this year. It’s all about showing progress, for me.

Is ut baseball actually bigger than wbb? I've always had football, mbb, wbb as the big 3 sports, far and away. Never seen a ut baseball shirt being worn, but plenty plenty of lady vols gear.