Recruiting Forum Football Talk XLV

[vol4eva]

All the Preds do is win win win

Hands go up!

 

[drylo]

College athletes do receive compensation, but for football players it's not equitable to what they bring the university. And I know the argument that it funds other non-revenue sports, but that's lazy. Even if the athletic department runs in the red it's a net positive for the university in the form of marketing. Alabama is a prime example of how their football program has led to an increase in out-of-state students and more money for the university.

I've never understand what about sports makes people want to limit what athletes can get. I couldn't imagine telling anyone else they should shut up and be happy with what they have instead of fight for the right to be compensated fairly.

They’re students representing their school. If they want to go play somewhere else and get paid cash, the schools aren’t stopping them. They choose to come play college ball because they think it’s a good deal for them. Get outta here with the “compensated fairly” nonsense.

Also, the players themselves aren’t responsible for the money in college sports in any real sense. The value is 100% in the schools’ brands. It wouldn’t matter if the top 500 kids (an astronomical number) coming out of high school each year went into some pro farm league instead of college ball — 102,455 would still show up to watch whatever scrubs were suiting up for the VOLS.

 

[JacketVol]

If Currie did this **** and then he brings in a Bobo....


I. Am. Done.

You will like bobo. He’s from Georgia. 😄😂

 

[LA Vol]

Currie's focused on nailing down interviews this weekend, so I'd say it was a quick convo, with Hoke making the call. Hope the new HC re-evaluates, gets JJ back and moves him to safety.

 

[omghulkhands]

Well my lawyer 26 year old younger brother and I have been discussing this since my last post. I understand your point a little better now, but he also understands mine. I am 49 years old, my perception of the word is mainly formed from a few books on WW2 I read when I was around 10-11 years old. The desciption of Nazi stormtroopers and Italian facists being called "jackbooted thugs" was my first encounter with the word. I do not and never have just pictured any particular race of people upon hearing this word.

That’s very big of you to say.

 

[UTVolinExile]

You will like bobo. He’s from Georgia. 😄😂

I was gonna say. Bobo would be the most Catbone hire possible.

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

According to the UT subreddit, anyone who supports Jennings' dismissal is an outright racist. Ah, SJWs.

Sickening

lol this is dumb. Nobody said/believes that.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

That’s very big of you to say.

I try to be open minded.

 

[drylo]

Currie's focused on nailing down interviews this weekend, so I'd say it was a quick convo, with Hoke making the call. Hope the new HC re-evaluates, gets JJ back and moves him to safety.

I’d like JJ on the team, but, I mean... come on, man! What are you thinking, JJ?

 

[jave36]

I said all along he was a safety and Byrd a CB and was made fun of. Not by you.

Most of us agreed with you. There's always a small loud minority who insist coaches never make bad decisions.

 

[jave36]

Currie's focused on nailing down interviews this weekend, so I'd say it was a quick convo, with Hoke making the call. Hope the new HC re-evaluates, gets JJ back and moves him to safety.

Yep. Just get him out of the way for now, revisit with the new regime.

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

Perhaps Jennings legitimately IS on his 7th strike (give or take a few) and has very, very poor odds of finishing his career at Tennessee without screwing up again based on a pattern of behavior.

Currie knows this and knows that dismissing Jennings will be a VERY unpopular move. To spare the new coach the backlash before he has even coached a game, he instructed Hoke to go ahead and pull the plug, seeing as how Hoke will be gone in a matter of days.

Still no reason to do it right now. Wait things out a few days. Not from the Bahamas.

 

[Aesius]

Still no reason to do it right now. Wait things out a few days. Not from the Bahamas.

Also no reason to wait if it's his time to hit the bricks. Currie being in the Bahamas means nothing.

 

[JacketVol]

one week. in one week, he's gone. ONE ****ING WEEK. it was not his call.

THE AD MADE THE CALL. AND THE EXAMPLE IS MADE. TOO BAD IT HAD TO BE JENNINGS. HE COULD’VE DINE IT IN A CLOSED PRACTICE AND BEEN SUSPENDED. HE MADE TENNESSEE LOOK BAD. OUR SCHOOL. HE WENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLASTED IT TO THE WORLD. I HATE IT BUT HIS AZZ HITS THE ROAD. I SEE THAT AS A NEW COACH COMING IN AND CAN IN NO WAY ACCEPT IT. IF BUTCH GOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT THE FANS OR HIS BOSSES, HIS BUTT IS GONE TOO. WHAT IF AN NFL PLAYER DOES THAT. THEN HE’s NOT FOR LONG. JUST STUPID.

 

[zhangliao04]

Nvm.

 

[VAVolsFan2009]

This situation with JJ could all be a case of miscommunication. Coaches could have said that "sure we want you back." And then the S&C staff/ doctors said he wasn't ready and fully healed. There's more to this story that we know. I just wish had controlled his emotions better. It will get worked out.

 

[orangeB]

Schiano is still in play. The interview Currie did in Chicago is still a big unknown, not far from OSU and a little over an hour plane ride from Des Moines. He could have also interviewed at the airport on his way to the Bahamas and on the way back. Campbell doesn't have an agent, so there wouldn't be any backdooring going on there.

 

[InVOLuntary]

I can see why they sent him home, but no need to dismiss him from the team today. Suspend him indefinitely and let the new HC decide if and how JJ can work his way back. After being lax disciplinarians for two years, a lame duck staff becomes harda$$ right before checking out?

Yea. This was stupid.

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

When did thug become a racist word?

I grew up hearing my mom use it to refer to white trash rednecks almost exclusively. I still use it to this day. It's a great word. But I guess I'm racist for saying it now.

It’s all about context. It’s totally fine to call someone who’s out robbing and assaulting people a thug.

When you call Richard Sherman, who has a Masters Degree from Stanford, a thug for trash talking Michael Crabtree in an interview, it’s clear that you’re saying thug because you can’t use the same words you would’ve used 30 years ago.

 

[Volwark]

Hilarious.

While it may be irrational, it only serves to fuel my feelings of meh towards Mullen.

 

[New-Vols-Fan]

Once Gruden is hired, I'm throwing out likes left and right. :thumbsup:

 

[Nash_Vol97]

THE AD MADE THE CALL. AND THE EXAMPLE IS MADE. TOO BAD IT HAD TO BE JENNINGS. HE COULD’VE DINE IT IN A CLOSED PRACTICE AND BEEN SUSPENDED. HE MADE TENNESSEE LOOK BAD. OUR SCHOOL. HE WENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLASTED IT TO THE WORLD. I HATE IT BUT HIS AZZ HITS THE ROAD. I SEE THAT AS A NEW COACH COMING IN AND CAN IN NO WAY ACCEPT IT. IF BUTCH GOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT THE FANS OR HIS BOSSES, HIS BUTT IS GONE TOO. WHAT IF AN NFL PLAYER DOES THAT. THEN HE’s NOT FOR LONG. JUST STUPID.

 

[vol2002]

My Coach McGoogle-o-Meter is sitting at 50% and climbing.

Someone save me!

 

[WarMachine]

These are my people. Other than the good times in the Gruden thread the FF is garbage. Nothing but uninformed *******s ruining every thread with nonsense. The recruiting forum is by far the best place on VN.

Here here. Quoted for Swanson (truth).

 

[zhangliao04]

Once Gruden is hired, I'm throwing out likes left and right. :thumbsup:

I thought he already is? Like please.