Something that caught my eye....

#254
#254
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I didn't know that there was a Spread offense in the NFL. He didn't take one snap from under center at their Spring game from what I could tell. Cam is not Tebow.
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Because based on past history, quarterbacks that operate purely in the shotgun aren't drafted. Ahem-Sam Bradford-cough.:crazy:
 
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#257
sjt18 said:
You keep telling me what I need to know. You can hire the most qualified person in the world, surround them with negativity, and they will fail.

If your solution worked, Dale Carnegie would have never made a dime in books or lectures. The 7 habits of highly effective people could be cut to one or two... life would be incredibly easy... because the right "hire" could fix everything.

I'm sorry but that is a naive point of view no matter what the subject is.



Until a moderator tells me otherwise, I'll respond in the way I think is most fitting. If you can't handle the truth...
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I could care less what the mods say about your posts.

I'm telling you that your life stories mean as much to me as the pile of dog crap in my yard.

In fact, the dog crap at least serves as fertilizer, so it means exponentially more to me.
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#258
#258
UTVOL02 said:
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LOL!!!!!!!:thumbsup:
 
#259
#259
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Cam has more frequent flyer miles than he does right now. Cam has proved nothing at this point, in relevant D-1 FBS football.
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Dude, deflecting the fact that you were proven totally wrong in your point by stating something completely unrelated is a tired tactic with you. I'm done with the topic.
 
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#261
Sabanocchio said:
Dude, deflecting the fact that you were proven totally wrong in your point by stating something completely unrelated is a tired tactic with you. I'm done with the topic.
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It was just an example of how you like to criticize other's posts, yet when someone questions you, you go beyond out of your way to try and prove them wrong. That's the only reason I brought that up.
 
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#262
g8terh8ter_eric said:
There’s a lot of people where that’s all they do — they talk about recruiting, and they get paid to do it. The more listeners they get, the more they get paid. It’s just an industry that’s part of the process now. It doesn’t bother me, but what always concerns you is information getting put out that may cause negative reaction by your fan base and may cause a negative spin to recruits. That always concerns you, because we have no control over that, and many times the information isn’t accurate. That’s the hardest part.”
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Dooley in this quote from the original post is talking about his concern for RECRUITING SERVICES (aka Rivals) that can send out misinformation and cause both our fanbase and recruits to have a negative vibe.

Anyone who tries to spin this as Dooley telling the fanbase not to be negative (including the OP) either lacks the basic reading comprehension skills to understand what Dooley was talking about, or is somewhat delusional in their perception of how important their message board banter is. (or both)
 
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#263
Nobody knew if Bill Battle would be a good coach or not, he had Bama ties and if there had been message boards they would've been filled with heated exchanges. When Majors came back to Tennessee most were excited. He was coming off a NCG and Tony Dorsett had won the Heisman. Of course, Phil taking over, well that was explosive. The fan base was more divided than ever. No one expected him to be the guy that would take Tennessee to the NCG. Kiffin, who knows what he would've done. Now, we have Dooley and still the only honest thing anyone can say is, who knows what he can do? I appreciate those who want to take the rhetoric down a notch, but I don't expect that to happen. As for the guy from Indiana, I've been to Ft. Wayne dude, hicks...c'mon maaaaaaaaan!:)
 
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#264
vol66 said:
Of course, Phil taking over, well that was explosive. The fan base was more divided than ever. No one expected him to be the guy that would take Tennessee to the NCG.
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actually most people I knew were excited based on his record as interim coach
 
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#265
Blood Runs Orange said:
Dooley in this quote from the original post is talking about his concern for RECRUITING SERVICES (aka Rivals) that can send out misinformation and cause both our fanbase and recruits to have a negative vibe.

Anyone who tries to spin this as Dooley telling the fanbase not to be negative (including the OP) either lacks the basic reading comprehension skills to understand what Dooley was talking about, or is somewhat delusional in their perception of how important their message board banter is. (or both)
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Gameday experience is one of the biggest assets to a program in recruiting these kids. If they encounter negative people, or go exploring on message boards and read negative banter, they question the genuineness of the fans while at the game. These kids react to many things, and being perceived as negative is one that they look at. It happens.
 
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#266
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Gameday experience is one of the biggest assets to a program in recruiting these kids. If they encounter negative people, or go exploring on message boards and read negative banter, they question the genuineness of the fans while at the game. These kids react to many things, and being perceived as negative is one that they look at. It happens.
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Then every single school is screwed.
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#268
#268
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Gameday experience is one of the biggest assets to a program in recruiting these kids. If they encounter negative people, or go exploring on message boards and read negative banter, they question the genuineness of the fans while at the game. These kids react to many things, and being perceived as negative is one that they look at. It happens.
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This doesn't change the fact that you tried to spin Dooley's quote into meaning something it didn't just to fit your personal agenda.
 
#269
#269
utvolpj said:
actually most people I knew were excited based on his record as interim coach
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I don't doubt that to be true, but there was an older generation that thought the situation was handled poorly. To this day my father, a UT grad and UT Law Grad could care less about UT football. It's not unlike those Vol fans that would have liked the Fulmer situation handled better.
 
#270
#270
utvolpj said:
actually most people I knew were excited based on his record as interim coach
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That's what I remember too. As hard as it is to believe now, Fulmer was seen as the fresh, young guy that was being held back by Johnny Majors' conservative tendencies.
 
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#272
pimo1 said:
The guy you are arguing has a point you do not. He is making a comparison that makes sense. The SEC is like the majors think of the WAC as AAA ball. You can't compare the competitiveness of AAA clubs directly to those of clubs in the majors because they don't play each other. Saying a Yankees/Braves competition level is not the same as Lookouts/Smokies competition level is asinine. It is apples to oranges the situations are too different and in fact one could argue that the competition level at the minors level is higher just the quality of play is lower. But organizationally one could argue that someone that took a bottom feeder program and put them in contention might do a good job at a higher level because organizationally they are the same.

At LATech he didn't have access to the same quality of athletes and facilities he does here. LATech was the equivalent of Vanderbilt in the WAC. And he not only took them to their first bowl since the 70's he won it and then got decimated by injuries the next season. If you actually look at the situation and the facts around it, the guy did a bang up job. The fact that the fan bases of 2 other non-bottom feeder teams in our conference have faith and interest in the guy should say something.
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Great post, but the haters do not care about facts and reason. The sky is falling on a coach who has yet to coach his first game at UT and that is just they way it is. They are just to smart and arrogant to see it any other way. Wonderboy underperformed last year and they would take it (all of the nonsense) back in a second. Immaturity draws flies, you know.
 
#273
#273
Blood Runs Orange said:
This doesn't change the fact that you tried to spin Dooley's quote into meaning something it didn't just to fit your personal agenda.
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Dude, he knows that negative fans doesn't make his job any easier. He said as much, at least that's the way I read it and others have too. Just as in reading many things, you can interpret things differently than your neighbor and you both read the same thing. That's nothing new.
 
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#274
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Gameday experience is one of the biggest assets to a program in recruiting these kids. If they encounter negative people, or go exploring on message boards and read negative banter, they question the genuineness of the fans while at the game. These kids react to many things, and being perceived as negative is one that they look at. It happens.
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1) You act like this is something you can prevent with your heroic efforts to imitate MikeHamiltonFan as the king of "whatever pops into my head has to be a thread-ville."

2) You are way off on your opinion of how much what you are saying (not what Dooley was saying at all, mind you) can effect recruiting. It is a very easily overcome obstacle if it ever even comes up.
 
#275
#275
Sabanocchio said:
1) You act like this is something you can prevent with your heroic efforts to imitate MikeHamiltonFan as the king of "whatever pops into my head has to be a thread-ville."

2) You are way off on your opinion of how much what you are saying (not what Dooley was saying at all, mind you) can effect recruiting. It is a very easily overcome obstacle if it ever even comes up.
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:eek:k:

This is the technology age, for what it's worth.
 
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