The Official “Regular Posters of the Basketball Forum” Thread

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Since it's the offseason, I had a random thought about uniforms; you guys ever wonder if we'd try something silly like for a home game wear white jerseys and orange shorts or orange jerseys and white shorts? I mean yeah it would likely look bad but I was thinking how in football our main look is orange jerseys/white pants and we sometimes wear white jerseys/orange pants.

I'd almost want to see it once for some early season games against cupcakes.
 
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The Dog said:
I'm really afraid Milton is going to break everybody's hearts. Hope I'm wrong, but now, Bass and others have him as the 2nd coming of Cam
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I’d say the odds are high. It’s part of the super fan-psyche to convince yourself that the new guys are always going to be the best.
 
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He's going to be am improvement over JG, but people expecting a Joe Burrow type transformation are clinging to blind faith in a coach, system, and QB that will have to perfectly meld together.

I hope for improvement from the QB position but I'm not expecting a miracle.
 
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The Dog said:
I'm really afraid Milton is going to break everybody's hearts. Hope I'm wrong, but now, Bass and others have him as the 2nd coming of Cam
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Don’t need a star at QB. Just a game manager to competently run Heupel’s system that will draw respect from defenses that would otherwise ignore the ability to stretch the field or hurt them with his wheels. In other words, not JG.
 
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I try and steer clear of the Football and Recruiting forum(s) when possible. We, as fans, do the exact same thing every year.

We go through our depression phase in the Spring months immediately following a bad season. We then start to convince ourselves in the summer months that there is reason for excitement. And then in the fall we're all in.

We say "If things fall the right way we can go 9-3." Or, "The schedule isn't that bad." And "Kentucky sucks, we'll kill them." And then we tell ourselves that the new staff just gets it and now that the old staff is gone things are going to get better. And we also listen to the glowing practice reports, which happen every Fall and let that give us a false sense of hope.

I am cautiously optimistic about the season, but we have a lot of flaws on this roster.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I try and steer clear of the Football and Recruiting forum(s) when possible. We, as fans, do the exact same thing every year.

We go through our depression phase in the Spring months immediately following a bad season. We then start to convince ourselves in the summer months that there is reason for excitement. And then in the fall we're all in.

We say "If things fall the right way we can go 9-3." Or, "The schedule isn't that bad." And "Kentucky sucks, we'll kill them." And then we tell ourselves that the new staff just gets it and now that the old staff is gone things are going to get better. And we also listen to the glowing practice reports, which happen every Fall and let that give us a false sense of hope.

I am cautiously optimistic about the season, but we have a lot of flaws on this roster.
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If they see this they are going to try to burn you at the stake. You're exactly right though. We have a lot of flaws that people just look past because of their Fandom. I think we'll be okay, and I can see ways we can improve this year and make a little noise, but if that doesn't happen I'm not going to be shocked or disappointed.

I love seeing a rational take on the board. It's refreshing.
 
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cncchris33 said:
He's going to be am improvement over JG, but people expecting a Joe Burrow type transformation are clinging to blind faith in a coach, system, and QB that will have to perfectly meld together.

I hope for improvement from the QB position but I'm not expecting a miracle.
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That’s gonna be because we have Josh Heupel and not Jeremy Pruitt lol
 
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Which men's and women's college basketball players can cash in on the new NIL rules?


21. Kennedy Chandler
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Point Guard, Tennessee
71,500 followers on Instagram; 25,000 on TikTok; 12,500 on Twitter
Tennessee found a gem in Chandler, a projected top-15 pick in the 2022 NBA draft per ESPN. He's a flashy, elite point guard known for his explosive plays and confident demeanor on the court. Off of it, he's clearly very serious about his brand: A two-episode documentary about his last year of high school basketball, "Beginning of a Journey," has a combined 130,000 views on YouTube. His attention to detail and quality has already nabbed him a five-figure deal with trading card company Wild Card that will include autographs of cards and memorabilia.

And the Vols -- who earned a spot in the last three NCAA tournaments -- are only going to keep investing in him. The school is educating its student-athletes on NIL by partnering with an external firm, but also offering academic courses on it. If ever there's anyone prepared to face opportunities, both NIL and beyond, it's Chandler.
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TheMookieMonster said:
I try and steer clear of the Football and Recruiting forum(s) when possible. We, as fans, do the exact same thing every year.

We go through our depression phase in the Spring months immediately following a bad season. We then start to convince ourselves in the summer months that there is reason for excitement. And then in the fall we're all in.

We say "If things fall the right way we can go 9-3." Or, "The schedule isn't that bad." And "Kentucky sucks, we'll kill them." And then we tell ourselves that the new staff just gets it and now that the old staff is gone things are going to get better. And we also listen to the glowing practice reports, which happen every Fall and let that give us a false sense of hope.

I am cautiously optimistic about the season, but we have a lot of flaws on this roster.
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I'm pretty much this except I really don't get optimistic anymore. You can call it jaded but personally I'm over trying to act like the coach we just got is THE guy to turn us around. JH is probably better than JP but that's not really a high bar to cross and it's tiresome to watch the same people act like every coach is some awesome hire. I'm just accepting that we're now a middle of the pack SEC football program and it's going to stay that way for a good while. It's been 23 years since our last SEC Championship and chances are pretty good we will cruise well past 30 years before our next one.
 
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