The Official “Regular Posters of the Basketball Forum” Thread

[bleedingTNorange]

I'm assuming the Boo Carter thread

Care to give cliffs, went to look and saw that thread has exploded and don’t wanna read through 30 pages lol

 

[VolsSportsFan]

And after I say I'm going to avoid drama, I'm going to say this; though also "sorry not sorry".

I've said this before and I'll keep saying it; there is something really, really wrong with some of these grown ass adults that follow recruiting like they do. I don't mean a more casual approach, I mean the ones that are almost more into it than the actual sport itself.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Care to give cliffs, went to look and saw that thread has exploded and don’t wanna read through 30 pages lol

Essentially, Boo Carter’s mom has a Vol Nation account and any time someone says a word about her son she attacks people. She even got angry about Boo being compared favorably to Adoree Jackson talent wise. It’s a cess pool. 25% of people are clapping back at her and 75% are bending the knee and fawning over her in hopes that if they make her feel good she’ll convince her son to play for Tennessee.

 

[jtipto10]

OK here I'll answer: someone posted that he's missing this Friday's playoff game and it's not injury related. She's not denying or confirming anything, but is lighting some people up in there

 

[VolArmy74]

I virtually never go to the recruiting forum and never post there. Just here and football. The recruiting forum gets really weird at times.

 

[walkenvol]

I have ventured back into the football forum but I am selective about what I post and respond to, and I go to the NFL forum on Sundays during Titans games. Other than that I kind of lurk. I'll hit the baseball forum closer to February when baseball starts back up.

I've tried to change my online self the past 6 months or so and I'm happier about it. I used to respond to everything I disagreed with or went after things I thought were dumb but started refraining because really what good does it do.? I still will post a snarky post every now and then but even those I'm trying to avoid. I was really tempted last week to set up a CatsIllustrated account and respond to a lot of the delusional ones but again....what good what that do?

Having said that, I'm going to have to remind myself of this come basketball season because basketball tends to really get me emotional, even more than football now and even after our dream season we're having.

I’ve also followed you over to the football and recruiting forums as of late thinking the season’s success would have mellowed it a bit. Like yourself I don’t want to get into most of the stupidity, but occasionally I can’t seem to control myself as shown in the BC today. We can usually have discussions on this forum maybe ending with agree to disagree without it turning personal. Across the wall it’s full attack mode with no quarter given to being reasonable.

 

[Vol49er]

Care to give cliffs, went to look and saw that thread has exploded and don’t wanna read through 30 pages lol

Essentially, Boo Carter’s mom has a Vol Nation account and any time someone says a word about her son she attacks people. She even got angry about Boo being compared favorably to Adoree Jackson talent wise. It’s a cess pool. 25% of people are clapping back at her and 75% are bending the knee and fawning over her in hopes that if they make her feel good she’ll convince her son to play for Tennessee.

This pretty much covers it. I was gonna make some sort of joke about at least BHH's parents didnt take over a thread here but I didnt want this to turn into a big fight too.

 

[Vol49er]

And after I say I'm going to avoid drama, I'm going to say this; though also "sorry not sorry".

I've said this before and I'll keep saying it; there is something really, really wrong with some of these grown ass adults that follow recruiting like they do. I don't mean a more casual approach, I mean the ones that are almost more into it than the actual sport itself.

I am a youngin and I sort of agree. As I've gotten older and older I've found it stranger and stranger to closely track the temperament of 16 year olds. I still celebrate and am happy when one commits, especially since it seems like de-commitments happen less nowadays. But I'm not following it year round

 

[TheMookieMonster]

This pretty much covers it. I was gonna make some sort of joke about at least BHH's parents didnt take over a thread here but I didnt want this to turn into a big fight too.

Personally, I don’t think either side is in the “right.” If you’re a fan, and you realize you are allegedly talking to a recruits mother you should conduct yourself better. But, on the other hand, the parent also came onto an anonymous message board guns blazing looking for confrontation so I’m not going to insult our fans and lay the blame entirely on them either. It’s just an embarrassing situation all around.

 

[Vol49er]

Personally, I don’t think either side is in the “right.” If you’re a fan, and you realize you are allegedly talking to a recruits mother you should conduct yourself better. But, on the other hand, the parent also came onto an anonymous message board guns blazing looking for confrontation so I’m not going to insult our fans and lay the blame entirely on them either. It’s just an embarrassing situation all around.

Couldn’t of said it better. I don’t think it does any good to confront the mother, but she should’ve understood that it comes with the territory of being a high level recruit to have people following your career. If she couldn’t take that (understandably enough), stay off the boards

 

[The Dog]

Man, I still go over to the RF, daily. It's not near as bad as the FF. But still, sometimes crap goes off the rails, especially in player's threads. Cam Seldon's cousin or uncle posts in his thread, but does it the right way. Just kinda updates what's going with Cam, stats, thoughts on UT and even track updates out of football season. Just blows off, the haters, says lol or ok, doesn't engage 'em. Honestly, I've never been to Boo Carter's thread, but now I will

 

[cncchris33]

Essentially, Boo Carter’s mom has a Vol Nation account and any time someone says a word about her son she attacks people. She even got angry about Boo being compared favorably to Adoree Jackson talent wise. It’s a cess pool. 25% of people are clapping back at her and 75% are bending the knee and fawning over her in hopes that if they make her feel good she’ll convince her son to play for Tennessee.

Pretty accurate depiction.

 

[cncchris33]

Personally, I don’t think either side is in the “right.” If you’re a fan, and you realize you are allegedly talking to a recruits mother you should conduct yourself better. But, on the other hand, the parent also came onto an anonymous message board guns blazing looking for confrontation so I’m not going to insult our fans and lay the blame entirely on them either. It’s just an embarrassing situation all around.

She appears to relish in the drama, actively searches it out, and then fans the flames. It really is strange. Many of the recruits' family members that post on here could learn a lot from Cameron Seldon's uncle. He's been great.

 

[JelloPuddinPup]

Man, just went and read the last 5 pages or so. Lots of "member measuring" going on in there.

That being said, his Mom needs some punctuation added to her posts. Have to keep re-reading them several times to understand.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

She appears to relish in the drama, actively searches it out, and then fans the flames. It really is strange. Many of the recruits' family members that post on here could learn a lot from Cameron Seldon's uncle. He's been great.

Bingo. PLove has been the poster child for how to conduct yourself as the family member of a recruit. He’s great to interact with.

I’m just not going to capitulate like the rest of them and support some of her behavior and personal attacks on posters because her son is good at football. Either he comes here or not. Makes no difference to me either way.

 

[berryvol]

Boo Carter thread has been pure electricity. Hoops is by far my favorite forum on here and where I spend the majority of my time (even if it’s just lurking some days in the off season) but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love how the RF still has the ability to go off the rails from time to time. The convo in the football talk thread is mostly solid, but the recruit threads get bonkers at times. It gives me a small slice of the FF without having to actually go over there and come back with a disease.

 

[Stoked]

Boo Carter thread has been pure electricity. Hoops is by far my favorite forum on here and where I spend the majority of my time (even if it’s just lurking some days in the off season) but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love how the RF still has the ability to go off the rails from time to time. The convo in the football talk thread is mostly solid, but the recruit threads get bonkers at times. It gives me a small slice of the FF without having to actually go over there and come back with a disease.

I love off the rails.

 

[Stoked]

Essentially, Boo Carter’s mom has a Vol Nation account and any time someone says a word about her son she attacks people. She even got angry about Boo being compared favorably to Adoree Jackson talent wise. It’s a cess pool. 25% of people are clapping back at her and 75% are bending the knee and fawning over her in hopes that if they make her feel good she’ll convince her son to play for Tennessee.

Gives me strong AuntieDee vibes and flashbacks of the good times here with her and Jabari McGhee

 

[cncchris33]

Gives me strong AuntieDee vibes and flashbacks of the good time here with her and Jabari McGhee

Daaaaannnngg....GREAT comparison. I'd forgotten all about her.

 

[jtipto10]

Gives me strong AuntieDee vibes and flashbacks of the good times here with her and Jabari McGhee

This is super random, but I always thought jabari mcghee had a ton of potential. Wish he had stuck around

Edit: by ton of potential, I meant solid rotation player/borderline starter. Not, like, all-sec player

 

[The Dog]

I was checking out the schedule and didn't realize we played Florida Gulf Coast, Dunk City, baby. Well, used to be. How did I miss that we play at Butler ? That will be our first true road game, Butler has great fans (Indiana loves bb) and some history. Didn't they go to back to back Final Fours and beat us about 10 years (Pearl, maybe) ago ?

 

[YankeeVol]

This is super random, but I always thought jabari mcghee had a ton of potential. Wish he had stuck around

Edit: by ton of potential, I meant solid rotation player/borderline starter. Not, like, all-sec player

I got to watch him at Austin Peay. He played pretty good. It was nice to see him carve out a role (averaged 9.1 PTS and 6.9 REB)

 

[Putbacks]

I was checking out the schedule and didn't realize we played Florida Gulf Coast, Dunk City, baby. Well, used to be. How did I miss that we play at Butler ? That will be our first true road game, Butler has great fans (Indiana loves bb) and some history. Didn't they go to back to back Final Fours and beat us about 10 years (Pearl, maybe) ago ?

We don’t play at Butler. That game is in the Bahamas.

 

[The Dog]

We don’t play at Butler. That game is in the Bahamas.

OK, thanks. That makes sense, yahoo said @Butler, I'm not slipping as much as I thought

 

[The Dog]

I had a bad feeling about this game. I think UT being #1 in the Playoffs, really hurt us. We went from the hunter to the prey and we were not ready for it, especially on the road, their crowd brought it. Kirby coached his ass off, too. Now, I'm going to make an excuse, they have better talent and more big game experience. 11-1, baby! Need Oregon, TCU to lose and we are in, as long as Georgia doesn't slip up