Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXVI

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I agree but at 9-3 it seems many are saying CBJs ability to recruit at the needed level to succeed here is over

You really to put that much emphasis on this year and one game give or take?

If so what's next?

Over? No. I do think winning a championship or playing in NY6 will be a major boost. Simple.

9-3 will be a letdown.
 
Surprised I haven't seen it mentioned but there is little doubt the bad PR from the lawsuit is playing a role in this recruiting cycle.

How big that role is certainly is debatable but there is zero doubt it's been a factor at least in some small way

You and Crunchy Leb should go somewhere and discuss this in very fine detail. Maybe to his island without internet.
 
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Over? No. I do think winning a championship or playing in NY6 will be a major boost. Simple.

9-3 will be a letdown.

I agree it will be a letdown but there are so many posters saying we aren't getting the elite recruits now because we haven't won big. If we don't win big this year per that thinking cbj ability to be top 10 elite recruiters is over

I don't buy that now or next year if we only win 9 games
 
Bruin and Leb lives for stuff like this. Anything that puts UT in a negative light...They're all for it.

If Leb's "duplicate" posts were removed, he would have 2 total posts. 3*s and loyalty. WE GET IT! What's it take for a troll to get banned or posts to get removed? He ruins every thread in which people are trying to gain information or have rational conversations.
 
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So much complaining and worrying over a kid that could have picked Clemson because of a girl for all we know. I'll reserve my judgment on this class for February...not July 5th
 
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If Leb's "duplicate" posts were removed, he would have 2 total posts. 3*s and loyalty. WE GET IT! What's it take for a troll to get banned or posts to get removed? He ruins every thread in which people are trying to gain information or have rational conversations.

Don't quote and don't respond...as long as you do, they have a reason to keep poking.
 
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Tennessee will produce an elite WR... Probably this year, in P-Willy, and this recruiting argument goes away.

Sucks that we missed on this one, but time to move on

I am a big fan of how you think.

I agree with everything you say - very level headed approach.

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And my point is what if we win 9?

Is VN suggesting cbj is done with less than 10?

Surely that isn't what is being suggested

I think a large part of those posting feel less than 10 wins this year would indeed point to Butch not being able to get it done here long term.
 
I'm doing my part man, but he's driving me crazy. He's an obvious troll. Doesn't Freak have some kind of policy here?

When it's blatantly obvious?...yes. Grey area that he's treading nowadays. As Leb, he once dared the mods to ban him...he'd just switch screen names. :wink2:
 
I'm doing my part man, but he's driving me crazy. He's an obvious troll. Doesn't Freak have some kind of policy here?

I love VN, but I question how far obvious trolls are allowed to proceed with their shtick. Most other fan sites, these people would have been gone a long time ago. I am all for differing opinions and good debate, but come on...:mf_surrender:
 
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When it's blatantly obvious?...yes. Grey area that he's treading nowadays. As Leb, he once dared the mods to ban him...he'd just switch screen names. :wink2:

If it's grey, it's the darkest shade of grey I've ever seen. A new screen name would be an improvement.
 
I love VN, but I question how far obvious trolls are allowed to proceed with their shtick. Most other fan sites, these people would have been gone a long time ago. I am all for differing opinions and good debate, but come on...:mf_surrender:

I sent Freak a private message about a year ago proposing a change to the message board. My proposal was that a Thumbs Down be added. Trolls need to have their poisonous messages called out. As it it now there is no downside to making a really ugly post, no matter how outrageous.

I feel this is the weakness to this forum, despite the awesome job Freak does, and it's mostly a thankless task, but it's disheartening to people who love UT football and believe Butch is doing a good job, to see someone be able to poison the well every day.

We all should encourage Freak to give us a tool to keep the trolls in check.
 
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I sent Freak a private message about a year ago proposing a change to the message board. My proposal was that a Thumbs Down be added. Trolls need to have their poisonous messages called out. As it it now there is no downside to making a really ugly post, no matter how outrageous.

I feel this is the weakness to this forum, despite the awesome job Freak does, and it's mostly a thankless task, but it's disheartening to people who love UT football and believe Butch is doing a good job, to see someone be able to poison the well every day.

We all should encourage Freak to give us a tool to keep the trolls in check.

Wouldn't a thumbs down be a count a troll would want more of?

I don't see how that would help. Seems the opposite to me
 
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I sent Freak a private message about a year ago proposing a change to the message board. My proposal was that a Thumbs Down be added. Trolls need to have their poisonous messages called out. As it it now there is no downside to making a really ugly post, no matter how outrageous.

I feel this is the weakness to this forum, despite the awesome job Freak does, and it's mostly a thankless task, but it's disheartening to people who love UT football and believe Butch is doing a good job, to see someone be able to poison the well every day.

We all should encourage Freak to give us a tool to keep the trolls in check.

I don't think a thumbs down would do much good. People like them relish the role of being despised. The more dislikes they get the more they troll. I propose that if you ignore a poster, the quoted post doesn't show either. That way when you ignore someone they don't get quoted and they eventually go away because there is no one reading their post.
 
I sent Freak a private message about a year ago proposing a change to the message board. My proposal was that a Thumbs Down be added. Trolls need to have their poisonous messages called out. As it it now there is no downside to making a really ugly post, no matter how outrageous.

I feel this is the weakness to this forum, despite the awesome job Freak does, and it's mostly a thankless task, but it's disheartening to people who love UT football and believe Butch is doing a good job, to see someone be able to poison the well every day.

We all should encourage Freak to give us a tool to keep the trolls in check.

I agree with this. My ignore button is my "troll" / "highly annoying poster" identifier. True to form, this thread and the Higgins thread are filled with posts by people I've been ignoring.
 
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