Recruiting Forum Talk XXXIX

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Darth_Shiveman said:
Didn't catch the edit.

FTR, I do know people who have decent connections in the AD (not amazing...wouldn't really trust anything I heard from them about a coaching search but likely would about things happening in the locker room). But I don't really bother them asking about rumors and the like. I've heard small bits in the past about things that turned out to be true. Heard stuff that turned out to not be true as well. Heard lots of reminiscing, hypotheticals, and speculation on events that happened in Knoxville years ago.


Now that I'm not living in Knoxville, I don’t hear much. Honestly, I'm glad that's the case. It's easier to look at things with impartiality that way and I prefer living in one of the largest metropolises on earth more than I did living in Knoxville. Personally, I wouldn't trade what I've got here.


What I'm really getting at here is that lots of people with connections to Knoxville/UT can play the two/three degrees of separation game with important past and present figures in our AD (even stupid nobodies like me  ). Doesn't mean everything heard should be taken as gospel.


Why is it so hard to imagine Blackburn overstating (or being overconfident in) his relationship with Petersen? Or Petersen potentially not wanting to work for a friend in a business where firings are semi-regular in a region of the country with so much fan and media scrutiny?


I'm not exactly sure what the hang up is with the bolded part. Past experience can be an indicator of what will happen in the future. That’s a big reason many don’t want Petrino.

As for people saying he'd never leave BSU, that's not really the case at all. People always said he’d be super selective about choosing somewhere to live and work.


1. I don’t doubt you’ve got a friend you trust who knows Blackburn and heard those things. Doesn’t necessarily make the things he’s heard from Blackburn true or trustworthy. Surely you can understand that, right?
2. Yes, I trust the many articles published from many different sports writers from many different national outlets published over the years (which all said that Petersen doesn’t see himself living/working in the southeast) more than I trust something your friend said David Blackburn told him about Chris Petersen. You can reduce that to “trusting google” if you want to, though. Wouldn’t be the first time you’ve refused to allow any nuance into a conversation.



It was never my intention to say that David Blackburn was intentionally lying to your friend or anything like that. I do think it’s possible, if not likely, that Blackburn could totally believe that his friendship with Chris Petersen could be sufficient to get him to Knoxville and just be mistaken.

People misevaluate others and circumstances all the time. That doesn’t make it a lie by any means. Sometimes people have overconfidence in their abilities. Matt Hasselback and his famous “we want the ball and we’re gonna score” snafu comes to mind. But that didn’t make him a liar by any means.
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I boils down to one thing. You trust people you've never met, I tend to trust people that I've had years of interaction with. You do your thing, I'll do mine.
 
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If they are dying to spend money, they’ll find a big name willing to take it.

It’s weird, but I’m Kinda disappointed. I think Frost is going to be incredible, and we could lock him in for far less, and not have to coach against him.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Haven't really paid any attention to the Browns this year.

Is Jackson the problem with them or is the roster just still bad?
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I haven't either. The Browns are either winless or might have one win. The roster sucks, I can't blame Jackson completely, but at this pace, his days are numbered. Every decision Haslam has made for the Browns has failed. The Browns are a joke, he is a joke and now, UT is a joke. Haslam is the common denominator
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I boils down to one thing. You trust people you've never met, I tend to trust people that I've had years of interaction with. You do your thing, I'll do mine.
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Again, totally refusing to allow nuance into the discussion.

I believe what I believe about Petersen because the same things have been reported widely by many national and local sources. Reducing that to "trusting people you've never me" is disingenuous.

Does it not occur to you that you're "trusting someone you've never met" via proxy with the whole Blackburn thing?
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Again, totally refusing to allow nuance into the discussion.

I believe what I believe about Petersen because the same things have been reported widely by many national and local sources. Reducing that to "trusting people you've never me" is disingenuous.

Does it not occur to you that you're "trusting someone you've never met" via proxy with the whole Blackburn thing?
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You are doing to me exactly what your acusing me of. You discount my relationships. I don't expect you nor do I care how much stock you place on the credibility of my friend or David Blackburn. You believe articles you've read on the internet. I believe real people that I've had dinner with. Get over yourself.
 
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Back to Dollys bewbs. She was pretty foxy.

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Aesius said:
My favorite argument from him was the call out of the uber rich boosters.

"You maybe have 20 years left to live. Buying out Butch Jones and paying a top coach's salary is a drop in the bucket to you. Isn't it worth spending a little extra money to enjoy seeing a good Tennessee football team before you die?"
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I liked when he said today we keep going cheap upfront yet in buyouts end up spending the same amount per year that we would have just paying a big name guy upfront. So instead of paying all these losers that can't make it to pay someone that same amount to actually coach you to a championship
 
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