Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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Bassmaster_Vol said:
Read some posts on a UGA board re Ansley. Some of them are just butthurt UGA fans with the "we didn't want him anyway" posts. Others are completely delusional and said that Butch and Dooley are better coaches than Pruitt. Some are hoping he takes over for Bama in the next couple of years and gets out of TN. One even said maybe he'll go to the NFL. Many of them recognize now though that TN isn't playing around. They know that we're coming.
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Who, Butch? Takes over Bama?

I'm seeing too much stupid stuff this morning.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Yeah, @Atlanta VOL, you need to go to the To’oto’o thread and tell us what happened there.
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No he doesn't. I like the hush hush mentality and the false information. It seems to throw off the rivals and I am convinced it played a huge part in landing To'oto'o. The less we know, the less our rivals know. I'm good with that.
 
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chargervol said:
Guys, sorry for the long post but also, not sorry.

So I was sitting in a chair facing my wife, catching up on the RF. Started explaining to her about Ansley. I recanted vfinpa's post about what has transpired since the off-season began.
I explained in detail that despite the ranking, what our star avg. per player actually meant.
I went over what landing To'oto'o and Wright etc:; really meant after 4-8 and 5-7.
I moved on to BasketVols, then to @matts42012 posts. On still to what @Atlanta VOL has said and about Jay Graham.. Then to Hubbs and the "All In" article.


As I was explaining that Fulmer's "time to go" wasn't the issue for me but how it was done and the disrespectful way that people like asst AD Curry had conspired.
BUT now it just felt as if everything was full circle, a curse broken. That regardless of Fulmer's coaching end, almost no one questioned his love for TN, his desire to have fb at a place of glory and understanding of what it takes.
Then as I was full blown into my explanation of how Pruitt seemed to be showing his intolerance for anything short of greatness, my wife interrupts me.

"Are you okay?" I hear. I understood instantly.
Apparently somewhere in my *discussion, l was no longer comfortably seated in my favorite chair.
Not now. Instead, I'm in a full on pace about the room
The calm voice that I had started with, replaced with a higher, louder version of.
My hand slightly vibrating and a crack in my voice directly related to the small lump in my throat. The lump that had developed somewhere between the power moves, the unbelievable talent grabs and the statement hires being made.

I was determined to be in wait and see mode but the excitement just keeps building and I can't seem to fight it.
I no longer even want to. It just feels different.
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This is what being a Tennessee Vol fan is really all about. It's not about the money or fairness or any of that political nonsense...It is about the great passion for our team that can make a sick man forget his real world troubles and pain for a moment..

That transcendent passion is non-existent for transient mercenary pro sports, and it something that I hope CFB never loses. It is teetering on tbe brink now. I truly wish the NFL would do their own farming. And leave the rest that want to play for more than just themselves, to go to college and play for something better.
 
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jave36 said:
Totally disagree. If all the 4 and 5 star players went to a minor league, college football wouldn't be anywhere near what it is today. There is a floor established by the brand equity, but even that would erode over time if the quality of the product was poor.
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Then you can go follow them playing minor league football. I don't care if they all go. CFB coaches can fight over the best if what's left.
 
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AaronUT said:
No he doesn't. I like the hush hush mentality and the false information. It seems to throw off the rivals and I am convinced it played a huge part in landing To'oto'o. The less we know, the less our rivals know. I'm good with that.
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Yeah I mentioned days ago-- ATL said sometimes coaches feed misinfo on purpose to throw media/folks off... so you would assume that's what was happening... Pruitt playing the game.
 
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