Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[Rishvol]

I had on the SEC network while working at home last night and they were talking about the Vandy and Tennessee game. One of the lady commentators was saying what a great effort it was for Vandy and really pumping them up and saying what a great upset win it was for them. Andy Landers did not pull any punches. He said that no one should be surprised and that Tennessee has looked lost all year. He was very critical of Holly and that was refreshing to see. I think he might have a pretty good idea what a Lady Vol basketball team is supposed to look like.

Didn't Landers coach in the SEC against Summit?

 

[bignewt]

Nothing earth shattering but

Tennessee spring football preview: Hope in Year 2 under Pruitt

 

[bignewt]

Does anyone else think Knoxville is a dump? The hills surrounding it are great but Knox not so much.

where do you live asshat?

 

[BigOrangeVols]

where do you live asshat?

The beautiful City of Richmond, VA

Thought I was #blocked also?

I stand by what I said ultimately, spent 4 years there, it's a dump by year 3.

 

[xtremevolfan]

Didn't Landers coach in the SEC against Summit?

Yes he was at Georgia.

 

[Rishvol]

Yes he was at Georgia.

Yes he was at Georgia.

Then he knows exactly what the Lady Vols should look like

 

[bignewt]

The beautiful City of Richmond, VA

Thought I was #blocked also?

I stand by what I said ultimately, spent 4 years there, it's a dump by year 3.

#reblocked also...how's that state income tax treating ya or do you have a job?

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Back to the valley of the sun

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Have u ever played for a coach who has no clue and it has become painfully obvious to the players? I have once. A winning coach can instill these qualities in these players we currently have, I believe..
Most of these girls were All Americans and want to win. Just too early to write them off under the circumstances they have been made to endure. What are they supposed to do when their coach repeatedly says she has no answers..

Maybe some of them are also wanting a new coach----just a thought.

All of this is very possible.

 

[Crookruss]

The beautiful City of Richmond, VA

Thought I was #blocked also?

I stand by what I said ultimately, spent 4 years there, it's a dump by year 3.

I’ve never lived in Knoxville but living in Richmond and calling anywhere else a dump is rich.

 

[drvenner]

Its gonna be jungle like here this summer with all this rain we have gotten.

My grass already needs mowing. I am not ready to begin that grind yet.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

wow, Witten. I don't get it.

"For the love of the Game"

 

[drvenner]

Back to the valley of the sun

Safe travels

 

[Sugaray13]

Well, their actions sure do not point in the direction of wanting to win. They look like they could care less. I’m sure part of that has to do with who is leading them, but great athletes want to win no matter who their leader is.

Great athletes...like me and you?

 

[bignewt]

"For the love of the Game"

I guess. To each their own but sometimes you just gotta know when to call it.

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Safe travels

Gracias. About to start part two. No freaking directs out or to Memphis with southwest

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Great athletes...like me and you?

Precisely

 

[BucVol98]

#reblocked also...how's that state income tax treating ya or do you have a job?

Or the horrible traffic laws am I right?

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Does losing in OT only count as half an L or something?

No smartass...it adds valuable context..While a loss is a loss, there is a big difference in how the teams performance in those games is perceived when that context is added. Yes Kansas beat us, but they barely beat us..at home..in overtime..with considerable help from the Zebras...Same goes for LSU game. So it is clear that despite the fact that we did indeed lose, you can also infer from those facts that both teams were fortunate to beat us..


In other words, we didn't really play a bad ball game in either game. Which means the team is not in as bad a shape as some of the heralds of doom here would have you believe...

Now if we had been destroyed in those games...

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Braves have spent 29 million. There is no excuse for this. They haven't tried to get better. The division rivals are trying to win the WS. I'm fed up. Really wish MLB would expand and TN would get a team owned by an egotistical billionaire. It's frustrating rooting for a media conglomerate that cares more about real estate than winning.

With our luck it would be the HoH..and we would get a crapfest like the Browns..

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

With our luck it would be the HoH..and we would get a crapfest like the Browns..

That's true. LM have treated the braves like the Haslams treated the vols. They refuse to spend money. Thankfully Phil is in charge of the Vols now and that has changed. Wish LM would sell.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Nothing earth shattering but

Tennessee spring football preview: Hope in Year 2 under Pruitt

Confidence around the program is about as high as I can remember it.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I never cared if they signed Harper or Machado. My problem is that they haven't done anything! 29 million is it and they are under their payroll from last year! They haven't added a starter for the rotation, they haven't added a piece to the bullpen, and you can argue that they are worse at RF and at catcher in the lineup. Meanwhile the rest of the division did this:



There were many moves the Braves could have made. But they decided to shop at the Walmart bargain bin.

Sounds like the way the Vols have been run for a long time..

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

Wes Moore make around $450,000 per year at NC State. Double his salary and be done with it. Guy is a proven winner and could do wonders with the talent already in Knoxville.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

None of em will win a World Series. Build your core roster (including pitching) through your farm system and finish with smart free agent pickups...not gut money blood sacrifices. Pay to keep your Acuna’s and Trouts. Harper’s another Mark Teixeira.

Harper is a lot better investment than Teixeira I think, but still I agree with your basic premise that spending stupidly never really works out.