Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[Orange Studs]

Thanks brother. When it comes to Mommas it cuts down deep in the soul. It's probably nothing but I'm a nervous wreck.

Praying for your mom

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Guys and gals I could use your thoughts and prayers tonight. My Mom is at UT hospital and they've found a spot on her brain. It could be anything from a lesion to a calcium deposit but they're keeping her over night so she can get an MRI. Please send whatever good thoughts or prayers you have her way. She's the reason I'm a huge UT fan.

Praying for her brother. I'm in a similar spot as they recently found a spot on my grandmother's lung. Hopefully its nothing for either of them.

 

[VolsnCards5]

So reflecting... we had a historic year with a favorable schedule allowing us to get to #1. We beat Gonzaga without their starter and beat UK without their starter. Those are our 2 signature wins. We are a very good team and I am very proud of what we have done. However, we are not an elite 8/final 4 team with the defense we play.

Hate away kids.

We didn’t have a starter for Gonzaga either.

And if you think Reid makes enough of a difference to make up the difference in that game...well, I disagree. We dominated them

 

[HankHill]

No way. Turner has made some bad decisions this year, but he was clutch last year.

Agree. “Bad shot/decision” in basketball can vary upon the result. A lot of playing to the result in that category imo.

 

[UTProf]

Praying for her brother. I'm in a similar spot as they recently found a spot on my grandmother's lung. Hopefully its nothing for either of them.

Amen, amen, amen! I'm so sorry to hear you're going through that with your grandmother.

 

[peaygolf]

Guys and gals I could use your thoughts and prayers tonight. My Mom is at UT hospital and they've found a spot on her brain. It could be anything from a lesion to a calcium deposit but they're keeping her over night so she can get an MRI. Please send whatever good thoughts or prayers you have her way. She's the reason I'm a huge UT fan.

Prayer your way......

 

[MrVolton]

Guys and gals I could use your thoughts and prayers tonight. My Mom is at UT hospital and they've found a spot on her brain. It could be anything from a lesion to a calcium deposit but they're keeping her over night so she can get an MRI. Please send whatever good thoughts or prayers you have her way. She's the reason I'm a huge UT fan.

 

[TitanicVolz]

Prayers for you and ur family man,I just lost my dad.Need anyone talk to don't be afraid to ask.This place really helped me thru sum of the darker days.May God bless u and yours

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Did Vandy forget to come out the second half, or did they only put cardboard cut outs on the court?

 

[InVOLuntary]

Facilities and stage can definitely elevate some players but players, and mainly people, like grant, admiral, bone, lofton, etc are so competitive and talented that those guys would reach their potential virtually anywhere. Even the best coaches can only get so much out of players. Ultimately it’s up to the player how they can maximize their potential

None of them had offers on the level of Tennessee so maybe they would, maybe they wouldn't have. The point is, there is a symbiotic relationship between colleges and the players. They need the coaching, the facilities, and the stage to increase their notoriety. The college needs the kids to make money to provide them the platform to which to succeed. It is circular. The notion that the students get only tuition, room and board, medical care, ect... is wrong. They get much more.

 

[RikidyBones]

An honest question,and not singling you out, but are there any commentators that anyone actually likes?

I celebrate Bill Walton. Dont @ me

 

[RikidyBones]

Guys and gals I could use your thoughts and prayers tonight. My Mom is at UT hospital and they've found a spot on her brain. It could be anything from a lesion to a calcium deposit but they're keeping her over night so she can get an MRI. Please send whatever good thoughts or prayers you have her way. She's the reason I'm a huge UT fan.

 

[JCP201]

At least Florida was competitive. Vandy doesn't even give you the idea that they might win.

 

[VolGee4]

So reflecting... we had a historic year with a favorable schedule allowing us to get to #1. We beat Gonzaga without their starter and beat UK without their starter. Those are our 2 signature wins. We are a very good team and I am very proud of what we have done. However, we are not an elite 8/final 4 team with the defense we play.

Hate away kids.

That’s to be expected from you. Take the negative from every situation. Tillie with Gonzaga maybe played 5 games all year yet they will be a 1 seed.

It’s been a joy to watch, especially the 20+ double digit wins we have. Hate away.

 

[VolGee4]

Facilities and stage can definitely elevate some players but players, and mainly people, like grant, admiral, bone, lofton, etc are so competitive and talented that those guys would reach their potential virtually anywhere. Even the best coaches can only get so much out of players. Ultimately it’s up to the player how they can maximize their potential

Not necessarily. You think Grant Williams would get as much publicity if he were at Harvard?

UT is a big stage. Just like Zion will make a 9 figure shoe deal for going to Duke, Grant will make more money by going to UT than an Ivy League school.

 

[smokeyz1]

So reflecting... we had a historic year with a favorable schedule allowing us to get to #1. We beat Gonzaga without their starter and beat UK without their starter. Those are our 2 signature wins. We are a very good team and I am very proud of what we have done. However, we are not an elite 8/final 4 team with the defense we play.

Hate away kids.

Pay attention you wannabe Trolls... this is basic trolling 101... just a little too obvious.

 

[drvenner]

I guess we are reading two different sights. I am reading that we should have finished off the season with a win. There's nothing wrong pointing out the obvious in today's game and doesn't mean are a bad team but today we weren't a very good team. AU out play us in the second half and we helped them by bad shot selections, sloppy ball handling and poor defense. I'll say this, if we play like we did today we want go very far in the SEC or the big tourney.

I agree with you regarding how we play. If we don't defend better then we did in the second half, we could only win one and then go home. My point was that people tend to over react after a loss. We all got spoiled. It was going to be a tough game today, regardless, but I agree we had our chances. We just didn't take care of the ball and didn't defend well enough.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Guys and gals I could use your thoughts and prayers tonight. My Mom is at UT hospital and they've found a spot on her brain. It could be anything from a lesion to a calcium deposit but they're keeping her over night so she can get an MRI. Please send whatever good thoughts or prayers you have her way. She's the reason I'm a huge UT fan.

Prayers for you and especially your mom, even though basketball has been the majority of discussion tonight. That certainly takes a back seat. Please share her prognosis going forward.

 

[Nashvegas31]

Turner is something like 3-26 over the past few weeks. Shooters shoot, but when the game is on the line, he should be getting the ball to Grant, AD or Bone. His bad decisions late in games have been hurting the team. But he could get hot again, and tournament time would be the time to do it.

He was awful today in all parts of game. His defense was crap and his carelessness with ball was crap. I swear 4 straight games where his azz has blown a huge steal breakaway but forcing a drive and kneeing ball out of bounds instead of just pulling up and running offense

 

[Catbone]

Pay attention you wannabe Trolls... this is basic trolling 101... just a little too obvious.

What specifically do you disagree with son?

 

[HankHill]

Not necessarily. You think Grant Williams would get as much publicity if he were at Harvard?

UT is a big stage. Just like Zion will make a 9 figure shoe deal for going to Duke, Grant will make more money by going to UT than an Ivy League school.

Publicity? Maybe Not. But i think grant Williams would be a very good player like he is now at virtually in school he chose to play for.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Was #1 for 4 weeks.

19 game win streak

Undefeated at home.

27-4 regular season record.

Beat Gonzaga.

Beat Kentucky.

Swept UF, Vandy, SC, UGA, Mizzou.

Barnes probably gonna get COY again over the Will "FBI" Wade.

Williams is a no brainier as POY again.

Sorry...but I'll take all the positives over a few negatives.

 

[volfaninpa]

He was awful today in all parts of game. His defense was crap and his carelessness with ball was crap. I swear 4 straight games where his azz has blown a huge steal breakaway but forcing a drive and kneeing ball out of bounds instead of just pulling up and running offense

Couldn't say it better. It's one thing for Turner to not be shooting well, but he's stunk it up in the other aspects besides shooting. He's out of control constantly when he's pushing tempo. I thought he rounded a corner at the Ole Miss game as he worked inside out, but since then has been content to just jack up careless 3s, play sloppy defense, play out of control at times, and not appear to be very team oriented.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Also...I love out bracket for the SEC tournament....we're gonna win it to get back in the convo for a #1 seed.

 

[thunderduck17]

Turner has been ice cold lately, no arguing that. However, when it comes to tourney time, I have no problem with taking a big 3 when needed. I have no doubt he believes he is making that big shot and wants to take it every single time. Johnson, although a great shooter, would not have that confidence. Something Bowden lacks too. You want a guy like Turner taking those big shots in those moments. Might not go in, but he sure as hell won’t be scared to take it. I’ll roll with that any day.