Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[Hammer85]

 

[Hammer85]

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

Bruh advice needed:

Hometown buddy just invited me to a Vegas trip. He just got married, as did I. Other 3 are wild singles clearly going for the "vegas experience". On one hand it may be my last shot of a guys' trip to Vegas (we are mid 30s). On the flipside, could be slightly...dangerous. I 99% trust myself and wife would know SCs are in play, nothing unusual and nothing more. But the single guys may mean a little trouble. I'm a bit torn. It's probably nothing wilder than an average bachelor's party, on the flipside I know Vegas can be intoxicating.

Younger guys, older wiser men - WWYD?

Go and bang a bunch of hookers.

Carpe diem

 

[Hammer85]

Have fun buddy.

 

[Pepe]

Go and bang a bunch of hookers.

Carpe diem

Avoid Mike Tyson and tigers

 

[butchna]

It was his contract year too so he will probably be looking at upwards of 12 million.

Upgraded the Cowboys offense significantly and they don’t have a Dez Bryant money slot on the roster.

 

[MrVolton]

To each their own but I’m not paying a 31 year old WR 19mil a year for the next 3 years. Especially when i already have an average QB on a giant deal.

Gruden’s also got a bit of a history of butting heads with big ego WR’s.

 

[therickbol]

Typical journal entry for Catbone:

March 8, 2019- Another terrible day. What's new?!?! Started ok I guess when I won $1,000,000 on a scratch-off ticket but what happened next was truly devastating! Put $1 in the vending machine at the local YMCA for a yummy bag of Cheetos and I think you can see where this is going...no Cheetos annnnnd didn't get my $1 back. Machine straight up took my money. When will it end!

 

[Type Orange+]

Bruh advice needed:

Hometown buddy just invited me to a Vegas trip. He just got married, as did I. Other 3 are wild singles clearly going for the "vegas experience". On one hand it may be my last shot of a guys' trip to Vegas (we are mid 30s). On the flipside, could be slightly...dangerous. I 99% trust myself and wife would know SCs are in play, nothing unusual and nothing more. But the single guys may mean a little trouble. I'm a bit torn. It's probably nothing wilder than an average bachelor's party, on the flipside I know Vegas can be intoxicating.

Younger guys, older wiser men - WWYD?

If you're a mid 30s newly wed, then I have been married as long or longer than you have been alive.
Trust me when I tell you that if she has given her OK for this trip, she doesn't really mean it and will be plotting a reckoning in your absence. An angry female is a terrible sight to come home to.

 

[HankHill]

Upgraded the Cowboys offense significantly and they don’t have a Dez Bryant money slot on the roster.

He’s really inconsistent basically had 2 good games for Dallas. I’m not paying him the money he will ask for. He’s not proven to be a true #1 imo.
*update*

Amari Cooper looking at the Antonio Brown "extension" numbers...

 

[Rishvol]

XV-Nulla finally happened for Tennessee

 

[scvolfan7]

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

I thought you argued against this idea when talking about Pruitt last year?

 

[appyvol]

XV-Nulla finally happened for Tennessee

Barely. We spotted them 9 in the 8th.

 

[Rishvol]

Barely. We spotted them 9 in the 8th.

Game 3 should be good

 

[InVOLuntary]

Not starting off very well.

 

[Rishvol]

Not starting off very well.

Hanging wayyyyy too many pitches

 

[Rishvol]

Homer after an ejection.... Love it

 

[InVOLuntary]

Homer after an ejection.... Love it

Score?

Who was ejected?

 

[Rishvol]

Score?

Who was ejected?

Tied up 4-4. FS assistant coach was ejected

 

[InVOLuntary]

Tied up 4-4. FS assistant coach was ejected

Nice that they've come back. Did they finally pull the pitcher from the first?

 

[Rishvol]

Nice that they've come back. Did they finally pull the pitcher from the first?

Still B2 Tennessee is having a good rally going

 

[ChattaTNVol]

Coach Doug Matthews discussed the first 2 days of spring practice on his “Big Orange Sunday” show this morning. He started off by talking about meeting with some Vol supporters at a pub in Bellevue (I was guessing they were probably bag men – just kidding – maybe). He said when he was coaching Kippy Brown was recruiting Memphis but he and Phil had the rest of the state. One of the things he noticed then was the further you got away from Knoxville in the state, the more rabid the fanbase. He said it probably had a lot to do with not always being able to get to Knoxville for games. It was, he said, one of the reasons back then why John Ward became so hugely popular.

CDM said he has been told that DKjr’s rehab is nothing structural so he expects DK will be back ready to go by fall. He said one of the reasons Jeremy Banks is back at running back may be because of the shoulder surgery that Eric Gray underwent in addition to Pruitt’s desire to have at least one big running back. CDM said he really liked Banks on the defensive side because he was so explosive but we now have a number of young guys on that side of the ball that are very explosive. He said while WR is probably the easiest position for a young guy to learn, in his opinion, running back was probably second easiest. CDM <3 Jeremy Banks.

Trey Smith is part of the team until he’s not. We’ll know this fall.

CDM was a defensive coach but coached offense for 8 and ½ years. He pointed to Pruitt’s comments about having offensive linemen with 3 years and some going into their 4th year and said he doesn’t really like the expression “pumping the brakes” but maybe we should a bit with some of the younger guys coming in on the offensive line. While they have good size there’s a question as to whether they have the strength to play well in this league at the outset. He again pointed to Pruitt’s comments about the offensive line being a developmental position.

He noted that Pruitt gave recognition to the strength and nutrition staff in his press conference and talked about how these people are so important to the development of a football team. He said Pruitt probably has extra appreciation for people who work behind the scenes for the football team because until he came to Tennessee that was all he did himself.

When you hear the expression we need to stay off the ground the reason for that is because if you’re on the ground the potential for injury goes up significantly.

When we hear that on the offensive side we’re keeping much of the same terminology. It’s not really rocket science but there are a lot of terms. For example, it could be something as simple as a take-off route which would be the same as a go route which is the same as a fly route. Keeping the same terminology shortens the learning/adjustment curve for the guys with Chaney and heads off some potential confusion.

He talked about the importance of drills. The point is you’re learning to play fast. When you’re in the game you can’t be thinking; you have to “flow and go”.

As an aside, I have a long paper I could write on playing fast but for now I’ll spare you the details. Suffice it to say that the typical brain has around 100 billion neurons and 1,000 trillion synapses (connections between various neurons). The 3 main components of the neurons are the dendrites, the soma, and the axons. The dendrites receive input and the axons generate output. Every neuron is connected to about 10,000 of the other neurons in the brain. The neurons are basically computer processors and while modern computers can do a single thing (one processor) billions of times per second the human brain can do quadrillions of things 30 times per second. The human brain is a parallel computer while classical computing is a serial computer. As you learn concepts and drill and drill the dendrites are receiving all that input. Throughout the day and more-so at night when you’re sleeping the brain is generating new synaptic (chemical electrical) connections (making associations) to neurons located in various regions of your brain. This is how you learn. The key to being able to play fast after you have done your learning and drilling is simply to trust yourself. If you’re thinking too much you’re slowing yourself down. You already know what to do and how to do it. The sooner you begin to show a little faith in yourself the better your performance will be on the field.

One of the key reasons we have to be perhaps a much improved football team this year is that for many of our guys it won’t be their first year in our systems. They should be able to play a lot faster. That’s an advantage we’ve been surrendering to a lot of less talented teams in recent years.

 

[UTSuave’]

That looked painful

The way he hit that padding, almost a modified deceleration injury.

Might be an ACL

Who got injured?

 

[volatil]

Does the sec come out and publicly tell us we’re crazy for wanting LSU to be banned from conference tournament or do they just continue to say it privately?

 

[volatil]

If we get beat in the tournament I hope LSU wins so the conference has egg on their face