Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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If I may, Bass, you've followed recruiting long enough that you know what you see and the bigger picture tells the story. They can take any single incident like this and offer this or that explanation, not hard to do. But you follow the pattern and you know. And in turn, it adds to the momentum of the beneficiaries.

Weird analogy but think of Vladimir Putin. Point to any single death of a rival and he can point out all the reasons it wasn't his doing. But look at the larger pattern and you know damn well that it was. (Yeah, I read a book about him recently 😅)

Same as the transfer situation "this kid filed the wrong form", "this other kid was 5 miles outside the mandatory distance" and "that kid didn't have good representation". All legitimate excuses.. But after long enough, you always see the pattern.

Should have went with the Butch Jones injury situation instead of those damn Russians. But you get the point. It's not the single, it's the pattern. Usually over years.
 
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Devo182 said:
It was from like #49 to 28 in the post-camp 8update. ~21 spots. Is that ridiculous? Guess we'll disagree what is ridiculous.

Idc just funny how much y'all react over something you apparently don't even believe in. The LotM is still strong it seems. Hope he ends up a Vol regardless. Good day missus.
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Guess we will disagree, mr., because they managed to move him from the 300s to 28 when he has not played that position. In other words, they, and you obviously, value a checklist of what happens in camps more than actual football games. If the crystal balls for GA were not happening, there's no way they would have moved him that high.
 
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Any of you watch “The Deuce” on HBO? Great series...final season comes out in September. Great Show. Lot’s of NSFW.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
Dear diary.....

Been 24 hours but Im still steaming, so allow a mini rant here...

I posted maybe a year ago about my having to petition for emergency custody of my kids. Since I got my kids, I've been the sole provider. I'm not complaining about that. I'm fortunate enough to have a job that allows me to do so - although times are sometimes tight, like the next couple of months when they all have birthdays and we school shopping etc. My ex wife doesn't work and doesn't even try to provide for the kids. She is basically homeless, bouncing around between her family and friends couches I guess.

When she had custody from our divorce, she was getting child support and spousal support from me. When I got custody, the child support got terminated (obviously) but the spousal support was only suspended. We've got to court over that now twice. I've told two different judges that I'm willing to not ask for child support if she'd be willing to drop the spousal. She refuses and when i told her if she didn't drop the spousal, I would ask for CS... her reply was "go ahead and try, you'll not get any." Sent me that via text like she's proud to be a dead beat.

Despite testifying that her disability claim was rejected, despite it being proven that she maintained a YMCA membership for the past several years (minus the past year or so), despite having employment records that show she was eligible for rehire in the school system (she was a teacher the duration of our marriage), despite testifying she hasn't even applied for a job since 2015 (we've been seperated since 2013 and divorced since 2014) - the first judge flat out refused to terminated the spousal support.

I appealed to the circuit court and we went back yesterday. She shows up without a lawyer and was nothing but disrespectful to me, my lawyer, and even the judge. The judge had to explain things to her repeatedly. The baliff had to instruct her to stand, or sit, or remain behind her table etc multiple times. She would be presented with evidence in plain black and white, and she would deny it and say it wasn't true or that the courts shouldn't even have that information because it was private. Judge had to explain that it was all available by soupena, and my ex would argue that "it wasn't fair." Etc Etc Etc

I could go on. It was a **** show. Even this judge elected to just continue our case until October. He said because she said she is petitioning her denial for disability, that he wants to give her time to get that resolved. He also said he wants to see what my income is closer to the end of the year. In the meantime, I have to send another 3k to the courts for a bond to cover the what would be arrears spousal support, within the next thirty days. And of course I have to give my lawyer probably another 1-2k at least.

I mean, I'm just so frustrated. I'm no saint but I'm a single dad, have a career, no criminal history, don't drink or use drugs, I literally just work, provide as best for my kids. My ex is an intentionally underemployed alcoholic who is a perpetual victim, takes zero accountability for anything, has zero involvement with her children save for about a 20 minute awkward phone call with the kids each week.... and I have to fight tooth and nail just to end spousal support. I mean, as bad as she came off yesterday - I'm convinced that if the judge didn't dismiss it then, then he's just not going to.

I don't get the court systems at all. The logic is so beyond fcked up.
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Damn man was wondering why you went down in hole a lil while back. I know from first hand experience that stuff in our personal lives reflects on our everyday interactions with people. We try to not think about it but it's always there nagging at our consciousness. Just keep praying about it, it helps believe me. I will send one up for you and your kids big homie.
 
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peaygolf said:
Might not be the correct forum, but WTH?
Everybody loves Peyton Manning … but for how much longer?
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I'll say what I said in the FF, that writer is a spineless coward and that article is an opinionated hit piece masquerading as him posing a question. It's transparent as ****.

"Hey guys, Peyton Manning is so funny and cool. It would be a shame if someone were to drag him down"
> Proceeds to post every single incident he has ever allegedly been involved with complete with multiple hyperlinks.
 
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peaygolf said:
Might not be the correct forum, but WTH?
Everybody loves Peyton Manning … but for how much longer?
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Interesting. Author is very critical of the way so many want to demonize anyone even remotely on "the other side" and the "us vs them" mentality. He's predicting people will overreact once again and go into outrage mode, sooner or later. Or as he called it, "reputation-shattering overreach"... "This isn’t limited to either political party or ideology; both sides want to claim their stars and demonize the other side."

Sad, but true.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
I'll say what I said in the FF, that writer is a spineless coward and that article is an opinionated hit piece masquerading as him posing a question. It's transparent as ****.

"Hey guys, Peyton Manning is so funny and cool. It would be a shame if someone were to drag him down"
> Proceeds to post every single incident he has ever allegedly been involved with complete with multiple hyperlinks.
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Sorry if this was already in FF. I did not look. Apologize......
 
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Devo182 said:
It was from like #49 to 28 in the post-camp 8update. ~21 spots. Is that ridiculous? Guess we'll disagree what is ridiculous.

Idc just funny how much y'all react over something you apparently don't even believe in. The LotM is still strong it seems. Hope he ends up a Vol regardless. Good day missus.
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It’s the from 300’s to 49 that is “ridiculous” to anyone who hasn’t built their bunker in denying it. We believe it...that’s why we’re stating it.
 
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