Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

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VolsDoc81TX said:
So off topic, is anyone nervous about the rapidly produced and cleared Covid vaccines?
I may have the opportunity to get it early... I don’t really want to become a zombie though.
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Personally, I was waiting on the protein-based vaccines (novovax) due to more tried-and-true technology. However, a few things have combined to change my mind. First, the situation on the ground here has dramatically worsened, and my baseline risk for COVID just from doing my job has increased dramatically over the last month, with no signs of the current surge abating until well into next year. Second, aside from folks who have had previous severe allergic reactions, there haven't been much in the way of major side effects seen in the Moderna and Pfizer trials. The proteome analysis on the pfizer vaccine has shown that the only cross-reactivity seems to be with placental proteins, so may not be the best choice for women of reproductive age. Autoimmune complications from COVID infection itself are probably significantly more common. It seems that immunity may be across a broader number of cell types, more robust and more long-lasting than with actual viral infection, potentially due to the actual virus actively shutting down certain parts of the immune system.

My wife (MD/PhD who has done way more research on this than I have) has gradually warmed up to the idea of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines after a lot of initial skepticism. I would probably wait on getting the Astra-Zeneca or one of the other viral vector vaccines, as the trials there have been mixed, and the data suggest that there's a chance that the standard dosing actually produces too strong of an initial immune response to the chimpanzee adenovirus vector, causing the second dose to be ineffective because it is destroyed by your immune response before it has a chance to really work.

Here's a podcast link that goes more into depth about the mechanism and trials behind the current mRNA vaccines. Deeper Dive link

We both plan to get one of the two when it becomes available here. Not thrilled about the prospect of not having hundreds of thousands of prior doses and years of followup, but less thrilled about rolling the dice on the potential for weeks in the ICU and long-term complications or worse. I'll let you know if I become a zombie, assuming I can still type.
 
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Hell I'd probably take Troy Calhoun over Jamey Chadwell at this point in their careers.

I mean if we wanna run a shotgun style spread-option.

14 years and is 101-71 at Air Force with just 4 losing seasons is a lot more impressive than what Chadwell has done at the FCS level and in one good season at Coastal.
 
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LA Vol said:
We have underachievers at every level in the football program. I'm not in favor of giving anybody-- the current HC or a new one-- a free five to fix things that can be fixed in less time than that. It's possible to see progress right away and build incrementally from there. Everybody has to buy in, be accountable and be in lockstep. We're not that. And yes, it flows from the top and always has.
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You may not be able to give the specifics needed, but if it were clearly communicated to the larger Volunteer community who has not been and continues to not be in lockstep, it is conceivable that there would be means of applying the right kind of encouraging pressure toward that unity. I know they'll be those who try to apply the wrong kind of pressure, but really considering where we are, what do we have to lose?
 
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We need a coach that has coached a P5 program. Freeze would not be my first choice, but he'd absolutely be my choice before Chadwell.
 
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I know we keep hearing about how Fulmer and Pruitt's fates are tied together, but does anyone think that Fulmer jumping in the recruitment of Wolfe (and other players, I assume) is a sign he's trying to establish relationships with these kids to mitigate the damage of Pruitt being fired?
 
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RiotVol said:
This is a rant...

The thing that absolutely kills me about *waves all around* all of this is that there is a direct correlation between football success and enrollment. College kids aren’t “rational actors” looking 100% for a place that will prepare them for a future career. State schools are affordable, and they want to go to a place that’s fun. Watching your team get their f@&$ing teeth kicked in does not look very fun. Thank god for basketball and basketball fans, because that atmosphere looks fun.

The admin needs to take a long, hard look at their enrollment numbers and shrinking state support, and ask how that equation is gonna balance itself? Jack up tuition? There’s a supply/demand issue that we are already seeing. How do I know? When I walk around campus at Mississippi State I see UT sweatshirts and a lot of kids who can’t afford UT but wanted to go to a SEC school, and MSU gave them scholarships. UT didn’t. Also, let’s be frank here. Mullen’s time at MSU was a lot more fun than what we were slogging through at the same time. Good luck becoming “UVA.” UT was already successful being “UT,” which was the affordable state-university that could take poor, instate kids like me who grew up watching Tennessee sports, had high school teachers who talked fondly of their time at UT, and looked forward to being one of the rowdy idiots in the student section, and eventually mold those kids into top notch research programs.

I went to a doctoral program that is historically in the top 5 for what I do. UT prepared me better for that program than kids coming out of Harvard, Stanford, etc. I was an undergrad when Clausen beat Florida twice, and a first year MA student when Wilhoit beat them on the last minute field goal. We also had a streak on Bama. Recently I’ve met undergrads who go to Florida and Bama because they just assume that they are good at everything.

My overall point is that you can be good at academics AND athletics. More importantly, if you are a state school, athletics draws the tuition paying students that help your academic programs. You can complain that they shouldn’t be linked, or come to grips with the reality that they are, and do something about it, and that starts with spending the money on a go&$)da&$ed ball coach that can win us some games and stop making bs comments about sports being the front porch and do something about it.

signed,
-pissed off alum who wants to ask Brian Maurer why it is, if my opinion doesn’t matter, that I’m getting weekly letters and emails from UT asking for money. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I donate to the VASF for this dogs$8. I’ll just keep donating to the fund that helps first generation college students...
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Preach, brother!
 
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hotcypress said:
I know we keep hearing about how Fulmer and Pruitt's fates are tied together, but does anyone think that Fulmer jumping in the recruitment of Wolfe (and other players, I assume) is a sign he's trying to establish relationships with these kids to mitigate the damage of Pruitt being fired?
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No. I think he’s trying to help save this class to help save Pruitt.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
So allegedly behind the scenes Pruitt is trying to spin the latest decommit by saying he was injury prone and his dad was a pain to deal with
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Seems like there's a spin on just about every decommit. That's not good nor realistic.
For Lewis it was statements about character, Wolfe is his health, Darrell Jackson is just a processed player.
McGhee seems to be the only decommit that's not been spun.
 
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