Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[BruinVol]

Brooks is cool, but hes in a rude awakening if he thinks he's playing for Pruitt at UT in the long run

With the way his signing has been kept quiet I think he will be much like toot and be gone if Pruitt is gone

 

[jakez4ut]

Only splash I relate to when I hear Pruitt's name is turd in a bowl.

 

[butchna]

UT is already overpaying the entire staff and is going to have to continue to overpay no matter what... or when. It's the cumulative effect of doing what UT has done for years.

Agents now strike previously unstrikable clauses and demand no mitigation clauses as a matter of course. They have the leverage and use it mercilessly. Precedent has been set, and the genie isn't going back in the bottle. The upcoming TV money will make it worse.

Got $800 k back.

 

[HankHill]

Ok, for real....which one of you is Dan Harralson? There is no way this guy actually gets paid to write articles. Does he have to pay his bosses to let him pretend to be a journalist?

He is currently retweeting things from Freeze.

Dan is doing the lords work.

 

[rjd970]

So why not shut the program down a few years and come back with a new plan. It may be the best option at this point. It's clearly not getting any better here until something drastic happens.

I would rather see equal enforcement of infractions and investigations from the NCAA and SEC. The Bama/Clemson/OSU/UGA stranglehold on the talent consolidation isn’t going anywhere on its own.

I really feel like if fans of UT, and other schools, at least felt like there was a chance every year to compete there would be more patience with these coaching matters.

Instead, the only way most see to to change things is to find the next Saban or Meyer...and you know if you have after 2-3 years.

 

[Catbone]

I would rather see equal enforcement of infractions and investigations from the NCAA and SEC. The Bama/Clemson/OSU/UGA stranglehold on the talent consolidation isn’t going anywhere on its own.

I really feel like if fans of UT, and other schools, at least felt like there was a chance every year to compete there would be more patience with these matters.

Oh there's definitely a HUGE problem in CFB. A lot needs to be done to even the playing field. I hope we get 8 team playoff

 

[HankHill]

Aight, here's something to hold us over until we get some news one way or the other. Hopefully it's coming today.

Your avi? Why did you choose it? Mine's obvious. Smokey wants Freeze in Knoxville. What about yours?

Future.

Iykyk

 

[jakez4ut]

UT is already overpaying the entire staff and is going to have to continue to overpay no matter what... or when. It's the cumulative effect of doing what UT has done for years.

Agents now strike previously unstrikable clauses and demand no mitigation clauses as a matter of course. They have the leverage and use it mercilessly. Precedent has been set, and the genie isn't going back in the bottle. The upcoming TV money will make it worse.

more reasons why my confidence in anything really awesome coming out of all this is really low.....

 

[tnhunter 10]

I think what you’re gonna see are more people just watching from homes rather than planning a day around travel, getting in and out of Fort Sanders, and sweating ass in the stands for noon kickoffs in September and early October.

I know that I have no interest in making that drive to watch opposing fans treat a game day like a pleasant stop on their way to Gatlinburg. And I damned sure ain’t buying season tickets any time soon.

I agree. My wife and I was discussing season tickets the other day. I just can't justify it at this time. I've been supporting for the past 10 years and its all its done is got me a beer belly.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Some rumors going around that South Carolina is targeting our S&C staff.

 

[BigOrangeVols]

UT is already overpaying the entire staff and is going to have to continue to overpay no matter what... or when. It's the cumulative effect of doing what UT has done for years.

Agents now strike previously unstrikable clauses and demand no mitigation clauses as a matter of course. They have the leverage and use it mercilessly. Precedent has been set, and the genie isn't going back in the bottle. The upcoming TV money will make it worse.

Doing that s*** for Pruitt is inexcusable. JP should have been thankful to even sniff this job. He and his agent should have been left at the Krystal on Cumberland mid-interview if they pushed for a lot. I'd rather us hire Tee for a fair price than go back to Jimmy Sexton and take what he will give us.

Heck, I'm sure Sexton is Tee's agent too but the point remains.

 

[Dooby15]

Really good vibes the last week in the brooks thread. Good get tor Pruitt

It’s a shame Pruitt won’t be here to see him finish out at UT.

 

[Ten_Titans]

Is anybody planning on watching the playoffs? I’m cynical as can be and just over it.

Wife and family are Bama fans, I told her for all “non-every-year-playoff-team” fans, this ‘ish is already old.

I made reservations to a really nice place this Friday not even realizing it was the playoffs. I told her we should skip the first round, go out to eat, and I will watch the final with her....I told her I’ll save you the trouble and just expect it to be Bama and Clemson again for the finals and the Bama game this weekend will be over by halftime just like every other weekend this year.

Anyway, she still wants me to re-schedule the reservation and stay home and watch the game with her.

I’m seriously thinking of going out to eat by myself. I’m not watching the same stupid BS again this year and Bama winning another. I’m over it and pretty much checked out on college football at this point.

Iowa State's AD (I think) made the same point, and I think it's completely valid.

They need to expand the playoff in a bad way. No one wants to see Bama, Clemson, OSU, Oklahoma and maybe one other team from a pool of like 5 teams play. Every single year.

Who cares. I'd rather watch interesting match ups instead of the same games with the same teams every year.

 

[snowvols]

Some rumors going around that South Carolina is targeting our S&C staff.

Ha, they really want all our garbage.

 

[rjd970]

Ha, they really want all our garbage.

And watch all of them excel and kill it there. It’s the Tennessee way.

 

[Ten_Titans]

Some rumors going around that South Carolina is targeting our S&C staff.

SC really out here doing the Lord's work for us right now.

 

[BigOrangeVols]

Aight, here's something to hold us over until we get some news one way or the other. Hopefully it's coming today.

Your avi? Why did you choose it? Mine's obvious. Smokey wants Freeze in Knoxville. What about yours?

BC BRADY HOKE IS THE BEST HEAD COACH WEVE HAD AT TENNESSEE SINCE LANE KIFFIN

 

[MarcoVol]

And watch all of them excel and kill it there. It’s the Tennessee way.

Nobody excels and kills it at SC outside of a few years from Spurrier

 

[RiotVol]

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[utvolmaniac]

Bring the letters back! Another thing they fcuked up!

I’ve been saying this since they took them down. It's cursed us.

Quite possibly... but I believe it has more to do with changing from Adidas to Nike.

 

[MarcoVol]

Doing that s*** for Pruitt is inexcusable. JP should have been thankful to even sniff this job. He and his agent should have been left at the Krystal on Cumberland mid-interview if they pushed for a lot. I'd rather us hire Tee for a fair price than go back to Jimmy Sexton and take what he will give us.

Heck, I'm sure Sexton is Tee's agent too but the point remains.

Why are you mad at Sexton for being good at his job?

Be mad at our admin for being absolutely horrendous at their jobs instead.

 

[snowvols]

Bo Davis looks likely to Ole Miss according to the LSU board.

 

[Dooby15]

Some rumors going around that South Carolina is targeting our S&C staff.

They’re doing us all kinds of favors.

 

[MarcoVol]

more reasons why my confidence in anything really awesome coming out of all this is really low.....

It should be low

 

[BigOrangeVols]

Would have been a great time to respond using all caps.

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