Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

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Vols4us said:
I get that it takes all types of folks. Old school says team first, don't attract attention to yourself, attract it to your team since it takes all of the individuals to come together and perform as one to do well in team sports. I never said look at me when playing team sports in HS or college. But that's just me and how I was taught.

That does not mean Maurer cannot attract attention to sobriety as an individual. That's honorable. But that tweet followed many tweets that were immature (to be nice) at best and stupid at their worst. So, for you young rascals - is it the body of work or the individual tweet that matters or something else that matters? I need to understand non-boomer (since we are evil apparently) thinking better. People see the body of work and go, "That dude is a few bricks shy of a load." Posters see that sobriety tweet only and say, "What a great thing he just did."

What say you? Educate an old codger.
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Get off his lawn. Sounds like it’s affecting your mental health.
 
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pierce60 said:
Yeah, how dare Maurer celebrate a personal health milestone on a social media platform that might encourage one of his followers to possibly seek help for an addiction and turn their life around....selfish bastage.
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I hate the stupid stuff idiot attention whores post a lot of the time, my feeling about that is "shut up and try harder, play harder, and quit talking about it"..especially dudes that haven't accomplished jack 💩...but I am glad for Maurer on this one. I don't get the criticism this time.
 
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The thing about being young and dumb is nothing new. Every person has and still does things that they had just as soon have everyone forget. The social media generation just don't yet fully understand that the older group of people do, say and think many of the same things they do but we just try not to document it on a public forum. Memories will in most cases fade and the momentary lapse of common sense will as well but when you write it down or key it in and give to the multitudes somebody will always seem to have a copy. I read about people getting fired or losing a chance to advance in the field of their choice every week it seems for things they posted on social media 5 years ago or longer. You would think some people would take that to heart........but I'm old and don't understand the way of the world I guess.
 
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Vols4us said:
I get that it takes all types of folks. Old school says team first, don't attract attention to yourself, attract it to your team since it takes all of the individuals to come together and perform as one to do well in team sports. I never said look at me when playing team sports in HS or college. But that's just me and how I was taught.

That does not mean Maurer cannot attract attention to sobriety as an individual. That's honorable. But that tweet followed many tweets that were immature (to be nice) at best and stupid at their worst. So, for you young rascals - is it the body of work or the individual tweet that matters or something else that matters? I need to understand non-boomer (since we are evil apparently) thinking better. People see the body of work and go, "That dude is a few bricks shy of a load." Posters see that sobriety tweet only and say, "What a great thing he just did."

What say you? Educate an old codger.
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My feelings exactly
 
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thistime said:
The thing about being young and dumb is nothing new. Every person has and still does things that they had just as soon have everyone forget. The social media generation just don't yet fully understand that the older group of people do, say and think many of the same things they do but we just try not to document it on a public forum. Memories will in most cases fade and the momentary lapse of common sense will as well but when you write it down or key it in and give to the multitudes somebody will always seem to have a copy. I read about people getting fired or losing a chance to advance in the field of their choice every week it seems for things they posted on social media 5 years ago or longer. You would think some people would take that to heart........but I'm old and don't understand the way of the world I guess.
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This is a great point. I thank God everyday we didn’t have social media especially when I was in college (I can still run for President!).

That said, I think a lot of us that are older look at some of these actions and we cringe knowing what some of the consequences of actions that younger folks don’t have the experience yet to realize what they may be.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Rick Warren

Social media in general does not foster this ideal. Just my opinion. (Not talking about Maurer at all, proud of his accomplishment. Hopefully my son can say the same one day)
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Humility is not thinking of yourself at all.
 
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jave36 said:
Ya but the consistency has been insane. True he hasn't capped it off, but he's an amazing coach.
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That is the reason why he isn't in the top 3. O'Sullivan at UF has been to 6 College World Series since 2010 and won one. Corbin has been to 4 and won it twice. Maneiri has been to 5 and won it once., and his title was in year 3, so they most likely ponied up after that year.

Van Horn has been to 6 without a title. He is a great coach in an uber competitive conference.
 
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In the course of settlement negotiations with the school, the athletes’ attorneys put forth a number of potential arguments of disproportionate treatment they were ready to make at trial, which included raising questions about expensive new vehicles that some track athletes said they had witnessed Clemson football players driving around campus.
 
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In the course of settlement negotiations with the school, the athletes’ attorneys put forth a number of potential arguments of disproportionate treatment they were ready to make at trial, which included raising questions about expensive new vehicles that some track athletes said they had witnessed Clemson football players driving around campus.
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Cheating in college football...... this can’t be accurate...... this is what happens at other schools..... screw it..... we will give you track....just shut up about our cheating..... here at Tennessee.... we self investigate and nail ourselves to the wall.
 
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