Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

Status
Not open for further replies.
#191,076
#191,076
jave36 said:
Really well said. "We shouldn't expect all our battles to come with personal glory" is a great line that I'm going to steal and claim credit for haha. I get a little annoyed when people fish for recognition for overcoming struggles - legitimate or not, self inflicted or not - but I've never been able to articulate why it annoys me, and you summed it up perfectly.
Click to expand...
Its more about having a support group hold you accountable. Its not about any glory. Have you ever had any struggles with addiction?
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolsDoc81TX, all_volz, nicksjuzunk and 1 other person
#191,077
#191,077
MarcoVol said:



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.
Click to expand...


Only thing I have to say about this involving any school...Call me when any college sport brings anywhere even close to the money Football and Basketball do to their schools.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Brillovol, MarcoVol, VolByLaw and 2 others
#191,081
#191,081
Ten_Titans said:
I think there's two reasons people might be annoyed with Maurer. 1st is the possibility that he never had an actual drug problem, and he's using this as just a way to get props on social media. Which seems likely because it is difficult (but not impossible) to be a college athlete and maintain a serious drug addiction, JMO.

2nd, as a matter of opinion, I don't think this is the type of thing I would personally share on social media. We all have battles that we face that just shouldn't come with any expectation of personal glory, and this is one of those. Aside from that, Maurer has always failed to understand that is Twitter represents his personal brand, as well as the school. It doesn't do him or the school any favors by discussing his drug issues or sobriety on Twitter and that's par for the course for him. Maybe that isn't fair, but it is what it is.
Click to expand...
might, possibility, seems, matter of opinion.....I mean, we don't know. If he is using it for props, is there any harm in being happy for him in case it's true?
 
  • Like
Reactions: #1GatorHater, VFLBerg and Ulysees E. McGill
#191,082
#191,082
peaygolf said:
giphy.gif


;)
Click to expand...
Glad that little ***hole finally got got lol
 
  • Like
Reactions: T Dog, nesbuddha66, Devo182 and 2 others
#191,084
#191,084
Christian Lowe said:
God don’t remind me. That first week feels like an eternity
Click to expand...
It was pure hell..just thinking about it 23 years later gives me the heebyjeebies. I quit a three pack a day cigarette habit along with the meth, heroin, alcohol and marijuana...it was pure hell.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hooter vol, VolsDoc81TX, VOLSONLY and 14 others
#191,086
#191,086
Christian Lowe said:
I started smoking weed at 12, cocaine by 17, fentanyl by 20, clean at 24. Lucky to be alive. It's a lot harder to get sober than people give credit for. I mean my entire adult life was spent blunting every emotion I'd ever felt. I had no clue how to process pain any other way. It's not easy to deal with, especially when you know how easy it'd be to make it all go away again.
Click to expand...

Props. Most people who make it to fentanyl end their journey there...that crap is evil.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VOLSONLY, SmokinBob and Ulysees E. McGill
#191,087
#191,087
drvenner said:
might, possibility, seems, matter of opinion.....I mean, we don't know. If he is using it for props, is there any harm in being happy for him in case it's true?
Click to expand...
If it is posted to Twitter, it is for props. No question about that lol.

People can feel whatever way they want about it, but it does make UT look bad that we have underage players with drug issues on the team, and it makes him look bad if some part of him believes he's going to win the starting job and try to play in the NFL one day. It isn't something someone with his "brand" should post, which is basically the same criticism he keeps getting regarding his Twitter.
 
  • Like
Reactions: LoudOrange and Leeleesteeth
#191,091
#191,091
Ten_Titans said:
If it is posted to Twitter, it is for props. No question about that lol.

People can feel whatever way they want about it, but it does make UT look bad that we have underage players with drug issues on the team, and it makes him look bad if some part of him believes he's going to win the starting job and try to play in the NFL one day. It isn't something someone with his "brand" should post, which is basically the same criticism he keeps getting regarding his Twitter.
Click to expand...
I can see that. Still, he is doing what others his age are doing. I don't have a problem with that Tweet. I think he does have some emotional issues and does seem to wear his heart on his sleeve. Hope he gets his head right, just for his future life, moreso than how it might help our team.
 
  • Like
Reactions: JacketVol, Brillovol, SmokinBob and 4 others
#191,092
#191,092
Orange Studs said:
I quit at the same age 24. weed, cocaine, Quaaludes, whiskey, speed, and many others. Withdrawals were real! Quit cold turkey when the Lord changed my life.
Click to expand...

Grats. I used to know a dude named Quaalude...I suppose he had a real name but that's all we knew him by. Haven't seen a quaalude in forever.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hooter vol, StoVol, SmokinBob and 1 other person
#191,093
#191,093
Christian Lowe said:
I started smoking weed at 12, cocaine by 17, fentanyl by 20, clean at 24. Lucky to be alive. It's a lot harder to get sober than people give credit for. I mean my entire adult life was spent blunting every emotion I'd ever felt. I had no clue how to process pain any other way. It's not easy to deal with, especially when you know how easy it'd be to make it all go away again.
Click to expand...

Family, friends... all said weed is a gateway to all these other drugs.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Vols4us, VOLSONLY, SweetasSoda and 3 others
#191,094
#191,094
engineerVOL said:
Looks a little KKK to me. But you do you, Cal.
Click to expand...
Just trying to jump off J Cole both playing his first "professional" basketball game and his album release. Maybe they thought it was good marketing toward recruits, but it holds zero context and just looks dumb with Cal in it and...well...after 9-16 that's just tone deaf.
 
  • Like
Reactions: engineerVOL
#191,095
#191,095
engineerVOL said:
Family, friends... all said weed is a gateway to all these other drugs.
Click to expand...
I think it is more of a choice to do something different. I been through the gambit with all the drugs but just use cannabis now, would not be here if not for natural medicine. All pills made me worse, depression, pain, anxiety. I replaced all them with something that has little to no side effects.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hooter vol, VOLSONLY, SmokinBob and 2 others
#191,097
#191,097
engineerVOL said:
Family, friends... all said weed is a gateway to all these other drugs.
Click to expand...
I think it was a gateway because its illegality and finding weed usually took you to sources for the harder stuff. If I recall, some studies are already showing this. Could be wrong (don't feel like looking it up :p)
 
  • Like
Reactions: T Dog, VolsDoc81TX, engineerVOL and 4 others
New posts
Status
Not open for further replies.
Advertisement





Back
Top