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mr.checkerboards said:
I wonder if Mincey is going to play there.
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Jimmy Football said:
Ah yes, I forgot about him. Probably the plan, as of now.
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Back in the day, Majors and Fulmer (when he was OL coach) would periodically move guys from DL to the OL. Curious if that has been considered. I'm sure it has. Coaches are smarter than me, but...........
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
And yet, I don't think they would move Wright away from LT if they felt it meant we now expect to get worse performance on the left side.
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It doesn't matter what you think and feel...AP has said it several times and DW has said it before the Vandy transfer were thought of...DW prefers RT and that is why he's been repping exclusive there this spring. @mr.checkerboards
 
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Orange Studs said:
Please anything other than 100 pages of Smith vs Rock. lol
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Wright being willing to play either side of the OL is a big help though. A guy like Steen is likely looking to find a spot playing LT, because he's gonna wanna enter the draft after this season. Wright will have the ability to return for a 5th season, not sure if he will but he could.

So I think Steen will want to go somewhere he can start, I'm sure other schools are selling him that he can start but we have an obvious need.
 
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Devo182 said:
Hmm maybe. The bylaw doesn't seem to distinguish with whether or not you received a prior waiver or excpetion, just whether or not you transferred previously from a 4 year institution.

That said, the Grad Transfer Waiver seems easy to clear. Would be some total BS if he didn't get a waiver...again.
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I think something is being misunderstood. Victor Bailey has never received a prior waiver. He came to TN and sat his first season here. I guess you're saying he applied for it before and was denied? But I don't know if that's true...

Either way I think we both agree that regardless of that he should be able to get the waiver this time. Either because his first one wasn't granted and now there is a "free transfer" option OR because he's a grad transfer and those are rarely denied.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Wright being willing to play either side of the OL is a big help though. A guy like Steen is likely looking to find a spot playing LT, because he's gonna wanna enter the draft after this season. Wright will have the ability to return for a 5th season, not sure if he will but he could.

So I think Steen will want to go somewhere he can start, I'm sure other schools are selling him that he can start but we have an obvious need.
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I thought I read that Steen is a Bama lock.
 
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Devo182 said:
I believe Sowell's argument is based on culture.

I don't see how one could deny cultures tend to inform folks of norms of behavior, especially when conflict arises.

I've never thought of it as a secret as to how Scots-Irish culture preciptated the region, especially in terms of conflict. The Hatfield and McCoys aren't just a family, but a stereotype of how conflicts arise and are handled. Even research shows a higher rate of violence in the southeast when it comes to 2 individuals that know each other and have a conflict.

Has nothing to do with intelligence, as Sowell points out. Same as for other groups that he points out. It is about culture in his opinion. I don't see anything wrong with critiquing our culture, especially as an Appalachian Scots-Irish. I think it could be better, as a whole. Even America in general. Too much about popularity, and yes even sports, not enough about praising everyday careers like doctors, engineers, accountants, teachers, computer programmers, IT, etc. Basically pushing education as a higher thing to reach for rather than praying and pouring in tons of resources to other things. That's jmo but there are a few cultures, even within America, that are superior in some ways. I'm not afraid to say it. We could do better.
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Careful. Once you go down the path of critiquing culture, you'll be forced to the inevitable conclusion that not all cultures are equally fit, in a Darwinian sense. And once you pull back the curtain on cultural fitness, suddenly much (but not all) of the disparity we like to associate with race is found to be more easily be explained by culture.
 
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peaygolf said:
Back in the day, Majors and Fulmer (when he was OL coach) would periodically move guys from DL to the OL. Curious if that has been considered. I'm sure it has. Coaches are smarter than me, but...........
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Lot simpler game back then. The skill sets were extremely similar. Not so much in the modern game.
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
And yet, I don't think they would move Wright away from LT if they felt it meant we now expect to get worse performance on the left side.
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I honestly believe they want to play them at their best fit. They wanted to honor Cade’s desire to play OG but (like Darnell) weren’t enabled. If they can get competent performance at LT from others, it pays for itself by maximizing production at RT. Just my take.
 
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