Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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ETNVolunteer1 said:
Question for all: do you all normally find your gut instinct to be right when it comes to most people/situations or wrong?
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Once I hit 50-60 my wife became the keeper of the voice in my gut and she decided he’s about always wrong! My gut was much more accurate when there were kids around for the wife to correct. But now I’ve become the recipient of that unassigned correction.
 
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RandomUTfan said:
It's going to end up in a lawsuit. They are trying to retroactively police NIL deals signed before July 1, that were loading up prior to the new rules and claim those unapproved deals will have to count against their revenue sharing cap, which is already allotted. It's madness. It's going to end up right back in court. You can't do that. You can't limit an athlete's ability to earn $ on their NIL in any way shape or form.
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And that shows how stupid they are, like they want to blow their own rules up.

Pass the rule going forward but to retro you are asking for suits. Just dumb
 
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Jackcrevol said:
was such s social fad. one that is still prevalent in kingsport
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Can I ask what your issue is with Kingsport and Sullivan County in general? You seem to make a decent number of comments about those areas, inferring they are not up to par with other places around them. Washington and Carter County have areas that are good and not so good, just like any other city or county in the country. Just curious.
 
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A.Vol70 said:
Can I ask what your issue is with Kingsport and Sullivan County in general? You seem to make a decent number of comments about those areas, inferring they are not up to par with other places around them. Washington and Carter County have areas that are good and not so good, just like any other city or county in the country. Just curious.
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Probably based off limited experiences.
 
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ETNVolunteer1 said:
Question for all: do you all normally find your gut instinct to be right when it comes to most people/situations or wrong?
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Long answer to that.

Historically, no. Until recently. I always dismissed red flags in people and would scoff at my wife when she'd say she got bad feelings about a person.

Then life changes and things start hitting the fan and she was right every. dang. time.

Then I'd argue "but what about X?! You've been wrong about them!" and sure enough... given time she would prove right.

And I began to realize that I had suppressed those gut instincts because I had been gaslit by several people and bad relationships when I was younger. When I knew people were lying to me but couldn't prove it at the time and they'd always explain it away and call me paranoid. I began trusting them and suppressing that gut instinct as my own "paranoia."

I listen to it now, and when my wife and I have met new people together afterward I've double checked with her and we almost always get the gut instinct about the same people. I had it the whole time and suppressed it.

Listen to your gut. Saves you trouble.
 
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ETNVolunteer1 said:
Question for all: do you all normally find your gut instinct to be right when it comes to most people/situations or wrong?
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Confirmation bias is a big problem when trying to answer a question like that.

If you get a gut feeling about something bad happening, you're going to remember that when the thing you worried about actually does happen. The times nothing happens, not so much.

I think gut feelings do a lot more harm than good on the whole when they inform decision making lol
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
I know for sure DL, specifically interior guys. Also they'll take the right OL, but not a "have to take" I think TE/RB also would be areas they'd take guys if the right guy is there.

Seems like a "playmaker" is desirable...that could be TE/WR/RB or ATH though so pretty wide open...

This was from Hubbs on 99.1 a day or two ago. Overall they just want quality pieces at this point.
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Saw that Arkansas had an OL decommit 4*? anyway said he was the top rated OL available
 
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SoilVol said:
Long answer to that.

Historically, no. Until recently. I always dismissed red flags in people and would scoff at my wife when she'd say she got bad feelings about a person.

Then life changes and things start hitting the fan and she was right every. dang. time.

Then I'd argue "but what about X?! You've been wrong about them!" and sure enough... given time she would prove right.

And I began to realize that I had suppressed those gut instincts because I had been gaslit by several people and bad relationships when I was younger. When I knew people were lying to me but couldn't prove it at the time and they'd always explain it away and call me paranoid. I began trusting them and suppressing that gut instinct as my own "paranoia."

I listen to it now, and when my wife and I have met new people together afterward I've double checked with her and we almost always get the gut instinct about the same people. I had it the whole time and suppressed it.

Listen to your gut. Saves you trouble.
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My wife and I have had similar conversations

There’s something to gut instincts about people. Doesn’t mean you mistreat them, but does mean you need to be wary. Almost everyone we’ve wondered about at some point has turned out later to have serious issues - narcissism, deep sexual sin issues, etc.

I talk about it in the context of work trainings I used to get trainings discouraging unconscious bias, and that was really broadly defined. They basically said ignore any negative feeling about someone and blindly trust them in everything.

I honestly think a lot of that training is misleading. I get it if you personally struggle with overt racist feelings or something of that nature. But your “gut” instinct about people is something you need to consider in your dealings with them. It’s different than bigotry. Anyway - those trainings seem to have gone away in recent years because I assume people found them divisive and unhelpful.
 
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ugg said:
I have really enjoyed watching JG's game breakdown on YouTube. I hope his channel takes off. I have been replaying the videos at work with the volume down while I work to help get his run times up.
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Time heals for everyone. It is refreshing that he is not bitter for his time at UT when he definitely could have been. And nobody would’ve blamed him.

I agree. His breakdowns are excellent. Hindsight, I would’ve liked seeing him under Heupel’s tutelage.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
the WRs were bad last year. Did you seriously see this season from them coming? No you didn’t. It was completely rational to think that the WRs would be bad again. Thank God they have been rReally good so far.
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Yes, it was discussed and some people knew we had talent. Just needed opportunities.
 
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SoilVol said:
Long answer to that.

Historically, no. Until recently. I always dismissed red flags in people and would scoff at my wife when she'd say she got bad feelings about a person.

Then life changes and things start hitting the fan and she was right every. dang. time.

Then I'd argue "but what about X?! You've been wrong about them!" and sure enough... given time she would prove right.

And I began to realize that I had suppressed those gut instincts because I had been gaslit by several people and bad relationships when I was younger. When I knew people were lying to me but couldn't prove it at the time and they'd always explain it away and call me paranoid. I began trusting them and suppressing that gut instinct as my own "paranoia."

I listen to it now, and when my wife and I have met new people together afterward I've double checked with her and we almost always get the gut instinct about the same people. I had it the whole time and suppressed it.

Listen to your gut. Saves you trouble.
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I agree with a lot of this. I feel like my gut instinct has been right more often that not.
 
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ETNVolunteer1 said:
Question for all: do you all normally find your gut instinct to be right when it comes to most people/situations or wrong?
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Undefeated. I used to have this habit of second-guessing my gut instinct. I do it FAR less today. I still do it seldomly because I like to give people grace whether or not they deserve it, but when I do, my gut still always proves correct. second-guessing is wasted energy. That gut instinct is your higher-self. Jung wrote a TON about this.
 
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RandomUTfan said:
Undefeated. I used to have this habit of second-guessing my gut instinct. I do it FAR less today. I still do it seldomly because I like to give people grace whether or not they deserve it, but when I do, my gut still always proves correct. second-guessing is wasted energy. That gut instinct is your higher-self. Jung wrote a TON about this.
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Used to do the exact same thing because when I questioned the person or situation they would gaslight me. I trust myself and what I feel nowadays.
 
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ETNVolunteer1 said:
Used to do the exact same thing because when I questioned the person or situation they would gaslight me. I trust myself and what I feel nowadays.
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I will second-guess decisions I made based on gut instinct years ago and then something will happen that I view as God reminding me why I made that decision in the first place. Never fails.
 
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