Boo Carter rumors from Basilio

[HeuperDrive]

Gonna be a lot of people with egg on their face in this thread not believing Basillio sharing this news

Yeah. This forum needs to learn what the **** patience is. I get it, Basilio is hardly trustworthy (I always take what he says with a shovel full of salt), but jumping on people who report these things and treating them like trolls is never the answer.

Now that CBS is reporting on this, it’s pretty much undeniable that this rumor is probably true. So I wonder how the people who acted like this was some impossibility will react-oh who am I kidding they’ll just double down and insist they’re still right anyway

 

[RandomUTfan]

Patrick Brown just suggested it's past the point of reconciliation with Boo. First I've heard anyone in the know say that.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Thread has turned into a weird amalgamation of Boo Carter saga/Tony Basilio love-in

 

[taylorvol]

Nah, I think I saw what I saw. If it was that easy that's what he should have done. Not take an anonymous poster's comments over the weekend on a pay site and created a story out of it like it was his own. That screams snake oil salesman.

You are spinning a narrative that’s not accurate.

 

[top5vols]

It’s a breach of contract.

 

[TechnoVol]

Patrick Brown just suggested it's past the point of reconciliation with Boo. First I've heard anyone in the know say that.

So I would imagine he's getting lit up for saying that.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

If Carter is gone and McCoy isn't ready, who is running back punts? Bishop?

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I'm still waiting for more to come out before I start name calling and hand wringing. If all he did was miss some meetings/practice because he was on a family trip and didn't get approval first thats a slap on the wrist. He's a kid. If he is at the first practice this is all probably a nothingburger. The people saying he's a "thug" and we should just go ahead and kick him off the team sound foolish.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I'm still waiting for more to come out before I start name calling and hand wringing. If all he did was miss some meetings/practice because he was on a family trip and didn't get approval first thats a slap on the wrist. He's a kid. If he is at the first practice this is all probably a nothingburger. The people saying he's a "thug" and we should just go ahead and kick him off the team sound foolish.

Yeah.. no

That argument is no longer an excuse.

He’s an legal adult and an employee making big money.

It’s his responsibility to follow protocols with the team.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Sounds like Boo may be thinking he’s more important than the team…do these spoiled ass kids not realize this kind of stupid/selfish behavior tarnishes their worth? In today’s world, schools aren’t gonna throw a lot of money at you if you’re deemed a head case.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I'm still waiting for more to come out before I start name calling and hand wringing. If all he did was miss some meetings/practice because he was on a family trip and didn't get approval first thats a slap on the wrist. He's a kid. If he is at the first practice this is all probably a nothingburger. The people saying he's a "thug" and we should just go ahead and kick him off the team sound foolish.

Tell everyone you never played sports without telling them

 

[RandomUTfan]

So I would imagine he's getting lit up for saying that.

He did clarify it was just his read on the situation.

 

[Vol737]

You seem very angry about Basilio being right. You have no clue what sources he vetted his story…

This is far from the first time Tony has been right or mostly right coming out of the gate. Yet, people beat up on him all the time as if he’s always wrong. I’ve also heard him go hat in hand and say he missed when he has missed, so at least he owns it.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Yeah.. no

That argument is no longer an excuse.

He’s an legal adult and an employee making big money.

It’s his responsibility to follow protocols with the team.

Just saying if that's all this is, we're blowing it way out of proportion.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Tell everyone you never played sports without telling them

I did actually. But this is big time sports now with money involved. If we're gonna treat it like NFL then some players might feel like certain meetings are optional. NFL Stars don't often attend mini camps

 

[HeuperDrive]

Yeah.. no

That argument is no longer an excuse.

He’s an legal adult and an employee making big money.

It’s his responsibility to follow protocols with the team.

Yeah, I’m kinda over the whole “they’re just kids” defenses of stuff like this. As somebody who’s fairly young, I know full well how big of an idiot I used to be….. but if I did something stupid, I dealt with the consequences, even despite the fact I was young and stupid.

I won’t feel any sympathy for Boo if he gets removed from the team. Just as much as I refused to join a mob mentality against him before more details came out.

 

[HeuperDrive]

I did actually. But this is big time sports now with money involved. If we're gonna treat it like NFL then some players might feel like certain meetings are optional. NFL Stars don't often attend mini camps

the NFL Stars who don’t attend mini camps are typically vets (example: Derrick Henry). Even if we applied this logic to the situation….. Boo is only a sophomore, who certainly has elite talent, but he’s hardly a big enough star presence to justify missing practices.

 

[Volz4lif3]

Oh do I miss the days when problems like this never escaped the locker room

Yup that’s where it belongs

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

the NFL Stars who don’t attend mini camps are typically vets (example: Derrick Henry). Even if we applied this logic to the situation….. Boo is only a sophomore, who certainly has elite talent, but he’s hardly a big enough star presence to justify missing practices.

He didn't miss practice. It hasn't started yet. That's kind of my point

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

This is far from the first time Tony has been right or mostly right coming out of the gate. Yet, people beat up on him all the time as if he’s always wrong. I’ve also heard him go hat in hand and say he missed when he has missed, so at least he owns it.

Just about anytime a media member has had bad news to report like this about the Vols, it is true. Like 95% of the time. And yet some people act like the inverse is true. Very culty

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Yeah.. no

That argument is no longer an excuse.

He’s an legal adult and an employee making big money.

It’s his responsibility to follow protocols with the team.

He's not an employee. If he were, he'd be in contact with the player's union rep about the fines he's getting for missing meetings and such. He'd be under contract to play ball, not sham NIL contracts.

"I won't follow college football if it's pro ball" but that's what it takes to settle these things smoothly.

As we're seeing with Jennings, both sides are trying to work things out because there are actual contracts to play ball instead of sham contracts for NIL.

It's the downside of "pro ball will ruin college ball" when college ball is ruining college ball.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

There is no transfer portal til December. If he sits out this season, he needs to pay back the 2025 money.

 

[Carp]

Yeah.. no

That argument is no longer an excuse.

He’s an legal adult and an employee making big money.

It’s his responsibility to follow protocols with the team.

I agree that when you want to get paid well, there are certain expectations that come with it. Showing up to these events is part of that expectation. But while these events are expected, technically none of them are "mandatory", since fall camp doesn't start for another week.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Tony is more connected than you realize.

 

[volfan411]

Yeah.. no

That argument is no longer an excuse.

He’s an legal adult and an employee making big money.

It’s his responsibility to follow protocols with the team.

and the mindset he is a kid and shouldn’t be held to the standard as everyone else is the problem with this world.