Booooo!!!

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SamRebel35

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I think Crompton got "booo"ed more tonight at a home game than he will at the Swamp next week. I agree that he is a head case and that he was a major contributor to us losing, but it is classless to boo your own player at home. JMO
 
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people though did turn to start trying to cheer/encourage him when they realized that he was staying in and that they would need him to do well to win that game (even though endgame was we didnt)
 
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Stop continually losing us games and the booing we still stop.

Until then he is earning the boos of the fans.
 
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Vol-in-Bham said:
Stop continually losing us games and the booing we still stop.

Until then he is earning the boos of the fans.
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Is booing productive at all? Does it help him as a QB? Doubt it. All it is is a temporary stress relief mechanism for the frustrated spectator. DON'T BOO!!!
 
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Well, after watching his poor play throughout his career, I think Vol fans are tired of seeing him on the field. Can you honestly name one senior quarterback in history that still held onto their starting spot when they have threw more INTs than TDs. I would think in his 5 years at UT he'd have shown his leadership skills by now. I mean how do you throw 3 straight picks and still be in the game. Kiffin can take all the blame he wants(which I agree with since he didn't pull Crompton), but Compton showed just how bad he was today. He overthrew receivers and totally missed others wide open like he was blind in one eye, and that was when his confidence should have been high. He doesn't need confidence, he needs a headset and a playsheet. The D played well enough to win. Without all those horrible INTs today they would have won. Heck they almost pulled it off, if they would of had an ounce of confidence throwing the ball they could of threw it in the endzone those last few goal line plays instead of relying on the run, which we all knew was coming because Kiffin didn't trust Crompton by then (UCLA too).
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Is booing productive at all? Does it help him as a QB? Doubt it. All it is is a temporary stress relief mechanism for the frustrated spectator. DON'T BOO!!!
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Is there something on the back of the ticket that says you can't boo?

Maybe $50-70 per ticket isn't a big deal for you. But if I were sitting in the stands today I definitely would have been booing with the rest of them.

Again if they as a team and coaching staff want to hear less booing, they should perform better on the field. When the first play of the game spots the opponent at the 40 and it is all down hill from there... your fans aren't going to be happy.
 
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Agree. Boooing is classless. I did'nt, but I felt it in my head!!! Hopefully Kiff's "clean slate" has some big enough smudges to pull the trigger. He's NOT ABLE to correct his mental game time issues.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Is booing productive at all? Does it help him as a QB? Doubt it. All it is is a temporary stress relief mechanism for the frustrated spectator. DON'T BOO!!!
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honestly, i think booing doesnt hurt as much current players as it does sway away visiting recruits who just see "my own fans are going to boo at me if I have a bad play?"...and that doesn't help with recruiting
 
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TrueOrange said:
honestly, i think booing doesnt hurt as much current players as it does sway away visiting recruits who just see "my own fans are going to boo at me if I have a bad play?"...and that doesn't help with recruiting
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Or they might think "Wow, these guys really do need my help. I want them cheering for me and obviously there is no competition at my position! I'll start instantly!"
 
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Vol-in-Bham said:
Or they might think "Wow, these guys really do need my help. I want them cheering for me and obviously there is no competition at my position! I'll start instantly!"
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if it worked that way, so many player wouldn't have decommitted right after last year's florida game and we would have already recruited a good quarterback to replace crompton...

that thought process is a myth (and only works if a college player has an insanely massive ego...possibly one of those guys who alters in his mind the way an incident/event actually went)
 
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I think your sarcasm detector isn't running. ;)

At the same time though if you were a recruit sitting in the stands and you hear boos... it might be concerning.

Unless your are somewhat intelligent and realize the guy on the field gave the other team the win... several times.

It isn't "they're going to boo me if I have a bad play". It's "they're going to boo me if I have a bad career".
 
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Vol-in-Bham said:
I think your sarcasm detector isn't running. ;)

At the same time though if you were a recruit sitting in the stands and you hear boos... it might be concerning.

Unless your are somewhat intelligent and realize the guy on the field gave the other team the win... several times.

It isn't "they're going to boo me if I have a bad play". It's "they're going to boo me if I have a bad career".
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lol sorry; yeah mine fails to work at 1 AM (and i've actually seen people take that arguement in the past)

but yeah, i completely agree with that post. either way it still ends up very disheartening and concerning to recruits...alot of whom I dont think necessarily follow these teams year in and year out
 
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TrueOrange said:
honestly, i think booing doesnt hurt as much current players as it does sway away visiting recruits who just see "my own fans are going to boo at me if I have a bad play?"...and that doesn't help with recruiting
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Agree 100%.
I read posts on here all the time talking about our recruit class ranking, hope for the future blah blah blah, then I go to a UT home game and hear these tards booing.
I don't care if you are going after the coaches or the players, it makes you look stupid and is detrimental to the program.
Bottom line
If you are a recruit and are undecided between UT and another school, would you go to UT after seeing the spectacle fans put on tonight?
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Look. JC isn't a 6 year old playing pee-wee. He is a twenty two year old man. After three interceptions he sits on the bench and pouts only getting up when forced by the coaching staff. He has been at UT for five years and it is a fact he is a failure at quarterback. My wife and I both went to UT. We will be paying for grad school to the grave. He has received a free education, free meals, free books and experienced travelling all over the country on this team. If he acts like that on the bench after the performance he gave, he is going to hear it from the crowd. Just like ESPN said (no bias) he's 22. It is time to chin up and be a man.
 
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I personally don't believe in booing your team in your own stadium. It doesn't do anything to help. It's not as if the team is going to hear the crowd booing and go "okay, they're booing so we need to play better." It doesn't work that way. It also hurts us in recruiting. We had several high profile recruits in attendance for this game. When they hear the crowd booing their own team, they are less encouraged to come to Knoxville. What recruit wants to play for a team that gets booed at home?
 
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I do not boo any amateur athlete. I completely understand the frustration toward bad plays, but what good does boo'ing do?

:dunno:
 
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The General said:
I do not boo any amateur athlete. I completely understand the frustration toward bad plays, but what good does boo'ing do?

:dunno:
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For one, it tells the coaching staff, that the fanbase is not happy with product they financially supporting. I don't know that the fans were booing crompton as much as the staff not taking action, regardless if he said he wouldn't do it. I honestly believe that MOST not all of the booing was directed at Kiffen for not making a move. For the record I did not boo, but you can bet that I was upset. Those reactions do have effects. Just ask Mike Hamilton and Phillip Fulmer.
 
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