Bryce Brown Gone

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#229
Somewhere in Southern California, Lane Kiffin sits back and smiles as he pops his gay porn into his DVD player.
 
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i am less worried about losing him then the message of him leaving sends other current players or future prospective players.
 
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dogsipod said:
i am less worried about losing him then the message of him leaving sends other current players or future prospective players.
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That's true. I'm also worried about what kind of distraction this might serve to the rest of the team. Distraction is the one thing this team does not need right now. Especially with them trying to learn a whole new system.
 
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utvolpj said:
umm the eval you provided (see below). Poole was also playing against the scrubs but you're right he could have been better than Hardesty based on those 15yds.
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Didn't say that. I didn't even say that he WAS better than Brown. I said he demonstrated more SEC level skills- cutting, vision, power, burst, etc. than Brown. I never saw BB see a hole, plant his foot, and explode through it.

The ability to see a hole and cut isn't altogether dependent on competition. You can see it regardless of the competition. Regardless of your dismissal, Poole ran through VT tacklers that Hardesty, one of my favorite all time players, wasn't getting through.

saying BB wasn't strong against average D's is understandable (I don't agree). However claiming Poole and Oku have the skills he doesn't is crazy. They never played against the same strength D
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It is as much what Brown didn't do... against any of the competition as what Poole and Oku did.

I have not and did not write Brown off. I'm just saying his talent is raw. There's no guarantee that things like vision will ever come to a guy.

and returning kicks has nothing to do with being a RB
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Not unless you count... cutting, seeing running lanes, acceleration, breaking arm tackles, reading blocks,... If you include none of those things then you are absolutely right.
 
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bosgap said:
i dont hope him the best i hope he never plays again and aftwr he sits out a year he will have to battle for pt and he may start his senior year, and honestly the things i have heard about pooke and the other backs we have im not sure he would even start if he stayed so good ridance
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You need to sign up on a Kentucky board. You would fit right in.
 
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AlaskaVol said:
I would rather lose him than any offensive lineman at this point. Have we lost enough players in 2 years to form a new team? This getting rid of Phil is really working out well. Isn't it?

I am looking for an 8 and 5 season 2 years after we got a new coach. I so love "change".
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Don't worry, I think we got as close to Fatboy as we could have with this hire (hence the avatar change).
 
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SGMVols said:
What chance did he deserve?
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A heck of a lot more then he got, Chris Lowe reported a while back that he had talked to several UT players and they said they thought Poole was the second best running back on the team to Hardesty. Yet Oku was put in the game in every instance before him...Poole got screwed.
 
#241
#241
Thanks for being a Vol, Bryce.

You're welcome to stay, but if you have no choice, good luck to you!
 
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#243
i hate to jump in here and normally sjt18 and i don't see eye to eye.

but, i never saw "special" with regard to bryce brown either. to me, he appears to be a guy.

and running back is a position, where you can see "special" in a player almost immediately.

they may fumble too much, not block well, whatever. but, when the ball is in their hands you can see the talent. you don't have to wait a couple of years to see it.

i think brown is or will be a good player. a "special" player. i don't think so.
 
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I hate to see him go too guys, but if BB doesn't care whether he wears the orange or not since the snake is gone, then I hope he doesn't let the door hit him in the arse on the way out.
 
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SGMVols said:
Fine. You recruit the middle of the pack players you speak of, then I'll recruit elite talent the way USC, Florida, and Alabama do, and I'll beat your team by 40.
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Thank you. I'm tired of this mentality that people have of "wanting to be at UT" somehow trumps talent on the field or with our coaching staff. You win by having better personnel than the other team.
 
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#247
Like I said 6 months ago on here. Trent R. is a much better RB than BB. TR runs over people......Just call them like I see them.
 
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99gator said:
i hate to jump in here and normally sjt18 and i don't see eye to eye.

but, i never saw "special" with regard to bryce brown either. to me, he appears to be a guy.

and running back is a position, where you can see "special" in a player almost immediately.

they may fumble too much, not block well, whatever. but, when the ball is in their hands you can see the talent. you don't have to wait a couple of years to see it.

i think brown is or will be a good player. a "special" player. i don't think so.
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Just for sake of understanding your point..name a couple RBs you've seen in the past that you knew would be "special".
 
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sjt18 said:
Not unless you count... cutting, seeing running lanes, acceleration, breaking arm tackles, reading blocks,... If you include none of those things then you are absolutely right.
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taking a ball from the goal line with 20yds of open space and taking a handoff are 2 completely different things.

and you just keep backpedaling on the Poole thing. You claim you never said he was better but that he was actually an SEC level back while you never saw that from BB? Give me a break.

Poole and Oku did nothing against any type of decent D that would make anyone think they can carry a full time load.
 
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