Crompton on the sideline

#26
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oklavol said:
I'm sure he would have liked to go somewhere and hide. I feel bad for him. Maybe he can get his own radio show in Knoxville when he graduates though.
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Hopefully Dearstone and Jacoby are gone by then. Then we can just have Crompton and Heather in the morning.
 
#27
#27
It made my day to see his sorry a$$ on the sideline. I didn't feel sorry for him. He is a complete fraud and was exposed as such through four very painful games to watch. By the way I hope he is not the second string qb; that should be Coleman or anyone else who can throw a football. If he loves the university so much, maybe he should go out for cheerleader.
 
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KSVOL said:
It made my day to see his sorry a$$ on the sideline. I didn't feel sorry for him. He is a complete fraud and was exposed as such through four very painful games to watch. By the way I hope he is not the second string qb; that should be Coleman or anyone else who can throw a football. If he loves the university so much, maybe he should go out for cheerleader.
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Harsh much.
 
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allvol123 said:
I feel bad for the kid. No piling on needed for the young man.
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Me too. It was his dream to play for the Vols and be a champion. Unfortunately, it did not work out for him. Hopefully he can learn some life lessons from this that will help him mature and grow as a person. My advice to Crompton, get that degree.
 
#34
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allvol123 said:
I feel bad for the kid. No piling on needed for the young man.
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Also agree 100%! Yea, they are recruited to do a job, but they are just 18-21 year olds. . .and are not professionals. You can boo all you want when you watch the Titans but keep in mind that as much as we all want our Vols to win and do well, they are just out of High School. We still have to be demanding though, just in a positive way. :good!:
 
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#35
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I will never forget the crowd response yesterday when they announced the Qb... I wonder what Jonathan was feeling during that.... man that is harsh..
 
#38
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VOLGRAD2006 said:
Did anyone notice that he had his helmet on the entire game like he was in the rotation and expected to go in at any moment. I just thought it was funny cause he was the ONLY play with it on at times.
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I expected him to go ina couple of times. I don't know if you guys noticed, and place the blame wherever you wish, but our offense under Stephens is not appreciable better than our offense under Crompton.

g8terh8ter_eric said:
"I said this a long time ago -- let people doubt me all they want," said Crompton, a 6-4, 220-pound fourth-year junior at the Vols' media day Saturday morning, a few hours before the team opened preseason practice. "You'll find about me when we start playing."

That tells me a lot about what he thinks of himself.
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I cannot imagine ever playing a quarterback who does not feel this way.
 
#39
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cotton said:
I cannot imagine ever playing a quarterback who does not feel this way.
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Even if they do, sometimes the best thing is to keep your mouth shut until you actually prove something on the field. Self proclaimed success is nothing without actually being able to prove it. That's why I have a bigger beef with Crompton than any other QB we have had in the past 10 years.
 
#40
#40
I saw Crompton when he played HS football. He was awesome! If that idiot Hamilton had took some of the money he spent overpaying Fulmer and brought in an offensive coordinator that had big league experience , instead of a minor leaguer, Crompton might have been a different QB. Norm Chow was living in Nashville, Did we even talk to him? I wonder how much time was spent working on the QB's when at the same time trying to implement a new offense. I hope Crompton transters to Duke and makes all american, wins the ACC and beats Fulmer in a bowl game. I won't go back to Neyland till the house is cleaned out.
 
#41
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PROWLER said:
I saw Crompton when he played HS football. He was awesome! If that idiot Hamilton had took some of the money he spent overpaying Fulmer and brought in an offensive coordinator that had big league experience , instead of a minor leaguer, Crompton might have been a different QB. Norm Chow was living in Nashville, Did we even talk to him? I wonder how much time was spent working on the QB's when at the same time trying to implement a new offense. I hope Crompton transters to Duke and makes all american, wins the ACC and beats Fulmer in a bowl game. I won't go back to Neyland till the house is cleaned out.
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He has 2 years under Cut to understand how to read progressions and hit open receivers. It's not like he is a RS Freshman. The kid has been in our system for 3 years.
 
#43
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1. Clawson couldn't carry coach Cut's Jockstrap. Big difference between his system and Clawson's. Sure Crompton should be able to go through his progressions by now, but have you been able to figure out what clawson is trying to run yet? some kind of haphazard system that usually winds up with somebody tripping over somebody else or the fumble on the 2 go long count.
2. If you had just publically lost your job with coverage on ESPN, Fox, Cnn, all of the rest then had to go in front of a stadium of people, and was 20 yrs old, you would probally keep your helmet on too.
 
#44
#44
I hate it for the kid. Here is Crompton, a life long avid Big Orange fan like all the rest of us. He gets his dream to play for UT, but just can't get it done. I was saying give Stephens a shot as well, but I can't help but feel bad for him. I just wish it didn't have to do down like it has. I hate it for him.
 
#45
#45
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Even if they do, sometimes the best thing is to keep your mouth shut until you actually prove something on the field. Self proclaimed success is nothing without actually being able to prove it. That's why I have a bigger beef with Crompton than any other QB we have had in the past 10 years.
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I imagine the question asked was something along the lines of, "What would you say to the Tennessee fans out there that are worried you won't be able to fill Erik Ainge's shoes?" You think him being silent after a question like that is anywhere close to an appropriate response?

Acting like players don't make statements about their abilities before they get on the field is crazy. I guarantee Eric Berry and Gerald Jones made similar comments about themselves.
 
#46
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kptvol said:
I imagine the question asked was something along the lines of, "What would you say to the Tennessee fans out there that are worried you won't be able to fill Erik Ainge's shoes?" You think him being silent after a question like that is anywhere close to an appropriate response?
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Anything is better than an egotistical response like he gave.
 
#47
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KSVOL said:
It made my day to see his sorry a$$ on the sideline. I didn't feel sorry for him. He is a complete fraud and was exposed as such through four very painful games to watch. By the way I hope he is not the second string qb; that should be Coleman or anyone else who can throw a football. If he loves the university so much, maybe he should go out for cheerleader.
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:bad:
 
#49
#49
I do feel for the kid. Just makes me wonder how the heck his skills declined so much over the last couple of years. From a promising star of the future to an incompetent.
 
#50
#50
kptvol said:
I think you're looking for a scapegoat to bail out your favorite coach.
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This has zero to do with the coaches. This has to do with a cocky athlete saying something that has come back to bite him in the arse. There is a reason that he never challenged Ainge for the starting job.
 
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