Hendrix opens up about transfer

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bUTchLookin4Dimez said:
Saw this today and haven't saw it posted.
]Hendrix 'just wasn't happy' at Tennessee

Question I have is... Are the coaches too hard on players or are the kids too soft? He said "the way the coaches talked to the players got worse as the season went on". Wonder if he's talking about practice or their relationship outside of football? I'm going to guess they are hard on them in practice, but what coach isn't?

To answer my own question with my opinion, I feel kids today are too coddled. They're superstars at the high school level and are given special treatment. Then, they get to college and are just another fish in a shark pond.
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Some of these so called super star players come from a high school where the water boy ties there shoes if they wont them to and they think they are NFL bound a lot of them don't understand its now when the work starts, then when they step on the field some of these recruits just cant get it, not because of the talent but the hard work that it takes from January thru August.
 
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patrick said:
Fact is Butch Jones rips his players and often times crosses the proverbial line of well-deserved criticism to belittlement. Butch Jones isn't the "player's coach" that many Vol fans think he is nor is he a "choir boy".....
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You made quite a few statements, how are these facts?
 
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I would also like to see evidence of coaches crossing the line. Yelling, screaming, heck coaches when I played would pinch you or break clipboards over your helmet or grab you by the facemask, etc. I know times are different and bullying is a big concern now...but Are the coaches coaching or are they making fun of the players? Someone provide evidence.
 
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I never wittnessed a coach "belitteling" a player that worked hard and demonstrated the right attitude.............N E V E R.

So, take that to the bank.
 
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Gibbs Hall 625 said:
Dude, are you serious? Have you forgotten about Kahlil McKenzie, Shy Tuttle, Andrew Butcher, Darrell Taylor, Marques Ford, and Quay Picou.
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No. I haven't. According to Jones, DL's need time to develop. While we can hope that all of them come in as developed as Hendrix would have been with a full year of experience and another offseason of development, it is unlikely.

Further, when Carr left I'm pretty sure that the same logic was used... "Dude, are you serious? Have you forgotten about Hendrix, Henderson, Barnett, and Sawyer?"

Barnett is an absolute stud but UT needs a better "hit" % on DL's.

Possibly Kyle Phillips and D'Andre Walker. We are going to have an incredible front 7 in 2016.
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IF they sign... IF they don't leave... and IF they develop as we hope.

Maybe they will want to be VFL, if not go get someone else that does.
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So you think the program is helped by having a perpetual stream of highly rated DL prospects come then leave before developing or making a real contribution?:no:
 
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I wish him, Scott, and anyone else who wants to leave all the best in the future. Truth is some people don't belong in certain programs. No doubt Butch can be an ******* (yeah, I said it) but so can every coach I know.
Bottom Line: If you can't stand the heat....! :)

GO VOLS!
 
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patrick said:
Jones and co. often rip their players and cross the line from well-deserved criticism to down right belittlement. Criticism and a good arsss chewin' is fine but when you belittle your players that is not acceptable and players won't take it (nor should they).
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I do not believe you. Prove it.
 
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"I can't coach you hard if I don't know you, and I'm gonna coach you hard"

..."but Imma love you too"

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-vHo7c4yMA[/youtube]
 
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maybe the coaches "belittled" them. If I am a player or a parent, I would rather have that during practice and get playing time and avoid getting belittled by 109,000 people on game day. just my thought.
 
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sjt18 said:
No. I haven't. According to Jones, DL's need time to develop. While we can hope that all of them come in as developed as Hendrix would have been with a full year of experience and another offseason of development, it is unlikely.

Further, when Carr left I'm pretty sure that the same logic was used... "Dude, are you serious? Have you forgotten about Hendrix, Henderson, Barnett, and Sawyer?"

Barnett is an absolute stud but UT needs a better "hit" % on DL's.

IF they sign... IF they don't leave... and IF they develop as we hope.

So you think the program is helped by having a perpetual stream of highly rated DL prospects come then leave before developing or making a real contribution?:no:
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Stream?...Carr and Hendix is a "stream"?...k...that's about 4 tackles production wise...maybe we can just get the opposing RBs to fall down a couple of times and make up for what we lost?
 
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JohnMarxism said:
Funny that Barnett has nothing but praise for our staff while Hendrix didn't appreciate the way the coaches spoke to him.
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Funny..or telling? Barnett overachieved on a massive scale, while Hendrix did not. Who in the hell thinks coach is gonna praise them for being mediocre? This ain't the evetbody gets a trophy league. It's the brutal SEC.
 
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patrick said:
Fact is Butch Jones rips his players and often times crosses the proverbial line of well-deserved criticism to belittlement. Butch Jones isn't the "player's coach" that many Vol fans think he is nor is he a "choir boy".....
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Did he rip into you at a team meeting? Maybe on a plane ride home from one of the games. We know you must be a player because only they can tell you with any modicum of authority if he is or isn't a player's coach. That's why they're called Player's Coaches and not VolNation Megamouth NegaVol Coaches.:good!:
 
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bUTchLookin4Dimez said:
Saw this today and haven't saw it posted.
]Hendrix 'just wasn't happy' at Tennessee

Question I have is... Are the coaches too hard on players or are the kids too soft? He said "the way the coaches talked to the players got worse as the season went on". Wonder if he's talking about practice or their relationship outside of football? I'm going to guess they are hard on them in practice, but what coach isn't?

To answer my own question with my opinion, I feel kids today are too coddled. They're superstars at the high school level and are given special treatment. Then, they get to college and are just another fish in a shark pond.
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Mommy, they hurt my feelings ! This has gotten way more attention then it deserves, it happens every year esp at alabubba. :whistling:
 
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Some of you guys need to back off this kid.

He is going to be a great player, wherever he goes. His personality didn't fit with the TN culture. No big deal.

Kamara didn't fit with Bama and no one is calling him soft, or not SEC caliber.

Sometimes things don't work out. It isn't anyone's fault.
 
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patrick said:
Jones and co. often rip their players and cross the line from well-deserved criticism to down right belittlement. Criticism and a good arsss chewin' is fine but when you belittle your players that is not acceptable and players won't take it (nor should they).
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Heard the same story from someone close to the program 3 weeks ago. His story talked of a well known player that couldnt stand his position coach because of this. This player got plenty of PT so it wasnt that at all. I do think there is a line between tough love and belittling someone. Constant belittlement wears on most everyone.
 
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