M. Griffiths thinks Hurd should return

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WiseOlVol said:
What if Hurd called a press conf, explained why he did it, admitted he was wrong, and asked teammates and UT fans to forgive him?
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I bet his 'entourage' has advised him to do just that........
 
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Second chance? Of course--learning from mistakes is part of a college education.

Restore to teammate status? Of course--our team is family and forgiveness (with repentance and demonstrated trustworthiness) is second only to love in a family.

The problem here is this: to a greater degree than any other adults on campus, coaches take on the responsibility of loco parentis--standing in for the parents. That means parents must be in complete agreement with coaches on values, goals, and priorities. Parents must be willing to (shut up and) trust the coaches' judgement in their day-to-day interaction with the player. Demographically, Hurd is on the cusp of a generation guarded by helicopter moms umbilically linked 24/7 via cell phone. These are not the tools by which maturity is easily attained.

Hurd is now twenty, legally an adult. Would coaches want to be "contracted" directly with the player, if the player sees his "lesson learned" is to ignore advice from home? Not sure how that plays out, legally or practically. I'm sure it's happened before in college football, but would those coaches do it again?

I don't think this gets serious consideration unless CBJ is fully convinced that Hurd and his family--including extended family--are in full agreement on what mistakes were made and are fully committed to Jalen being a VFL, 24/7, in heart, mind and body.

I don't think it will happen, but under those circumstances and with that attitude, a VFL Jalen Hurd committed to developing a career at TE for the next level (with a redshirt season) would have the potential to make special contributions to this team, both on the field and in the locker room. It'd be a heckuva redemption story for journalists and fans.
 
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Hurd should go to MTSU and play there. They took in Mathers from Ole Miss and he had a great season there LY. Now he's getting ready for the draft.

Hurd needs to do the same thing. They can take him for one season, he'd dominate in that league either at RB or H Back and can get on with his career.
 
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wmcovol said:
Hurd should go to MTSU and play there. They took in Mathers from Ole Miss and he had a great season there LY. Now he's getting ready for the draft.

Hurd needs to do the same thing. They can take him for one season, he'd dominate in that league either at RB or H Back and can get on with his career.
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Not sure how much he would dominate at MTSU at all. He was predicted to tear up the SEC last year until the season started and we realized the head case he really was.

Doubt the head has been fixed yet.

I suggest he go get an education somewhere. He needs it badly. He won't be making the "millions for life" in the NFL now.
 
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wildorange said:
He has been getting bad advice, he has been told how great he was at a early age. His mother is doing him no favors, it's a drama world with her and if her son truly wanted back on the team you would think the mother would keep her mouth shut instead of putting down one of our best players. I wish Hurd well, maybe he can find someone willing to take a chance on him. He needs to tell his mom to just STOP with the insults toward former players she is doing him no favors. GBO!!!!
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What was the ACTUAL insult towards Kamara?(haven't heard any about other players) She hinted about a reason he was the backup, but there was no torrent of insults to stifle.
 
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wmcovol said:
Hurd should go to MTSU and play there. They took in Mathers from Ole Miss and he had a great season there LY. Now he's getting ready for the draft.

Hurd needs to do the same thing. They can take him for one season, he'd dominate in that league either at RB or H Back and can get on with his career.
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Would have to do it two seasons from now.
 
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butchna said:
What was the ACTUAL insult towards Kamara?(haven't heard any about other players) She hinted about a reason he was the backup, but there was no torrent of insults to stifle.
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It wasn't an actual insult. Having the Mother of a quitter throwing an opinion out is just a mild irritant, which was more like the sound of a wet fart. What did she say? Someone actually listened? WGAF?
 
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sorry............ I just wanted to make the record books with the worst bump of all time............on the worst thread of all time.


Did I make it?!?!?!

I understand if I get banned for this, I just wanted to go down in a blaze of glory.
 
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OrangeDog said:
I think that Hurd is the one who forgot what that means.
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One could easily flip it that way. But we forget, these players are "young men", "student" athletes, and are pushed, pulled, misguided by folks with the wrong intentions and are in dire need of "life coaches". I guess you were never young and full of pride? And what kills me, is no one here knows what really happened with his situation
 
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VolForLife83 said:
One could easily flip it that way. But we forget, these players are "young men", "student" athletes, and are pushed, pulled, misguided by folks with the wrong intentions and are in dire need of "life coaches". I guess you were never young and full of pride? And what kills me, is no one here knows what really happened with his situation
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IMO, we know enough. Being a championship type player, which we all assumed Hurd was, is never easy. At some point, all are tested. They either accept the challenges and prove themselves great, fail after giving it all they got, and some find themselves lacking and quit. I don't need to hear whiny excuses from him , his mom or uncles. He quit. To Hell with the rest.
 
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OrangeDog said:
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sorry............ I just wanted to make the record books with the worst bump of all time............on the worst thread of all time.


Did I make it?!?!?!

I understand if I get banned for this, I just wanted to go down in a blaze of glory.
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I think you are safe. And as the OP of this thread, had I not posted this stupid article was out there, someone else would have.
 
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Vegas has Gruden becoming UT head coach as a slight favorite of Hurd returning to Shields Watkins
 
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Long story short.. Hurd did burn a lot and I mean a lot of bridges I Inside and out of the program. But.. The kid has talent, no doubt about it.. He would have to prove he would not be a distraction to the team as a whole.. I mean he more or less ruined the second half of the season for the team... That could stir the crap tank upon his return.. Not in a good way..
 
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TNJOKER said:
Long story short.. Hurd did burn a lot and I mean a lot of bridges I Inside and out of the program. But.. The kid has talent, no doubt about it.. He would have to prove he would not be a distraction to the team as a whole.. I mean he more or less ruined the second half of the season for the team... That could stir the crap tank upon his return.. Not in a good way..
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His career is done. If he didn't have the patience to play a couple months more of football, then he won't have it to be on a team 2 additional years to learn a new position.
 
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Hurd will not be the first athlete or the last to squander their talent. He will always have pictures, video, and stories to tell his friends.
 
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He quit on his team when the team needed him no way you give him a chance to quit again good luck in life.:no:
 
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butchna said:
What was the ACTUAL insult towards Kamara?(haven't heard any about other players) She hinted about a reason he was the backup, but there was no torrent of insults to stifle.
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You must have not heard about Hurd's mother insulting Kamara on twitter the day of the pro combine with the following remark. She stated on twitter that "the NFL" will soon find out why he was the backup referring to Kamara. Yeah that is a wise thing too say if your son was ever even considering trying to get back on the team. It was all over the internet for days, I don't know how you missed it. And too top it off Kamara had just logged in a great day at the combine, she put it out there for the world too see. GBO!!!!!
 
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