Not that passionate?

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Coach Grizz

Coach Grizz

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I'm sitting here listening to the Doug Matthews show on 104.5 the zone and this cat from Louisiana called in and said he believes the UT fans aren't as passionate about football as LSU fans, I DAMN NEAR HIT THE ROOF WHEN I HEARD THAT!! The audacity of a corn dog saying we are not passionate when our winning record against them is by a land slide!! CHILD PLEASE, go stuff your mouth full of corn dogs so I don't have to hear it!!!!
 
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Well to them, being passionate means being drunk all the time, so I understand.
 
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Are we really so proud of our inexplicable passion for a team that we would be ready to fight about it?
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That's not really what the guy was saying. He was commenting on the passion for high school and amateur football in the mid-state. He was wondering why there is not more support for high school and junior league football in Nashville, when everyone seems to be so rabid about college football. As a coach, he said he notices that there is just as much talent as in Louisiana, but has to question the commitment to the student athletes future when such a small percentage of that talent ever sees a D-1 starting lineup.

Doug and Tony didn't really have much of an answer for him, other than the amount of private schools producing D-1 talent in the mid-sate area, far outpaces that of the public schools.
 
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AJeray4TN said:
That's not really what the guy was saying. He was commenting on the passion for high school and amateur football in the mid-state. He was wondering why there is not more support for high school and junior league football in Nashville, when everyone seems to be so rabid about college football. As a coach, he said he notices that there is just as much talent as in Louisiana, but has to question the commitment to the student athletes future when such a small percentage of that talent every sees a D-1 starting lineup.

Doug and Tony didn't really have much of an answer for him, other than the amount of private schools producing D-1 talent in the mid-sate area, far outpaces that of the public schools.
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True about the talent part but when Beech High School won the sate championship las year, it was one of the best moments of my life
 
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AJeray4TN said:
That's not really what the guy was saying. He was commenting on the passion for high school and amateur football in the mid-state. He was wondering why there is not more support for high school and junior league football in Nashville, when everyone seems to be so rabid about college football. As a coach, he said he notices that there is just as much talent as in Louisiana, but has to question the commitment to the student athletes future when such a small percentage of that talent ever sees a D-1 starting lineup.

Doug and Tony didn't really have much of an answer for him, other than the amount of private schools producing D-1 talent in the mid-sate area, far outpaces that of the public schools.
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Oh, that's different,...... never mind.
 
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WeldVol said:
Oh, that's different,...... never mind.
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Yeah, he started out sounding like he was going to rail on Tennessee, but then it became clear that his point was something all together different. He honestly didn't make much sense. My version above is hopefully more concise than his rambling jibber jabber.
 
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I would put Vols fans up against anyone in the country in terms of being passionate. People out here think I am insane about UT
 
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Thanks for clearing that up AJeray4TN. I guess I had a knee jerk reaction my bad!! I agree with that, I volunteer at a local class A public high school here in the mid-state and the private schools do have a strangle hold on the talent. For a long while we were stuck in a distict with private schools and it was tough. I hate private schools
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Coach Grizz said:
Thanks for clearing that up AJeray4TN. I guess I had a knee jerk reaction my bad!! I agree with that, I volunteer at a local class A public high school here in the mid-state and the private schools do have a strangle hold on the talent. For a long while we were stuck in a distict with private schools and it was tough. I hate private schools
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One of the many held over consequences of extreme segregation in the deep south -- prior to the Civil Rights Movement. I know plenty of fine, upstanding folks that went to private schools, but it is shame that the public schools in these areas don't have the resources to compete. Likewise, it's hard to fault parents in this area for sending their kids to private schools. What do they say? Don't hate the player, hate the game...
 
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AJeray4TN said:
That's not really what the guy was saying. He was commenting on the passion for high school and amateur football in the mid-state. He was wondering why there is not more support for high school and junior league football in Nashville, when everyone seems to be so rabid about college football. As a coach, he said he notices that there is just as much talent as in Louisiana, but has to question the commitment to the student athletes future when such a small percentage of that talent ever sees a D-1 starting lineup.

Doug and Tony didn't really have much of an answer for him, other than the amount of private schools producing D-1 talent in the mid-sate area, far outpaces that of the public schools.
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Well that changes how I react :p thanks for the clarification
 
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Do other states with great high school football have the private school problem? I grew up in Milan and there was always Brentwood Academy to deal with.....Obvious advantage when a private school can recruit.....has this hurt the overall development of hs football in Tn?
 
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WeldVol said:
Do other states with great high school football have the private school problem? I grew up in Milan and there was always Brentwood Academy to deal with.....Obvious advantage when a private school can recruit.....has this hurt the overall development of hs football in Tn?
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Well, I think the debate can admittedly be a little misleading. Part of Tennessee's problem is also population. When California, Texas, and Florida enjoy total state populations of over 20 million, it becomes hard for a state like Tennessee (around 7 million) to keep up. Part of the issue is just battling a numbers game.

As far as the private school issue goes, I'm no expert on other states, but it seems that the majority of D-1 talent in the state of Tennessee comes from private schools. I tend to think most southern states deal with this to some extent. The clear exceptions being Florida for previously stated reasons, and Georgia which if not for the metropolitan Atlanta area, and the shear volume of public schools and population it provides, would probably in the same boat as some of the other southern states.
 
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lovavol said:
He wins more than we do.....chavis led D is tons better than monte/wilcox....plz Vol fans, give credit when its due
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He wins more than we do? What, in the 2 seasons he's been at a school with more talent, and that isn't working on it's 3rd coach in 2 years? Are you not familiar with the term "3rd and Chavis"? IF a Chavis-led D is "tons better" than anyone, it's because of the caliber of the players, not the caliber of the defensive schemes.
 
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