Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[DD4ME]

Wth

 

[Orangeburst]

1872 photo of Knoxville

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were you on Jackson St chasing girls with cinnamon sticks?

 

[Orangeburst]

Wth

looks like the warden on The Shawshank Redemption

 

[05_never_again]

I have been critical of Barnes in the past, but the product he is producing is not mediocre. Most teams don't waltz into Rupp arena and come away with a win. This basketball team will likely receive a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament unless things really fall off the rails. How is that mediocre?

We can talk about the performance in the NCAA tournament. It is not good. However, there is no guarantee that any coach we hire will automatically be better than Rick has.

Not only is it not mediocre on an absolute basis, it sure is hell not mediocre relative to the historical performance of Tennessee's basketball program. That ultimately is the benchmark he should be judged against.

We do not have an especially storied basketball history. We haven't been bad at basketball, but it is nowhere near as historically successful as football. We've never won a national title, never made a FF, and only been to the EE twice. We have won the SECT just twice in the last 45 years.

 

[TheRain]

Wth

This broke the Bamers minds.

 

[drvenner]

Exactly.

We're top 5 in men's basketball, there are 364 teams. How TF is top 1% mediocre?
Lady Vols are 15th, there are 362 teams. How TF is top 5% mediocre?
Football we finished 9th, there are 134 teams. How TF is top 8% mediocre?

Baseball is coming off winning the Natty and Softball just reached the Super Regional.


I get the fans don't want to pay for a mediocre product...but damn, when things are good we seem to be delusional. There's a ton of great teams that aren't winning championships we have them in 3 different sports right now, this is the best era of UT sports EVER.

Very well said. And eloquent.

 

[DD4ME]

Cool

 

[TheRain]

 

[DD4ME]

Ok gripe away

 

[TheRain]

 

[screenthis]

Wth

Yes, let's suggest extreme solutions. If we also have Security Guards shoot people running on to the field, that will also stop it right there.

 

[Weezer]

Ok gripe away

I will always gripe about missing free throws. No excuse for missing free points IMO.

 

[DD4ME]

Shakes head

 

[MetalVolunteer]

COY is in the HOUSE!

 

[DD4ME]

Hahahaha when Rucker spits facts you may be on the wrong side of an issue

 

[DD4ME]

COY is in the HOUSE!
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There's a makeup game if I ever saw one

 

[Weezer]

Yes, let's suggest extreme solutions. If we also have Security Guards shoot people running on to the field, that will also stop it right there.

I'm a terrible shot, but I volunteer to shoot randomly into the crowd. And by randomly, I mean I'll be aiming for the other team's players and coaches.

 

[Weezer]

Shakes head

I'm surprised he was able to actually hold onto something.


Apologies, but I had to say it.

 

[DD4ME]

 

[DD4ME]

Lol

 

[DeepPurpleFloyd]

Yes, let's suggest extreme solutions. If we also have Security Guards shoot people running on to the field, that will also stop it right there.

Well Alabama already tried having one of their players punch a female fan on the field and apparently that didn't work.

 

[DD4ME]

Classless a hole man

 

[DD4ME]

Anybody in TX willing to bunk with JG?

 

[DD4ME]

 

[peaygolf]

Anybody willing to bunk with JG,

Cowboys new backup QB?