Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[LaagerVol]

These forced apologies are so useless.

 

[tnvols72]

 

[knoxvol52]

Locally sourced from Walmart I bet, typical big box buyer. This exactly why these local places don't have great quality!!!

You too good for Walmart?

 

[LaagerVol]

Yeah, and the spots that do it right I'm there often enough to be recognized. Oddly enough in our small town the spots that are good quality, priced well and locally owned are Mexican and Chinese spots.

We have 2 good coffee places too. But one of the newer restaurants that opened is more expensive than anywhere else and the food tasted microwaved/frozen at best sadly.

I miss the original Dairy Bar

 

[DarthVol1]

More useless apologies, but our coaches and players are the bad guys in everyone's eyes.

Coastal Carolina baseball coach rips Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan after reported outburst: 'Absolutely disrespectful'

Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan allegedly "ripped into" tournament staff on Sunday over an apparent scheduling change.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[MoCo_Vol]

You too good for Walmart?

Of course I am, I only drink locally sourced coffee from my OWN coffee tree!

(I'm just joking)

But it is part of the irony...so many folks will talk about "locally owned" and then just ignore the fact those shops are shopping at Walmart, through Amazon, etc. other "big box" spots to get their supplies anyway.

Our main in-town grocery store used to be owned by the people it was named after...and they had 100s of acres of land where they farmed all the produce sold there. Miss those days.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

That was so ouch fun last night watching the baseball Vols. I knew when Liam came in and was throwing heat that it was over. And so did Wake. They knew they couldn’t do a damn thing to stop us and it was glorious.

I missed your return somehow! GATA!

 

[tnhunter 10]

Glad this team got it done. Really want to get to Omaha. Doyle was feeling it!

I want to beat Arkansas so bad.

 

[jave36]

I want to beat Arkansas so bad.

Same, but I just don't see it happening. They're playing well, it's at their pace, and we just don't seem to be firing on all cylinders right now.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Uh yeah. What’s the big deal?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Leeleesteeth]

Wow. You can cut the sincerity with a butter knife.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

The good news is the Vols bats seem to have found something since the no show against Vandy in SEC Tournament.

 

[jave36]

Yeah, and the spots that do it right I'm there often enough to be recognized. Oddly enough in our small town the spots that are good quality, priced well and locally owned are Mexican and Chinese spots.

We have 2 good coffee places too. But one of the newer restaurants that opened is more expensive than anywhere else and the food tasted microwaved/frozen at best sadly.

My local coffee shop was just ranked #2 in the world, so I have no complaints going local lol.

But ya, I disagree (not necessarily with you) that most local places fail because of big corporate. A lot of local places are horrific quality, and people insist on better now. Some chains have good quality standards and buying power (five guys, Freddy's, chickfila, Texas roadhouse, jersey Mike's, etc...).

In my experience, I've rarely seen a high quality local place go out of business. It's usually the places I didn't like.

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

Wonder if this would be a potential target for TV

TV doesn’t “target”, he “picks”.

 

[Ttucke11]

Same, but I just don't see it happening. They're playing well, it's at their pace, and we just don't seem to be firing on all cylinders right now.

I disagree. I think this is the best we've looked in a while. We found a 3rd pitcher (Arvidson), maybe a 4th pitcher (Russell), Doyle is back, Fischer and Kilen are on fire, etc. We have a good shot.

 

[jave36]

I disagree. I think this is the best we've looked in a while. We found a 3rd pitcher (Arvidson), maybe a 4th pitcher (Russell), Doyle is back, Fischer and Kilen are on fire, etc. We have a good shot.

We gave up quite a few runs the last couple days to be saying our pitching is solid... And our defense....

 

[Orange.]

 

[MoCo_Vol]

My local coffee shop was just ranked #2 in the world, so I have no complaints going local lol.

But ya, I disagree (not necessarily with you) that most local places fail because of big corporate. A lot of local places are horrific quality, and people insist on better now. Some chains have good quality standards and buying power (five guys, Freddy's, chickfila, Texas roadhouse, jersey Mike's, etc...).

In my experience, I've rarely seen a high quality local place go out of business. It's usually the places I didn't like.

Bingo.

 

[drvenner]

Frank Freaking Anderson. One glance at Liam's numbers from last year to this year should tell anyone all they need to know.

 

[knoxvol52]

SEC probably gets only 2 CWS teams this year.

I believe LSU beats West Virginia in Supers
Tennessee beats Arkansas in Supers.

Coastal Carolina with the second best team era in America Knocks off Auburn in Supers.

 

[Ttucke11]

We gave up quite a few runs the last couple days to be saying our pitching is solid... And our defense....

Hey I didn't say the defense was solid that is an issue for sure.

 

[drvenner]

I'm really glad we didn't pitch Liam in the first game because any idiot knows you save him for the tougher second game. Oh, wait. NVM

 

[SpringBokVol]

Bahama John LOL

 

[Orange.]

This one left a mark.

 

[Ten_Titans]

My local coffee shop was just ranked #2 in the world, so I have no complaints going local lol.

But ya, I disagree (not necessarily with you) that most local places fail because of big corporate. A lot of local places are horrific quality, and people insist on better now. Some chains have good quality standards and buying power (five guys, Freddy's, chickfila, Texas roadhouse, jersey Mike's, etc...).

In my experience, I've rarely seen a high quality local place go out of business. It's usually the places I didn't like.

Local hole in the wall places have always relied on a community that exists in and around the business. That's been true for my entire life.

People are less interested in going to a restaurant every week just to hang out. So the food and prices better be competitive. I agree that they usually are not.