Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[tnhunter 10]

For all of the good social media can do for humanity, the negatives of it far out weights the positives. Knoxville media is on a witch hunt for anything negative regarding UT football. They will probably go back to find anything dirty on all players and coaches.

 

[SoilVol]

It's clear that someone is targeting UT right now or stupid **** like this wouldn't be getting out.

I heard a conspiracy yesterday that it's Fulmer trying to sabotage things from all directions.

 

[TheTimeIsNow]

I heard a rumor. That's all I can say.

 

[RikidyBones]

I heard a rumor. That's all I can say.

Neat

 

[scvolfan7]

Lol c’mon man. We all know you’re heavily indoctrinated, but those cops didn’t rough the kid up or anything.

They ran his ID. It came back with legal warrant outstanding.

What were they supposed to do? Send him on his way with a wave and a smile?

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If this minor **** is something we’re going to police, then it should be handed over to someone like a social worker. This is a waste of time for police officers and it’s ridiculous that they put banks in jail for it

 

[engineerVOL]

I heard a conspiracy yesterday that it's Fulmer trying to sabotage things from all directions.

Destroying his own hire to save on buyout and usurp the throne? I mean c’mon.

That’s so craaaa.... actually par for the course for the last decade.

 

[BigOrange15]

I heard a rumor. That's all I can say.

No it's not, that just all you WILL say.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Did it make us look as terrible as Georgia State did

Luckily we get the privilege of compounding issues here.

 

[SLICKYINC]

@David Ubben Is busy writing his next hit piece and purchasing a light weight step stool so he can pile on.

 

[quadlee21]

I have no issue with the cops, or CJP in this case. I think both handled the situation well. The issue is with the Knox County court system. The minute there was a warrant issued for Banks arrest the authorities at UT should of been contacted. Then the warrant would of never been outstanding it could of been handled peacefully. The cop was just doing his job.

 

[BruinVol]

I have no issue with the cops, or CJP in this case. I think both handled the situation well. The issue is with the Knox County court system. The minute there was a warrant issued for Banks arrest the authorities at UT should of been contacted. Then the warrant would of never been outstanding it could of been handled peacefully. The cop was just doing his job.

It wasn’t in Knox county was it?

 

[bignewt]

You guys decry the evils of social media then overreact to every single thing you see.

Banks is a kid and what he said about where he's from they shoot at cops, that's probably not far from the truth. Pruitt was pissed he was on the phone in the middle of the night for a traffic violation.

Oh and hot take, cops are paid to put up with crap. They are in positions of power. They don't have to be cops and for every good one there is one that isn't.

Who f'n cares about any of it. Woke culture is the worst.

 

[quadlee21]

It wasn’t in Knox county was it?

The cop says in the video that he has a warrant from Knox county.

 

[SLICKYINC]

I have no issue with the cops, or CJP in this case. I think both handled the situation well. The issue is with the Knox County court system. The minute there was a warrant issued for Banks arrest the authorities at UT should of been contacted. Then the warrant would of never been outstanding it could of been handled peacefully. The cop was just doing his job.

The whole thing is weird in my mind. Pruitt talks about taking care of the ticket with state troopers. If Banks had another outstanding ticket, I would think they would have said something along the lines of 'yes sir, this one has been taken care of but we show another one in the system that is still outstanding'.

 

[TrippieRedd]

I don't even care about the video. Yeah, Banks shouldn't have said half the things he did in the video, but he is a kid. Also, Pruitt didn't do anything wrong. Get over it.
I swear some of you guys have a sad and miserable life, whining about every little thing.

 

[BruinVol]

The cop says in the video that he has a warrant from Knox county.

Ok I was thinking the warrant was from back home

 

[quadlee21]

The whole thing is weird in my mind. Pruitt talks about taking care of the ticket with state troopers. If Banks had another outstanding ticket, I would think they would have said something along the lines of 'yes sir, this one has been taken care of but we show another one in the system that is still outstanding'.

I think Banks probably let them believe he took care of the fine, but instead went and bought him a new pair of J's

 

[quadlee21]

@BruinVol I could be wrong, but I know I heard the officer say to Pruitt that the warrant was from Knox county. Either way it sucks

 

[BruinVol]

Look at the “bright” Side of this. If Banks all of sudden becomes a star this will hurt his chances of entering the draft early. This kind of thing will stick with him if he becomes a nfl prospect

 

[BruinVol]

@BruinVol I could be wrong, but I know I heard the officer say to Pruitt that the warrant was from Knox county. Either way it sucks

I am not sure either. I was just thinking if it wasn’t in Knox county you couldn’t blame them for not communicating

 

[VolGee4]

I get what he's saying. I'm sure at GA, AL, and FSU, the police, especially the campus police are guardians of the football team and run interference. Having said that, the appropriate response from Pruitt would be, don't worry about it, you screwed up. You should have handled this before. Just be respectful and don't make it worse. He exacerbated the problem by placing the blame on the police and shifting none to the real reason he was in the spot he was in. What does Banks do? Doubles down on stupidity and acts like a fool. The cops were nothing but respectful and went beyond nice. I would have never treated him with the amount of kindness they showed.

I think part of the problem is that Pruitt didn’t understand the process. He was trying to explain that the kids have no family to help, and he had a state trooper help with the process. Not sure he understood why a warrant was issued.

But as I said before, it was a learning moment because I don’t he knew that would be a public conversation.

 

[VolInDayton]

For all of the good social media can do for humanity, the negatives of it far out weights the positives. Knoxville media is on a witch hunt for anything negative regarding UT football. They will probably go back to find anything dirty on all players and coaches.

I'm just waiting for the story about every tweet that football players had from highschool that were derogatory towards cops. Many of which will probably be rap lyrics and were made around the time the NWA movie came out, but it will be presented as their own thoughts and feelings.

 

[Z06VolinWV]

Anyone else surprised that a campus cop had no clue who Banks was, and was very surprised when banks said he has to call his coach, and the cop said “whos your coach”...

 

[SLICKYINC]

I see a charity potential in all of this...

Banks races a cop and the proceeds go to some law enforcement charity.

 

[VolGee4]

As an aside, cops learn about warrants and let people go all the time. They may be "obligated" to arrest on a warrant, but in practice you often see them give a warning and tell the person to take care of it right away. Not saying that should have happened here (or in any particular case), but it's not true that a cop has to make an arrest any time they learn that someone has a piddly traffic ticket warrant.

Yes, it is. It’s their job. An officer is never going to let someone with a warrant go. Maybe in a really small town where everyone knows each other. It’s standard operating procedure.,