Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

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HankHill said:
If you want to teach people new things, partner with someone who understands football from a schematic stand point, have them give real opinions and analysis and use the athletics access to graphics and game tape to allow them to break down film. There’s nothing in Knoxville media like that.
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Side gig? Like handing out resumes at the 4 way...
 
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David Ubben said:
Hey guys, to each his own. If you want to not pay attention to the entire body of work I've done, that's fine. We have a Black Friday sale going on today and I tweeted out about 15 of our best-selling stories in the past year or so. If you want to get mad about one that's more explanatory than negative, that's fine. If you want to get mad about a couple cherry-picked tweets pulled out of context, that's fine. But it's also intellectually dishonest.

This is my Twitter account. I tweeted a bunch of stories this morning our readers loved that if you haven't subscribed, you've missed this year. People on this board who want to feed off tweets they think are too negative can do so if they please. Get angry about me being "too negative" if you want. But I don't really care about writing "positive" or "negative" stories. I care about writing stories that allow our readers to learn new things. I hope you'll check us out and not play the outrage groupthink game. Thanks!
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David Ubben said:
Hey guys, to each his own. If you want to not pay attention to the entire body of work I've done, that's fine. We have a Black Friday sale going on today and I tweeted out about 15 of our best-selling stories in the past year or so. If you want to get mad about one that's more explanatory than negative, that's fine. If you want to get mad about a couple cherry-picked tweets pulled out of context, that's fine. But it's also intellectually dishonest.

This is my Twitter account. I tweeted a bunch of stories this morning our readers loved that if you haven't subscribed, you've missed this year. People on this board who want to feed off tweets they think are too negative can do so if they please. Get angry about me being "too negative" if you want. But I don't really care about writing "positive" or "negative" stories. I care about writing stories that allow our readers to learn new things. I hope you'll check us out and not play the outrage groupthink game. Thanks!
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You do a good job. Those of us who actually appreciate honest reporting know it and hope you keep up the good work.
 
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David Ubben said:
Hey guys, to each his own. If you want to not pay attention to the entire body of work I've done, that's fine. We have a Black Friday sale going on today and I tweeted out about 15 of our best-selling stories in the past year or so. If you want to get mad about one that's more explanatory than negative, that's fine. If you want to get mad about a couple cherry-picked tweets pulled out of context, that's fine. But it's also intellectually dishonest.

This is my Twitter account. I tweeted a bunch of stories this morning our readers loved that if you haven't subscribed, you've missed this year. People on this board who want to feed off tweets they think are too negative can do so if they please. Get angry about me being "too negative" if you want. But I don't really care about writing "positive" or "negative" stories. I care about writing stories that allow our readers to learn new things. I hope you'll check us out and not play the outrage groupthink game. Thanks!
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David, this fanbase generally doesn't mind "negative" stories about the program, or stories that aren't 100% positive and uplifting or whatever. Hell, we rehash our decade of mediocrity on here weekly. The reason you have a bad reputation on here is because you started piling on when the season looked lost after appearing to be a neutral and objective reporter before that happened. It looked like a cheap "betrayal" to get clicks, draw the ire of an easily provoked fanbase, and boost your standing in the sportswriting world by increasing your followers, RTs, etc. Unfortunately, we've been an easy and common target for journalists who do that in recent years.
 
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HankHill said:
If you want to teach people new things, partner with someone who understands football from a schematic stand point, have them give real opinions and analysis and use the athletics access to graphics and game tape to allow them to break down film. There’s nothing in Knoxville media like that.
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We do this every single week for every single game. This is what I wrote after the Kentucky game.
 
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David Ubben said:
Hey guys, to each his own. If you want to not pay attention to the entire body of work I've done, that's fine. We have a Black Friday sale going on today and I tweeted out about 15 of our best-selling stories in the past year or so. If you want to get mad about one that's more explanatory than negative, that's fine. If you want to get mad about a couple cherry-picked tweets pulled out of context, that's fine. But it's also intellectually dishonest.

This is my Twitter account. I tweeted a bunch of stories this morning our readers loved that if you haven't subscribed, you've missed this year. People on this board who want to feed off tweets they think are too negative can do so if they please. Get angry about me being "too negative" if you want. But I don't really care about writing "positive" or "negative" stories. I care about writing stories that allow our readers to learn new things. I hope you'll check us out and not play the outrage groupthink game. Thanks!
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MwB said:
My favorite is the group of guys that get on the squat rack for hours, but never actually lift anything.
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The other day, I was warming up outside the rack for about 40 minutes because squats can be tricky for me. This dude was in the rack in the beginning and finished his last set as I finished mine in another rack.

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"Hey guys, here's a link to unfounded accusations of TN putting it's players medical conditions at unnecessary risk.

This was an ESPN production and has nothing to do with me or my work.
I mean nothing at all!
But thought it important to help give extra exposure. With this being go time of the recruiting season, figured the more negative exposure, the better.
Thanks and don't forget to subscribe!"
 
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SouthKnoxVOL said:
Guys I like Pruitt a lot more than I ever liked Butch....but I just think it's too soon for an extension.

Just the BVS trying to creep up in me again I guess.
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It’s part of the process. Can’t have a coach w one year left on the deal. Keep buyout terms the same and keep extending. He’d be a lame duck with one year left otherwise
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
Ok, I see there's confusion about store bought sausage balls. Let me reiterate what has transpired in the last few hours.

*Bass had a hankering for sausage balls. I posted a picture of Tennessee Pride frozen sausage balls that are delicious and simple to make. My wife has made them the last few Christmases, so she could spend more time with me and the kids and less time in the kitchen. So if Bass really wanted sausage balls, he could have feasibly been eating sausage balls within the hour.

I'll explain:

If Bass lives within 15 minutes of a Walmart, he could drive there and back home in 30 minutes. I would suggest preheating the oven before leaving his house. (This sounds complicated but it is possible to do, the oven does all the work, you just have to set it to preheat or simply turn it on.) Moving on, if he spent 5 minutes in the frozen food section and 10 minutes in line (or vice versa), then he could be on his return trip home in 15 minutes. VERY IMPORTANT: DO NOT GET A BUGGY UPON ENTERING WALMART, this will kill any chance of exiting Walmart in the 15 minute time range. Bass returns home, puts the sausage balls on a pan, places them into the preheated oven, and in 14-16 minutes is enjoying the sausage balls he was craving less than an hour earlier.
I was simply trying to help a fellow VOL fan out last night. I apologize to all that were offended by suggesting that anyone should eat store bought sausage balls. My apologies VN.

GO BIG ORANGE
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Aesius said:
David, this fanbase generally doesn't mind "negative" stories about the program, or stories that aren't 100% positive and uplifting or whatever. Hell, we rehash our decade of mediocrity on here weekly. The reason you have a bad reputation on here is because you started piling on when the season looked lost after appearing to be a neutral and objective reporter before that happened. It looked like a cheap "betrayal" to get clicks, draw the ire of an easily provoked fanbase, and boost your standing in the sportswriting world by increasing your followers, RTs, etc. Unfortunately, we've been an easy and common target for journalists who do that in recent years.
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This^

I enjoyed Ubben's stuff when he came on to when I left twitter this summer. He was always honest, straightforward, and wrote great articles. I even downloaded the Athletic to read his stuff.

Seemed like someone in the building pissed him off this summer, and as soon as things went south for the program he pounced on it out of spite. He made it personal to him, took cheap shots, and picked every piece of dirt possible.

We don't care about negativity so much as to the how and why it's being dug up. We aren't so delicate as to require positive press like a puppy needs a teet to suckle.
 
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mrMet said:
It’s part of the process. Can’t have a coach w one year left on the deal. Keep buyout terms the same and keep extending. He’d be a lame duck with one year left otherwise
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Original contract was reported as 6 years, so it's not that.
 
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