Should You Commit to Tennessee? A Flow Chart to Help Our Recruits.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

With National Signing Day approaching, there must be lots of confused youngsters out there waffling on last-minute decisions. It's a big deal, and a bad decision can kill your momentum for what could otherwise be a dream career.

Think about Maurice Clarett. At Ohio State, the University takes a fairly strict approach to academics, criminal charges and receipt of improper benefits. This caused all kinds of unnecessary problems. At a second tier private school like USC, Maurice could have received all the improper benefits he wanted without fear of getting caught by one of those pesky FOIA requests. Or, if he has enrolled at either Alabama or Florida, he could have benefited from coaching staffs who are better skilled at feigning discipline while making sure key players don't miss crucial second-half playing time. Regardless, Maurice chose OSU, and he chose poorly. So, now he's a nobody... unless you're interested in the history of the NFL's rule that a player must have been out of high school for three years to be eligible for the draft. The point isn't that Maurice is a bad person. He was just a bad fit for OSU. Just like Ontario Smith was a bad fit for Tennessee, but, for whatever reason, they treated him like royalty in Oregon.

To all you new batch of recruits, please consider the following flow chart when deciding if you should become a Vol, and maybe we can avoid the heartache of a bad fit.

Here to help!

 

[l3rewski]

suggentions?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

suggestions

 

[orange_blood]

LOL. I think you were burning a bit when you made up this chart.

 

[OldSchool1]

lol...nice work,Sheik

 

[tabrams]

lol...nice work,Sheik

lol:

 

[EastTennVolunteer]

At first glance it appears comical, but the more you study it, the more sense it makes.

 

[Los-Osis]

I like it, i like it.

 

[VOLUNTEER4LIFE]

Bahahahahahahaha

 

[Ashevolle]

Eugene not Portland...........besides that, k:

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Eugene not Portland...........besides that, k:

Ooh, thanks.

 

[andrewh]

That was pretty dead on actually

 

[orangegrass]

Best post in two weeks! Loved it!

:rock:ost-4-1090547912::muahaha::baloon::fireworks:

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

For those of you visual learners, here is a representation of why some people feel Coach Dooley is an upgrade:

 

[BuckheadVol1]

Nice!

 

[jobiwan]

That's pretty awesome, and true!

 

[gavol2572]

I couldn't read the flow chart clearly on my mobile so I will just take everybodys word that its good
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[tumscalcium]

That's awesome.

 

[timbowyn]

I got dizzy.

 

[AlaskaVol]

Where does Shiek get time for this stuff.
1. He is a Millionaire
2. He is a student at UT
3. He lives on unemployment
4. Just is just great at multitasking

 

[MyVolsInYoMouth]

Where does Shiek get time for this stuff.
1. He is a Millionaire
2. He is a student at UT
3. He lives on unemployment
4. Just is just great at multitasking

all of the above

 

[Witch_Doctor]

Witch Doctor say good stuff.
Bones never lie.

 

[Ohio Vol]

With National Signing Day approaching, there must be lots of confused youngsters out there waffling on last-minute decisions. It's a big deal, and a bad decision can kill your momentum for what could otherwise be a dream career.

Think about Maurice Clarett. At Ohio State, the University takes a fairly strict approach to academics, criminal charges and receipt of improper benefits. This caused all kinds of unnecessary problems. At a second tier private school like USC, Maurice could have received all the improper benefits he wanted without fear of getting caught by one of those pesky FOIA requests. Or, if he has enrolled at either Alabama or Florida, he could have benefited from coaching staffs who are better skilled at feigning discipline while making sure key players don't miss crucial second-half playing time. Regardless, Maurice chose OSU, and he chose poorly. So, now he's a nobody... unless you're interested in the history of the NFL's rule that a player must have been out of high school for three years to be eligible for the draft. The point isn't that Maurice is a bad person. He was just a bad fit for OSU. Just like Ontario Smith was a bad fit for Tennessee, but, for whatever reason, they treated him like royalty in Oregon.

No, no they don't. Tressel is marginally better than John "0.0 GPA" Cooper when it comes to anything off-field, but the program as a whole is as far from the choirboy "we do things the right way" crap that they spew as Auburn is.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

I like both charts they're great

 

[DMG]

I like it.