Something that really bothers me

#26
#26
VersaceButch said:
9 points? You really want to stretch the truth and call that two scores? That is about as close to a one score game as you can get. Come on man. And honestly that isn't even the point. Fans have a right to be frustrated with the way we have played lately, and if the team cannot handle criticism that is just a weak mentality. They should be more concerned about improving our play and winning games than getting on social media to defend themselves.
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It's time to Shut up and Put up! Let you play do the talking. Focus on gators, not fans.

Florida week have officially begun!

Just WIN again and go 4-0!

All will be GREAT on the HILL!
 
#27
#27
VersaceButch said:
Now he is on twitter literally arguing with fans. That just frustrates me to no end that he would do that. IGNORE THEM. Seriously. How weak minded do you have to be to sit on your phone and argue with essentially a brick wall?
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Are you one of the fans arguing with him?
 
#28
#28
Call me what you want but the Beat down the Gators are bout to deliver in our own house will get all the knuckle heads that stand by their we are 2-0 crap to jump ship REAL quick. We have a weak O line end of story. If that was solved it would make any RB look like a stud. Ask Alabama. Their O line is lights out every year. Their Rbs are made to Hiesman trophy winners then bust in the Nfl. Cause it was the O line . all our trouble lye with the O line end of story. Bad talent had coaching who knows but that is the problem.
 
#29
#29
montanatenn said:
Are you one of the fans arguing with him?
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Maybe read the thread? Already said I never tweet at recruits, players, coaches, etc. It's pointless. I'm just so speechless that so many people here are still happy and excited with the way we have played. Yeah, 3-0 is 3-0. I get that. No one is upset about our record. People are upset because we have not played even sort of close to the potential of this team.
 
#30
#30
livefaith said:
Post of the century! :eek:lol:
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Yeah, technically it's two scores. I already said that, so nice try at an attempt of humor. But to say we won the game by two scores makes it sound like the game was not as close as it actually was. 9 points. That is all. Calling it a two score win is just a way to disguise how poorly we played.
 
#31
#31
VersaceButch said:
I'm not sure how the majority of you think, maybe I am overreacting, but something that really bothers me is the player mentality this team seems to have. For example, it doesn't take long for our team to get on twitter after the game and, like Butch, start to make some excuses for the way they played.

For example, here is a Justin Martin tweet:

"Lol i was gone hold my tongue but people starting to get real spoiled...when yall start to feel some type a way remember where we use to be."

I get what he is trying to say, but he said some similar things right after the App State game. It's like this team is just happy to be squeaking out wins regardless of whether or not they actually played sound football. It bothers me when athletes resort to social media to try and defend their play. If I was on this team, I would be redneck mad with our performance. Like I said, I could be off base, and maybe I am in the minority, but I just hate this perceived weak mentality we seem to have. The team cannot take criticism, they get way too defensive, block twitter accounts, and they refuse to own up to poor play.
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In my opinion any player that tweets like that should be immediately kicked off the team.
 
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#32
#32
I've read every word of it and yes we are 3-0. We could have played better, but I think it's a damn shame that these players are attacked on social media by so-called fans and I don't blame him a bit for defending himself. He (one person) is not responsible for the play of the whole team or the way it is coached. I don't tweet, facebook or anything other than surf this board and an occasional text, but I do know that these guys hear it from some real idiots.
 
#33
#33
My season tickets are in section U, Row 4. People were pretty upset about the line play today and we're very vocal. After Dobbs' rushing TD today, he came off the field and yelled at the crowd saying what looked to me very much like "F#$& y'all. F#$& all y'all. I get it... He's upset.... But come on, man.
 
#35
#35
jakez4ut said:
the coaches know. for all the belly aching, they're not complete football idiots.

the concern i have, is that thru 3 weeks, they don't seem to have any answers.
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Yep. Appy St is an after thought if that same football is not being played game 3.
 
#36
#36
This team is soft and mentally weak. They didn't have a physical camp out of fear of injuries. Well...they're playing soft and injuries have come anyway. Butch has his talking point/excuse. I've never been a fan of holding contact down. Kids need to hit and be hit. You can't teach tackling and toughness any other way. When teams like this come up against real, physical opponents, it's usually not pretty. Then again as long as the hair looks good and the curls are tucked under the bandanna just so for the cameras....it's all good.
 
#37
#37
OP, this is what you get for having a twitter account and following kids. In their eyes, UT needed them and they are the saviors. CBJ has told them so from recruitment to present day. Improve your life and delete your account.

No explanation is needed for UT's play and honestly effort which is terrible. I think CBJ references "sense of urgency".. we have none. CBJ seems to have lost these guys, their "body of work" looks like poo. These guys look more like fooley teams than past CBJ teams. Just looking at effort, and body language is different from last year to this year.

However, if they find a way to beat Florida and all will be good, until GA then the banners. No one will care if any of those are "ugly wins."

Go Vols!
 
#40
#40
I think it's ironic how the older generation gets onto the younger generation for having an attitude of entitlement. Yet every week on here people always act like this team owes them something. Do you really think that you care more about winning than the players and coaches do? Are you seriously that arrogant? Those guys spend more time and effort on a single game than you will in a lifetime. No matter how many orange hats you buy.
 
#41
#41
hayjackmom said:
My season tickets are in section U, Row 4. People were pretty upset about the line play today and we're very vocal. After Dobbs' rushing TD today, he came off the field and yelled at the crowd saying what looked to me very much like "F#$& y'all. F#$& all y'all. I get it... He's upset.... But come on, man.
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It was F$@& yeah!
 
#42
#42
QuickSmurf said:
I think it's ironic how the older generation gets onto the younger generation for having an attitude of entitlement. Yet every week on here people always act like this team owes them something. Do you really think that you care more about winning than the players and coaches do? Are you seriously that arrogant? Those guys spend more time and effort on a single game than you will in a lifetime. No matter how many orange hats you buy.
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Yes. Sometimes I do believe that I care more about winning than some of them do. Many of them are thinking about getting to the NFL and that's all that matters. If Tennessee loses the next 4 games Butch Jones still gets to sleep on a pile of cash. I'm fairly certain that takes the sting out of the losing good bit.

I dont think they owe me personally, but I do think they owe the University and the fans in general to act professionally and with respect to the history of the team for which they play. Many of them I am quite certain don't know or understand the history and pageantry of our univerisity. And I can say "our" university because I spent 6 years there getting two degrees. I will not let some young punk who is fresh out of the ghetto tell me that we are spoiled and we don't know where we came from.

That's unacceptable. If you don't like it then I can't help your mental problems
 
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#43
#43
VolsFan-TX said:
You cannot get to 9 points off one score, but you can from two scores. Therefore, it was a two score lead. It is indeed the smallest of two score leads, but two scores nonetheless.
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Wouldn't 4 points be the smallest of two score leads?
 
#44
#44
Jxn Vol said:
I love this place. Arguing over how to describe our margin of victory. Long live VolNation!
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That's not really what the argument is about. It's really about the level of play that got to 3-0 won't get to 4-0. And it's about not putting the game out of reach and using backups rather than continuing to jeopardize key players, so now we enter the SEC schedule and a very tough four game stretch minus several of the players necessary to win those games. It's not about winning by gaudy scores, but it is about uninspired play and game plans and unwise use of resources to accomplish minimal wins. And it's primarily about the inability despite three years of development and three good years of recruiting to come up with a decent offensive line.
 
#45
#45
VersaceButch said:
I have no problems with him talking about "fans like me." At least I am "pissed off for greatness" while Justin Martin seems to be okay with sliding by on a 9 point win against Ohio and an OT win against a now exposed App State team. The fact that he is so easily okay with the way this team has played shows a clearly weak mentality. You can disagree with that all you want, but it's my opinion.

9 POINTS. That may technically be a two score game but calling it that is just an attempt to disguise just how close this game actually was.
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We punted 3 times in a row to Ohio with 2 point lead yes it was close
 
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