Brave Volunteer
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The caravan at least gave the fans a chance to get autographs and take pictures with the coaches..
Look at the bright side, if Fulmer and Pruitt don't see this as something that will hurt in-state recruiting, but it actually does, then that'll give us all more ammunition to get rid of them sooner, or at least Pruitt. Then we can get somebody else in there that we don't want and maybe he'll start the caravan back up.Recruiting is going so well in-state that they don’t need these caravans anymore.
Look at the bright side, if Fulmer and Pruitt don't see this as something that will hurt in-state recruiting, but it actually does, then that'll give us all more ammunition to get rid of them sooner, or at least Pruitt. Then we can get somebody else in there that we don't want and maybe he'll start the caravan back up.
Technically, we don't know recruiting results for this year.It’s apparent our PR dept is still making great decisions. In-state recruiting going poorly? Let’s cancel the BOC because absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Technically, we don't know recruiting results for this year.
What we do know is that when we missed on Higgins and his class AND last year when *some wanted more TN kids, we had the BOC.
I imagine the BOC never helped us land a 5* recruit the same year, but I doubt you’re suggesting that canceling the BOC will actually improve our instate recruiting as well. The BOC helps with the future by allowing the younger generations access.
The point is our program is in the cellar. Now isn’t the time to limit fan access and program exposure. Pruitt doesn’t have the same luxuries as Saban and Dabo.
...maybe they are trying to avoid a bunch of questions, and I say so what? Let everyone cry cause they don't know how close Barnes really was to leaving. Lol.Big Orange Caravan dates tend to be popular with fans, and Tennessee’s release suggested this year’s substitution for the caravan won’t be a permanent thing, and that a retooled caravan would return in the future.
Of course it hasn't cost us recruits just as it doesn't land 5 stars.I imagine the BOC never helped us land a 5* recruit the same year, but I doubt you’re suggesting that canceling the BOC will actually improve our instate recruiting as well. The BOC helps with the future by allowing the younger generations access.
The point is our program is in the cellar. Now isn’t the time to limit fan access and program exposure. Pruitt doesn’t have the same luxuries as Saban and Dabo.
Of course it hasn't cost us recruits just as it doesn't land 5 stars.
But reality - several of the kids we lost were TN fans when they committed elsewhere.
They ... didn't...care.
We know why the media wanted it. Lots of moves without results yet. We are fodder for click bait right now.
BUT agree with you for the future, connecting with fans is a good thing.
Good fb is the real lure to fans though. This is just a drop in the bucket either way. The reaction on this board is being overblown for the sake of debate. It's what we do.
Not that big of deal to me. It used to be informative but the internet changed all that. Plus it time the coaches can spend with their families.I personally think it's a horrible idea. Discuss.
Tennessee Vols cowardly dropping Big Orange Caravan is absurdly transparent
i heard there was even a guy who wanted half of everything Hank made..... otherwise he was going to tell Audrey about all the women Hank had laid .Agreed. Some of the attitudes around here reminds me of a line in The Ballad of Hank Williams by Jr. .....
"And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers
And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt
And he fired some people that he didn't even know"
Chip Kelly will have been available since the midpoint of this season.Look at the bright side, if Fulmer and Pruitt don't see this as something that will hurt in-state recruiting, but it actually does, then that'll give us all more ammunition to get rid of them sooner, or at least Pruitt. Then we can get somebody else in there that we don't want and maybe he'll start the caravan back up.
This. It's so transparent.Haha, media so pissed off that they don't get their extra time to harass TN ad but keep trying to convince the fans "it's about them".
Sure guys, you just care so much about us. I believe you, really