The freshman bible study will bode well...

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Just heard the Peterman interview.

Listened to a lot of statements by Stokes.

If these guys are as sincere as they seem, it will have a very positive impact on both the football and basketball teams. Leaders who lead well in their athletic pursuit but also in academics and in personal lives are great for teams where drugs and baby mommas etc can derail folks who do not have enough guidance.

I want to have a team with almost no Janzens, or Coker's or Nukeese or Onterrio Smith etc.

Eric Berry? Inky Johnson etc...yes please give me more.
 
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So should we recruit kids who come from troubled backgrounds?

I say we should. It should be possible to get 18 year olds into the right kind of setting and change their lives for the better.
 
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WesternKyVol said:
So should we recruit kids who come from troubled backgrounds?

I say we should. It should be possible to get 18 year olds into the right kind of setting and change their lives for the better.
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Isn't that the whole point of the VFL program?
 
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I love when we are able to recruit "class" individauls. I feel Dooley has definitely tried to change the culture and recruit these type of guys. I also feel Cuonzo is doing the same for the BB program. Makes it a little more difficult to win but look at all the "trouble" 5* guys we have had in the past several years that didn't make it to their Sr. year (Banks, J. Jackson, Brett Smith, Nu'Keese, Coker, WIngate, T. Smith, etc...) I'm probably leaving out dozens of others...
 
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We should never let another kid like Ramar Smith enroll at UT.

Kids who have difficult backgrounds they are rising above should be applauded, but I do not want murderers or other guys who are almost certainly going to be headed towards a different type of "for life"
 
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Drae Bowles also held a bible study every night this past week at the Army AA game. He headed it up by himself and got it done. He also listened to Christian rap as well and was slightly made fun of but he didn't care. We need guys with this type of character on our teams!
 
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Andrew Wiggin said:
We should never let another kid like Ramar Smith enroll at UT.

Kids who have difficult backgrounds they are rising above should be applauded, but I do not want murderers or other guys who are almost certainly going to be headed towards a different type of "for life"
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Felons on defense bring championships.
 
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Andrew Wiggin said:
We should never let another kid like Ramar Smith enroll at UT.

Kids who have difficult backgrounds they are rising above should be applauded, but I do not want murderers or other guys who are almost certainly going to be headed towards a different type of "for life"
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To this day I am still dumbfounded on how that kid got into UT.
 
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kid50 said:
Drae Bowles also held a bible study every night this past week at the Army AA game. He headed it up by himself and got it done. He also listened to Christian rap as well and was slightly made fun of but he didn't care. We need guys with this type of character on our teams!
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Man that great to hear
 
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Then again, I think we should recruit troubled individuals so that the Petermans' and Bowles' can try to help the troubled ones so that possibly when they leave school try will be better men than when they came in.
 
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There's nothing wrong with having both. (Not murderers of course.) Young men who are strong in their faith and exhibit discipline are a good influence on young men who need it. And young men who aren't as disciplined encourage those who are (don't we all have friends we try hard to be an example for in one form or another, and therefore makes us stronger?)

It's a win/win for all.
 
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kid50 said:
Drae Bowles also held a bible study every night this past week at the Army AA game. He headed it up by himself and got it done. He also listened to Christian rap as well and was slightly made fun of but he didn't care. We need guys with this type of character on our teams!
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That really pisses me off that people made fun of him for that.
 
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If Nathan or Dre held freshman mormon bible studies, this thread never would have been started.
 
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zjcvols said:
It's not a big deal, just saying that just because they are Christians doesn't make them good kids or bad kids, just like kids who aren't christians.
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Have you ever whipped out a bible and studied it in front of friends or co-workers or fellow students? It's not an easy thing to do to be quite honest.
 
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vollygirl said:
Have you ever whipped out a bible and studied it in front of friends or co-workers or fellow students? It's not an easy thing to do to be quite honest.
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Um, yes. Yes I have. For a long time.

Expressing any religion in public is hard to do.
 
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