When will you start to freak out?

#51
#51
ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
I understand how life can kick you around. I’m in year 13 of caring for one or two parents( I’m the only child) with severe dementia and my Dad passed away in 2017 after being bed bound for 9 years. Getting wound up over the state of Volunteer football is insignificant compared to most things. I tell myself every week to back off from the emotional attachment to Volunteer football but as evidenced by my participation in VN I’m not doing a good job of what you suggested in your post.
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I'm sorry to hear about the situation with your folks. I can't imagine how hard that must be.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Vols. But I just can't let someone else's decisions and actions affect my life, especially over something that is nothing more than entertainment.

I've got one business and in the process of starting another. There is plenty in my life to worry about without adding to it.

And I understand about the emotional connection. I've been a fan for nearly 40 years. I've seen the highs and lows and It's hard to keep that detachment sometimes. But I try to keep it in perspective. I've had a girlfriend that became an opioid addict, divorce, deaths, I've been to war, I've cut people out of car wrecks, put out house fires, had a. 18 month old baby die in my hands. Football pales in comparison to any of that. If I can't find happiness in Tennessee football, then I'll find it somewhere else.

But I refuse to let it control my mood or ruin my day.
 
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#53
#53
My take on this:

I was at the Texas A&M game on Dec. 19. We were getting blown out. (irrelevant to my point).

Some of our starters weren't playing. Investigation announced around that timeframe.

To think that the hiring of White, and the search for a new A.D. happened after Pruitt was fired is hard to imagine. I would bet that White had accepted this position weeks ago and was just waiting for the dominos to fall as predicted. I would also bet that he's been on the phone making some friendly "how are ya?" phone calls to coaches around the country or at least an agent we all know and love who brokers these deals. Jimmy Sexton knows which coaches have any sort of interest.

I think it happens in the next few days. Why? The sooner it happens, it could salvage some exodus of talent. Also, it isn't long until Spring practice. Why wait? I won't freak out until Friday.
 
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#54
#54
I would freak out if we get news that coaches who we have been interested in hiring but have turned us down.
 
#56
#56
When I'm laying up in the funeral home and look up and see some of my old cod knocker friends hugging around on my wife trying to get my fishing stuff.
 
#57
#57
If NCAA gave us the death penalty, I would freak. I’d have to lose all my Happy Meal coupons.
I do hope that Napier says YES... but that’s unlikely.

Go VOLS
 
#59
#59
I’m not gonna start freaking out until the Vols hang 50 on Bama at Bryant-Denny and beat them by 20...on that day, my dog gets the orange hair dye treatment...
 
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