Why is Volnation Football Forum so Quiet?

#76
#76
volbound1700 said:
No one knows what to expect and to be honest, the expectations shouldn't be very high.
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That is true, but I feel optimistic about Coach Heupel, the staff, and our players. But I always feel optimistic a month before first game. We know how that worked out, so I am left wondering if this season will in fact be better or not.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
This is rich.

One of the worst trolls (and I mean, most incompetent) on the board agrees 100% with me that we have too many trolls. Then goes on in his response to denigrate the program and our last national title-winning head coach.

Ridiculous. @Freak, ban this clown. I'm begging you.
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What was wrong with what he said? Didn't look trollish to me.
 
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I'm not gitting anywhere. I'm quite sure of that and I'm not keeping quiet about it either. GO Volunteers!!!!!! And also, it's "Get" not ,"Git".
 
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Interesting, it's Aug 9th and when I pull down the ESPN menu on my phone NCAAF is 18th on the list... still in the alphabetical part... whereas, included in the top eight are the likes of NFL, NBA, MLB, Soccer, MMA, NHL, Golf & WNBA. Yup, the round football is taking over.
In 20 days you can feast your eyes on Nebraska @ Illinois or Hawai'i @ UCLA and a few other engaging match ups like UTEP @ New Mex State or UConn @ Fresno St or Southern Utah @ San Jose State.
 
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Board dynamics and trolls set aside for a moment, it is increasingly difficult to retain unbridled enthusiasm with each passing year. And it isn't just the inexplicable loses to programs inferior to ours. It is also starting each year with 3 losses to against our big 3 before the year begins.

We squeaked by UGA in '15 and '16. We've been embarrassed by them the last 4 games.
We beat Florida in "16 but lost every other game between 2005 and 2020.
Our last win over Bama was 2006.

Additionally, it's challenging to even find joy in the sport knowing the college playoff will be Bama, Clemson, OSU, and a woefully outmatched wild card team before the first game is even played.
 
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McDad said:
Board dynamics and trolls set aside for a moment, it is increasingly difficult to retain unbridled enthusiasm with each passing year. And it isn't just the inexplicable loses to programs inferior to ours. It is also starting each year with 3 losses to against our big 3 before the year begins.

We squeaked by UGA in '15 and '16. We've been embarrassed by them the last 4 games.
We beat Florida in "16 but lost every other game between 2005 and 2020.
Our last win over Bama was 2006.

Additionally, it's challenging to even find joy in the sport knowing the college playoff will be Bama, Clemson, OSU, and a woefully outmatched wild card team before the first game is even played.
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I do have to say though, that as bad as Dooley and Butch were as coaches, UT was still somewhat enjoyable to watch when they were here.

Pruitt's brand of football on the other hand, is the most unenjoyable football a person can choose to watch. Many of our wins even were unentertaining slogs where you just hoped that we didn't screw around and lose in the last few minutes.
 
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#88
Real talk....the posters that aren't happy suck the fun out of everything they can. You can't post a positive without them coming to immediately crap on it.

You know they do, you know who they are, and nobody has the energy to give a damn. Including me.
 
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They finally realized they have all posted the answers to their own questions. Takes a few years for them to come full circle
 
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ChrissyJ2k said:
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO BLEED ORANGE OUT OF THEIR VAINS
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So just to clarify, you don't want any realism or conversation, you just want everyone to sit around and talk about how great we are? Thanks for coming by Coach Fulmer
 
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It could also be "quite" because we've all heard the same questions asked and debated a million times. What's the point of just talking to talk if there is nothing new to be said?
 
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#93
Not to be the voice of reason but I think sports in general for all teams is suffering this “lack of interest” now days. Clearly the numbers reflect as much. And Peyton’s comments at the HOF speech mirrors those same concerns. There’s just so much that can occupy the mind and we are inundated with every imaginable thing now days. And personally I think the trend will continue.
 
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Another way of saying what others have posted is, we used to enter a season wondering how good we might be--or could become in time for the Florida game. We knew the talent was there. Would everything come together in time? And even if it didn't, and we lost to Florida, we knew by January we'd be ready to kick some other conference's butt on national TV.

Now--realistically, and healthily--we wonder how bad we might be, or might become if hit by injuries. We wonder, what if the new coaches are not up to the challenge? ...if the players we've signed don't have a ceiling higher than their star rating? ...if the head coach's philosophy is even viable in the SEC? Will we be able to beat the teams we should beat? Can we manage to go 3 for 4 in November--a month we used to take for granted?

It's not negativity or pessimism. We just honestly don't know what to expect. To further contain our expectations, we've individually seen what we can talk ourselves into believing in pre-season, and we know the stunning sting of getting cold-fish-slapped by reality after an orange-glazed August, and how it effects way too much of our lives the rest of the week, month, and Fall--even through the most beautiful season of the year in Tennessee and two of the most family-focused holidays.

If I was the team psychologist for VolNation, I'd take this relative quietness as a quite healthy sign. We're being realistic, cautious, and taking care of ourselves.

We'll be plenty loud as soon as we have reason to be.
 
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It honestly makes me more optimistic that it is more quiet. Everyone is kinda in wait and see mode. In the past, when we hire coaches everyone swears the are the second coming of college football hall of fame greatness.
 
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BeardedVol said:
I do have to say though, that as bad as Dooley and Butch were as coaches, UT was still somewhat enjoyable to watch when they were here.

Pruitt's brand of football on the other hand, is the most unenjoyable football a person can choose to watch. Many of our wins even were unentertaining slogs where you just hoped that we didn't screw around and lose in the last few minutes.
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I can echo this sentiment all day long. I break it down to a few sets of factors. You have those created by Pruitt and the staff: awful the team, horrendously boring, and a head coach that became increasingly unlikable throughout the year. Then you've got COVID issues that made last year a difficult springboard into the off-season: only 10 games and no bowl, minimal crowds, no social experience, and virtually all of the pageantry of the game excised.

Add on another disastrous coaching/regime change, NCAA sanctions, and what many believe to be a lackluster hire (for the record, I am very open minded about Heupel), I'm not really surprised that enthusiasm is pretty low.

Hopefully the team can take the field and show us something to get excited about.
 
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Check my join date... That's a great indicator of when the joy left mudville... I don't even recall what my forum name was when I was fired up and excited... This one was supposed to be temporary....
 
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