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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2016, 03:57:22 EST » |
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I note that Hurd the anonymous complainers were to cowardly to allow their names to be used
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who Dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the Dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they May act their dream with open eyes, to make it Possible. This I did. —T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________ "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2016, 03:57:51 EST » |
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Also states Blackburn is all but a done deal. I am sold on Blackburn. Bring him in, let him buttress Jones for a year, and if it falls apart move on. Or we do much better than expected. Either way...but get us a good AD that will handle whatever happens.
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2016, 04:08:31 EST » |
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While I certainly wouldn't say everything is kosher on The Hill (far from it), I don't think we would still be landing 4 and 5 star recruits if the culture was a "disaster". We saw how recruiting fell off the last couple years of the Dooley regime. Now THAT was a disaster. I think those anonymous quotes came from recently scorned former players. Or if they did come from actual coaches/employees, it was either people with nothing to lose, or everything to gain. Use your imagination.
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2016, 04:58:03 EST » |
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I note that Hurd the anonymous complainers were to cowardly to allow their names to be used
^This
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2016, 05:57:06 EST » |
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Funny...I was thinking some of the references to privileged recruits might have been about Hurd himself. Hmmmm....
As for the article, I am not uncritcally accepting everything it says, but I can buy that our new strength coach was a disaster and that discipline slipped a notch. That would explain both the injuries and the seeming lack of preparedness in many games.
As for Butch lacking confidence...I have a confession to make. When he was candidate for his current job, several articles featured a pic of him standing on the sidelines in Neyland when Cincy visited in 2011. I flashed back to that game, and all the camera shots of him from it. And my general impression of him in that game was of a guy overwhelmed by it all and out of his depth. And honestly, that made me not want him.
I have never stated that publicly until now, but at times, that's exactly how he looks to me. As if maybe he bit off a bit more than he could chew. Having said that, I thought he did good, though not great, until midway through this season.
And I also think he has grown into it a bit. He just needs to grow a bit more and decide he can handle it. That's just MO....and maybe he can pull it off. I hope so, because that's what's best for the program.
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2016, 12:52:56 EST » |
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Funny...I was thinking some of the references to privileged recruits might have been about Hurd himself. Hmmmm....
As for the article, I am not uncritcally accepting everything it says, but I can buy that our new strength coach was a disaster and that discipline slipped a notch. That would explain both the injuries and the seeming lack of preparedness in many games.
As for Butch lacking confidence...I have a confession to make. When he was candidate for his current job, several articles featured a pic of him standing on the sidelines in Neyland when Cincy visited in 2011. I flashed back to that game, and all the camera shots of him from it. And my general impression of him in that game was of a guy overwhelmed by it all and out of his depth. And honestly, that made me not want him.
I have never stated that publicly until now, but at times, that's exactly how he looks to me. As if maybe he bit off a bit more than he could chew. Having said that, I thought he did good, though not great, until midway through this season.
And I also think he has grown into it a bit. He just needs to grow a bit more and decide he can handle it. That's just MO....and maybe he can pull it off. I hope so, because that's what's best for the program.
“Certain guys would become team captains even though they didn’t earn it." almost certainly came from Hurd IMO.
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who Dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the Dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they May act their dream with open eyes, to make it Possible. This I did. —T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________ "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2016, 05:20:04 EST » |
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“Certain guys would become team captains even though they didn’t earn it." almost certainly came from Hurd IMO.
As in Kamara who had been in the program for 1 year....and not Hurd?!!
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2016, 05:27:20 EST » |
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As in Kamara who had been in the program for 1 year....and not Hurd?!!
One was participating in recruiting and exhibiting leadership while the other was threatening to transfer. Easy call I had no issues with the captains when announced nor now
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who Dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the Dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they May act their dream with open eyes, to make it Possible. This I did. —T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________ "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2016, 06:43:10 EST » |
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One was participating in recruiting and exhibiting leadership while the other was threatening to transfer. Easy call
I had no issues with the captains when announced nor now
I agree.....Just not too hard to connect the dots.
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2016, 08:34:51 EST » |
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I agree.....Just not too hard to connect the dots.
Apologize, didn't "connect the dots" regarding your post
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who Dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the Dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they May act their dream with open eyes, to make it Possible. This I did. —T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________ "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
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