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http://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/index.ssf/2011/12/deanthony_arnett_transfer_saga.html

Can't argue with the writer...

This is so much hyperbole.....the first paragraph it is apparent that the writer is a Big Ten wanna be apologist.....

First of all if Arnett was truly interested in transferring because of his dad would he not want to go to a school near his home?  Instead his whole thing is I want to go to a BCS School.  Not just because of his Dad but he wants to go to a BCS School. 

Secondly the Coaching staff visited Arnett's family while on a recent recruiting visit to the Michigan area.  If Dooley and company were so heartless would they have visited the family.  If Dooley and company were so heartless would he have released Arnett at all.  The whole thing that the writer and many have missed is that Dooley is not denying a release but he is denying a release to a BCS School. 

This is the ultimate piece of opinion being passed off as news rather than opinion and it is laughably inaccurate in many of its protestations. 

I am not supporting Dooley or UT or the player but I think it is laughable that a player that signed a LOI and then wants out of his contract is basically using the media to play on others emotions.  When Arnett signed his LOI his father was jsut as sick as he is now. Why did that not enter into his decision when he signed his LOI almost a year ago? 

I can

It would be a pretty futile argument. Outside of Tennessee fans, perception is exactly what that article pointed out.

Especially noteworthy is the part where the writer pointed out the hypocrisy of Tennessee's official reasoning. We'll release him to a MAC team but not one of the big two Michigan teams because we don't want to release him to anyone we play or recruit against...yet we play a MAC team next season.

 He wrote an opinion based on a single side of the story and did NOT contact one person associated with the University for any comments or to attempt to be balanced.  Now there are things coming out that Arnett is also wanting to consider Notre Dame as a destination.  Are these the actions of a young man totally concerned for his father or is it a screen for his real reasons for wanting to just totally throw out his commitment?  It seems that there are more things than what this writer postulated in his opinion piece of which some are not proving to be true.  His slant is enitrely his opinion and is NOT news!!!!!!

Emeril, I see your point.  OTOH, how exactly does it affect the University of Tennessee if Arnett goes to a BCS school vs. the MAC?  I just can't wrap my head around that being such a big deal.  Dooley apparently thinks it is, but IMO you have to balance the "risk/reward".   

What do we gain from denying him a transfer to MSU or Michigan?  Very little, IMO!   The risk is that we get panned by the press, which is happening, and that could affect recruiting this year.   I don't see the trade.

Dooley needs to throw out his policies. Proclaiming the policies publicly paint him in a corner. He needs to deal with each issue that arises individually and then give his reasons.

"Justin, I can't talk to you right now... I don't care where you and Peter go, but I've got to make sure DeAnthony isn't trying to screw me!" - Derek Dooley