Talking points: on flaming, wimping, and flaking out edition
Back in the saddle -- it's standard equipment on my futon, if you must know -- after having been completely and totally preoccupied with business and unexpected personal travel the past week. I am woefully behind, but at least I'm on the horse now instead of in the stampede. Many thanks to hooper and Will for keeping things lively around here.
- Yeah, the basketball team is in very real danger of completely flaming out. According to Pearl, the team can't take coaching, which sounds like a very bad thing and almost spectacularly dumb when Pearl's your coach. But even the players are saying so, with Wayne Chism admitting that he was one of several players not even paying attention in an in-game time out huddle. Perhaps he was falling prey to what may have been Pearl's last-ditch effort to save the season, which was to risk a loss or two so that the players could discover for themselves that their desire to pick up the pace wasn't going to work with this bunch of guys and that his way is the only way to win this season. The good news is that, as unlikely as it seems right now, the Vols can still make the NCAA Tournament. That is, assuming they have learned their lessons, have found their focus, and that tomorrow night they can beat the Bulldogs, a team that starts four quick guards and features a packed-in defense with an excellent shot-blocker. Yay.
- Weak showing at the NFL Combine. Arian Foster, Anthony Parker, and Ramon Foster did 23, 24, and 20 reps of 225 pounds respectively on the bench press at the NFL Combine. Benchmark: Texas Tech's Louis Vasquez did 39. Yep, nearly twice as strong. John Pennington does some more I-told-you-so-ing. Only two more weeks before we get to see whether the Recruiting Chimera can coach, too.
- More, um, news on the recruiting front. More no news on Bryce Brown. More odd news on David Oku: he's moving -- as in physically relocating -- from Oklahoma to Nebraska. Read into that whatever you want, says he, but he's still trying to decide between Tennessee, Auburn, Syracuse, and Ole Miss.
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Bryce Brown's father said he liked what UT had to offer
In terms of offensive style and playing time. That was on Rivals Radio.
And from what I understand, Brown’s uncle was visiting UT last weekend.
by rblakeh on Feb 24, 2009 9:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we'll find out who Brown's "champion" really is.
No matter where he goes, he’ll need to disengage himself from Butler. No coaching staff will put up with a guy who maintains a handler while in college.
by Hooper on Feb 24, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather they all stay away
He’s just one kid, and the whole Butler thing just skeeves me out. This team doesn’t need any more bad publicity.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Feb 24, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
robert ayers is impresing the pants off of people at the combine
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090223/SPORTS01/902230329/1003/RSS03
- player in the country, top 20 pick.
him?
The Official Enforcer of MCM
by hal41605 on Feb 24, 2009 2:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
don’t know what that crazy auto format just did, but it should say “#12 player in the country”
The Official Enforcer of MCM
by hal41605 on Feb 24, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and i'm obviously late on this one
seeing as how hooper was all over this yesterday, my bad. feel free to burn these 3 posts to the ground, they were doomed from the beginning.
The Official Enforcer of MCM
by hal41605 on Feb 24, 2009 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, at least you didn't completely contradict him
like I did this morning. Burn me to the ground for appearing as if I don’t even read my own site.
by Joel on Feb 24, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
to be fair, it’s Ayers’s gameday stuff that’s impressing, not his weightroom numbers.
by Hooper on Feb 24, 2009 5:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Does he make funny signs to hold up behind Corso and Fowler?
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
by birdjam on Feb 24, 2009 11:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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