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Of course all situations are different, but for example: I spent 20 yrs in a very succesfull business and had no reason to leave except to have more time with my family. A business opportunity was offered to me that I had "0" knowledge or experience in, and did not even know it existed. So it left me with a HUGE decision for my family and I. "If" I leave, I am taking a chance on making a huge mistake, but If I don't ("if" again) I may be making the largest mistake of my life. What do you do? You weigh the options, risk vs reward, and go with what feels right. Granted, sometimes the safe route is best. In this case I said "what "if" this turns out to be great for my career and family? I chose the what "if", and it has been the best 9 years of my life, and I am in better shape after nine years than I was after the prior 20 yrs....So do I use this logic you ask? Absolutely!!!!!! The most successful people in history had visions and asked the same question....what "If". I would hate to know life without the mystery of "if" lol.....Takeit as you will, make light of it if you must, thats ok.....like I said in my first reply....I can agree to disagree....
The same applies to almost any sports teams....go after the "sure thing" and more times than not, you come up empty. The greatest sports stories are those of the players not ranked, or ranked lower in high school or college. They under achieve, work their butts off and are much more successful and appreciative of what they have achieved. So to finish this up.....There is absolutely nothing wrong with having big time recruits, as a matter of fact we need some. But reality is we can be successful with a predominantly 3 star class who wants to win, and is willing to work and earn success. So yes, in this case, "If" is possible! But only if you are willing to work for it....IMHO again
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Look what Petrino did with Arkansas. He found the players to fit HIS system, and they produced. Arkansas never had high ranked recruiting classes either. Jones made it very clear in his press conference that he would find players to fit his system, and that as long as they bought into the system, we would be fine. I'm not saying that he's the guy yet, but I do believe Jones has a plan that could make us successful.
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Sogozit said...
Of course all situations are different, but for example: I spent 20 yrs in a very succesfull business and had no reason to leave except to have more time with my family. A business opportunity was offered to me that I had "0" knowledge or experience in, and did not even know it existed. So it left me with a HUGE decision for my family and I. "If" I leave, I am taking a chance on making a huge mistake, but If I don't ("if" again) I may be making the largest mistake of my life. What do you do? You weigh the options, risk vs reward, and go with what feels right. Granted, sometimes the safe route is best. In this case I said "what "if" this turns out to be great for my career and family? I chose the what "if", and it has been the best 9 years of my life, and I am in better shape after nine years than I was after the prior 20 yrs....So do I use this logic you ask? Absolutely!!!!!! The most successful people in history had visions and asked the same question....what "If". I would hate to know life without the mystery of "if" lol.....Takeit as you will, make light of it if you must, thats ok.....like I said in my first reply....I can agree to disagree....
The same applies to almost any sports teams....go after the "sure thing" and more times than not, you come up empty. The greatest sports stories are those of the players not ranked, or ranked lower in high school or college. They under achieve, work their butts off and are much more successful and appreciative of what they have achieved. So to finish this up.....There is absolutely nothing wrong with having big time recruits, as a matter of fact we need some. But reality is we can be successful with a predominantly 3 star class who wants to win, and is willing to work and earn success. So yes, in this case, "If" is possible! But only if you are willing to work for it....IMHO again
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bosswhs said...
Tennessee always seems to close strong with some nice surprises so I am hopeful it will happen again this year. I'm also optimistic that some of these kids want to play right away and the vols give thme that opportunity more than some of the top tier teams. Who wants to be a four star recruit for a team that has already got a comittment from a five star at the same postion, except maybe on the o-line or d-line?
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OrangeVol79 said...
It's better to look at what the finished product may look like and not what it looks like at this moment. If recruiting ended at this moment 100's of kids would not sign because they are still undecided.
Not the point....."IF" it ended yesterday and all we got were the commits we have including those that have us on top or top 2 maybe. Just a "hypothetical" question only...not fantasizing or hoping....not expecting anything certain outcome.....just for conversation purposes only.
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tntoak said...
The "if" posed by the OP is irrelevant in this case, because there's still over a month until NSD. You don't judge a class by what it looks like during the dead period, you judge it based on what it looks like after NSD. Hypotheticals only work in situations where the question posed is a realistic one.
I guess the point of the question is just totally missed by some of you, or I didn't state the question clealry enough.......Let's Assume that NSD has come and gone and we have the commits where we rank within the top 2. Just for kicks.....no irrelevance necessary at this time....only hypothetical. Any way .....the idea was just to see where we differ in our idea of rankings if it ended yesterday.....you know.....20-30 nationally, 8-10 SEC for example....not a great big ordeal of wether or not it could happen....just for fun to see how each one of us differ in opinion.
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RockytopATL said...
Whew, this thread makes my head hurt.
I'm going to focus on watch the the NFL, where all the hypothetical ifs of who makes the playoffs all end today.
Agreed....MEEEEE TOOOOO...If I had know some of the different directions the thread would take, I would have never posted it lol. I know better next time.
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If 2013 Recruiting ended today......