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This does not surprise me!

Toad Jones

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Yesterday, I listened to an ex NFL player talk about his day in pro football and a report he wanted to make on his radio show.
One thing struck when he said he had interviewed ten college assistant coach's who said w/o hesitation, "yes I'll say 85 to 90% of the players today are not happy with the team they are playing for. For one reason or the other it ran from don't like the assistants, head coach, school, their playing time, fans and so on. Generally, everything. Most likely if they have that much unhappiness/depression, they don't like themselves either. Surprised...??? Just look at society, today.
 

FrogBall09

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Yesterday, I listened to an ex NFL player talk about his day in pro football and a report he wanted to make on his radio show.
One thing struck when he said he had interviewed ten college assistant coach's who said w/o hesitation, "yes I'll say 85 to 90% of the players today are not happy with the team they are playing for. For one reason or the other it ran from don't like the assistants, head coach, school, their playing time, fans and so on. Generally, everything. Most likely if they have that much unhappiness/depression, they don't like themselves either. Surprised...??? Just look at society, today.
It’s because in the last 10 years we as a society have convinced college athletes that instead of having an opportunity to use their talents to create a better future for themselves- 1) they are all the best that ever played their position and others are holding them back and 2) the schools are just using them

So it’s gone from an amazing experience to the equivalents of a indentured servant experience in the minds of athletes
 

Toad Jones

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My wife walks by me on a regular basis and asks "what's wrong with you?" and my response is "I'm happy".
the number one post of the day!!

Q: Hv we created this as parents?? !!

These kids who enter the transfer portal. Don't know what the number on kids entering the portal only to sit and have their dreams smashes and put their education put down. What was it Tom Brady said yesterday, I no longer have the competitive discipline to continue playing. Many of these kids I think are looking for an excuse to the parents and friends to halt that competitive discipline required and really don't care at this point about their education. They just want to bail out on themselves and hope someone will guide them to vocation experiences. What that's called, socialism?
 

Brog

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the number one post of the day!!

Q: Hv we created this as parents?? !!

These kids who enter the transfer portal. Don't know what the number on kids entering the portal only to sit and have their dreams smashes and put their education put down. What was it Tom Brady said yesterday, I no longer have the competitive discipline to continue playing. Many of these kids I think are looking for an excuse to the parents and friends to halt that competitive discipline required and really don't care at this point about their education. They just want to bail out on themselves and hope someone will guide them to vocation experiences. What that's called, socialism?
What gets me, and I can't understand, is that these guys who enter the portal, if they're good enough, can go to pretty much any university they want, and who cares whether they are academically qualified or not. Don't these universities have standards? Listen to some of our second semester high school students moaning about how hard it is to get into these universities, even with super high grades and qualifications. But if you're a good enough athlete, just snap your finger, say I want to go here or there, and immediate acceptance. But yeah, I know, that's just the way it is.
 

geefrogs

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Excited Old Man GIF
 

Toad Jones

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What gets me, and I can't understand, is that these guys who enter the portal, if they're good enough, can go to pretty much any university they want, and who cares whether they are academically qualified or not. Don't these universities have standards? Listen to some of our second semester high school students moaning about how hard it is to get into these universities, even with super high grades and qualifications. But if you're a good enough athlete, just snap your finger, say I want to go here or there, and immediate acceptance. But yeah, I know, that's just the way it is.
Do parents nowadays sit down and talk to their kids before it goes this far? How lucky I am with my kids and how they have and are raising their kids!
 

geefrogs

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Yesterday, I listened to an ex NFL player talk about his day in pro football and a report he wanted to make on his radio show.
One thing struck when he said he had interviewed ten college assistant coach's who said w/o hesitation, "yes I'll say 85 to 90% of the players today are not happy with the team they are playing for. For one reason or the other it ran from don't like the assistants, head coach, school, their playing time, fans and so on. Generally, everything. Most likely if they have that much unhappiness/depression, they don't like themselves either. Surprised...??? Just look at society, today.

can you please share this players name and where you heard it or watched it? Is there a link or some basement podcast I can listen to? Id love to see it too.

Why is a former NFL player interviewing college assistants? (Seems odd.)

When did football players become qualified interviewers? (Everyone is doing their own research nowadays. Lets see how many coaches I have to ask until I get my answers)

Depression and self-loathing at the end of the post. Really the *chefs kiss*

But yeah. Good stuff, as always.
 

Toad Jones

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can you please share this players name and where you heard it or watched it? Is there a link or some basement podcast I can listen to? Id love to see it too.

Why is a former NFL player interviewing college assistants? (Seems odd.)

When did football players become qualified interviewers? (Everyone is doing their own research nowadays. Lets see how many coaches I have to ask until I get my answers)

Depression and self-loathing at the end of the post. Really the *chefs kiss*

But yeah. Good stuff, as always.
I catch myself listening to ESPN U around 12 or 1:00 pm most often. These guys are pretty in-depth with their commentary on a variety of college football. Today for 15 minutes I listened to an interview with the HC coach of Cincinnati. Very, very impressive this guy!
 

westoverhillbilly

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We left the idea of having our football (and/or men's basketball players) be accepted at TCU as if they were typical applicants likely 97 years ago +/- when we joined the SWC. In 1916, Southwestern left the SWC because they didn't want to offer scholarships and/or treat athletes differently than normal students. Without football and the SWC, TCU would likely be on par with Southwestern or a Texas Weslayan- a very small liberal arts school.

The kids in our revenue sports aren't necessarily here for TCU's great strength of its education although some surely are. I've been told by a large booster that our men's basketball program has floundered dismally over decades because we demand more academic performance than do our conference mates going back to the SWC- this was the biggest rub that the TCU administration had with Billy Tubbs.
 
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