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Anyone Curious As To Why Douglas Is Being Treated Differently Than Other Fallen Stars?
Topic Started: Mar 3 2010, 11:20 AM (324 Views)
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Anyone else curious as to why Aaron Douglas is being treated any differently than other fallen stars from the past, like Nu"Kese Richardson, Mike Brown, James Banks?

A entire series of events have been swept under the rug so to blanket Douglas in security. Why did the previously mentioned fallen stars not get the same treatment from UT and the media?

I have no axes to grind in regards to this situation. I just want to see to it that my alma mater's football program does not darken it's reputation any further.

Make no mistake, there are some serious issues involved here and there have been some serious illegal activities taking lace in all of this.

Anyone think that a former coach has called in his markers and is pulling some strings to protect his very "favorite son"?
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The only opinion that I have on this is going back to the recruiting "dog and pony" shows by the coaches and what DD had to say about the coaches giving second and third chances to a guy. He said that after visiting the prospective recruit in the his living room, if you can call it that, you have the feeling that shoving the kid out the door without going the full mile in trying to say the kid, you have a bad feeling about how the kid will end up.

Now I don't know the whole story on Douglas, but maybe DD's mindset has something to do with it. JMO
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Mar 3 2010, 11:20 AM
Anyone else curious as to why Aaron Douglas is being treated any differently than other fallen stars from the past, like Nu"Kese Richardson, Mike Brown, James Banks?

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Why did the previously mentioned fallen stars not get the same treatment from UT and the media?
Not really curious about it, no. I'm more curious about specifics as to what is actually going on with Douglass (and I've heard a bunch of different things). But I'm not really curious why he would be treated differently by the former coaches or the media.

The former coaches treating him differently? Pretty simple: his dad played football for UT, and his mom played BBall for UT (I think on Pat Summit's first NC team to boot). Legacies like that are going to be treated differently because of who their parents have associations with; and I dont care what context you are talking about (sports, academics, business, fraternal...whatever). Plus, well...even WITHOUT that. He is a good player at a position where the team basically has no good players other than him, and they simply can't afford to lose him. (incidentally, this is part of the reason why I've moved my 'Dooley gets fired' over/under to 3 from 4. We are going to be really, REALLY bad for a while).

Why does the media treat him differently? Well, a little of it is the same as why the school treats him differently. But ultimately it's probably more to do with the fact that they dont know about it. Nu'Keese got arrested for armed robbery. You can't really compare the two. Same with say...Lynn McGruder. He got charged. Nothing UT could have done to protect him from the media there. If Douglass ends up having charges pressed after this latest ... uh... event. Well, he's toast.

James Banks? I'm not sure Douglass is really getting treated much differently than he was. James Banks got every opportunity and protection imaginable, 2nd 3rd and 10th chances to grow the hell up and he just never did while at UT.

Ultimately, from what I can tell, I expect Douglass is going to be gone. If he isnt? Well, that means either this current situation is overblown or that it just has more to do with the team's depth issues on the OL and our current coaches level of willingness to sell his soul to football satan for a player he can't afford to lose.
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Maybe because he hasn't failed drug tests over and over and over and over and over and over? Maybe because he hasn't tried to slip fake dicks into drug tests? Maybe because he hasn't held up anyone at gunpoint??

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He actually has failed drug tests over and over
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proof?
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Too much smoke to not be a fire.
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Oh ok so there's no proof. Just internet rumors.

Lock the kid up and throw away the key.
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You will not find news in the papers, because of this being swept under the rug thus far. You now trusting the newspapers?

There is some solid information behind this.
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Mar 3 2010, 04:43 PM
Oh ok so there's no proof. Just internet rumors.

Lock the kid up and throw away the key.
There is certainly proof one way or the other. He either failed the drug test, or he didnt. Now that said, none of us are privy to those records as we do not work for the AD and even if we did, posting them here would be a colossal violation of HIPAA (among other things). So saying 'screenshot or it didnt happen' is kinda silly. This means it IS a rumor, you are correct...but it's an accurate one.

That said: who says lock him up and throw away the key???? Not me. I say make him run some laps, we need linemen. I dont care if he shot someone. If he'd dont THAT, I'd be saying "can we get him out on work release?"
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You can start rumors on anyone, but saying that Douglas has failed drug tests in the past without one iota of proof is BS.

Coming out and asking why this kid is being treated differently than multiple, documented drug offenders and those convicted of armed robbery is big time BS.
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So, what you are saying is that your comments about the existence of UFO's is BS. Sfterall, there isn't recognized proof of their existence.
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I hear that Cutcliffe is the new head coach for the Vols, and that Kevin Steele is our new DC. Even reported in the KNS.

The internet is 99.9999% rumor and half-truths ... like Edison's lab as it tries to create a light bulb, the internet go through thousands of rumors before a light of truth emerges.

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That's why you should lean on the truth of Jeeeeesus. He'll never fail you. He'll never lie to you. He's your Wes Rucker in the storm of the Volunteer Nation Internet. Can I have an amen!?!
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We all know why. Ask your self if this was happening to say.... JP Prince, how would people be treating him?
Hell, he gets called a thug and a punk all the time by Vol fans, and he's a good student, and hasn't done a thing illegal.


Edited by IndianVol, Mar 4 2010, 12:11 PM.
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If this were happening to JP Prince, he would have done something illegal.

And no, we dont all 'know' why. We all make assumptikons. Alot of us like to blame everything on racism, though; so that's where their first assumption goes.
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