Navasota WR Tren'Davian Dickson commits to Texas (story by Mike Roach)

[Bear19]

What are you even saying? Are you drunk?

I suspect he's out of Thorazine

 

[primal defense]

And people wonder why David Shaw wanted nothing to do with UT.  Either UT has admissions standards or it becomes another Nebraska, living off admissions of athletes who can't handle the academic requirements.

 

[Randolph Duke]

What are you even saying? Are you drunk? 

I'm saying when UT can recruit elite athletes that aren't grade risks is when UT will be on its way back to the top level of college football. Having to worry about whether multiple athletes in each recruiting class will get through the clearinghouse isn't a formula for becoming an elite program. Why that is something that elicits any controversy escapes me.

 

[Duke C #11]

PLEASE STOP QUOTING THIS GUY!!! I have him on "Ignore", but every time y'all quote him, my efforts are defeated.

 

[Randolph Duke]

WR Tren'Davian Dickson is a Longhorn.
Wow!
I knew he and his family liked Strong, but damn.
Really hope he can qualify.  http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=244210&page=73&p=8119994&viewfull=1#post8119994

Yea. Blame me for wondering if he can qualify.

 

[utisdabomb12]

So your source is a random internet poster on Spurs Talk? Got it. I'm still waiting on your "multiple sources". Only real source I've seen is EJ Holland over at 247, and even he said Dickson has plenty of time to qualify. 

 

[Randolph Duke]

So your source is a random internet poster on Spurs Talk? Got it. 

And you are going to declare he isn't a grade risk. Got it.

If a kid is having trouble handling high school level material, he isn't someone you build a program around as a university. Why is that such a difficult concept for people to understand?

 

[utisdabomb12]

I'm just waiting for you to post your "multiple sources". 

 

[Randolph Duke]

I'm just waiting for you to post your "multiple sources". 

No need to post any more info. Your credibility is on the line that the kid will qualify. I will take your word for it. After all, it is just "some random poster on Spurstalk." lol. (By the way, those guys over there are far more insightful than one would expect. They know their shit and I tried to get them over to this board a couple of years ago but had no luck. )

By the way, what is the situation with Clarington and Major?

 

[utisdabomb12]

Your source is a random poster that was referencing a report from EJ Holland over at 247 (someone that said Dickson has plenty of time to qualify). Still waiting on the mulltple sources?

Are you normally this obtuse?

 

[Randolph Duke]

Your source is a random poster that was referencing a report from EJ Holland over at 247 (someone that said Dickson has plenty of time to qualify). Still waiting on the mulltple sources?

Are you normally this obtuse?

I am humbled in your presence. I bow before your knowledge.

What is the situation with Clairington and Major?

 

[utisdabomb12]

Someone tell me how to use the ignore feature. 

Nevermind I figured it out. 

 

[primal defense]

In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

Trolls Just Want to Have Fun?

According to a new study, researchers have found that people who troll online often have nasty personalities. And, well, they like doing it. Trolls enjoy trolling.

Surprised? Not sure anyone would be.

Nonetheless, the researchers found that trolls scored highly on a number of personality traits examined: Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, extraversion, disagreeableness and sadism.

Trolling is, according to the researchers (Buckels et al., 2014), the “practice of behaving in a deceptive, destructive, or disruptive manner in a social setting on the Internet with no apparent instrumental purpose.†People who troll like to post comments to websites or communities online that cause trouble, insult others, and cause general mayhem, just for the sheer pleasure of seeing what happens when they do so.

The researchers coined their own term for four of the personality variables they studied, which they call the Dark Tetrad of personality: Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism. Machiavellianism is a willingness to manipulate and deceive others, while psychopathy is not having any remorse or empathy for others. The researchers thought everyday sadism would be most conducive to trolling behavior online.

In two studies of over 1,215 participants, the researchers found that a number of personality traits were associated with a greater likelihood for trolling.

In the first study of 418 Mechanical Turk workers, the researchers found 5.6 percent of survey respondents enjoyed trolling. They scored significantly higher on traits of Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, extraversion and sadism. They also scored lower on agreeableness (meaning they were, from a personality standpoint, more disagreeable).

In the second study, the researchers found that both sadism and Machiavellianism were the best predictors of enjoyment of trolling behavior online.

Most of those participants came from the Amazon Mechanical Turk service, where participants were paid $0.50 for their participation in taking all of the surveys the researchers administered.1

In the final analysis of Study 2, we found clear evidence that sadists tend to troll because they enjoy it. When controlling for enjoyment, sadism’s impact on trolling was cut nearly in half; and the indirect effect of sadism through enjoyment was substantial, [and] significant […].

Problems with the study? Strangely, the researchers mentioned no limitations of their study. Other than the use of their own measures (which were listed as “in press†in the study), the researchers apparently never defined “trolling†to the participants in the study. It could mean different things to different people. And of course, the participants were either largely Mechanical Turk workers or Canadian college students. These results may not generalize to the population.

It’s good to know that trolls online have a personality type that fits with what most of us view them as being — sadistic, deceptive and in it for themselves. Trolls just want to have fun? Sure… but who doesn’t?

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/02/16/trolls-just-want-to-have-fun/

 

[Randolph Duke]

Someone tell me how to use the ignore feature. 

Ignore all you want, but you don't build a national championship caliber program with grade risks. If a kid can't handle high school level material, you dont depend on him at a university unless you are willing to dumb down your university.

So, what is going on with Clairington and Major?

Do you want to build a championship program, or do you want to masturbate with your buddies into a jar and declare how awesome you are? lol.

UT is never going to get back to the top eschelon recruiting grade risks.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

NM

 

[Mike Roach]

At the risk of breaking up this pissing contest...

1) I did some checking with some people around the area with contacts on the Navasota staff.  The grades are a rumor but it seems there is something to them.  From what I was told (and this is second or third hand) while there could be some improvement it is not a dire situation.

2) David Shaw didn't want the Texas job because David Shaw is at his dream job currently.  

3) This is the state of college athletics in 2015. Risks have to be taken or you are going to staff your team with some great kids with good grades who aren't the level of athlete it takes to win.  The admissions standards aren't important to me.  Charlie Strong preaches academic accountability once they reach campus and so far has followed through.  If they get in on the borderline but end up working hard to earn a degree isn't that worth something?

 

[Godz40acres]

RandyD - I'm right there with ya, bud. Just between you and me, if you ever have a hope of winning this argument, you need to repeat the exact same lines 31 times, not just 30. There's something about that 31st time that finally gets peop--

Shoot, I gotta go - the Army Surplus store is about to open and I gotta get me a new tin foil hat.

 

[primal defense]

At the risk of breaking up this pissing contest...

1) I did some checking with some people around the area with contacts on the Navasota staff.  The grades are a rumor but it seems there is something to them.  From what I was told (and this is second or third hand) while there could be some improvement it is not a dire situation.

2) David Shaw didn't want the Texas job because David Shaw is at his dream job currently.  

3) This is the state of college athletics in 2015. Risks have to be taken or you are going to staff your team with some great kids with good grades who aren't the level of athlete it takes to win.  The admissions standards aren't important to me.  Charlie Strong preaches academic accountability once they reach campus and so far has followed through.  If they get in on the borderline but end up working hard to earn a degree isn't that worth something?

Disagree with the term "pissing contest". It would be more accurate to state that one member likes to throw his feces on this board like a monkey. Some members are responding they don't like his shit.

 

[Bear19]

Disagree with the term "pissing contest". It would be more accurate to state that one member likes to throw his feces on this board like a monkey. Some members are responding they don't like his shit.

Don't ever get in a shitting contest with a monkey.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Ignore all you want, but you don't build a national championship caliber program with grade risks. If a kid can't handle high school level material, you dont depend on him at a university unless you are willing to dumb down your university.

So, what is going on with Clairington and Major?

Do you want to build a championship program, or do you want to masturbate with your buddies into a jar and declare how awesome you are? lol.

UT is never going to get back to the top eschelon recruiting grade risks.

I am disappointed that the moderators have not banned his sorry ass for saying things like he says in the next to last sentence, which he has done 3 or 4 times in this thread.