Chuck Webb

Discussion in 'Vols Football' started by The Dooz, Mar 30, 2016.

  1. The Dooz

    The Dooz Super Moderator

    The hell is this guy talking about?
     
  2. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    Got a text from kns about it. Have to dig into it later
     
  3. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Color me confused. What are you guys talking about?
     
  4. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    He hurt his back in a car wreck a few years ago and Tennessee supposedly hasn't offered him help.

    Tennessee says they have, Webb says they haven't
     
  5. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Just read that.

    So he had a wreck, asked former players and school for help, and didn't get any? But Strange left it open that they did help some?

    Just odd. Also a weirdly written story.
     
  6. Low Country Vol

    Low Country Vol Contributor

    Is it the obligation of the University to help him? Not at all. He should have finished his degree he was given for free.
     
  7. The Dooz

    The Dooz Super Moderator

    What did he ask for? What did they give him?

    This is weird.
     
  8. BigOrangeBeech

    BigOrangeBeech Poster of the Month, July 2014 and recruiting guy!

    Weirdly odd stuff
     
  9. utvol0427

    utvol0427 Chieftain

    Why would/should the university offer him help in that situation?
     
  10. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    I don't know, I was just giving a summary of the story
     
  11. utvol0427

    utvol0427 Chieftain

    The article reads like it is a guy trying to get back in the spotlight for a few minutes. I agree with him on the whole "universities profiting off of players" thing, but he seems to have a bigger issue with the university and/or ex-teammates not helping out "a VFL that is down on his luck". What type of help was he looking for? Monetary?

    Whatever the issue is, I hope his luck turns around. It was a damn shame to see his career cut short due to injury.
     
  12. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    He was given the opportunity to earn a degree, not given a degree.
     
  13. lylsmorr

    lylsmorr Super Moderator

    One in the same at some places - like UNC
     
  14. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    I've seen athletes flunked at UT. I'm sure some have gotten special treatment, but UT isn't a UNC situation (at least in the time I was around).
     
  15. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    I thought he had come back and finished it.

    Sounds a lot like bitter that life got hard.

    That said, he probably is the best RB at UT in my lifetime. A shame what injuries did to him.
     
  16. bigpapavol

    bigpapavol Chieftain

    Hell, I bet anything he got help. Had I known, I'd have helped.
     
  17. nomojo

    nomojo Member

    Assuming he asked several players for help, I can't believe that every one of them turned him down.

    My Chuck Webb memory was sitting in the end zone and watching him run right at me and score what would be the winning touchdown against Auburn in a pouring down rain in 1989.
     
    Last edited: Mar 30, 2016
  18. zehr27

    zehr27 8th's VIP

    Packers gave him a 900K contract and a 200K signing bonus and had to track him down to show up. It's hard to give a guy like that money.
     
  19. volfanjo

    volfanjo Chieftain

    Guy has been estranged from the program for a long time. I think Basilio was the first and only media member in Knoxville to interview him after like 20 years of silence.
     
  20. zehr27

    zehr27 8th's VIP

    It's been a strange situation. I think he also took quite a bit of money from an agent that was a total rat.
     

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