Recruiting Football Talk VII

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volinbama256 said:
Do you think or have you seen anything that would lead us to believe we've got a good shot with Lanier if he doesn't go NBA?
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From people in the know seems we're the best landing spot if the NBA doesn't happen. But he was always planning to go through the entire process and if he does that he could wait to transfer until as late as June 16th although most likely he'd probably have a pretty good idea of his draft potential after the combine which ends May 19th. The only reason he's in the portal now is because the new legislation forced a May 1st deadline for every transfer to be in the portal, if not for that he could have waited since he's a grad transfer he originally had no deadline.

So even if he's 100% a Vol and we're only waiting... could be almost a month.
 
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rikberry31 said:
And I knew people who thought Emmitt Smith sucked and was only any good because of the people around him. I'm thinking you still have to admit the man was good even if he played for FU.
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He didn't suck obviously.

But his backups averaged barely less than he did.

It was their OL more than anything.

Emmitt and that OL was one of the beginning points of GMs realizing RBs weren't as valuable as once thought...compared to OLs and passing. Still took them years to shift their actions.
 
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Rockytop10nessee said:
No. Pruitt vacated all of those wins but 2 because he was arguably the least intelligent coach in college football history. Borderline retarded, probably due to inbreeding.

After the NCAA dust settled, his final conference record at UT was 2-16, 11%.

Getting us into trouble carries a lot of weight. Pruitt, all things considered, was the worst. And it’s somewhat close with Dooley second, but not thaaat close.
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Rockytop10nessee said:
No. Pruitt vacated all of those wins but 2 because he was arguably the least intelligent coach in college football history. Borderline retarded, probably due to inbreeding.

After the NCAA dust settled, his final conference record at UT was 2-16, 11%.

Getting us into trouble carries a lot of weight. Pruitt, all things considered, was the worst. And it’s somewhat close with Dooley second, but not thaaat close.
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Phh.

Try telling any Vol fan we didn't beat Auburn...especially when everyone was cheating.

Everyone knows damn well what happened on the field... 😏
 
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Devo182 said:
He didn't suck obviously.

But his backups averaged barely less than he did.

It was their OL more than anything.

Emmitt and that OL was one of the beginning points of GMs realizing RBs weren't as valuable as once thought...compared to OLs and passing. Still took them years to shift their actions.
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I’m biased, but this is much more than a good OL. His balance and strength were incredible.



Edit: not sure if the video can be viewed
 
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VolGee4 said:
I’m biased, but this is much more than a good OL. His balance and strength were incredible.

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Emmitt was the man...

Cowboys don't win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years without him.

Remember after first Super Bowl win Emmitt held out for more money and Jerry didn't pay him til after Cowboys started 0-2 . Then the checkbook flew open.
 
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screenthis said:
He was definitely very good and ran for more yards than Barry Sanders. Though, my plug, Sanders was a better runner. Emmit did benefit from an awesome OL.
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Awesome OL which had only one HOF level player in its original lineup (Erik Williams)…Larry Allen happened later. Nate Newton was a journeyman and Mark Tuinei was a converted DL. It worked because Jimmy was dogged about them working towards an end game…maximized dosage of Emmitt. Doesn’t work for any other RB imo. As far as TALENT level, Detroit’s was much more storied. Two actual HOF’s in that group. They were shortchanged by the Run&Shoot. Get in the way and allow Barry to do his thing. Sanders is nowhere close as brilliant in Jimmy’s scheme…once again imo.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Emmitt was the man...

Cowboys don't win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years without him.

Remember after first Super Bowl win Emmitt held out for more money and Jerry didn't pay him til after Cowboys started 0-2 . Then the checkbook flew open.
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Jerry valued Troy and like many felt any RB could be plugged behind that line Jimmy constructed and flourish…he larned and paid. That might have been the beginning of the rumblings that doomed the Jimmy and Jerry relationship.
 
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