'25 GA S Lagonza Hayward (Florida)

[Volinnooga]

To me Ole Miss was the only impressive victory. LSU was overrated - like they are pretty much every year - but not a bad W. Their other wins were:


Samford
Miss St
UCF
UK
FSU

And as stated they beat Ole Miss - really good W - and LSU.

And took TN to overtime in Knoxville.

 

[Volinnooga]

His coaching or lack there of is why we won when we played them. He beat an ole Miss team who lost at home to Kentucky and an extremely mid LSU team that was collapsing at the end of the season. Florida has the talent to keep themselves in a lot of games just not the coaching to win at an high level

I do agree he made a couple of bad decisions in our game. He will learn. The innate ability to keep a team from quitting is what I think he has going for him.

 

[swchandler1988]

Let this thread die

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[DaddyChad]

we are better than we played against OSU. not saying we would have won, or it would have been a nail biter, but we are better than that.

something seemed to have happened after the regular season. a lot of transfers out before the bowl game on some key depth pieces hurt us. The WRs leaving says something is going on. and there have been multiple reports with people saying players played in the playoffs even knowing they were going into the portal. something more than the Jimmy and Joes was/is going on.

Maybe…. Unless you’ve got a stud at Safety you have no chance of defending those WRs. We had some key people hurt as well.

Oregon was healthy I think for the most part and that game wasn’t even close. Ohio state could’ve scored much more if they wanted vs them. If that game was at Columbus 34-0 quickly rolls into an epic beat down. Oregon only showed signs of life when Ohio State took their foot off the throat.

I think 1)we weren’t 100% 2)they have a slew of first round talent and a generational talent at WR.

 

[TAF]

Lagonza Hayward Explains Decommitment from Tennessee Volunteers​

"(Tennessee) stopped talking to me the week leading up to signing day. They completely stopped talking to me. So I’m a 17 year old kid about to sign and y’all completely stop talking to me. And then [Florida] never stopped talking to me. Even when I committed to Tennessee, they kept applying pressure. So I was like man, you know what, I’m decommitting. Because I’m not going to lie, I went down there the same day after I decommitted, took my phone out and powered it off, I didn’t want to hear nothing. Because you wasn’t talking to me then, why you talking to me now? So I left it like that. And I’m at where I’m at now."

 

[SoilVol]

Let this thread die

Bump

 

[butchna]

Scorched earth cya interview has me thinking of bullets being dodged.

 

[Septic]

Lagonza Hayward Explains Decommitment from Tennessee Volunteers​

"(Tennessee) stopped talking to me the week leading up to signing day. They completely stopped talking to me. So I’m a 17 year old kid about to sign and y’all completely stop talking to me. And then [Florida] never stopped talking to me. Even when I committed to Tennessee, they kept applying pressure. So I was like man, you know what, I’m decommitting. Because I’m not going to lie, I went down there the same day after I decommitted, took my phone out and powered it off, I didn’t want to hear nothing. Because you wasn’t talking to me then, why you talking to me now? So I left it like that. And I’m at where I’m at now."

A week? No one smooched his ass for a few days so he decommited?

What a lame excuse to jump ship. Can we all just be honest and say that UF had a bigger bag for him?

 

[sreveisVol]

So butt hurt he didn't get the David Sanders treatment?

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

Lagonza Hayward Explains Decommitment from Tennessee Volunteers​

"(Tennessee) stopped talking to me the week leading up to signing day. They completely stopped talking to me. So I’m a 17 year old kid about to sign and y’all completely stop talking to me. And then [Florida] never stopped talking to me. Even when I committed to Tennessee, they kept applying pressure. So I was like man, you know what, I’m decommitting. Because I’m not going to lie, I went down there the same day after I decommitted, took my phone out and powered it off, I didn’t want to hear nothing. Because you wasn’t talking to me then, why you talking to me now? So I left it like that. And I’m at where I’m at now."

One of the penalties from the NCAA Sanctions is that Tennessee has to cease all communication (even text messages) for one week in December and one week in January. If we don't have those penalties, Hayward is a Vol. 100%. This is not on the coaches. This is a direct result of Jeremy Pruitt.

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

A week? No one smooched his ass for a few days so he decommited?

What a lame excuse to jump ship. Can we all just be honest and say that UF had a bigger bag for him?

We weren't allowed to because of the NCAA recruiting restrictions.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Omg who even csres anymore

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

Omg who even csres anymore

Just trying to help the "sky is falling" casual fans understand. Remember this when you wonder why our recruiting struggles at times

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Lagonza Hayward Explains Decommitment from Tennessee Volunteers​

"(Tennessee) stopped talking to me the week leading up to signing day. They completely stopped talking to me. So I’m a 17 year old kid about to sign and y’all completely stop talking to me. And then [Florida] never stopped talking to me. Even when I committed to Tennessee, they kept applying pressure. So I was like man, you know what, I’m decommitting. Because I’m not going to lie, I went down there the same day after I decommitted, took my phone out and powered it off, I didn’t want to hear nothing. Because you wasn’t talking to me then, why you talking to me now? So I left it like that. And I’m at where I’m at now."

 

[Go Fight Win]

Kid leveraged us for more money at the 11th hour then lies about something we had briefed him on to save face

Dodged a gatlin gun’s supply of bullets here

 

[Ttucke11]

Yea I doubt that's what happened. I wish him minimal success.

 

[Volfan76]

Lagonza Hayward Explains Decommitment from Tennessee Volunteers​

"(Tennessee) stopped talking to me the week leading up to signing day. They completely stopped talking to me. So I’m a 17 year old kid about to sign and y’all completely stop talking to me. And then [Florida] never stopped talking to me. Even when I committed to Tennessee, they kept applying pressure. So I was like man, you know what, I’m decommitting. Because I’m not going to lie, I went down there the same day after I decommitted, took my phone out and powered it off, I didn’t want to hear nothing. Because you wasn’t talking to me then, why you talking to me now? So I left it like that. And I’m at where I’m at now."

Kid lying to make himself look better. Low character.

 

[Skullbone]

I wonder if he'll get any boos in Neyland.........

 

[SSVol]

"Shaedy", indeed.

 

[VolInDayton]

I wonder if he'll get any boos in Neyland.........

He might never step foot in Neyland. With the new schedule I don't think we are guaranteed to play Florida in 2026. Also portal probabilities

 

[Jackcrevol]

One of the penalties from the NCAA Sanctions is that Tennessee has to cease all communication (even text messages) for one week in December and one week in January. If we don't have those penalties, Hayward is a Vol. 100%. This is not on the coaches. This is a direct result of Jeremy Pruitt.

nice find. good details.

this one was happened because we got leveraged

 

[Jackcrevol]

I wonder if he'll get any boos in Neyland.........

over the middle?

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

nice find. good details.

this one was happened because we got leveraged

Not really a find. I would think that all Tennessee fans who follow recruiting closely should have our list of restrictions pretty much memorized. I mean, with the amount of passion that people talk about recruiting, I would hope that they would be as informed as possible

 

[bicenTENNial]

Lagonza Hayward Explains Decommitment from Tennessee Volunteers​

"(Tennessee) stopped talking to me the week leading up to signing day. They completely stopped talking to me. So I’m a 17 year old kid about to sign and y’all completely stop talking to me. And then [Florida] never stopped talking to me. Even when I committed to Tennessee, they kept applying pressure. So I was like man, you know what, I’m decommitting. Because I’m not going to lie, I went down there the same day after I decommitted, took my phone out and powered it off, I didn’t want to hear nothing. Because you wasn’t talking to me then, why you talking to me now? So I left it like that. And I’m at where I’m at now."

Glad he's there

 

[BelievetheHeup2022]

Eh, he’s full of it.