'13 TN OT Christian Morris

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"I knew coach Elder and coach Jones. They're recruiting me very hard and they're not going to let up off of me very easy and I think they're good guys," Morris offered.

Tennessee talked to Morris about their plan for him if he were to be a Vol and that includes redshirting his first year to be strong and ready to play his second year.

"They said I can be an impact but the best decision for me is to redshirt and get a year of lifting weights and getting to know the program and everything and once I do that I'm good, I'm legit," Morris said.
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Interesting that we are being up front with kids about redshirting. Could be good or bad.
 
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SigNu_VolFan said:
Fantastic news.
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Hope he decides to stay home and be a Vol. I noticed that the UCLA depth chart shows both starting Tackles there were FR. One OG was a SO and the other was a SR. They are taking (7) guys on the OL in this class so far. Morris would look good in Orange.
 
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BruinVol said:
Interesting that we are being up front with kids about redshirting. Could be good or bad.
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Everything I have heard from recruits (read in articles) says its good. Somebody the other day in an article was talking about how much the real talk from coaches appealed to them.

I don't think you can just tell all of these guys what they want to hear with regards to PT to get a signature. Once they get here they've got to respect you and be willing to play for you. I don't think Devante Bourque was the staffs fault but that kind of thing happens when you just try to get kids enrolled.
 
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*reads tealeaves*

Could be that he’s gonna be the left tackle of the future. Then they bring in the JUCO guy as some Tiny-to-the-NFL insurance. So that would give Morris a redshirt year, then the primary backup to Tiny or the JUCO guy, then 2-3 years of starting at Tennessee.

That’s how I read it, anyways.
 
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BruinVol said:
Interesting that we are being up front with kids about redshirting. Could be good or bad.
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I really don't think it's a bad thing. I think he'd realize the easy sell would be to tell him he could come in and compete immediately. He probably knows deep down a redshirt year would do him well.
 
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Why lie to the kid? All Morris has to do is look at the depth chart to see a redshirt is very likely. Might as well be upfront and honest, IMO.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
Hope he decides to stay home and be a Vol. I noticed that the UCLA depth chart shows both starting Tackles there were FR. One OG was a SO and the other was a SR. They are taking (7) guys on the OL in this class so far. Morris would look good in Orange.
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Huge difference between being behind a SO starter and a JR/SR starter. Especially a JR starter with NFL talent.

And yeah, the kids pay even more attention to the other people in their class than I do.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
Why lie to the kid? All Morris has to do is look at the depth chart to see a redshirt is very likely. Might as well be upfront and honest, IMO.
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Yep the kid would get plenty help reading our depth chart from UCLA coaches I am sure. I like the approach but rest assured it isn't done that way everywhere
 
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Ron Swanson said:
Why lie to the kid? All Morris has to do is look at the depth chart to see a redshirt is very likely. Might as well be upfront and honest, IMO.
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It's also pretty obvious what the depth chart would look like his redshirt freshman year too!
 
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InVOLuntary said:
It's also pretty obvious what the depth chart would look like his redshirt freshman year too!
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Exactly. "Hey, christian, why don't you come play for the state school, spend a year getting bigger stronger and learn the system. After that you'll be ready to take over a starting job. Whatdoyasay??". That's the sell.
 
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Someone posted hubbs had some great news concerning Morris ... In his article just posted ... Not groundbreaking ... That's what I meant
 
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