'14 IL LB Clifton Garrett

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Catbone said:
If we get Garrett I'll eat my hat
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there really is a gif for everything...this is proof

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NashVOL93 said:
Want this kid and Adoree. Want 'em bad.
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Jackson is good, I mean really good, but it always worries me seeing guys who want to dominate two sports. Hunter tried this as well, and at first it worked, but that punishment on your body will eventually catch up with you. I used to train with a man named Charlie Simpkins who won the silver medal in the triple jump in the 1992 Olympics, and I had access to UT's rack as he was an assistant coach for the women's track team for a few years in 03-05 year range. I can personally tell you those track guys go hard in the paint. The amount of running, jumping, and working out they do daily is intense. You add that to the punishment you take playing SEC football, and you begin to wonder how much punishment that players body can take. It's just hard to play SEC football or run SEC track daily, let alone do both.
 
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keckjm said:
Jackson is good, I mean really good, but it always worries me seeing guys who want to dominate two sports. Hunter tried this as well, and at first it worked, but that punishment on your body will eventually catch up with you. I used to train with a man named Charlie Simpkins who won the silver medal in the triple jump in the 1992 Olympics, and I had access to UT's rack as he was an assistant coach for the women's track team for a few years in 05-07 year range. I can personally tell you those track guys go hard in the paint. The amount of running, jumping, and working out they do daily is intense. You add that to the punishment you take playing SEC football, and you begin to wonder how much punishment that players body can take. It's just hard to play SEC football or run SEC track daily, let alone do both.
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Hunters injury looked like a freak accident. I'm not a physical therapist by any means but there have been dozens of examples of kids playing two sports and suffering no I'll effects. These kids are freak athletes who receive top of the line training. Just my two cents but I would rather take the chance on someone that talented all day long than to take a lesser talent with less injury risk.
 
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Our coaches smell blood in the water here...

Garrett is probably showing major interest back at UT and we aren't going to take no for an answer...

We may very well not land Adoree or Clifton, but it won't be for a lack of passion and effort.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
Hunters injury looked like a freak accident. I'm not a physical therapist by any means but there have been dozens of examples of kids playing two sports and suffering no I'll effects. These kids are freak athletes who receive top of the line training. Just my two cents but I would rather take the chance on someone that talented all day long than to take a lesser talent with less injury risk.
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Hunter's ACL injury was a freak accident, but you didn't see him go back to track his junior year either. It's usually either one or the other. You can do it a few years, but at some point you must decide what direction you want to go. Rainey from FL ran track a ton, and I believe Demps did as well, and both did it their whole career, and neither paned out to be great RBs that they had potential to be. I believe one of those guys ran track for USA, but I could be getting them mixed up with someone else as well. My point is that usually someone with Jackson's potential sees that the money is in football, and they usually quit track by their junior year. So, going somewhere because of track may not be in this guy's best interest. Fl has a great track team, and they also have a load of talent at DB compared to a place like UT right now. If he wants to be in the NFL in 3 years, which he has the potential to be, then a place like UT would be better for him IMO. Not trying to be a homer, but he steps on campus here as an automatic starter.
 
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keckjm said:
Jackson is good, I mean really good, but it always worries me seeing guys who want to dominate two sports. Hunter tried this as well, and at first it worked, but that punishment on your body will eventually catch up with you. I used to train with a man named Charlie Simpkins who won the silver medal in the triple jump in the 1992 Olympics, and I had access to UT's rack as he was an assistant coach for the women's track team for a few years in 03-05 year range. I can personally tell you those track guys go hard in the paint. The amount of running, jumping, and working out they do daily is intense. You add that to the punishment you take playing SEC football, and you begin to wonder how much punishment that players body can take. It's just hard to play SEC football or run SEC track daily, let alone do both.
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Willie Gault did just fine in both sports.
 
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Garrett and his family came away very impressed from his official visit in Knoxville last weekend and it was a weekend that likely vaulted the Vols up near the top with LSU.
But, the Tigers will have the last official visit from Garrett and a big factor there will be whether his parents visit with him or not to Baton Rouge.
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-VQ
 
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