'14 TN DB Todd Kelly Jr. (UT Signee 2/5/14)

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zidanefan said:
I get what you're saying here, but it was more than that. From everything I've heard post-Dooley firing, he was just a prick. Made them renovate his new office to the tune of $2M to change the view, add a sauna/hot tub, and build his desk up so he could look down on visitors to his office. Demanded a specific type of pen at all events. Etc... That's beyond CEO, that's a rich kid entitlement attitude that's obnoxious even when you win, but ruins the atmosphere of the program when you lose.

As a disclaimer, I was one of the "give him time" crowd.
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Yes you are 100% correct. I was being nice.
 
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zidanefan said:
I get what you're saying here, but it was more than that. From everything I've heard post-Dooley firing, he was just a prick. Made them renovate his new office to the tune of $2M to change the view, add a sauna/hot tub, and build his desk up so he could look down on visitors to his office. Demanded a specific type of pen at all events. Etc... That's beyond CEO, that's a rich kid entitlement attitude that's obnoxious even when you win, but ruins the atmosphere of the program when you lose.

As a disclaimer, I was one of the "give him time" crowd.
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I hate Dooley more than Kiffin, Saban, Calipari, and Muschamp combined.
 
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Probably late for this, but in the famous words of Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Boom, Boom, Boom, Bang, Bang, Bang. Go Vols
 
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He will be a cornerstone of this class and help other people buy into what Butch has going in Knoxville. At this pace we will have 12 commits by the orange and white game
 
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In - state, Kelly Jr. is well connected with a number of high profile 2014 Tennessee targets especially in the all important mid-state area. Names you know like Jalen Hurd and Josh Malone (both top 100 prospects), Emmanuel and Josh Smith, and Rashaun Gaulden to name just a few. Most of these mid state kids plan on being on campus either this weekend or a weekend leading up to the Orange & White game. Tennessee was in good shape with a couple of these prospects before the Kelly Jr. commitment. Certainly, Jr's commitment helps with those kids. Everyone is of course interested in Jalen Hurd one of the top prospects in the country for 2014. Tennessee started closing the gap on Florida and Ohio State had opened with Hurd once Butch Jones took the job. At a minimum ......., Kelly Jr's commitment pulls Tennessee even with these two schools. Hurd will be in Knoxville this weekend. The Smith brothers and possibly Josh Malone will be in also. Let’s just say Coach Jones keeps dialing up winning hands in the mid-state and 3 or 4 or more of those kids mentioned above wind up at Tennessee. Wonder what that guy in Nashville starts thinking to himself? That guy has had at least two years of access to those kids without any semblance of a threat from Tennessee and ........ He also had a head start with Malik Foreman and Kelly Jr. too.

Kelly Jr. is well connected with the Elliott and Evan Berry , he spent time last weekend with Dillon Bates, and there are a handful of 2014 prospects in the Atlanta area Kelly Jr. has camped with and competed against that Tennessee is recruiting.
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From 'X Says' blog from the Tony Basillo show
 
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Man oh man, if only we can play some competitive football this fall, win the games we should win, and pull an upset or two. No telling where this goes after that the next few seasons, but my guess would be Atlanta sooner rather than later.
 
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ionaVOL said:
Man oh man, if only we can play some competitive football this fall, win the games we should win, and pull an upset or two. No telling where this goes after that the next few seasons, but my guess would be Atlanta sooner rather than later.
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Easier said than done. Our schedule terrifies me. We need at least one big upset. CBJ has me believing, but I worry how horribly this class could fall apart if we aren't over.500.
 
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