'15 FL QB/WR/DB (anything he wants) Torrance Gibson

[fernandomike]

This thread has an insane amount of speculation. TG or no TG, in Butch, I trust.

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

That's true if everything works out but there is no guarantee and I'm a Jennings guy i hope he does great things here.

CBJ could sign the #1 and #2 rated QBs in the country this year. It would still not be a guarantee that 1 is a world beater in Orange. You can't just chalk them up to "what if" though and keep taking more QBs when you have needs elsewhere. It's the coaches job to evaluate, recruit, gain a commitment, sign the kid, and then develop the kid. You don't keep stacking QBs just to take them. You develop the ones you have.

 

[PassedOutAwake]

I watched the SBnation interview that was posted yesterday and something seemed interesting to me. The reporter asked him if there were some guys that he would or wouldnt want to play with. With a fecal eating grin, Gibson said, "I know a lot of people I would LOVE to play with, but I have to keep that on the low for now". Then he mentions McKenzie.

What do you guys think about that? You think he is referring to some guys that are already enrolled or committed somewhere and doesnt want to give it away? Maybe a silent?


Top-ranked athlete Torrance Gibson is happy Tennessee wants him as a quarterback - SBNation.com

 

[Dudleys87]

You obviously aren't following his recruiting at all, then. It's actually the opposite of what you are claiming, here. He and his folks were at the Orange Carpet event. He loved it and said his folks did, too. Had very glowing comments about the staff and program.

Plus you forget...he may not be FROM TN...but he is now playing in TN country. Surrounded DAILY by classmates that are no doubt largely TN fans. You think they ain't in his ear continuously? Pfffft...what you say, brah. :loco:

If I'm wrong I'll be the first in line at the crow buffet. I doubt it though

 

[DaddyChad]

Most local media with access to this staff are saying the same things, that Gibson will not be taken as a QB. A different picture is being painted in some of the media but it's Gibson doing the painting there. I hope we do land him as an athlete but I don't believe what Gibson is saying currently.

 

[Dudleys87]

I watched the SBnation interview that was posted yesterday and something seemed interesting to me. The reporter asked him if there were some guys that he would or wouldnt want to play with. With a fecal eating grin, Gibson said, "I know a lot of people I would LOVE to play with, but I have to keep that on the low for now". Then he mentions McKenzie.

What do you guys think about that? You think he is referring to some guys that are already enrolled or committed somewhere and doesnt want to give it away? Maybe a silent?


Top-ranked athlete Torrance Gibson is happy Tennessee wants him as a quarterback - SBNation.com

Stir the plot pot so it'll thicken just a little more....

 

[Dudleys87]

CBJ could sign the #1 and #2 rated QBs in the country this year. It would still not be a guarantee that 1 is a world beater in Orange. You can't just chalk them up to "what if" though and keep taking more QBs when you have needs elsewhere. It's the coaches job to evaluate, recruit, gain a commitment, sign the kid, and then develop the kid. You don't keep stacking QBs just to take them. You develop the ones you have.

True, I just don't see QD being the type of qb this offense needs to run at its best.

 

[Dudleys87]

I felt UT would be taking 2 CBs in 2015. Ordway and Martin was the ones I had in my class. With Martin having attended camp then not announcing to UT, I have my doubts if the staff takes him now. Then news came down that Jefferson was still a WR the coaches were trying to land. Simple add and subtract IMO. Add Jefferson, Bruce slides to CB and there ya have it.

I can't keep up with all the TG issues. Just going off all the services, DM, TB, and others saying there are "issues" in play with TG and schools recruiting him.

So Bruce is now a cb opening up a spot for ole tg

 

[butchna]

True, I just don't see QD being the type of qb this offense needs to run at its best.

Obviously Butch disagrees with you.

 

[SergeantVol]

Mike Farrell on Gibson

This backs up what Doug Matthews, LV, Burger, Butchna, myself, and others have been saying all along.

If the kid wants to be a Tennessee Volunteer, it will be as a WR. I hope that he can get that through his head.

We are not a prostyle offense.

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

I watched the SBnation interview that was posted yesterday and something seemed interesting to me. The reporter asked him if there were some guys that he would or wouldnt want to play with. With a fecal eating grin, Gibson said, "I know a lot of people I would LOVE to play with, but I have to keep that on the low for now". Then he mentions McKenzie.

What do you guys think about that? You think he is referring to some guys that are already enrolled or committed somewhere and doesnt want to give it away? Maybe a silent?


Top-ranked athlete Torrance Gibson is happy Tennessee wants him as a quarterback - SBNation.com

Could be he is talking about someone other than UT. IMO he is probably talking about Tennessee. Looking at it from afar, he could very well want to be a Vol, and the UT coaches may not take him. He does sound like he wants to be a Vol to me. Is it him being smoke screeny and what not? Who knows.

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

True, I just don't see QD being the type of qb this offense needs to run at its best.

The coaches have seen him in person many times now. They put him through the paces. It looks like the UT coaches think he will do just fine running their offense. They did take his commitment at QB.

 

[LebanonVolunteer]

So Bruce is now a cb opening up a spot for ole tg

I actually think Bruce to CB would be to make room for Jefferson. TG? MAYBE, IF Jefferson goes to OSU.

 

[butchna]

We are not a prostyle offense.

That setup that Chip Kelly is running in Philly?...does that qualify?...because they ran out Vick and Pat White, and replaced them with Mark Sanchez to back up Nick Foles :huh:...real dual threats there huh?...maybe read recognition and actually getting the ball to the WEAPONS is more important in a spread offense?

 

[roosterjbh]

I don't understand why people don't want one of the best athletes in the country in orange, no matter the position....

 

[SergeantVol]

Blah, Blah, Blah. I don't know what I'm talking about.

fyp

Fixing pass mechanics on a player who has only played 1 year at QB is easier than trying to develop athletic ability of TG's level.

I still have nightmares of all the DT-QBs that ran all over us...Oregon...Auburn.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

That setup that Chip Kelly is running in Philly?...does that qualify?...because they ran out Vick and Pat White, and replaced them with Mark Sanchez to back up Nick Foles :huh:...real dual threats there huh?...maybe read recognition and actually getting the ball to the WEAPONS is more important in a spread offense?

I am convinced that most posters don't know what type of offense we run, and what pieces we need to make it work. They want us to run the same type of offense that AU and TAMU, but we don't.

Just because we have a hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

 

[butchna]

Just ONE LAST CLEANSING HIT OF METH!! :scare:.

:yu:

 

[Burger]

You realize he can play other positions and is a pretty good athlete.

He doesnt want to. He wants to be a QB. We ain't got no room for a qb.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

I don't understand why people don't want one of the best athletes in the country in orange, no matter the position....

That works on video games, but in real life, there is more to it. We all know that CBJ has a recruiting profile that he follows. I will take a hard working, coachable, selfless three or four star over a four or five star with questionable work ethic and attitude.

As everyone saw with TO and other professional athletes, it only takes one to destroy team chemistry. (not referring to TG, but in general to the statement that we should just take the best athletes regardless of position)

 

[SergeantVol]

:yu:

 

[SergeantVol]

I am convinced that most posters don't know what type of offense we run, and what pieces we need to make it work. They want us to run the same type of offense that AU and TAMU, but we don't.

Just because we have a hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

So Oregon doesn't run a Zone Read/ Read Option and Marcus Mariota is not a dual threat?

:thumbsup:

 

[butchna]

:lolabove:

 

[UTChicagoV]

That works on video games, but in real life, there is more to it. We all know that CBJ has a recruiting profile that he follows. I will take a hard working, coachable, selfless three or four star over a four or five star with questionable work ethic and attitude.

As everyone saw with TO and other professional athletes, it only takes one to destroy team chemistry. (not referring to TG, but in general to the statement that we should just take the best athletes regardless of position)

Once you're filled your positional needs, there is no reason not to go after one of the top athletes in the nation and bring him in AS AN ATHLETE. If he shows out at the position he wants to, you keep him there. If not, you move him elsewhere. Not sure why people don't seem to understand that.

 

[UTChicagoV]

That works on video games, but in real life, there is more to it. We all know that CBJ has a recruiting profile that he follows. I will take a hard working, coachable, selfless three or four star over a four or five star with questionable work ethic and attitude.

As everyone saw with TO and other professional athletes, it only takes one to destroy team chemistry. (not referring to TG, but in general to the statement that we should just take the best athletes regardless of position)

News from The Opening and most of the summer camps have said that TG is very coachable and has been open to drills at other positions.