'15 TN ATH Jocquez Bruce (UT commit 6/17/14)

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Wickman said:
Suspended til the end of the 2nd Summer session. Will be reinstated if he reaches the mentality he needs.
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You would think someone blue shirting and being given an opportunity to play at their dream school would be giving it their all and out working people instead of going through the motions
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
You would think someone blue shirting and being given an opportunity to play at their dream school would be giving it their all and out working people instead of going through the motions
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Agree. He was someone that I thought had his act together. May have some maturity issues even for an 18 year old.
 
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highspeed said:
This is why I'm not completely buying the idea that we take under 20 recruits this year. There will be enough attrition to open up more than 20 scholarships. If we really do take less than 20 we'll end up well under the overall 85 number IMO.

Edit: And I just saw that Swafford's career is likely over due to an injury. I hate that for him.
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I don't think it's because of the 85 number as much as the amount of blueshirts we had in this past class. There's been talk that we had as many as 7 blueshirts, and that they count towards the 2016 class. Taking those out of the inital 25, you have 18 to work with. If someone like Jumper gets a scholly, that number goes to 17. It's possible they could blueshirt a few guys in this next class, but all indications from what I've read is that the staff doesn't want to take any spots away from the potentially elite class of 2017.
 
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RockyTopInBham said:
I don't think it's because of the 85 number as much as the amount of blueshirts we had in this past class. There's been talk that we had as many as 7 blueshirts, and that they count towards the 2016 class. Taking those out of the inital 25, you have 18 to work with. If someone like Jumper gets a scholly, that number goes to 17. It's possible they could blueshirt a few guys in this next class, but all indications from what I've read is that the staff doesn't want to take any spots away from the potentially elite class of 2017.
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I understand all that, and you're right, that is what usually reliable sources have been saying. I just have a hard time believing that Butch won't find a way to get more guys in here if the attrition gets to the point that limiting this year's class to 18 will leave us with around 80 scholarship players for the 2016 season (which is not a stretch at all IMO). We've seen how creative he can be with numbers. I'm sure he's got some more tricks up his sleeve.
 
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highspeed said:
I understand all that, and you're right, that is what usually reliable sources have been saying. I just have a hard time believing that Butch won't find a way to get more guys in here if the attrition gets to the point that limiting this year's class to 18 will leave us with around 80 scholarship players for the 2016 season (which is not a stretch at all IMO). We've seen how creative he can be with numbers. I'm sure he's got some more tricks up his sleeve.
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If there is enough attrition, Butch will more than likely take whatever the number is to get us to 85 without oversigning the yearly class limit even if he has to Blueshirt or Grayshirt some others.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
You would think someone blue shirting and being given an opportunity to play at their dream school would be giving it their all and out working people instead of going through the motions
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Not sure what the case is here, but this should serve as a wakeup call to everyone, but especially fringe talents (for lack of a better term) that you better bust it everyday, in all phases, or there is someone waiting to take your spot.
 
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School hasn't even started and this guy is already slacking off? Wow. I don't think it's any slam on the kid to say that his offer was a stretch. He had no other interest from a school like UT. He ought to be busting his ass. Very disappointing. Not sure why UT made a reach on this kid and not someone like Cottrell who was offered y other D1 schools.
 
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Roustabout said:
School hasn't even started and this guy is already slacking off? Wow. I don't think it's any slam on the kid to say that his offer was a stretch. He had no other interest from a school like UT. He ought to be busting his ass. Very disappointing. Not sure why UT made a reach on this kid and not someone like Cottrell who was offered y other D1 schools.
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Oh Lord...here comes the Cottrell bullsh**
 
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Roustabout said:
School hasn't even started and this guy is already slacking off? Wow. I don't think it's any slam on the kid to say that his offer was a stretch. He had no other interest from a school like UT. He ought to be busting his ass. Very disappointing. Not sure why UT made a reach on this kid and not someone like Cottrell who was offered y other D1 schools.
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lol
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
You would think someone blue shirting and being given an opportunity to play at their dream school would be giving it their all and out working people instead of going through the motions
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We just need to step back and understand that Bruce just a kid months removed from high school. What is he, 17 or 18 years old. The fact that he needs to mature should not surprise or disappoint anyone. Discipline from the coaches and mentoring from his teammates will get him back on track. If it doesn't, then he is not someone that should be in the program.
 
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VAVolsFan2009 said:
We just need to step back and understand that Bruce just a kid months removed from high school. What is he, 17 or 18 years old. The fact that he needs to mature should not surprise or disappoint anyone. Discipline from the coaches and mentoring from his teammates will get him back on track. If it doesn't, then he is not someone that should be in the program.
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Most 17-18 year olds have maturity issues, but there are 25 other 17-18 year olds coming into the program every year that don't get suspended right off the bat. Hopefully it is a reality check for Bruce.
 
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Joc was not even a take. I'm not saying we should've took Nathan, bc he fits the GT offense. But cottrell was a hell of a lot better than bruce. When we played them in the playoffs this year.. We made joc look god awful, never seen someone with a UT offer so bad. Not even jaylond woods.
 
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etcolton said:
Joc was not even a take. I'm not saying we should've took Nathan, bc he fits the GT offense. But cottrell was a hell of a lot better than bruce. When we played them in the playoffs this year.. We made joc look god awful, never seen someone with a UT offer so bad. Not even jaylond woods.
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cold blooded bro :rock:
 
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etcolton said:
Joc was not even a take. I'm not saying we should've took Nathan, bc he fits the GT offense. But cottrell was a hell of a lot better than bruce. When we played them in the playoffs this year.. We made joc look god awful, never seen someone with a UT offer so bad. Not even jaylond woods.
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Why you throwing that shade on Woods tho?
 
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etcolton said:
Joc was not even a take. I'm not saying we should've took Nathan, bc he fits the GT offense. But cottrell was a hell of a lot better than bruce. When we played them in the playoffs this year.. We made joc look god awful, never seen someone with a UT offer so bad. Not even jaylond woods.
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Not saying you are incorrect, but by all accounts Joc was doing well before all of this came out. Even Dobbs mentioned Joc Bruce and Vince Perry standing out at Media Days. Too bad for the kid.
 
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