'15 TN LB Josh Smith

#251
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head1 said:
#SmithBrosOnTheRise
‏@JVandy_15
If @ButcherAndrew1 thinks UT will beat Alabama, he is UT material, complete arrogance and ignorance, can't even beat VU. #OurState

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Isn't that indirectly saying "yeah I know my team sucks, but we beat yours"
 
#252
#252
head1 said:
#SmithBrosOnTheRise
‏@JVandy_15
If @ButcherAndrew1 thinks UT will beat Alabama, he is UT material, complete arrogance and ignorance, can't even beat VU. #OurState

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He's sad because Vanderbilt is still irrelevant to UT players. Maybe one day, pal.
 
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CommodoreCapital said:
Congrats on the McKenzie pick up he will be a handful to reckon with for years to come.

It is funny how players get bashed when they commit to other schools and the comments that Josh Smith has not progressed, but somehow he makes the all tournament team at the Opening. Butch Jones saw that he was a Vanderbilt commit and didn't want to spend anymore time or resources on him thus he quit pursuing him, but to talk bad about a kid that you have no idea about during the recruiting process is entertaining and ranks right up there with "we didn't want him anyway". He apparently is a good kid and a good athlete and should be supported as a local kid that made it to the SEC.

Before anyway asks "why are you here", I live in Knoxville and follow the Vols as well as Vanderbilt. Looking forward to the season.
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I don't get the need some fans have to talk bad about a recruit that doesn't commit to UT. Josh seems like a good kid and is a good football player. He wants to play for Vandy, close to home and with his brother. End of story.
 
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head1 said:
#SmithBrosOnTheRise
‏@JVandy_15
If @ButcherAndrew1 thinks UT will beat Alabama, he is UT material, complete arrogance and ignorance, can't even beat VU. #OurState

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KBVol said:
I don't get the need some fans have to talk bad about a recruit that doesn't commit to UT. Josh seems like a good kid and is a good football player. He wants to play for Vandy, close to home and with his brother. End of story.
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The post he was responding to wasn't talking bad about smith. I think the his final 3 kinda back flowd up and if butch really wanted him do you think he would just stop recruiting him because he was a vandy lock
 
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#257
"Can't even beat VU"

Gah, the inferiority complex with Vanderbilt fans is pathetic. I mean grow a sack, a backbone, and stop indirectly kicking yourself in the teeth.

It's pathetic, you make my Nashville look like a bunch of hipster doofuses.
 
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RetardedElf said:
The post he was responding to wasn't talking bad about smith. I think the his final 3 kinda back flowd up and if butch really wanted him do you think he would just stop recruiting him because he was a vandy lock
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No, I agree that UT backed off. But someone said he was Petera 2.0 and I'm not sure there's evidence to back that up. He certainly seemed to perform well at the The Opening.

I'm very comfortable with what I think our LB haul will be. Just don't see the need to go negative on the kid when it's clear he won't be part of it, for whatever reason.
 
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TriCitiesVol said:
Our Rivals guys on VQ have said that UT's staff feels like Smith will grow into a DE in the future. We have better options at DE right now than Smith.

His final 3 were UK, Vandy, and Purdue. Why wasn't Bama or UT in that group. They are definitely better football schools than the aforementioned group? He just wasn't a take anymore.

Same thing for Josh McMillan too. He doesn't fit what we want at LB, so we've moved on. Vandy isn't really in a position right now to turn away any kind of decent players.
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He had offers from a majority of the SEC Schools and probably wants to get on the field early and that is why he did not choose Alabama or Auburn. Vanderbilt only has about 15 slots to fill so they do have to be somewhat selective and can't sign 25+ per year, because they do not have the attrition like many of the schools. I am not saying Mason is being selective or making stretches as I have no idea if Mason can recruit or not as we have yet to see any of his players hit the field. In fact, this will be the 1st year we actually get to see 90% of the recruits that Franklin recruited to see how well his recruits pan out.

The post was originally made because of the comments that stated Josh Smith has not progressed and thus schools and coaches backed off of him.
 
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CommodoreCapital said:
Congrats on the McKenzie pick up he will be a handful to reckon with for years to come.

It is funny how players get bashed when they commit to other schools and the comments that Josh Smith has not progressed, but somehow he makes the all tournament team at the Opening. Butch Jones saw that he was a Vanderbilt commit and didn't want to spend anymore time or resources on him thus he quit pursuing him, but to talk bad about a kid that you have no idea about during the recruiting process is entertaining and ranks right up there with "we didn't want him anyway". He apparently is a good kid and a good athlete and should be supported as a local kid that made it to the SEC.

Before anyway asks "why are you here", I live in Knoxville and follow the Vols as well as Vanderbilt. Looking forward to the season.
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UT passed on Josh when they decided to pass on his big brother, IMO. If they thought Josh was a take then I think they would have pursued his older brother. That was long before either was a Vandy "lock". As others have said I don't think UT coaches projected him at LB and we have higher prospects on our board. Doesn't make him a poor fit at other schools.
 
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CommodoreCapital said:
He had offers from a majority of the SEC Schools and probably wants to get on the field early and that is why he did not choose Alabama or Auburn. Vanderbilt only has about 15 slots to fill so they do have to be somewhat selective and can't sign 25+ per year, because they do not have the attrition like many of the schools. I am not saying Mason is being selective or making stretches as I have no idea if Mason can recruit or not as we have yet to see any of his players hit the field. In fact, this will be the 1st year we actually get to see 90% of the recruits that Franklin recruited to see how well his recruits pan out.

The post was originally made because of the comments that stated Josh Smith has not progressed and thus schools and coaches backed off of him.
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Thanks for the laugh.
 
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Not trying to start anything but Smith did not have commitable offers from most SEC schools.

Speaking of Mason, you guys are in trouble if you only have 15 spots to fill looking at how many unranked people you have committed
 
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CommodoreCapital said:
He had offers from a majority of the SEC Schools and probably wants to get on the field early and that is why he did not choose Alabama or Auburn. Vanderbilt only has about 15 slots to fill so they do have to be somewhat selective and can't sign 25+ per year, because they do not have the attrition like many of the schools. I am not saying Mason is being selective or making stretches as I have no idea if Mason can recruit or not as we have yet to see any of his players hit the field. In fact, this will be the 1st year we actually get to see 90% of the recruits that Franklin recruited to see how well his recruits pan out.

The post was originally made because of the comments that stated Josh Smith has not progressed and thus schools and coaches backed off of him.
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He could go to VU and UK in the SEC. No one else wanted Smith.
 
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CommodoreCapital said:
He had offers from a majority of the SEC Schools and probably wants to get on the field early and that is why he did not choose Alabama or Auburn. Vanderbilt only has about 15 slots to fill so they do have to be somewhat selective and can't sign 25+ per year, because they do not have the attrition like many of the schools. I am not saying Mason is being selective or making stretches as I have no idea if Mason can recruit or not as we have yet to see any of his players hit the field. In fact, this will be the 1st year we actually get to see 90% of the recruits that Franklin recruited to see how well his recruits pan out.

The post was originally made because of the comments that stated Josh Smith has not progressed and thus schools and coaches backed off of him.
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I'm actually intrigued to see if Franklins recruits are any good. He won with very few of his own recruits starting.
 
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Smith was a lot better in coverage than I expected, I was actually impressed. Same with Cherry.

Vandy's 8 commits added together have a total of 65 offers. (About 10 are FCS)

Between McKenzie, Cherry and Williams alone, they have 76 offers.
 
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jave36 said:
I'm actually intrigued to see if Franklins recruits are any good. He won with very few of his own recruits starting.
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I think we can safely say they're better (on paper at least) than anything Vandy had previously. They should still have some talent moving forward.
 
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PA Vol said:
I think we can safely say they're better (on paper at least) than anything Vandy had previously. They should still have some talent moving forward.
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I'm thinking the opposite. Jordan Matthews and Zac Stacy come to mind. No one in their current roster is near their caliber. They had a couple defensive players drafted as well that weren't Franklin recruits. We'll see though.
 
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