'16 FL CB Tyler Byrd (UT Commit 2/2/16)

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CABVOL said:
Doh. I am obviously out of the loop on that inside joke. :thud:
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Not much insider to it. He decommitted and made a public spectacle of it.

As I'm sure other teams will use it against us when competing for recruits. I mean, you can only say "please, please, please, please don't go to Tennessee!" so many time to a recruit that's thinking of flipping.
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
How does this make sense when we've been straight and up front with his star RB. I could understand if this was a school where we didn't already have a player committed but this story seems fabricated.
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Maybe there's some truth to the UM fans saying there's no way he'd "let" Byrd renege. Commitment means something and you should stick by it and honor it. However, the coach shouldn't have a say so in who his players are able to talk to, let alone where they attend school. Your role as a coach in the recruiting process (if they should even have one) is to help your kids not the universities.
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
Maybe there's some truth to the UM fans saying there's no way he'd "let" Byrd renege. Commitment means something and you should stick by it and honor it. in who his players are able to talk to, let alone where they attend school. Your role as a coach in the recruiting process (if they should even have one) is to help your kids not the universities.
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That's how I feel. Maybe it has more to do with TB already decommitting bc of a coaching change. HS coaches especially in the south believe their job entitles them to a say in players recruitmemt. Having an opinion or giving advise is what they are there for. This is completely out of bounds but I don't expect anything less in silly season.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
I agree with what you're saying, but if we bring in Byrd, Warrior, and Osborne, then I wouldn't be surprised to see one of them work their way onto the field somewhere. Especially since Byrd seems to be so versatile to begin with. If he can learn the system, he seems like the type of guy we could potentially plug and play anywhere there's a hole in the secondary.

Plus, you never know what will happen between now and football season with injuries, transfers, suspensions, etc. One bad decision by a one of our starters in the secondary and it's next man up.
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I agree that the most talented freshmen can quickly play special teams and even work their way into the 2-deep and even some decent playing time. I'm just amazed that a lot of guys will watch a kid's highschool film and say they're gonna step on campus an unseat a guy like Justin Martin who is 3 years removed from highschool, is immensely talented, has competed, and competed very well, at the highest levels of college football, and will undoubtedly play in the league one day barring injury or stupidity.

It reminds me of last year, before JG committed, and guys on here, after watching him run away from some slow New Jersey 16 years on a QB keep, declare that he was a waaaayyyyy faster and a better runner than Dobbs.

I'm not saying there aren't some special talents, some elite freshmen who can come in and play early, even start. But to just watch their HS highlight film and then post that they'll come in and start on an SEC team projected to be a top 10 team and displace a stud at the same time...that's just a bit silly to me.
 
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KBVol said:
I agree that the most talented freshmen can quickly play special teams and even work their way into the 2-deep and even some decent playing time. I'm just amazed that a lot of guys will watch a kid's highschool film and say they're gonna step on campus an unseat a guy like Justin Martin who is 3 years removed from highschool, is immensely talented, has competed, and competed very well, at the highest levels of college football, and will undoubtedly play in the league one day barring injury or stupidity.

It reminds me of last year, before JG committed, and guys on here, after watching him run away from some slow New Jersey 16 years on a QB keep, declare that he was a waaaayyyyy faster and a better runner than Dobbs.

I'm not saying there aren't some special talents, some elite freshmen who can come in and play early, even start. But to just watch their HS highlight film and then post that they'll come in and start on an SEC team projected to be a top 10 team and displace a stud at the same time...that's just a bit silly to me.
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This x1000000. Half of VN posters live in Hyperbole City.
 
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HialeahGator said:
That's how I feel. Maybe it has more to do with TB already decommitting bc of a coaching change. HS coaches especially in the south believe their job entitles them to a say in players recruitmemt. Having an opinion or giving advise is what they are there for. This is completely out of bounds but I don't expect anything less in silly season.
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Especially at power programs and I would consider Naples up there with the success Kramer has had since taking over in the late 90's. Faced Naples in 2 Kickoff Classics in HS and never really cared for him or the program. My cousins graduated from Naples HS (neither played football), they were bball guys, but they didn't care for him when they were in school.
 
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Happy to see they are already in the third stage of grief. tomorrow they will be depressed and by NSD they will have to accept it.
 
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What Martinez/UT did with Sutton as a 3* no one had heard of has got to be helping us here. From 3* to 2nd round grade as a junior and potential 1st round grade next year has got to look attractive to CBs.
 
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From what I've gathered from the Vandy boards some of them (the ones willing to admit it) talked about how good their secondary was under Shoop, so that also has to make a great selling point.
 
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WilliamDuVOL said:
From what I've gathered from the Vandy boards some of them (the ones willing to admit it) talked about how good their secondary was under Shoop, so that also has to make a great selling point.
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I noticed that alot when we played them.Their DBs were always in the right position and would knock the crap out of you.
 
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jave36 said:
What Martinez/UT did with Sutton as a 3* no one had heard of has got to be helping us here. From 3* to 2nd round grade as a junior and potential 1st round grade next year has got to look attractive to CBs.
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Cam had all kinds of offers

Auburn, Clemson, UF, Arkansas, South Carolina, Ole Miss, UK, Tenn, Mizzou, GT, VT, Pitt. Lots of staffs had heard of him. He wasnt this complete unknown player that ppl make him out to be on here.
 
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Our db's were always in the right position to make the tackle 25 yards from the line of scrimmage When did we make it a priority to have our db's back peddle off the line of scrimmage several seconds before the ball is snapped? I have never understood that under Chavis, and Jancek. It's almost as if we are conceding 5-10 yards on nearly every pass play.
 
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touch44 said:
Desperation coming out of Miami
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What Snow?
 
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