'17 GA LB Mo Burnam (former UT commit)

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thunder5 said:
I wonder if Breon Dixon is one...I also wonder if the plan is to bulk up Gray to an OLB
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Fortenberry said there is nothing going on there as of now. He said he thought we would try and make a run at Willie Gay.
 
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Gibbs Hall 625 said:
NCAA football is a big business, don't fool yourself. Coach Jones and other coaches are making a lot of money at it. If they want to continue to keep making their large salary they better win games. To win games you get the best players available. Which sometimes means you step on the feelings of others.

They also try and help place these players in other schools that fit their level of play better as well. They are not just released and left to fin for themselves.

I'm sure Coach Jones hates to have to inform these young men that they are going to go with someone they feel is better. That can't be an easy situation, especially after they have built a relationship with these kids for several months. But if you pass on getting better players, the coach will be fired soon anyway.

Life is not always fair and either is recruiting.
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Maybe CBJ don't need to quickly take their commitment in spring and summer. Wait and see how they perform in the fall. As far as cruiting goes his strategy is a head scratcher at times. ...you can almost predict most of the players he will replace on the commit list.
 
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tonybologna said:
For the ones that complaining about this(Butch letting 3* commits go) it was bound to happen. Butch is going to allow some 3* recruits go elsewhere to try & get some of these 4* & 5* recruits available.

People may think it's dirty especially for the media but it is what it is & other schools do the same thing. Early on people were guessing CBJ was going to cut 10+ commits but I don't think it will go that high. I said 4-6 recruits initially.

I said it might go as high as 7-8 though in recent weeks. If he lets more than 10 current commits go elsewhere I will be a little shocked.

There's probably not more than 10 players left to go after anyhow that's worth letting that many 3*'s go. I'm talking about recruits that are seriously interested in us.
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I think this staff likes some diamonds in rough and if they do not tend to develop and grow then if they dont well there you go. However i dont think butch lets them commit without hope they will develop into what staff aspires them to be
 
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BruinVol said:
Sounds good if you don't give a damn about the lives of others. I think butch can do his job AND avoid treating guys like cattle.
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Its these guys responsibility to grow and develop he keeps thes ones that do and cuts the ones thst dont
 
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BruinVol said:
If it happens to one player in a class it's understandable as the numbers just didn't work out exactly as planed. It's unfortunate but it happens.


If you fill up your class months before signing day every single year and then start culling 3-4 fish out of the live well after bigger catches then it was part of the plan all along.


Again I have put a detailed list out of what has been successful for jones regarding lower ranked players. That list of success stories has been by flipping kids from lesser schools late in the process. So with that said Tennessee is an elite school and if butch would act like that early on in each cycle there wouldn't be these burned bridges left afterward. It isn't like Tenn needs to be first in the door with kids. We are elite and can get kids when we want them.
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Does Butch know about your list? My God man, you need to get that to him ASAP. It might not help this year but it's sure to make a difference next year and finally help Butch surpass Saban on the recruiting trail.......
 
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jbr82 said:
Maybe CBJ don't need to quickly take their commitment in spring and summer. Wait and see how they perform in the fall. As far as cruiting goes his strategy is a head scratcher at times. ...you can almost predict most of the players he will replace on the commit list.
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It's not a head scratcher when this strategy has resulted in the classes that Butch has landed. After year 4, it clearly works, whether people like it or not.
 
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chaseasl said:
I was hoping we would make a run at Willie Gay since he decommitted from Ole Miss.
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He's elite for sure. It would be nice if we could become a factor there. He'd have a decent chance of starting as a true freshman, assuming JRM doesn't return next year.
 
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He's been pretty pro Indiana on his twitter lately, and is officially visiting on December 9th. Wouldn't be surprised if we let him walk in favor of Shannon Reid.
 
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rdk4121 said:
He's been pretty pro Indiana on his twitter lately, and is officially visiting on December 9th. Wouldn't be surprised if we let him walk in favor of Shannon Reid.
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I think we have already let him walk.
 
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SDV said:
A surprise? Why would they offer someone they don't want? Man some of our fans are really dumb
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From March.....well if CBJ offered him they better not let him get away to them mighty Hoosiers....man some of these fans ^ lol
 
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I think the writing is on the wall with the heavy pursuit of Shannon Reid who announces today. I think if we get him, Big Mo gets shown the door, with his GIT shirt as a parting gift.
 
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"But before we get to the recruiting travels, the Vols closed quickly on Shanon Reid as Butch Jones' in-home visit with Reid was Monday night. Reid gave the Vols great reason Monday night to believe they would get good news on Wednesday. It's going to be interesting to see where things go with linebacker commitments JaQuan Henderson and Mo' Burnam."

- Hubbs
 
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