'17 TN ATH Jacoby Stevens (LSU commit)

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secking said:
I wouldn't use the first question as a bulletin point. UGA beat Shoop last year even without a coach and their worst offense they've had in 25 years.

Second one, no one knows, the pups or the SEC. I've seen some ignorant fans try to say he is Dooley 2.0, that's foolish and flawed thinking. Dooley couldn't recruit, recruiting is 70% of your success. Ask Butch

Yes, Richt pulled top 10 classes but is there anyone here that really thinks Smart won't pull top 5 every year and puts a top priority on recruiting. We don't know how much of that defense was Smart, every Bama fan will tell you a lot of their recruiting was because of him.

Back to Stevens, he won't last till summer IMO. Decision has been made.
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I believe you are wrong and that this will carry out to at least late fall. Too many teams in strong position for him.
 
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MockingVol said:
I believe you are wrong and that this will carry out to at least late fall. Too many teams in strong position for him.
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Agreed. And if it doesn't, it doesn't really matter. If he recommits to LSU and Miles gets canned then it won't matter. If he commits to UGA and we beat them by 17 in Athens then I bet he rethinks his decision.
 
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I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it, but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
 
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Chandler was never committed to LSU, hoss. You're thinking of Stevens.


The longer all of those guys wait, the better our chances. It's still early.
 
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BucksnortVol said:
I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it, but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
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You don't follow recruiting, do you?

If Stevens goes to UGA, it has almost nothing to do with Wray. He is very much so up in the air though.

Chandler recommitting to LSU? I missed when he first committed there lol We are in strong position here.

Tee all but sealed to Clem? Lmao He is a 100% UT lock. He won't recommit for a while yet, but he is even more likely than McKenzie was 2 years ago.
 
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BucksnortVol said:
I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it, but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
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so is this "tap out" post. we should just give up? You don't do that in recruiting. You keep after them because you never know what is going to happen. If they end up somewhere else, so be it; but no need to commit recruiting seppeku just yet. let things play out. you could very easily be write that we sign none of those listed but it shouldn't change our strategy.
 
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MockingVol said:
You don't follow recruiting, do you?

If Stevens goes to UGA, it has almost nothing to do with Wray. He is very much so up in the air though.

Chandler recommitting to LSU? I missed when he first committed there lol We are in strong position here.

Tee all but sealed to Clem? Lmao He is a 100% UT lock. He won't recommit for a while yet, but he is even more likely than McKenzie was 2 years ago.
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Heaven forbid any of these kids want to enjoy their recruiting experience and take all their visits.
 
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BucksnortVol said:
I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it, but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
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BucksnortVol said:
I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it,but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
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WTF are you even talking about?

We possibly could not get any of those three, but you really don't have a clue what you are talking about.

Please enlighten us as to how the rest of us in the RF have missed out on this.
 
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BucksnortVol said:
I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it, but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
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It. Is. April.
 
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BucksnortVol said:
I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it, but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
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You're all kinds of confused.
 
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BucksnortVol said:
I know most folks on here believe CBJ is a miracle worker where recruiting is concerned; and he is good at it, but it does look like we aren't going to land Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins this year. And that's sad, because they could have signed on with a program with championships in sight. Expect Stevens to follow Max Wray to Georgia. Higgins' recruitment by Hunter Johnson and Amari Rogers to Clemson seems now to be, virtually, a sealed deal. And Chandler is a heavy lean to recom to LSU.
Well, good luck to them. They could still do better commiting to TN while they still can. But much better we take pledges from athletes that want to wear Orange and be VsFL. Maybe we don't get all the instate talent we want, but as a fine and successful coach, whom I've known for decades has stated repeatedly....."There are lots of good players, some better than you think and closer than you know". So yep, it would be sad to not get Stevens, Chandler, or Higgins; but we'll be fine with, or without them.
Go Vols!!!
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Lol. You have no clue. Chandler hasn't committed to anyone before. Stevens was committed to LSU not Chandler. Higgins will be a Vol. No questions asked.
 
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Our resident Rutherford County insider says a lot of these instate guys are waiting to see how we perform this fall before going all in. I tend to believe him.
 
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