'17 TN OL/DT Trey Smith (UT commit 12/6/2016)

#902
#902
Vols_14 said:
He gone unless we beat them this year and they don't make it to the SECCG
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Then we will only end up with 1 or 2 of the top 10 recruits in the state of Tennessee. Absolutely unacceptable, especially with the rare amount of talent in state this year
 
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#905
#905
You're telling me we had a camp in west TN just for this kid then he goes to Bama possibly? If so we have some major recruiting problems.
 
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Seriously. Some of you people really need to give up following recruiting. It really isn't for you. Enjoy the summer and come back in the fall when there are games to be watched.

Following recruiting can be a stressful thing if you let it be, but it really isn't much, if any, different than any other year. You get some recruits, you lose some recruits. About the only things different in recruiting is 1) More in-state talent in TN. 2) More media outlets to follow from.

#2 is the one I personally have a problem with, because it has caused a lot of you guys to come out of the woodwork and jump on the recruiting bandwagon without having a clue as to how recruiting works/flows.
 
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BaldBiker said:
Seriously. Some of you people really need to give up following recruiting. It really isn't for you. Enjoy the summer and come back in the fall when there are games to be watched.

Following recruiting can be a stressful thing if you let it be, but it really isn't much, if any, different than any other year. You get some recruits, you lose some recruits. About the only things different in recruiting is 1) More in-state talent in TN. 2) More media outlets to follow from.

#2 is the one I personally have a problem with, because it has caused a lot of you guys to come out of the woodwork and jump on the recruiting bandwagon without having a clue as to how recruiting works/flows.
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Lot of truth to that comment on #2.
 
#909
#909
People in here sweating recruiting in the middle of the summer. We finish with a top 10 class. GBO!!!!!
 
#911
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BaldBiker said:
Seriously. Some of you people really need to give up following recruiting. It really isn't for you. Enjoy the summer and come back in the fall when there are games to be watched.

Following recruiting can be a stressful thing if you let it be, but it really isn't much, if any, different than any other year. You get some recruits, you lose some recruits. About the only things different in recruiting is 1) More in-state talent in TN. 2) More media outlets to follow from.

#2 is the one I personally have a problem with, because it has caused a lot of you guys to come out of the woodwork and jump on the recruiting bandwagon without having a clue as to how recruiting works/flows.
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Qft
 
#912
#912
We needed to show progress each year to build the program back. That has been necessary every year. The goal this year should be to win 10 regular season games. With that progress and winning some big games, recruiting will be fine. If we do that with similar passing results as in the last three years, I will be estatic. Especially as I remember that frigid home defeat to Vandy that first 5-7 year.

WR recruiting will still be tough but I will be in a much better VOL place and want give a damn about the hole(not a typo) state of alabama. GBO
 
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BaldBiker said:
Seriously. Some of you people really need to give up following recruiting. It really isn't for you. Enjoy the summer and come back in the fall when there are games to be watched.

Following recruiting can be a stressful thing if you let it be, but it really isn't much, if any, different than any other year. You get some recruits, you lose some recruits. About the only things different in recruiting is 1) More in-state talent in TN. 2) More media outlets to follow from.

#2 is the one I personally have a problem with, because it has caused a lot of you guys to come out of the woodwork and jump on the recruiting bandwagon without having a clue as to how recruiting works/flows.
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BB gets it.
 
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UTK said:
Anything less than a top 5 class is disappointing this year, just how it is.
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I agree. With the in state talent we have this year and where we were with the other highly rated recruits from neighboring states, this should have been a top 5 at least year. We'll be lucky to break top 15 at the rate we're going.
 
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BaldBiker said:
Seriously. Some of you people really need to give up following recruiting. It really isn't for you. Enjoy the summer and come back in the fall when there are games to be watched.

Following recruiting can be a stressful thing if you let it be, but it really isn't much, if any, different than any other year. You get some recruits, you lose some recruits. About the only things different in recruiting is 1) More in-state talent in TN. 2) More media outlets to follow from.

#2 is the one I personally have a problem with, because it has caused a lot of you guys to come out of the woodwork and jump on the recruiting bandwagon without having a clue as to how recruiting works/flows.
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You forgot #3...We must have X recruit because his is the next Manning/Wilson/Berry and we can't lose him....kid commits elsewhere...Armageddon takes place yet no one ever hears the kids name again

Ex #1 Dalton Santos, I've got 100 more.
 
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UTK said:
Anything less than a top 5 class is disappointing this year, just how it is.
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You can't at all say that. Would it really be disappointing if we finished 6th with more 4 and 5 stars than #5, but #5 just had just enough 5.7 3 stars to make up for it when we had 5.6?

Not saying that will be the case by no means, but rankings are just so subjective and putting a hard line on it like that just doesn't make logical sense.
 
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austin_vol said:
You're telling me we had a camp in west TN just for this kid then he goes to Bama possibly? If so we have some major recruiting problems.
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Or... for whatever reason, we never had a real shot. Or, maybe he didn't like that we did a camp. It maybe he doesn't like Smokey grey uniforms. Or... Kids do what they want and there are as many reasons as there are kids. The drama here is getting ridiculous.
 
#924
#924
I do think, as some have stated, that a lack of a vocal leader and cornerstone piece to this class has caused us to have a rough start. Maleik Gray is a fantastic player, but he isn't what I would consider the cornerstone to a class. Each of the last 3 summer's we have had a relatively huge recruit to anchor us through the summer camps and keep our name out there.

So far we have not had that. The 2017 class is going to be a different animal. It seems like winning games is going to be our crutch this year instead of a vocal leader. If we win games and make it to Atlanta I would like to believe that the situation will solve itself.

However, if we struggle on the field again this year I think this could be a very average class. It really is put up or shut up time for Butch. I'm expecting great things from Team 120, I just hope these expectations will be met.
 
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VersaceButch said:
I do think, as some have stated, that a lack of a vocal leader and cornerstone piece to this class has caused us to have a rough start. Maleik Gray is a fantastic player, but he isn't what I would consider the cornerstone to a class. Each of the last 3 summer's we have had a relatively huge recruit to anchor us through the summer camps and keep our name out there.

So far we have not had that. The 2017 class is going to be a different animal. It seems like winning games is going to be our crutch this year instead of a vocal leader. If we win games and make it to Atlanta I would like to believe that the situation will solve itself.

However, if we struggle on the field again this year I think this could be a very average class. It really is put up or shut up time for Butch. I'm expecting great things from Team 120, I just hope these expectations will be met.
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I think we'll be in the SEC title game. I feel very good about that happening. The current recruiting issues, I can't really understand fully. It is what it is.
 
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