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

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I saw something where smith said he has a clear number 1. Didn't mention who though. It would make sense that Dabo would be in this one as well. We have a fight on our hands.
 
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And you hate to say it, because he played for TN....but Marion Hobby goes from dud recruiter (we out recruited him for Corey Vereen for Christ's sake) and can't get an interview anywhere...now he's a recruiting machine
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
It makes perfect sense if you think about it. There are high expectations for the Vols this year. Higher than they have been in a LONG TIME. So I believe that some recruits are in a wait and see mode. Oh and there is that whole lawsuit thing. Its over now but it definitely had an impact.
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It's not over on the recruiting trail I can assure you, now the negative is Tn had to pay off rape victims. Recruiting is harsh.
 
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secking said:
It's not over on the recruiting trail I can assure you, now the negative is Tn had to pay off rape victims. Recruiting is harsh.
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Kids don't care about that. If anything it's a positive. That we're willing to break rules or do immoral things to protect them.

The negative recruiting that is killing us is the 0 draft picks in 2 years. Getting to the NFL is the #1 goal of all these kids. They want to know you can develop them to get to the next level. 0 draft picks in 2 years is prime evidence that you won't get to the NFL if you go to Tennessee.

You best believe this is being drilled into the head of every recruit considering us by these other schools.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Kids don't care about that. If anything it's a positive. That we're willing to break rules or do immoral things to protect them.

The negative recruiting that is killing us is the 0 draft picks in 2 years. Getting to the NFL is the #1 goal of all these kids. They want to know you can develop them to get to the next level. 0 draft picks in 2 years is prime evidence that you won't get to the NFL if you go to Tennessee.

You best believe this is being drilled into the head of every recruit considering us by these other schools.
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That's mitigated by the fact that Jones has only had one class that has even been draft eligible at Tennessee at this point. He recruited a #1 overall pick (Eric Fisher Chiefs) to Central Michigan and has two first rounders for 2017 in every projection I've seen (Barnett and Sutton). I think it depends on which recruit you're talking about when discussing the problem but the blown leads to Oklahoma and Florida have hurt the perception of Jones as a coach and the direction of the program. I also think that some recruits simply don't like his offensive system and how he uses WR's.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
That's mitigated by the fact that Jones has only had one class that has even been draft eligible at Tennessee at this point. He recruited a #1 overall pick (Eric Fisher Chiefs) to Central Michigan and has two first rounders for 2017 in every projection I've seen (Barnett and Sutton). I think it depends on which recruit you're talking about when discussing the problem but the blown leads to Oklahoma and Florida have hurt the perception of Jones as a coach and the direction of the program. I also think that some recruits simply don't like his offensive system and how he uses WR's.
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I'm not saying the criticism is legitimate. I'm just saying it's potent when presented to a 17 year old kid who doesn't know any better. You bring up alot of good points but they might be too nuanced for the typical 17 year old.

Plus it didn't help that NFL Network literally had a running gag about it for hours and all the networks mentioned our 2 year drought.

Whether it's fair or not doesn't matter. Its whether it's working. And unfortunately for us it's working right now.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
BB I've been here for years. This is the first time I've felt this bad about a class. There is some freaking weird nonsense going on when you can only get one of the Tennessee top 10. It makes no sense whatsoever.
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Must've forgotten the Dooley years U.

Fulmer's 2008 and 2006 classes were terrible - coaching turnover I guess.
 
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This recruitment has the flavor of so many previous 5* ones in the last couple years. We are in the conversation, we make the Top 10, then the Top5, then the Top 3 and then on NSD we go home empty handed. If this were a movie it's be 27 Dresses (always the bridesmaid, never the bride)....
 
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From Interview:

Smith, from Jackson, Tennessee, has nearly every major program after him, so narrowing his list down to just six schools was a bit of a challenge. He and his father sat down and comprised a plan to help him figure out what schools would be the best suitors.

“My dad is a businessman, so he had a spreadsheet for me to narrow it down,” he said. “We put in boxes with a scale of 1 to 10 with things like a good offensive line coach, a good relationship with the coaches, opportunity to prepare me for the NFL and opportunity to play. We just had our list end evaluations of each school, and whoever was the top six on the list was my top six.”



While Smith won't reveal who came out on top within the spreadsheet, the 6-foot-6, 299-pound lineman says that one school was a clear No. 1 after the grading.

“Another school came close, but there was a clear No. 1,” he said. “It was quite shocking because that was one of my top schools, so it was interesting.”
 
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JohnD13 said:
While Smith won't reveal who came out on topTennesseewithin the spreadsheet,Tennesseethe 6-foot-6, 299-pound lineman says that one school Tennesseewas a clear No. 1 Tennesseeafter the grading.Tennessee

“Another school came close, but there was a clear No. 1,Tennessee” he said. “It was quite shocking because that was one of my top schools,Tennessee so it was interesting.”
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Trying some subliminal for some better mojo on instate recruits...

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JohnD13 said:
From Interview:

Smith, from Jackson, Tennessee, has nearly every major program after him, so narrowing his list down to just six schools was a bit of a challenge. He and his father sat down and comprised a plan to help him figure out what schools would be the best suitors.

“My dad is a businessman, so he had a spreadsheet for me to narrow it down,” he said. “We put in boxes with a scale of 1 to 10 with things like a good offensive line coach, a good relationship with the coaches, opportunity to prepare me for the NFL and opportunity to play. We just had our list end evaluations of each school, and whoever was the top six on the list was my top six.”



While Smith won't reveal who came out on top within the spreadsheet, the 6-foot-6, 299-pound lineman says that one school was a clear No. 1 after the grading.

“Another school came close, but there was a clear No. 1,” he said. “It was quite shocking because that was one of my top schools, so it was interesting.”
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Does this make sense? It was shocking that a spreadsheet with data he had inputted gave him a result he wanted? It doesn't look like he's announcing anything soon. Just as good, my balls can can only take so much kicking in one month.
 
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JohnD13 said:
This recruitment has the flavor of so many previous 5* ones in the last couple years. We are in the conversation, we make the Top 10, then the Top5, then the Top 3 and then on NSD we go home empty handed. If this were a movie it's be 27 Dresses....
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You'll have to explain why the situation is closer to 27 Dresses than The Notebook because no one knows what the hell you are talking about.
 
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