'24 AR LB Wyatt Simmons (Arkansas commit)

[Exiled]

 

[Volstar65]

It doesn’t take much to get offended when it comes to your children. On the other hand, some look for reasons to be offended.

 

[LoudOrange]

Imagine how offended he gets during a game when he hears someone say a bad word.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Circle of life drill, NOW!

Elijah Simmons vs Wyatt Simmons

Winner gets to be the Simmons on UT’s roster.

That’s gotta be what offended him.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

He wasn’t a little bit shy in blaming Heupel. But didn’t give any details.

No other details to share bub

 

[Glitch]

My thoughts…Wyatt has probably received all his offers via call or in person. So he began dreaming about Tennessee making the call, being on the phone with CJH. He’s thinking and wishing for that for weeks when he receives the text. I imagine I could just see him staring at his phone like “What….?”

And it probably hurt a little bit. I think Moose exaggerated this a little so we were expecting to be much worse, so now we are confused due to the drama that was built, when in reality CJH will call him and it’ll be fine.

If Tennessee is my dream school and I get that text, I don't get offended. I text back, "Are you serious?!?! Can we talk?"

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

He finally posted the details about a page ago…and it was basically nothing.

Texting a recuit you have an offer & never anything more before or after isn't how it's done

 

[butchna]

It’s easier for him to trash our staff and act like we acted unprofessionally rather than just say what happened. The fact that he’s not saying what happened just further proves that it really wasn’t that big of a deal and was probably just a late eval and offer and the family felt disrespected, which okay fine feel that way but that is a very normal thing in recruiting. I refuse to believe this staff that’s entire thing is “culture” is out there treating kids poorly. Nothing we’ve seen the past 3 years would indicate they would ever do something like that so why start now?

It’s a nothing burger he’s turned into a Whopper.

 

[SweetasSoda]

No other details to share bub

My Bub is in the hospital. Just had a toe taken off. To my Bub, I am sis.

 

[butchna]

Let's not encourage MPW to post a rumor here. He is showing restraint.

If people stop asking him, it looks like he is willing to let it go for the greater good.

EVERYTHING that we’re discussing on here has been presented by him…complete opposite of “restraint”.

 

[butchna]

Texting a recuit you have an offer & never anything more before or after isn't how it's done

According to whom? You are aware our HC is busy with trivial meanderings like FALL CAMP?

 

[Vol423]

Texting a recuit you have an offer & never anything more before or after isn't how it's done

As I said before:

You have done this kid a HUGE disservice. You should be ashamed of yourself.

 

[butchna]

Some assistant coach Texted him an offer saying " you know you have an offer"

He had never heard from Tennessee before in any manor.

THAT was “embarrassing” and necessitates an APOLOGY?

 

[Glitch]

Texting a recuit you have an offer & never anything more before or after isn't how it's done

How did he know who it was from if there no contact before or after?

 

[butchna]

Makes it sound like they expected Heup to show up and fix them dinner before getting on one knee and declaring that the kid has an offer to play ball at UT and handing the family a big bag of NIL money. I wish him well but if there is this much drama already, maybe this isn't a good culture fit.

Thanks! ^This! And thanks again!

 

[Glitch]

I think one thing that we can definitively say we learned from this thread is that that Heupel can't open. Forget closing. The man is a horrible opener.

 

[JT3]

What probably happen was somebody in the recruiting office who's job is to find diamonds in the rough saw this kid's tape, liked him, and offered him an opportunity as a walk on. Maybe even a PWO if his boss likes his tape too. The guy then presents his "findings" and his boss wanted to pass and that opportunity was dead at that point. Guy never touches base again and I doubt our staff even knows what happen.

Obvious all of this is a big ass assumption.

Real question was the offer a commitable offer or not.

 

[Adam Sandler]

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I mean I get it. Give the kid a call for gods sake. That’s a pretty low effort offer. But also we can totally recover from that. Heupel can call and be like that’s not the way we do things, apologize and make good. Shouldn’t be that big a deal ultimately.

 

[bigl3327]

This is what I consider "Much ado about nothing." This kid has never taken a visit. He's never had a single conversation with BJM, Mike Ekeler, or Tim Banks. He allegedly got a text from a defensive analyst on the staff and that's been the extent of communication. At this point, the "he's not coming here", statement isn't because UT dropped the ball. It's because he isn't a priority. From the admission of MPW about what the text said, this kid doesn't have an official offer. That's not a knock against Wyatt. There's a lot of really good LBs out there that don't have a UT offer. The problem is the perceived disrespect and resulting butthurt that has been portrayed in a couple of threads. Also the insinuation that the top brass somehow "dropped the ball" for a recruit that they highly value. There's a lot of exaggerated untruths to this whole deal from what I can surmise. The one definite truth that MPW has stated is the fact that this is not how recruiting is done. It appears this is because Wyatt isn't truly being recruited by UT at this point. Simmons should be honored that he has the legitimate offers that he does have and focus on those if he is indeed bothered by UT not having the same level of interest, but there isn't one single thing that our staff needs to apologize for.

 

[Frankwillie87]

I think one thing that we can definitively say we learned from this thread is that that Heupel can't open. Forget closing. The man is a horrible opener.

A man after my own heart. Forget getting Christmas shopping done in July, I'm running to the Weigel's the day of to grab a gift for my family

 

[Glitch]

A man after my own heart. Forget getting Christmas shopping done in July, I'm running to the Weigel's the day of to grab a gift for my family

Something real nice for the little lady to cook for supper later on.

 

[Evol]

I was guessing it was going to be a case of him having an offer but not a committable one, tried to commit and was told he would have to wait. Him and his family are then embarrassed and feel misled.

But it sounds like it wasn’t that big of a deal

 

[Orange.]

This is what I consider "Much ado about nothing." This kid has never taken a visit. He's never had a single conversation with BJM, Mike Ekeler, or Tim Banks. He allegedly got a text from a defensive analyst on the staff and that's been the extent of communication. At this point, the "he's not coming here", statement isn't because UT dropped the ball. It's because he isn't a priority. From the admission of MPW about what the text said, this kid doesn't have an official offer. That's not a knock against Wyatt. There's a lot of really good LBs out there that don't have a UT offer. The problem is the perceived disrespect and resulting butthurt that has been portrayed in a couple of threads. Also the insinuation that the top brass somehow "dropped the ball" for a recruit that they highly value. There's a lot of exaggerated untruths to this whole deal from what I can surmise. The one definite truth that MPW has stated is the fact that this is not how recruiting is done. It appears this is because Wyatt isn't truly being recruited by UT at this point. Simmons should be honored that he has the legitimate offers that he does have and focus on those if he is indeed bothered by UT not having the same level of interest, but there isn't one single thing that our staff needs to apologize for.

Word.

 

[Weezer]

Some assistant coach Texted him an offer saying " you know you have an offer"

He had never heard from Tennessee before in any manor.

If that's what was so offensive, I'm calling BS on this kid being a lifelong Tennessee fan.

 

[Jackcrevol]

So a recruiting analyst (assuming the guy he tagged in his post) texted the kid that he had an offer which was the very first contact by TN.

So does he is fact have an offer from TN or did the recruiting analyst jump the gun?

Was the offer a PWO?

Am I missing something?

probably not, either way. we are set at LB.