Bruce Pearl at the Arbys Classic

[AGVOL]

We are recruiting him hard. This I heard from one of his coaches. Kid is as quick as any guard I can remember of late. Knock on him is that he needs to keep his head on straight and nose clean. Apparently does not have much parental support.

I heard their team was doing well. They are stacked. 5-6 D1 kids.

Yeah they have a lot of talent on that team. We are going after Adonis Thomas as well. I would be very happy if we got Jones and Thomas both in next year's class.

 

[MikeHamiltonFan]

Wow we must be finally learning the lesson to avoid the Selby situation. We already have Ware committed but we want to recruit Jones as well. I am happy to hear it. Maybe by 2012 we will actually have a legit PG.

 

[Voldaddy]

Bruce was getting on him during the game as well. It was something about a stupid foul. I think Trae thought he didn't do anything but I could hear Bruce saying quit complaining you know you committed the foul or something to that affect, I don't remember exactly what he said.

Note to Bruce, use this same tactic on JP Prince and Brian Williams, and quit worrying about what a HS kid does in a tournament. He can't embarass us on national television yet like the other two morons.

 

[westtnvol]

Bruce was getting on him during the game as well. It was something about a stupid foul. I think Trae thought he didn't do anything but I could hear Bruce saying quit complaining you know you committed the foul or something to that affect, I don't remember exactly what he said.

Bruce was coaching? Maybe he has changed over the Holidays.

 

[dooleydiesel28]

We need to get Adonis Thomas or however you spell his name lol

 

[Jocyvol]

Note to Bruce, use this same tactic on JP Prince and Brian Williams, and quit worrying about what a HS kid does in a tournament. He can't embarass us on national television yet like the other two morons.

:lolabove:

 

[AGVOL]

We need to get Adonis Thomas or however you spell his name lol

He played a great game tonight. Really showed what kind of player he can be, will have a great outside/inside game by the time he gets to college. Someone told me that Chris Jones had a triple double tonight but I'm not sure if that is true or not. Whether he did or not, he played an amazing game tonight. We need this kid badly and I hope we can land Thomas as well. What impresses me about both of these players is that they are very unselfish and they are obviously team-first type of guys.

 

[GoVols2003]

He played a great game tonight. Really showed what kind of player he can be, will have a great outside/inside game by the time he gets to college. Someone told me that Chris Jones had a triple double tonight but I'm not sure if that is true or not. Whether he did or not, he played an amazing game tonight. We need this kid badly and I hope we can land Thomas as well. What impresses me about both of these players is that they are very unselfish and they are obviously team-first type of guys.

According to one of his coaches, it looks like Florida is the likely destination for Thomas at this point. Apparently has a close relationship with Donovan.

 

[lastlap]

He played a great game tonight. Really showed what kind of player he can be, will have a great outside/inside game by the time he gets to college. Someone told me that Chris Jones had a triple double tonight but I'm not sure if that is true or not. Whether he did or not, he played an amazing game tonight. We need this kid badly and I hope we can land Thomas as well. What impresses me about both of these players is that they are very unselfish and they are obviously team-first type of guys.

Who won tonight? I didn't get to go back today. How did Golden play today also? I hope he put out more effort then he did last night. Thanks in advance.

 

[OrangeSuspenders]

According to one of his coaches, it looks like Florida is the likely destination for Thomas at this point. Apparently has a close relationship with Donovan.

You do not want to play Florida that year if true. Rivers, Beal, and Thomas. Yikes.

 

[GoVols2003]

Melrose (83) -- Markel Crawford 1, Chris Jones 32, Bobby Parks 14, Nate Rucker 14, Adonis Thomas 18, Telvin Wilkerson 4.

Atlanta McEachern (62) -- Trey Golden 30, Deleon Gist 9, Kierre Richards 7, Trey Fletcher 7, Marquese Roberts 4, Rory Anderson 3, Demar Hill 2.

Melrose / 19 / 19 / 19 / 26 / -- / 83 /

Atlanta McEachern / 15 / 20 / 10 / 17 / -- / 62 /

Records -- Melrose 15-0.

 

[volfansince113087]

Saw the game last night. Golden made some nice crisp passes. Needs to work on his jumper more, hustle, and play a lil a D(I'm sure that will change next year). He's built solid and I think he could make a good impact for us, he's team is good but he'll be keyed on every night in HS. I told him good luck and I will enjoy watching him play on Rocky Top the next 4 years.

Thomas is pretty fundamentally sound, only had 18 pts Wed and 11 Tues, but he was limited because he was pretty much doubled team down low. He has a knack for the ball, very athletic, and plays hard. I told him I would love to see him in orange and he said he likes them and we are a possibility for him. In the end I told him best of luck wherever you go please and not to pick Kentucky and Coach Cal because he's trouble.

Jones seems like a PG that you need on your team. Just a go getter type of PG that is just smooth and shoots real good for a PG. Makes the team better and always does something to spark the team. He needs to get a little bigger but that will take time. I told him I liked his game. I asked about us and he said he's going to be a Vol when it's said and done, he even told Pearl Tues night that he will be a Vol.

I'm no insider by no means, but I did talk to all 3 of these guys. These kids are liable to change their decisions but all of these guys would be a great addition for us. Lets head down to Atlanta.