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rexvol

rexvol

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Class size not an issue

Kiffin made it clear he's emphasizing quality over quantity in his first recruiting class.

"There are too many variables to answer that right now," he said. "There are a lot of things that go into that with our current roster. We want really good players. I am not concerned about how many we sign numbers wise. I am concerned about good players.

"It doesn't do you any good to hit a number to have a guy sit on the bench for four years. Let's get the best player we can get."

What's the pitch

Kiffin said it would be ideal, nice even if "student-athlete" was the foremost focus when dealing with recruits. But the first-year head coach harbors no such ideal image of the recruiting game.

"What are kids really looking at? I'd like to tell you that the No. 1 thing kids look at is academics. That's not the case. We need to be realistic with that. Kids want to play in the NFL," Kiffin said. "How can I get into the NFL? When that day comes and I get drafted, how can I be in the best position, No. 1 to be drafted the highest that I can? Because that's the only contract you know you're getting for sure. You don't know if you're getting a second contract. So you can't make up that draft status in the first or second round.

"No. 2, they're looking at when I get to that point, how prepared am I? Well, if you're in an offensive and defensive system that is NFL oriented in the terminology and the schemes that you're using on a daily basis for three or four years, you can't be better prepared than if you come here. I would argue with anybody when this staff is in place, I'd argue with anybody that there's not a better place for a recruit to go if what you want to do is be ready to go to the NFL when that day comes."
 
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rexvol said:
Class size not an issue

Kiffin made it clear he's emphasizing quality over quantity in his first recruiting class.

"There are too many variables to answer that right now," he said. "There are a lot of things that go into that with our current roster. We want really good players. I am not concerned about how many we sign numbers wise. I am concerned about good players.

"It doesn't do you any good to hit a number to have a guy sit on the bench for four years. Let's get the best player we can get."

What's the pitch

Kiffin said it would be ideal, nice even if "student-athlete" was the foremost focus when dealing with recruits. But the first-year head coach harbors no such ideal image of the recruiting game.

"What are kids really looking at? I'd like to tell you that the No. 1 thing kids look at is academics. That's not the case. We need to be realistic with that. Kids want to play in the NFL," Kiffin said. "How can I get into the NFL? When that day comes and I get drafted, how can I be in the best position, No. 1 to be drafted the highest that I can? Because that's the only contract you know you're getting for sure. You don't know if you're getting a second contract. So you can't make up that draft status in the first or second round.

"No. 2, they're looking at when I get to that point, how prepared am I? Well, if you're in an offensive and defensive system that is NFL oriented in the terminology and the schemes that you're using on a daily basis for three or four years, you can't be better prepared than if you come here. I would argue with anybody when this staff is in place, I'd argue with anybody that there's not a better place for a recruit to go if what you want to do is be ready to go to the NFL when that day comes."
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Nice Post!
Every recruit is different.
 
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The main ingredient in all those pills is just Fix-A-Flat...
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Tennessee: "Lane Kiffin was born to be a football coach."
While Phil Fulmer fielded some outstanding teams in Knoxville, the Vols became inconsistent in the past few seasons in the SEC. Enter Lane Kiffin, who was fired earlier this season as coach of the Oakland Raiders. Kiffin's most recent college job was offensive coordinator at USC in 2005 and '06.
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Lane Kiffins wants to be able to go anywhere in the country for talent."It's a really exciting time for me and my family," Kiffin said last week. "We've been there two weeks now. I've been on campus for three of those days, but we've been everywhere and the people have been great – not just the state of Tennessee but the whole Southeast."
To be successful at Tennessee, you have to have a broad recruiting base. Kiffin will recruit the state of Tennessee, but he knows two things have to improve. First, the Vols must do a better job in their backyard. Second, he wants Tennessee to have the ability to go anywhere in the country to land a prospect.
"We have to start with Tennessee, and that's what we did the first two days: I went to as many places as I could," he said. "We've got to develop a plan to keep guys in-state, and that's where our focus is all the way.
"We are setting up a system and a coaching staff where we can go get a player anywhere in the country. We will go after the best players that fit into our system. There should be nowhere that we shouldn't go."
Kiffin speaks highly of his days at USC with Pete Carroll.
"In six years with him, from the first day I got there, he took me aside and said I'm going to walk you through this whole thing, all the steps we take, how we build this," he said. "He took me through the whole process as if he was preparing me to be a head coach the whole time. He brought me in and said, 'This why we do this, this is why we do this on offense, defense and special teams. This is how we use the media in this case; this is how we're going to recruit.' So it was really valuable to have a head coach that really taught me how to do it instead of just doing it himself."
While he was at USC, another member of the staff was defensive line coach/recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron. Orgeron feels Kiffin is the perfect fit for Tennessee.
"Lane was our national recruiter [at USC]," Orgeron said. "He has tremendous energy and a great eye for talent. His dad [Monte, who will be on the staff] is best defensive coordinator in football history, and he has learned so much. Lane Kiffin was born to be a football coach. He's a leader with a great offensive mind."
Monte Kiffin will join his son in Knoxville as soon the season ends for Tampa Bay. Getting his father away from the Bucs will be Kiffin's biggest recruiting coup.
"Being an offensive coach as I am, I had to take a look at the other side of the ball because I didn't want to spend a lot of time over there [on defense] because of all the recruiting and all the things that go into being the head coach at Tennessee," Kiffin said. "We went and found what we thought was the best coach – and it helped that he had the same last name."
 
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CLK recruiting philosphy:

Cum to TN!!

We have crazy parties with tons of hot women. 75% of all female students here have posed in Playboy and 100% of them loveTN football. Have you seen my wife? I met her there. (Lil white lies won't hurt anybody)

We will grease you through for a 3 years until you get drafted. We have the hottest (topless) tutors who know how to keep your attention.

We will prepare you for the NFL where you will make all kinds of money and the gold digging ho's will be standing in line. Just remember to wrap it up. We will provide you free condoms in the training room.

Finally, we use NFL coaches, terminology, and you will play as a freshman!! We will get you to the pros after your junior season. 3 years of college is enough for anybody.
 
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Almost forgot: West Coast recruits, TN police bleed orange and white. If you have warrants, Most states do not recruit east of the Mississippi River. We will leave you in Knoxville for games on west coast.
 
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