'24 DC OT Jordan Seaton (Future Portal Entry)

[Ratvol]

These recruiting drama guys almost always end up being busts.

I agree. All hat and no cattle.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

If he really wanted to be a Vol I’d say he’s a take. He needs some solid advice and mentoring from someone he can trust

 

[jakez4ut]

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[Dadof2Vols]

Just my .02 after hearing him talk.

1. He got super stoked by talking with Deion. Easy to see how that would happen. He is the most charismatic coach in CFP.
2. He heard all the snake oil salesman talk. He took a good look at the chaos and Deion throwing his OL coach under the bus.
3. My hunch is the coach at Maryland is someone he respects and he is the one that got him really looking in to Co. Hence, the reason he's got Md in his list, but he knows that isn't the best place to take the next step.
4. I think he really likes Boo and I believe we are solidly in his recruitment, but he is still really torn between doing what's best (any of his top 5) because that requires him to admit to himself he got conned by Deion. I truly believe this kid is looking for stability and a tight locker room.

I think people maybe underestimating how much chaos his influencers are causing in his recruitment. I doubt it’s all kid.

My kid would not be doing this crap.

 

[Morgan Hall]

This thread has brought all the Humanities alums out, and they apparently dont appreciate their sacred cows catching pointed satire. That, or they simply can't recognize it as such.

 

[Devo182]

There are many reasons I don't care for the NFL, but the vibe that Prime gives off is common there and certainly contributes to my distaste. I'm imagining that Prime wishes to build his program on the same "swagger" and I imagine that his program will be full of the same insufferable vibe. No thanks.

I love Heupel's tone and approach.

I don't disagree.

But I love Tony V and his team's ultra swagger too. Have a feeling if Deion was our coach we'd be defending him and talking about how other schools hate us for our swagger and dgaf attitude

But yes I'm more of a Heup vibe overall.

 

[Devo182]

Each school seems to have some hidden confidence here. I was surprised to see Oregon's board, guess they thought they were the original runner-up and are still in it.

And maybe they're right. Impossible to tell with recruits like this that shoot fodder everywhere.

 

[MarcoVol]

Each school seems to have some hidden confidence here. I was surprised to see Oregon's board, guess they thought they were the original runner-up and are still in it.

And maybe they're right. Impossible to tell with recruits like this that shoot fodder everywhere.

Who at UT has confidence? Do you just mean fans for all those schools have confidence?

 

[Devo182]

Who at UT has confidence? Do you just mean fans for all those schools have confidence?

Yeah, fans.

 

[CAVPUT]

Yeah he suddenly seems to be hating the recruitment game. Maybe there is some merit to the rumor of his handler overplaying their hand.

He jumped off multiple times due to phone calls so coaches are lighting him up

You lost me at handler. My guess is he has several. Not wild about this one. Heupel has done a great job in establishing the culture. Is he really worth the risk? I'm not sure this time. This just has so many red flags to it. Nah. Pass.

 

[Volfan76]

Bru says hi

How on earth was Bru ever a drama guy?

 

[SSVol]

I don't disagree.

But I love Tony V and his team's ultra swagger too. Have a feeling if Deion was our coach we'd be defending him and talking about how other schools hate us for our swagger and dgaf attitude

But yes I'm more of a Heup vibe overall.

I can see how you might compare Prime to Tony, but they feel different too. Tony himself doesn't come across as brash or arrogant or flashy, he just lets the team enjoy themselves while they perform at a high level. The sunglasses at night indoors thing is just trying too hard, but jmo.

 

[Halph66]

I can see how you might compare Prime to Tony, but they feel different too. Tony himself doesn't come across as brash or arrogant or flashy, he just lets the team enjoy themselves while they perform at a high level. The sunglasses at night indoors thing is just trying too hard, but jmo.

Tony has an alter ego that shows up at game time. He is ultra-competitive. The players absolutely love his mentality. He is loose during practice and when the cameras are not around.

He is not Deion during interviews nor any other time.

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[Jackcrevol]

Tony has an alter ego that shows up at game time. He is ultra-competitive. The players absolutely love his mentality. He is loose during practice and when the cameras are not around.

He is not Deion during interviews.

LOL, Tony Vitello is NOT the same as Prime. One he was never a HoF player in Majors, ergo, doesnt have the Saviour of the World mentality.

He's a players coach, with a them first mentality. In fact, he is 110% opposite of that douche.

 

[Volbrando]

Can we get back to news about Seaton this thread has gone off the rails this morning

 

[NoogaVol96]

Some of yall need help

 

[SweetasSoda]

Just my .02 after hearing him talk.

1. He got super stoked by talking with Deion. Easy to see how that would happen. He is the most charismatic coach in CFP.
2. He heard all the snake oil salesman talk. He took a good look at the chaos and Deion throwing his OL coach under the bus.
3. My hunch is the coach at Maryland is someone he respects and he is the one that got him really looking in to Co. Hence, the reason he's got Md in his list, but he knows that isn't the best place to take the next step.
4. I think he really likes Boo and I believe we are solidly in his recruitment, but he is still really torn between doing what's best (any of his top 5) because that requires him to admit to himself he got conned by Deion. I truly believe this kid is looking for stability and a tight locker room.

This makes a lot of sense.

 

[SweetasSoda]

I don't disagree.

But I love Tony V and his team's ultra swagger too. Have a feeling if Deion was our coach we'd be defending him and talking about how other schools hate us for our swagger and dgaf attitude

But yes I'm more of a Heup vibe overall.

Do not compare Tony with DS!!!

 

[vol94]

I don’t care for his antics but the young man is talented. I couldn’t imagine living in this era as a 18 yr old kid. One misconstrued comment or mistake can cost you, even years later. I can’t imagine being in the spotlight, esp as an 18yr old kid; and many of these young men don’t have strong role models in their lives.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I cannot believe any person would seriously compare Tony Vitello to Deion Sanders lol. Not even remotely the same person from a program building perspective.

 

[pimo1]

And this is just flat-out wrong. You really hurt your credibility here. Bill McCartney recruited as well as anybody in the late 80's and early 90's ... Just off the top of my head, I can think of at least 15 blue chip players that McCartney signed ... mostly either from Texas or Michigan.

Sal Aunese (this is the guy who knocked up McCartney's daughter and died of cancer)
Darian Hagan
Deon Figures
Eric Bieniemy
Mike Pritchard
Chad Brown
Alfred Williams
Kanavis McGhee
Ted Johnson
Greg Biekert
Joel Steed
Jay Leeuwenberg
Christian Fauria
MIchael Westbrook
Kordell Stewart
Rashaan Salaam

^^^^ Most of these guys, except for Aunese and Hagan, had NFL careers. Their blue chip hauls of LB's year after year were the best in the country at the time. Brown, Johnson, Biekert, Williams and McGhee all had lengthy NFL careers ... and they were all blue chip prospects too. You are just wrong.

I am not.. I said most of their players not all. Colorado much like Nebraska back then would get a few guys each year but their teams were mostly 3 star guys. They were not pulling in top 15 classes. Did they have a few years of good recruiting once it got rolling sure.... but Colorado has always been a hard sell just like Nebraska. NIL can change that. You're putting up a big list of players but Colorado was playing good football for over a decade. Over that same period a list for a school like say UT or UF would be 100 guys. I would have posted this in my initial post but since I could not find anything before 2002 it was pointless. But I was there following it real time because that was my college/navy years and we followed college recruiting very closely. It was all we argued about during spades games on campus and on the ship. I attended an HBCU and funny enough Colorado and Nebraska were popular teams on campus mostly because we played a lot of NCAA football and their team colors matched frat colors Kappas wore a lot of Nebraska gear alphas wore Colorado, Omegas lakers, Sigmas wore our own I went to TSU. Then when I joined the Navy I ran into people actually from those hellholes so the arguments went on.

Colorado has not had a Top 30 recruiting class since joining the pac-12 (highest was 32nd in 2017) They had their success in the big8/big12 where they peaked at 10 15 and 19 in 02 03 08 respectively... their classes in between were in the 32-7oish range mostly lower than 40. They got their Natty in 1990 and then fell off when the big8 became the big 12 and fell fully off the cliff on joining the pac12. But they were like Nebraska were always known for coaching players up. Most of the players you listed above were from those 3 classes I mentioned above btw.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Colorado much like Nebraska back then would get a few guys each year but their teams were mostly 3 star guys. They were not pulling in top 15 classes.

That is dead wrong.

 

[m1al]

Why do I get the feeling investigations are in Colorado's future?...

 

[Lars]

We have a good class of OL recruits. Seaton would make it better. I wanted him. Sorry he went another direction.

 

[PYSCHO]

Some of yall need help

amen to that