Dormady will give Dobbs a run for his money, immediately ~ Brad Shepard

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mitzustu said:
Dobbs will be a junior next year. Dormady will redshirt, sit Dobbs senior year, and then start as a Sophomore.

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then we wont be winning the SEC until Dobbs is gone.

I doubt what you are saying is true unless Dobbs makes a huge improvement.
 
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mitzustu said:
Dobbs will be a junior next year. Dormady will redshirt, sit Dobbs senior year, and then start as a Sophomore.

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Eh idk about a redshirt unless he is just completely not ready at all. It would be good to at least get him in for mop up duty so the next year he has at least a little game experience. I am happy to see how that plays out though
 
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k-town_king said:
Ok stop with the Black /White BS. If I claimed the ones wanting QD wanted him because he was White you and others would throw a fit. It is probably true for some with the way people seem obsessed with bashing a top 20 player at any chance.

I want Gibson who has way more potential. When people start saying Dormady could win a Heisman and comparing him to a bunch of probable college Hall of Famers and say he could get drafted I will change how I think. There is no category Dormady beats him in except being more consistent with his accuracy. Not surprising since Dormady is a coach's son who has been a qb his whole life. That can be fixed easily with a little work. Every other qb attribute Gibson beats him in or matches. Gibson dominated better competition on the field also.

If wanting top rated players is stargazing so be it. Enough of the Dooley diamond in the rough or he is better than the ranking crap. They both have the same amount of qb film. They both have been seen in camps. 247 has seen them both in person and their one year of films and reranked them. Gibson is still way higher on 247. He has more potential and is a better fit for the O.
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You do realize that it is very likely Gibson doesn't even play qb in college right? And it's not because he's too talented
 
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MWAVolfan said:
then we wont be winning the SEC until Dobbs is gone.

I doubt what you are saying is true unless Dobbs makes a huge improvement.
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Geez guys. You guys are being a little illogical. All you saw of Dobbs last year was a freshman who was thrown into the fire, and you're writing him off? That's beyond silly. The kid is super intelligent and put on 20 pounds while doing things like going out west to see Whitfield, learning from Manning, etc.

He will start at UT and it will be next season.
 
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KBVol said:
Lot of good reports coming lately on how well Dormady is throwing the ball this summer. He's a big strong coach's kid with an elite arm according to Barton Simmons of 24/7. He's also an EE.

As far as Dobbs, of whom I'm a big fan, Swain said he was having a poor Spring and suggested that he might've even taken a step back with regards to his accuracy and decision-making prior to his excellent showing in the O&W game. I personally like the kid and his skill set and would love to see him take the job as a junior and senior.

No one can really know at this point but it's reasonable to believe that this guy's take can be accurate.

Also, don't think we ought to write off Jauan a Jennings. He's the #1 player in Tennessee, a phenomenal athlete and, according to Doug Mathews, will be given every opportunity to play QB at Tennessee. Oughtta be fun to watch 3 talented kids compete.
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cant even think about jennings right now. he's so far away from wearing the O&W. anything could happen. But we need someone like that to actually live up to the potential.

I just dont think Dobbs is the guy, but people can change I guess.
 
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mitzustu said:
Geez guys. You guys are being a little illogical. All you saw of Dobbs last year was a freshman who was thrown into the fire, and you're writing him off? That's beyond silly. The kid is super intelligent and put on 20 pounds while doing things like going out west to see Whitfield, learning from Manning, etc.

He will start at UT and it will be next season.
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Its not just what we saw of Dobbs on the field, it's the news from practice as well and the O&W game also.

He is young, but so what? Phenom players are great no matter what age. This guy has had every opportunity to take the job away from a very mediocre Worley and by all accounts he could not take it OR beat out Ferguson, whom we now know didnt even want to be there or to try hard.

It doesnt seem to be going well for Dobbs yet. I hope for the sake of the future of the program that our recruiting efforts dont go south because we cant find a QB that can make us win big.
 
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stevenrich2003 said:
Im waiting on gibson.
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I don't know if you saw some of the evaluations from this past spring's camps, but some have actually knocked Gibson down a half or full star from where he previously was. Some are indicating he is falling more into the Athlete category and out of the QB category.
 
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24/7vol said:
If something happens with Worley this year and Dobbs steps in an impresses then he will be the clear leader going into next year. If Worley plays well enough all year to start the whole year then yeah QB will be up for grabs. Dormady with the receivers that we have will light it up.
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Generally players who are going to sit the bench all season are pretty safe.
 
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mitzustu said:
Geez guys. You guys are being a little illogical. All you saw of Dobbs last year was a freshman who was thrown into the fire, and you're writing him off? That's beyond silly. The kid is super intelligent and put on 20 pounds while doing things like going out west to see Whitfield, learning from Manning, etc.

He will start at UT and it will be next season.
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It's like people saying we would never compete with Worley at QB after he played poorly after having to take the reigns from Bray the season he was injured. But somehow this past year we were extremely competitive against two top 25 SEC programs with Worley starting and we could've had a completely diff season had he stayed healthy. So who's to say Dobbs won't improve the same way or even more so?
 
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Gandalf said:
I thought this response Brad Shepard made in the comments section of a very positive article for UT (yes, its bleacher but its a good article) was very interesting:



Tells me:

1. Not a lot of confidence in Dobbs if he thinks he can pressure a Jr right away.
2. Dormandy is perhaps better than we are thinking - maybe (big maybe) we have truly found our QB solution going forward.
3. Our recruits are recruiting, which is how it needs to be - VJ would be a great pickup.

What do you think/how accurate?
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Tells me....more of what certain fans wanna hear in reference to Joshua Dobbs.

Some folk just have to get over him being very talented
 
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bUTchLookin4Dimez said:
Of course your shades are on because TG is black and athletic and you are stargazing. If QD played last year I honestly believe he'd be top 5 QB this class. He's a pure QB and I stand by my statement. If they both come here and you expect TG to play QB, prepare to be disappointed.

Edit: for the RF vs Dobbs debate. RF didn't get "beat" for the job. He was hurt last season and unable to compete. For this year I don't guess he wanted to compete.
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Still in denial huh?
 
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dhb92 said:
It's like people saying we would never compete with Worley at QB after he played poorly after having to take the reigns from Bray the season he was injured. But somehow this past year we were extremely competitive against two top 25 SEC programs with Worley starting and we could've had a completely diff season had he stayed healthy. So who's to say Dobbs won't improve the same way or even more so?
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He has to prove it before people believe in him. It doesnt work the other way around.

Also, I'd not go so far as to say UT was competitive last year. Yes we beat South Carolina and almost beat a Georgia team decimated with injuries and both of those games were at home. In all other games against "top" competition Tennessee was beaten badly and Jones did not impress me, but I have no idea if it was because Jones is not a good on-field coach or that the QBs he had were just that bad.
 
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lexkyvol said:
Tells me....more of what certain fans wanna hear in reference to Joshua Dobbs.

Some folk just have to get over him being very talented
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I sincerely welcome him showing me how talented he really is. Bring it already and take over the team.
 
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that I have no idea who is going to play QB for the Vols this year and the years ahead. That is all.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Its not just what we saw of Dobbs on the field, it's the news from practice as well and the O&W game also.

He is young, but so what? Phenom players are great no matter what age. This guy has had every opportunity to take the job away from a very mediocre Worley and by all accounts he could not take it OR beat out Ferguson, whom we now know didnt even want to be there or to try hard.

It doesnt seem to be going well for Dobbs yet. I hope for the sake of the future of the program that our recruiting efforts dont go south because we cant find a QB that can make us win big.
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How many QBs in the conference this year were starters as freshman? "Phenom" QBs are rare even in this conference. Quit acting like you know how an incoming HS senior will perform any more than you know how Dobbs will. You've never seen the guy take a snap and you're willing to make assertions like that he will be the starter. Silly.
 
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mitzustu said:
How many QBs in the conference this year were starters as freshman? "Phenom" QBs are rare even in this conference. Quit acting like you know how an incoming HS senior will perform any more than you know how Dobbs will. You've never seen the guy take a snap and you're willing to make assertions like that he will be the starter. Silly.
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You misunderstand. I am not asserting that I know how they will perform. What I am saying is that our incoming QBs HAD BETTER perform better than Dobbs because if not, you'd better explain how UT is going to win the SEC. Dobbs is/was the third best QB we had in a DOWN period of UT football. Now he is #2 only because the other guy just quit. Doesnt make me feel real good. Hope you see where I am coming from.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
You misunderstand. I am not asserting that I know how they will perform. What I am saying is that our incoming QBs HAD BETTER perform better than Dobbs because if not, you'd better explain how UT is going to win the SEC. Dobbs is/was the third best QB we had in a DOWN period of UT football. Now he is #2 only because the other guy just quit. Doesnt make me feel real good. Hope you see where I am coming from.
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State how you know this to be fact. I'll wait....
 
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lexkyvol said:
State how you know this to be fact. I'll wait....
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Ferguson was beating out Dobbs based on performance but the will to compete was obviously lacking based ont he fact that he just quit. He didnt quit because he could not beat out Dobbs. He quit because Jones wasnt going to give him the starting job over Worley who, all else being equal, had the experience even though all indications from camp and the O&W game was that none of them were particularly good. Worley was anointed the leader for the starting job based on reps with the first team and experience.
 
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bUTchLookin4Dimez said:
Of course your shades are on because TG is black and athletic and you are stargazing. If QD played last year I honestly believe he'd be top 5 QB this class. He's a pure QB and I stand by my statement. If they both come here and you expect TG to play QB, prepare to be disappointed.

Edit: for the RF vs Dobbs debate. RF didn't get "beat" for the job. He was hurt last season and unable to compete. For this year I don't guess he wanted to compete.
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Put me in your camp. I think Dormady is going to surprise.
 
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