'22 FL OT Brian Grant (Tennessee signee)

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GVol1966 said:
[QUOTE="Tyler865, post: 19814434, member: 17095"]A UCF player for sure.

A fine project but can't expect to win anything in the SEC with a class full of these guys.
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Good , an upgrade from what we’ve had.
Because I’m pretty sure the last 3-4 years UCF would of beaten us like a drum.[/QUOTE]
Is that because they know what "would of" actually means??
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:

Brian Grant, 2022 Offensive tackle - Rivals.com

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Maybe he could get cross trained as a tight end. (IF) he can catch he would be great around the goal line. At 6'8" if he has a minimal 30" vertical and with those long arms he could catch one as high as 9' I just would like to see us put a beat down on some teams that have really disrespected us the past few years. (I know most of the disrespect is self-inflicted and is deserved but that doesn't make it hurt less.)
 
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reVOLution33 said:
You are one of the many that get on here and "wash the feet" of each new coaching staffs ability to recruit and evaluate talent. Then at the end of each staffs tenor here 'they couldn't evaluate talent.'

Come on dude everyone has an opinion. Everyone is wrong all the time just read it and move on if you don't like it. You say the same thing everytime someone questions a recruit.
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I thought he made 3 good points. Understand not celebrating because you want a top 100 player, but question why you're upset...
1. Because you have not heard of them?
2. Because you trust recruiting services rankings, and they are not high on the player?
3. Because you don't trust the coaches to find good players?
 
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Say what you want about the kid but they are doing what it takes to build a OL. Finding Quick athletes that can move, add GOOD weight on them, DEVELOP them to play by the time they are RS Soph's and have a solid OL for years to come and not be hoping every year you can find the next great thing to plug in as a true freshman and hope he can play with the big boy's.
 
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thistime said:
Say what you want about the kid but they are doing what it takes to build a OL. Finding Quick athletes that can move, add GOOD weight on them, DEVELOP them to play by the time they are RS Soph's and have a solid OL for years to come and not be hoping every year you can find the next great thing to plug in as a true freshman and hope he can play with the big boy's.
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Same formula they used at Mizzou and at UCF. Ain't broke.
 
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You can make them big and strong but you can't make them fast and quick. Everybody needs to look at Pro OL's these days. The time of the 6'4 350 lb lineman has passed, these guys average around 6'6" and 320 lb and look like WEIGHT LIFTERS and are very ATHLETIC, these guys can move.
 
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SweetasSoda said:
I thought he made 3 good points. Understand not celebrating because you want a top 100 player, but question why you're upset...
1. Because you have not heard of them?
2. Because you trust recruiting services rankings, and they are not high on the player?
3. Because you don't trust the coaches to find good players?
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You get it.

If you have to play 4* and 5* players at many positions to win, you are not developing. You are plug and play. There are only so many to go around and not many are coming to Knoxville. So you have to develop well. That means a lot of RS in the O-line in this case - which is what Heup/Elarbee did at Mizzou and at UCF.

Look how "great" highly rated Morris and Wright performed and they were picked for Cornbread's system and scheme. Recruiting services missed on both. They may get better, but it will have taken the same time it would an unsung 3* with upside. Sure, get the higher rated guys as you can get them if they fit, but at this stage you better take some projects with upside and develop them before sending them into battle. By all means take guys that have the attributes the scheme needs instead of those that fit what everybody else is doing because they may be more ready to go.

Different scheme and coaches than Dools, Botch and Cornbread. Their results don't apply to Heup and crew.
 
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Wouldn't that be an awesome sight. If we were like on the five just take three steps turn, jump, stretch and catch the ball. He would fall to the back of the end zone.
 
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Vols4us said:
You get it.

If you have to play 4* and 5* players at many positions to win, you are not developing. You are plug and play. There are only so many to go around and not many are coming to Knoxville. So you have to develop well. That means a lot of RS in the O-line in this case - which is what Heup/Elarbee did at Mizzou and at UCF.

Look how "great" highly rated Morris and Wright performed and they were picked for Cornbread's system and scheme. Recruiting services missed on both. They may get better, but it will have taken the same time it would an unsung 3* with upside. Sure, get the higher rated guys as you can get them if they fit, but at this stage you better take some projects with upside and develop them before sending them into battle. By all means take guys that have the attributes the scheme needs instead of those that fit what everybody else is doing because they may be more ready to go.

Different scheme and coaches than Dools, Botch and Cornbread. Their results don't apply to Heup and crew.
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True.... Understand people not wanting to wait on development because they want to be part of the talk for winning the East at least. So they want plug and play.
 
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SweetasSoda said:
True.... Understand people not wanting to wait on development because they want to be part of the talk for winning the East at least. So they want plug and play.
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Fact is, we don’t know with this coaching staff yet, so we’re in wait and see mode. I have high hopes but facts are it’s a huge unknown. Fingers crossed.
 
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SweetasSoda said:
I thought he made 3 good points. Understand not celebrating because you want a top 100 player, but question why you're upset...
1. Because you have not heard of them?
2. Because you trust recruiting services rankings, and they are not high on the player?
3. Because you don't trust the coaches to find good players?
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I'm not upset. I just find it hard to 💥 for someone, with so far, a meh offer list, like most everyone on here. But it's irritating, when I except your opinion, but you bash mine for being a realist.

I like Heupel but I'm not a "STAN." I'm not questioning the coaching staff but I'm not "carrying their water" either.

All I said is it would be nice to actually be excited about a recruit, as in beating out an Auburn, Texas A&M, Georgia, Florida ect. Someone those teams actually want. All of our recruits are ranked below .90. We can't compete in the SEC with 20th-30th in the nation in recruiting.

In closing I'm not bashing the coaching staff and I understand where the program is right now. I just feel,, celebrating a bunch of lower tier players is like excepting mediocrity with The Orange and White.
 
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