'22 GA EDGE Darren Agu (Vandy commit)

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If we can get Verse to go with those already in the boat, we'll be fine at edge. Maybe Agu just saw an easier path to playing at Vandy?
 
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lilesrt said:
I’ll echo what Tony Basilio has said numerous times.. Tennessee needs players. Time will tell if Josh Heupel can recruit at the level he needs to be successful in this league. Heupel is a great coach.. his recruiting leaves much to be desired.
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Maybe maybe not. He hasn’t even signed his first real class yet.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
We do? We have Josephs and….? Pearce is choosing not to sign in December because he wants more options. Agu literally is choosing Vandy over us. Who are our other options?
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U should start drinking 2 weeks before signing day. Then stop on Thursday only to start again in about 50 weeks. 🍺🍺😂😂
 
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lilesrt said:
Rodney Garner tore us up for years on the recruiting trail. Now he’s with the good guys and can’t make it happen. What’s the deal here?
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Turns out it’s harder to recruit defensive players when you’re in a system that requires the defense to be on the field for 45+ minutes per game.
 
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VFL92 said:
Turns out it’s harder to recruit defensive players when you’re in a system that requires the defense to be on the field for 45+ minutes per game.
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You see, the thing is, our defense was on the field for 45+ minutes a game because often times they were incapable of getting off the field on third down.

The Kentucky game is the perfect example. How many times did we have 3rd down and failed consistently to EVER get a stop? I don’t remember Kentucky even punting.

We can attract top defensive talent with this offensive system.
 
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VFL92 said:
Turns out it’s harder to recruit defensive players when you’re in a system that requires the defense to be on the field for 45+ minutes per game.
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It's up to those players to get off the field. There was a severe lack of execution on that side of the ball. Not the biggest fan of some of the calls by CB on 3rd downs but there were plenty of times to get off the field.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
We can attract top defensive talent with this offensive system.
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We can attract them to come for visits. But thus far, we can’t attract them to commit. No commitments on the defensive side of the ball rated above a 3 ⭐️ (according to Rivals). I understand “stars aren’t everything”, but asking 3 star talent to be on the field for 45 min and compete against the big boys in the SEC is a tall ask.
 
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VolMike16 said:
It's up to those players to get off the field. There was a severe lack of execution on that side of the ball. Not the biggest fan of some of the calls by CB on 3rd downs but there were plenty of times to get off the field.
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Yea part of the reason the defense is on the field for so many plays is self inflicted. We had plenty of 3rd and longs that teams converted on. Eliminate 3 of those 3rd down conversions and our defense plays 20-25 less plays.
 
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VolMike16 said:
It's up to those players to get off the field. There was a severe lack of execution on that side of the ball. Not the biggest fan of some of the calls by CB on 3rd downs but there were plenty of times to get off the field.
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Only game I was disappointed in was Kentucky, other than that I thought he was outstanding.
 
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lilesrt said:
I’ll echo what Tony Basilio has said numerous times.. Tennessee needs players. Time will tell if Josh Heupel can recruit at the level he needs to be successful in this league. Heupel is a great coach.. his recruiting leaves much to be desired.
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Your being awfully presumptuous on how we are recruiting. First you say time will tell, then you finish by saying his recruiting leaves much to be desired. This is his first class and signing day hasn’t happened yet. Give the man at least 2 recruiting classes before you say he and his staff can’t recruit. We will be just fine! GBO!
 
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Blake25p said:
Only game I was disappointed in was Kentucky, other than that I thought he was outstanding.
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That’s fair. And we’re all gonna have different measuring sticks. Giving up 38 to the 2021 Gators was less than “outstanding” to me.

And part of my concern is that Heupel inherited more talent on D than he’s replacing it with.
 
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lilesrt said:
I’ll echo what Tony Basilio has said numerous times.. Tennessee needs players. Time will tell if Josh Heupel can recruit at the level he needs to be successful in this league. Heupel is a great coach.. his recruiting leaves much to be desired.
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If he wins 9 games a year, I really don’t care. Will I accept that forever? No. But after the last decade and a half, if you told me we’re going 9-3/10-2 the next 5 years with Heupel, I’d take it. We’ve had too many snake oil salesmen who could recruit but couldn’t coach or develop for crap.
 
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lilesrt said:
I’ll echo what Tony Basilio has said numerous times.. Tennessee needs players. Time will tell if Josh Heupel can recruit at the level he needs to be successful in this league. Heupel is a great coach.. his recruiting leaves much to be desired.
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Basil bag is a joke and a douche. "Tennessee needs players." Consider the opposite: "Tennessee does NOT need players." So he was really risky with his platitude! How daring! "Time will tell if Josh Heupel can recruit at the level he needs to be successful." Consider the opposite: "We can know in advance with absolute certitude whether Josh Heupel can recruit at the level." No one would say the latter, so his opposite claim is a nothingburger. "His recruiting leaves much to be desired." But this contradicts Basil bag's preceding world-shattering insight. Genius! The trick is that through some fluke of human nature, pessimistic views seem "smarter" to people who don't take the time to consider how meaningless the claim is. However the future turns out, he will say he predicted it. He predicted "time will tell." 😂
 
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NeverWe'llSever said:
If he wins 9 games a year, I really don’t care. Will I accept that forever? No. But after the last decade and a half, if you told me we’re going 9-3/10-2 the next 5 years with Heupel, I’d take it. We’ve had too many snake oil salesmen who could recruit but couldn’t coach or develop for crap.
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9 wins a year??? Well yeah, I’m sure none of us would care!
 
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Blake25p said:
Only game I was disappointed in was Kentucky, other than that I thought he was outstanding.
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UF as well. I think he was really good on 1st and 2nd. He was iffy for me on 3rd. Most of that is execution though. Hopefully with 2nd year Young and potentially Verse will allow us to be more aggressive on 3rd when there was success
 
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