'19 GA OL Wanya Morris (Tennessee signee)

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I hope WM starts a domino like effect when he commits to us. With us getting Harris and Thompkins also.
 
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From SEC Country:

No. 41 Wanya Morris, tackle

Wanya Morris is high school teammates with Pappoe, and the tandem will likely make their decisions around the same time. The Grayson High (Loganville, Ga.) tackle narrowed it two a month ago, Auburn and Tennessee. Morris created his top 2 shortly after taking a visit to Knoxville, Tenn., with Pappoe, so it’s understandable why there is growing buzz around the Volunteers in this recruitment. But Auburn’s need for tackles is documented and Morris is the highest-ranked tackle the Tigers are recruiting.

Biggest threat: Tennessee
 
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CobbVol said:
From SEC Country:

No. 41 Wanya Morris, tackle

Wanya Morris is high school teammates with Pappoe, and the tandem will likely make their decisions around the same time. The Grayson High (Loganville, Ga.) tackle narrowed it two a month ago, Auburn and Tennessee. Morris created his top 2 shortly after taking a visit to Knoxville, Tenn., with Pappoe, so it’s understandable why there is growing buzz around the Volunteers in this recruitment. But Auburn’s need for tackles is documented and Morris is the highest-ranked tackle the Tigers are recruiting.

Biggest threat: Tennessee
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And we don’t NEED tackles?
 
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Ron Swanson said:
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Looks like Catbone.
 
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OL Performance to my reckonin' over the last 10 years:

2008-- hard to gauge, with the last ditch effort to flip from a pro-style to the Clawfense.. But we can definitely say it wasn't successful. Best OL Player: Ramon Foster

2009-- The Kiffin year. Went back to pro-style and we were at the very least competent with Crompton and Hardesty leading the way. Best OL Player: Jacquez McClendon? This was the year with the 260lb Sullivan twins.

2010-- Dooley's Year Zero. Back to the drawing board on OL with a lot of freshmen/underclassmen. Simms had zero pocket awareness, and it was Bray's quick release to track star Justin Hunter that bailed us out in the second half of the season. Not a whole lotta run blocking these years. Best OL Player(s): JaWuan James, Zach Fulton, Dallas Thomas, maybe James Stone. Stone seemed to get worse over his time here, but that was likely his switch from G to C where he had trouble with snapping the ball.

2011-- Disappointment. Injury to Bray's thumb didn't bode well for an OL that was coached up for pass-protection. Same OL that did get better, but disappointing results as we still didn't have a reliable running game. This was Tiny Richardson's freshman year iirc.

2012-- Penultimate disappointment for the team as a whole. Same OL had finally jelled to completion, according to the media and preseason magazines. Again, great pass-pro, but the SEC requires a heartier run game. We know the results.

2013-- Butch's first year, and we retained a good portion of the OL-- James, Tiny, Fulton, added Alex Bullard as a transfer from ND. Problem was, our defense sucked and we had like, zeeeeero talent at the offensive skill positions. Raijon Neal and Marlon Lane were slow af, and Marquez North had only one catch that mattered all year. Eff Spurrier btw.

THIS IS WHERE OUR CURRENT "REBUILD" STARTED-- FOUR YEARS AGO. BUTCH THOUGHT HE COULD SCHEME AROUND A TERRIBLE OL IN THE SEC. IDIOT.

2014-- Marcus Jackson at Guard was our best player. Crowder was soft. Dontavious Blair still has his black stripe. Kyler Kerbyson was reliable only because he showed up every practice and every game, not because he was exceptionally good. We signed a couple four stars (Austin Sanders, Coleman Thomas?, big Charles Moseley-- broken leg from a car accident) that didn't pan out for one reason or another.

2015-- Jackson got hurt for the year in fall practice. Moseley wasn't in game shape. Jashon was a pleasant surprise. We signed Richmond (steal from MUS and Ole Miss) and Venzell Boulware (that checkerboard haircut when he committed tho). Richmond has not had help being developed by proper coaching. Boulware got sick of Butch's s#!t before last year. Blair still sucked. Best OL Player: Jack Jones/Chance Hall along the right side of that line. Particularly against UGA and Alabama.

2016: Everyone got injured. I guess this is where Butch stopped investing time/energy/discipline in S&C. Crowder, Kerbyson, and Marcus Jackson are all gone. Neihaus and Tatum had to play as freshmen. Somehow the slippery flippery god combo of Dobbs and Kamara still won a disappointing eight games. Imagine if we'd actually invested in S&C (wouldn't prevent ALL injuries, but definitely some, one would think) and if we didn't have a no-name nobody who is a friendly face and remembers names good like Walt freakin' Wells as an OL coach.

2017: Trey Smith is GOAT already. Other than that, well, you all know the rest.

After typing this all up over the last 30 minutes, I rank our best OL units as 2013, 2012, 2009, 2015.
 
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ChismsHeadband said:
OL Performance to my reckonin' over the last 10 years:

2008-- hard to gauge, with the last ditch effort to flip from a pro-style to the Clawfense.. But we can definitely say it wasn't successful. Best OL Player: Ramon Foster

2009-- The Kiffin year. Went back to pro-style and we were at the very least competent with Crompton and Hardesty leading the way. Best OL Player: Jacquez McClendon? This was the year with the 260lb Sullivan twins.

2010-- Dooley's Year Zero. Back to the drawing board on OL with a lot of freshmen/underclassmen. Simms had zero pocket awareness, and it was Bray's quick release to track star Justin Hunter that bailed us out in the second half of the season. Not a whole lotta run blocking these years. Best OL Player(s): JaWuan James, Zach Fulton, Dallas Thomas, maybe James Stone. Stone seemed to get worse over his time here, but that was likely his switch from G to C where he had trouble with snapping the ball.

2011-- Disappointment. Injury to Bray's thumb didn't bode well for an OL that was coached up for pass-protection. Same OL that did get better, but disappointing results as we still didn't have a reliable running game. This was Tiny Richardson's freshman year iirc.

2012-- Penultimate disappointment for the team as a whole. Same OL had finally jelled to completion, according to the media and preseason magazines. Again, great pass-pro, but the SEC requires a heartier run game. We know the results.

2013-- Butch's first year, and we retained a good portion of the OL-- James, Tiny, Fulton, added Alex Bullard as a transfer from ND. Problem was, our defense sucked and we had like, zeeeeero talent at the offensive skill positions. Raijon Neal and Marlon Lane were slow af, and Marquez North had only one catch that mattered all year. Eff Spurrier btw.

THIS IS WHERE OUR CURRENT "REBUILD" STARTED-- FOUR YEARS AGO. BUTCH THOUGHT HE COULD SCHEME AROUND A TERRIBLE OL IN THE SEC. IDIOT.

2014-- Marcus Jackson at Guard was our best player. Crowder was soft. Dontavious Blair still has his black stripe. Kyler Kerbyson was reliable only because he showed up every practice and every game, not because he was exceptionally good. We signed a couple four stars (Austin Sanders, Coleman Thomas?, big Charles Moseley-- broken leg from a car accident) that didn't pan out for one reason or another.

2015-- Jackson got hurt for the year in fall practice. Moseley wasn't in game shape. Jashon was a pleasant surprise. We signed Richmond (steal from MUS and Ole Miss) and Venzell Boulware (that checkerboard haircut when he committed tho). Richmond has not had help being developed by proper coaching. Boulware got sick of Butch's s#!t before last year. Blair still sucked. Best OL Player: Jack Jones/Chance Hall along the right side of that line. Particularly against UGA and Alabama.

2016: Everyone got injured. I guess this is where Butch stopped investing time/energy/discipline in S&C. Crowder, Kerbyson, and Marcus Jackson are all gone. Neihaus and Tatum had to play as freshmen. Somehow the slippery flippery god combo of Dobbs and Kamara still won a disappointing eight games. Imagine if we'd actually invested in S&C (wouldn't prevent ALL injuries, but definitely some, one would think) and if we didn't have a no-name nobody who is a friendly face and remembers names good like Walt freakin' Wells as an OL coach.

2017: Trey Smith is GOAT already. Other than that, well, you all know the rest.

After typing this all up over the last 30 minutes, I rank our best OL units as 2013, 2012, 2009, 2015.
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I always look at 2009 as an example of what a very good OL coach and a good offensive system can do for an average at best level of talent...I mean seriously, starting two 260lb walk ons and equaling/outperforming any Butch Jones era OL speaks for itself
 
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thunder5 said:
I always look at 2009 as an example of what a very good OL coach and a good offensive system can do for an average at best level of talent...I mean seriously, starting two 260lb walk ons and equaling/outperforming any Butch Jones era OL speaks for itself
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James Cregg? I know he just got the LSU OL gig...but that followed four seasons as an ASSISTANT OL coach. How “very good” is he?
 
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Thought I was about to get some relevant info, but different teammate.

**edited so as not to be a creeper.
 
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butchna said:
James Cregg? I know he just got the LSU OL gig...but that followed four seasons as an ASSISTANT OL coach. How “very good” is he?
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2 x 260lb walk on players + converted TE = better OL than any we had in CBJ era = very good OL coach AND good offensive system
 
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Geaux_Vols said:
I am.
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Is this something you do as a business or a hobby? Because if it's a business, or even if you hope it may become a business, you really need to stop advertising who your clients are. I only say this because I remember you asking in another thread if it was ethical to post something a kid wanted.
 
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highspeed said:
Is this something you do as a business or a hobby? Because if it's a business, or even if you hope it may become a business, you really need to stop advertising who your clients are. I only say this because I remember you asking in another thread if it was ethical to post something a kid wanted.
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I have job, its 100% a hobby. But you're right. Its just sooooo fun to feel like an insider. :hmm:
 
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