‘23 IL WR Carnell Tate (Ohio State commit)

[BigSteve09]

this is how rumors get started

 

[BelieveTheHeup93]

Don't know what really took him so long to commit. Life long OSU fan and wanted to play there since he was a kid. take a OV or 2, commit and move on.

Wonder how much time did staff really pursue this guy

Maybe he really was considering us, but Ohio State slightly beat us out? I’m sure this staff put the full court press on him. We still have a long way to go to consistently beat out top schools for recruits. Hopefully NIL will help us get there quicker, but we still have a long way to go both in terms of winning and getting guys drafted in the 1st and 2nd rounds. The simple fact is OSU has become almost like a minor league organization for NFL WRs. Sure our staff did a great job a developing Tillman, Payton, and Jones. There’s a huge difference in money and opportunity at a long term career in going in day 2-3 or signing a free agent deal and going in the first round though

 

[volbeast33]

The only thing Pruitt ever got right….. worry about the ones we get…. Not about the ones we don’t.

 

[Orange Raid]

Eff Carnell Tate! Ohio State’s coaches talk crap about him and his mother and he still commits to them. He already planned on committing there before all that went down and that was planned just to get people guessing and it worked. Hope he has fun up there in that crap hole called Columbus.

 

[Frosty]

this is how rumors get started

L tweet but W lady

 

[VolInDayton]

No second places in a recruitment.

 

[OrangeTsar]

maybe this was just a UT smokescreen all along to force OSU to spend all their NIL funds on a player we really didn’t want

 

[Frosty]

Maybe he really was considering us, but Ohio State slightly beat us out? I’m sure this staff put the full court press on him. We still have a long way to go to consistently beat out top schools for recruits. Hopefully NIL will help us get there quicker, but we still have a long way to go both in terms of winning and getting guys drafted in the 1st and 2nd rounds. The simple fact is OSU has become almost like a minor league organization for NFL WRs. Sure our staff did a great job a developing Tillman, Payton, and Jones. There’s a huge difference in money and opportunity at a long term career in going in day 2-3 or signing a free agent deal and going in the first round though

Michael Thomas Is the only one that’s been good in the league

 

[YNWAvols]

Meh. Last thing I’m worried about is WR in this offense. I think some vols just want to be miserable.

 

[PACKERVOL]

Maybe so, but it is true!

 

[OrangeTsar]

 

[Winchester73]

We got played by a high schooler

When we gonna learn ??? No sour grapes, life goes on. We’ve said it before, we don’t need the drama anyways - and looks like he’s a drama queen. Not gonna wish him bad, but I want to see MEN here who WANT to be here. Period.

 

[BIGVOLLER]

Disappointing but not rustled. Hope we see them in the playoffs

Let's focus on trying to win at least 10 games first which hasn't been done since 2007.

 

[TheMagnificantOne]

Meh. Last thing I’m worried about is WR in this offense. I think some vols just want to be miserable.

Yes and no. Perception seems like we can't close most of the time Kasper/Tate...at one point seemed both were on the way

 

[Frosty]

We got played by a high schooler

When we gonna learn ??? No sour grapes, life goes on. We’ve said it before, we don’t need the drama anyways - and looks like he’s a drama queen. Not gonna wish him bad, but I want to see MEN here who WANT to be here. Period.

He’ll want to be here in a year or two anyways

 

[Winchester73]

Who ?

 

[heehawvol]

Carnell Taint

 

[BigSteve09]

L tweet but W lady

I asked him if he was implying that the collective associated with Tennessee just gave him a lot of money. He deleted the tweet soon after. Tired of the baseless "LOL Tennessee" posts by the "professionals" and "experts." We lost out on a great recruit, and most (mature) fans can handle that. It's a part of the game. But to pile on with a joke at our expense that implies that we won't be refunded. For what exactly? Come out with it.

 

[VolByLaw]

Kid always wanted OSU….NIL got better on their end

-AP

 

[Pridedad]

Let's focus on trying to win at least 10 games first which hasn't been done since 2007.

Such a profound statement for your 5th post. Hope the first 4 were better.

 

[VFL1993]

Even though this wasn’t a position of need for us this is still a gut punch. Adding him as a 5 star could’ve really helped build momentum with this class going forward.

 

[Frosty]

-AP

I hate the NIL argument for both ends. I thought he would come here, he didn’t. He is a lifelong OSU fan, we will see how it plays out.

 

[BelieveTheHeup93]

Michael Thomas Is the only one that’s been good in the league

Terry McLaurin too and they’ve put Paris Campbell and Curtis Samuel in the league and just had 2 WRs drafted in the first round and could’ve had 3. It’s not necessarily all that appealing whether or not they become all pro WRs as much as it is they get first round money and are in the league long enough to get good contracts

 

[volfaninpa]

-AP

Then why lead Vols' fans on with statements like, 'I like where the Vols are'?

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Maybe he really was considering us, but Ohio State slightly beat us out? I’m sure this staff put the full court press on him. We still have a long way to go to consistently beat out top schools for recruits. Hopefully NIL will help us get there quicker, but we still have a long way to go both in terms of winning and getting guys drafted in the 1st and 2nd rounds. The simple fact is OSU has become almost like a minor league organization for NFL WRs. Sure our staff did a great job a developing Tillman, Payton, and Jones. There’s a huge difference in money and opportunity at a long term career in going in day 2-3 or signing a free agent deal and going in the first round though

It's like anything else. A person has a chance to do their life long dream, buy their dream car or home, even when there are better choices they pick their dream ____ because it's the thing they've always wanted. Not saying there aren't exceptions