Is it accurate not one high school OL signed by JH & staff…

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Otherside to that is the redshirts we have. Campbell, Karic, Heard all being portal kids gave those younger guys another year in the weight room. So it’s perspective on how you want to look at it.
 
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I think NIL money was used to bring back a number of linemen on both sides of the ball so we have some really experienced players that have kept the younger guys sitting out. Pretty sure Austin Nichols transferred so he could start instead of playing time…we’ve also brought in portal guys every year.

My opinion is we need to go young next year on the OL…these guys either pan out or they don’t. But if we portal guys in ahead of them they’ll transfer out.
 
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volmandu said:
You have to look things in correct perspective: Darnell Wright played for 3 years (is in NFL), Spraggins started all 4 years and will play in NFL, Cooper Mays played all 4 years and was all SEC center.
Thats 3 spots. Jerome Carvin donned a spot 2 years , Crawford started 3 years, was JUCO recruited first year of Huepel.
So basically most spots were taken up by TN kids who he gave chance to play and flourish under him (unlike most other coaches)
Only transfers to start: John Campbell (2 years)
Lance Heard: This year
Gerald Mincey: Shared job for 2 years.

Thats not bad at all for 4 years !!
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Stop with the logic!

If you cant s..t on the team every chance you get, are you even a Vol fan?
 
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patrick said:
Elarbee is just plain bad but he is Heupel’s boy. Elarbee is overpaid and only has a job as an oline coach in the SEC because he is Heupel’s boy. Unless Heupel makes staff changes, his legacy, if any, will be short.
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Personally I’m good with a change or giving him another year. I can speak a little bit from what I heard when Heupel was hired Danny pretty much gave him five years to fix things or get stuff sorted out. I “think” a similar period was communicated to Banks by Heupel when he was hired. That time frame was given due to the uncertainty of the NCAA fiasco and the dire situation the football program was in. Now I say all that to point out I think Heupel wanted continuity of his coaching staff; possible he even communicated a similar time line to some assistants particularly I would guess Elarbee would be one due to their relationship.

Now things worked out better with the NCAA than they could have and we’re further along as a football team than most would’ve guessed four years ago. Statistically over the course of those four years we’ve had one of the most potent offenses in the country. Heupel has had potent offenses pretty much everywhere he has been and Glenn has been a big part of that. Heupel has promoted him to keep him on staff at other programs and I believe Elarbee was his first hire when he was hired here.

I think the one area we really haven’t recruited well at has been Oline at least most years since Heupel got here. It is one of the hardest positions to accumulate talent at bc it’s harder to come by imo than any other position. First two years were kind of burdened by the dumpster fire Heupel walked into and the ncaa investigation. We were right there at landing Francis Maugioa, then Seaton, then we finally break through and land Sanders this year but then lose out on Utu. But recruiting is trending the right way.

I know this sounds like a lot of excuse making, maybe it is but it’s pretty much what’s been the issue. This year sucked, no excusing it. It’s not just a failure of recruiting; it’s also a failure of coaching and development. But it’s one year. We won ten games and had a record breaking RB; Heupel is going to bare minimum give it another year to evaluate the position.

Again I don’t care if they make a change or not but maybe that kind of informs you of a few things maybe you hadn’t considered.
 
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patrick said:
Elarbee is just plain bad but he is Heupel’s boy. Elarbee is overpaid and only has a job as an oline coach in the SEC because he is Heupel’s boy. Unless Heupel makes staff changes, his legacy, if any, will be short.
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I’ll make sure to relay the message to Danny white… Heup legacy Is already in the top 5 all time as a Tennessee head coach… nobody inherited the program at a lower point then Heup so wild how yall microwave era fans forget that… we are coming off a playoff appearance as a top 10 team just 4 years removed from a 3 win season… yall must think real life is a video game…
 
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brockytop said:
Is it true that not one high school offensive line recruit has ever started a game during Huepel’s four years at TN and that all starters were either already here or came from the transfer portal ?
If so, is the greatest indictment of this poor talent evaluation or player development? I can for darn sure say it’s not been because we’ve been loaded across the offensive line.
My assumption is this trend will end with David Sanders, but geez Louise, folks from the recruiting office up to Elarbee should be held to account for such a pathetic lack of production.
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Excellent post. I would love to ask Coach Heupel this exact question in a setting where I could get a straight answer and not his usual coach-talk.
Nothing against his coach-talk in most circumstances, I like how he keeps team info close to the vest.
Also, not that I, personally, would be privy to such a conversation, but I would like to know what is going thru his head this off-season.
 
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brockytop said:
has ever started a game during Huepel’s four year s at TN and all starters were either already here or came from the transfer portal? If so, is the greatest indictment of this poor talent evaluation or player development? I can for darn sure say it’s not been because we’ve been loaded across the offensive line.

My assumption is this trend will end with David Sanders, but geez Louise, folks from the recruiting office up to Elarbee should be held to account for such a pathetic lack of production.
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Satterwhite will start at center next year and Umerov has a good shot at one guard spot. Not to mention Sanders at tackle.
 
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cgbtn said:
On this board, anyone who makes an objective observation is a negavol..
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I'm not sure you understand the meaning of "objective observation". Plus, objective observations usually come from informed perspectives. Most of these critiques are anything but informed.
 
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If true, it's an important stat and should be obviously taken into consideration. I for one am more surprised by the response of some on this board to the OP's initial post than I am the stat itself. I am a believer that the O-Line is the foundation of the offense. If the foundation is weak then good luck building anything on it. You can't X and O yourself around a bad O-Line. It will rear it's ugly head.
 
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Rocky Top T said:
Correct, it's why Elarbee should be fired. He can't develope players and OL gets dominated by good teams. But Heupel won't let him go
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I’m afraid you may be right. Especially with winning as we are, Elarbee has proven very little over his years here. However he’s been everywhere Heup has been so the writing on the wall is unless we have a losing season he stays. Not wishing for or wanting it, but that could be the change that gets our offense back or gets us a new head coach entirely by ‘27.
 
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