‘23 LSU transfer OT Zalance Heard (Tennessee)

[Orangeburst]

A few weeks back Doug Mathews mentioned talking to coaches about recruiting portal players. Was saying they want to get the last visit for high school kids. But you want the first visit for these portal guys. You want to lock them down quick. Hopefully that works out here.

It apparently didnt work for Baron. And we certainly dont know non visit comms with different schools prior to commitments.

Savy buyers usually should never accept first offers, not to say he is savy as he is a kid.
I say this as an ideal and as someone going on near 3 decades of sales experience,but certainly not a great salesman.
Of course there are other factors like market conditions and other than monetary factors.
Peculiar, but the monetary transference goes from the seller to the buyer in this instance in exchange for his services, which kind of makes him the seller..lol

But alas, maybe I am misreading and no biggie and hope we get him

 

[Orangeburst]

That's what they said?

craving an Arbys for some reason.

 

[tennesseefan31]

Only concern is OU lost all their OL starters, which is probably attractive.

 

[Volfan39]

Only concern is OU lost all their OL starters, which is probably attractive.

Don’t think that matters since he would start here anyway

 

[Vol423]

Only concern is OU lost all their OL starters, which is probably attractive.

Right. I know what I'd be looking for is a situation where I would step into a starting lineup surrounded by an entirely new group of starters on the offensive line. That's a great setup for success.

 

[VolByLaw]

He is visiting here first and then OU. I personally don’t think he picks OU but that’s just me. All this is fluid. As of now I’d say he takes more visits next weekend.

-AP

 

[UTK]

Must get. Could be the difference between playoffs or no play offs. That important.

 

[dieseldaddy]

This is hhhuuugglly big in unbiased opinion

 

[VOLociraptorr]

Hypothetically, if the money that was going to be used for Seaton Will be used for this kid instead, it may be a huge blessing in disguise we didn't get seaton.

We'd have this guy for 2 years and he is already proven in the SEC

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

-AP

So what AP is saying is, he doesn't think he ends up at OU....or TN for that matter. His way of letting us down easy.

 

[Ericvol2096]

Hypothetically, if the money that was going to be used for Seaton Will be used for this kid instead. It may be a huge blessing in disguise we didn't get seaton.

We'd have this guy for 2 years and he is already proven in the SEC

Heard has 3 years he could play. Pounds and Reed only two.

So say we get Reed and Heard, we add a Jr and a So.

 

[VOLociraptorr]

Heard has 3 years he could play. Pounds and Reed only two.

So say we get Reed and Heard, we add a Jr and a So.

Yep! I assume heard will be going to the draft

 

[Ericvol2096]

Yep! I assume heard will be going to the draft

Oh true

 

[CAVPUT]

Heard has 3 years he could play. Pounds and Reed only two.

So say we get Reed and Heard, we add a Jr and a So.

With a second transfer pretty much a easy get now, is a multi year player still a big deal? Mincey being a prime example. Yeah, odds are that we'd be able to keep most, there are bound to be those once a portal guy always a portal guy. Especially those who likely won't make the NFL. Grabbing the cash while they can.

 

[Ericvol2096]

With a second transfer pretty much an easy get now, is a multi year player still a big deal? Mincey being a prime example. Yeah, odds are that we'd be able to keep most, there are bound to be those once a portal guy always a portal guy. Especially those who likely won't make the NFL. Grabbing the cash while they can.

If they fit our culture, turn out to be good and our coaches want them, The Vol Club is basically undefeated keeping players.

So yes I think it’s a big deal.

If they turn out to be a bad culture fit or not as good as we think it’s probably a good thing they can transfer again.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Did we ever get confirmation to if he’s in fact related to Jeremias Heard?

 

[therickbol]

Did we ever get confirmation to if he’s in fact related to Jeremias Heard?

That what we......Heard

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

That what we......Heard

 

[CAVPUT]

If they fit our culture, turn out to be good and our coaches want them, The Vol Club is basically undefeated keeping players.

So yes I think it’s a big deal.

If they turn out to be a bad culture fit or not as good as we think it’s probably a good thing they can transfer again.

Thought they paid our OL to keep them? What about Mincey?

 

[SweetasSoda]

Thought they paid our OL to keep them? What about Mincey?

Didn’t he come back demanding more because he knew how thin we are?

 

[drvenner]

So what AP is saying is, he doesn't think he ends up at OU....or TN for that matter. His way of letting us down easy.

Like clockwork. Do you ever post in threads after we get a 4* or higher commitment? You would have a hard time spinning that to meet whatever your agenda is. If you are trying to prove to everyone how savvy and smart you are, whoops, that was a big miss.

 

[bpalmer28]

Didn’t he come back demanding more because he knew how thin we are?

Would be odd considering he just signed an agreement last month. I can’t help wonder if he did something that allowed Vol Club out of the agreement.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

It apparently didnt work for Baron. And we certainly dont know non visit comms with different schools prior to commitments.

Savy buyers usually should never accept first offers, not to say he is savy as he is a kid.
I say this as an ideal and as someone going on near 3 decades of sales experience,but certainly not a great salesman.
Of course there are other factors like market conditions and other than monetary factors.
Peculiar, but the monetary transference goes from the seller to the buyer in this instance in exchange for his services, which kind of makes him the seller..lol

But alas, maybe I am misreading and no biggie and hope we get him

You are assuming they really wanted to keep Baron over some others. that may not be the case.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Would be odd considering he just signed an agreement last month. I can’t help wonder if he did something that allowed Vol Club out of the agreement.

Well I hope VC isn’t obligated to the agreement now that he’s gone.

 

[CAVPUT]

Didn’t he come back demanding more because he knew how thin we are?

Seems to be a game a lot of portal hoppers play these days.