TennesseeFan07
Give me 3 more!!!
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CDD did an outstanding job holding this class together. We won't know the final grade of this class for a few years though. With all his effort, I am still under-whelmed with not filling our needs. I don't blame that on CDD though. That blame lies with Kiffin. The real test is not this year, because Kiffin/Orgeron got these players to actually come to Tennessee for a visit, which was Fulmer's biggest problem. Now......can CDD get these same type players to visit next year? IF, and that's a big if, he can, then we have us a coach. We need to finish in the top two or three in the conference to compete for a championship. As it stands now, we are sitting at 6th in the conference........how are you going to challenge UF, LSU, ALA, and now AUB, and maybe UGA if we don't "out recruit" them?
Now......can CDD get these same type players to visit next year? IF, and that's a big if, he can, then we have us a coach. We need to finish in the top two or three in the conference to compete for a championship. As it stands now, we are sitting at 6th in the conference........how are you going to challenge UF, LSU, ALA, and now AUB, and maybe UGA if we don't "out recruit" them?
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coach with less than 3 weeks to hold it all together.
picked up Rogers, Huter and Stone who we would not of had shot at, and made up for the few we did lose.
Will end up in top 10 or close, and considering the teams we are behind (FLA, 2 time champ in last few, Texas and Bama, last years contenders, LSU-won in 07) who all are no brainers to be tops, we are right up there. Only Auburn (maybe FSU) has done better on equal or less footing than Tennessee. Take out the Automatic top 4 or so teams that automatically are gonna be higher, we are in great shape. We can't expect to be #1, so we did great. More lineman please.
I give the actual class a B+, brought down only by a weak DT class.
I give Dooley an A+ for effort. He had to get to know each recruit within two weeks, convince others, convince those here to stay, all without a full compliment of coaching staff. Quite impressive.