'25 Portal Thread

Still hoping on a Safety?
Yes. This year’s Spring is going to be a bit more cutthroat all over. We do not have the luxury of keeping guys who can’t get on the field at Safety. I can see one or two guys leaving if they don’t make big leaps. The shopping list is the same as it was three weeks ago. Any hole we haven’t filled is still a place we need help.
 
What insiders? Just curious because I never saw someone point directly to Tate. I saw people who said we’d try for a strong WR or we have a “splash” coming, but no one directly said nor hinted it was Tate.
Maybe not direct posts only because they couldn't put that info out there unless he entered the portal but there were several subtle hints and indications that it was Tate we were targeting, especially yesterday. Just had to look for them. Some were easier to tell than others.
 
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Yes. This year’s Spring is going to be a bit more cutthroat all over. We do not have the luxury of keeping guys who can’t get on the field at Safety. I can see one or two guys leaving if they don’t make big leaps. The shopping list is the same as it was three weeks ago. Any hole we haven’t filled is still a place we need help.
Do you have any indication that any of our "main guys" will try to enter the portal given that most have signed new deals? I know you can never say never, but do you see anyone leaving that is a day one starter?
 
Tennessee needs a wide receiver who can get off press coverage and can catch the ball. I dont think any of the kids in the wide receiver room have demonstrated they can do either consistently
 
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Yes. This year’s Spring is going to be a bit more cutthroat all over. We do not have the luxury of keeping guys who can’t get on the field at Safety. I can see one or two guys leaving if they don’t make big leaps. The shopping list is the same as it was three weeks ago. Any hole we haven’t filled is still a place we need help.
So are you talking about us finding a safety in the Spring portal, or you think we're pursuing one now? If we're pursuing one now, I have to assume they're not in the portal yet given there's not much there of quality. And there's not much time left to enter the portal.
 
So are you talking about us finding a safety in the Spring portal, or you think we're pursuing one now? If we're pursuing one now, I have to assume they're not in the portal yet given there's not much there of quality. And there's not much time left to enter the portal.
It’s a bit of a branching narrative. There are two safeties that we’ve talked to that could come before Spring depending on a potential coaching change (head coach). I think this is getting less likely as nothing has happened and it’s getting harder to meet class/drop add deadlines. Separately there are guys we have our eyes on post Spring. There’s a chance we stand pat if some younger guys have a great Spring, but I can’t imagine a scenario where we don’t add someone with the potential to upgrade there.
 
I apologize if I came across as being too much of a smart Alec. I think we need more talent too, and I think we are getting there. I just think we were in a huge hole, were at a massive disadvantage in recruiting, and i didn’t expect the turn around to happen overnight. In fact I’m very impressed that we have improved as much as we have in such a short period of time.

So what I don’t understand is why some people think it’s as easy as throwing unlimited amounts of money at the problem and that we should already have the same talent level as osu and uga
No worries. I’m passionate about the Vols and sure you are, too.

IMO we still need help in the WR room along with LB and DB (esp safety). I don’t think it is overpaying if Heup tells Spyre “player A” will make a huge impact on offense. It’s all relative to need.
 
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It’s a bit of a branching narrative. There are two safeties that we’ve talked to that could come before Spring depending on a potential coaching change (head coach). I think this is getting less likely as nothing has happened and it’s getting harder to meet class/drop add deadlines. Separately there are guys we have our eyes on post Spring. There’s a chance we stand pat if some younger guys have a great Spring, but I can’t imagine a scenario where we don’t add someone with the potential to upgrade there.
Funny you mention safety as that is the one position needing an upgrade. Who was our last elite safety?
 
VQ hasn't said much about Webb, but they have implied that we wanted to keep Nimrod and Squirrel.

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Is there a Vol WR that entered the portal that the staff wishes they would have kept?

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They did not want them all to go but was not and is not the end of the world. I think White for the right price was ok but not for what he wanted. So with what it would take to keep them, it was fine to let them hit the door. Nimrod had all the talent in the world and he was not trusted any longer. He could have earned it back but his playing time dropped a ton after too many drops.
 
Almost as funny as the ones who thought Tate was ever gonna enter the portal and come here.
NOBODY ever said he was. Only thing ever said was TN was working back channels to try and get him to jump in the portal. TN wasn't the only one. Highly doubt he was ever leaving OHio St.
 
Just thought about this, especially for all the Nega Vols out there, we just ended the season ranked in the Top 25 for the 3rd straight year!!! Believe it or not, the last time we finished ranked in the Top 25 three years in a row was 97', 98', and 99'. Fulmer was still our coach back then. So that just shows what Heupel has truly done in just the 4 years that he has been at the helm. So besides his first year as Tennessee's Head Coach, Josh Heupel has done something at Tennessee that hasn't been done in 25 years and not been done by a head coach since National Championship Head Coach Phillip Fulmer. We have been through several coaches during that span and only Coach Heupel has achieved this feat. So I believe we will be just fine here on Rocky Top.
Even better than are HOF Coach Majors. Love this staff and the fact that even assistant coaches ran from this Job knowing what sanctions were coming. Heupel has never made excuses even though he knows his rosters have been shorthanded and he is building this with High School Players first and fill in with Portal. Future continues to get better. In CHRIST Alone
 

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