Recruiting Football Talk VII

[TheBigOne10]

He’s all swag wirh absolutely nothing to back it up.

It’s fake Bravado. Hendon was all quiet confidence.

 

[turdherder11]

How many games has Nico played in? 2?

 

[mrMet]

How many games has Nico played in? 2?

3

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I don't think he's gotten 20+ in any game this season. That's confused me a good bit this season too. I understand utilizing the fresh running back, but some of the substitution patterns seem predetermined regardless of how the game is going.

Vandy is his last game as a Vol, and I’d send him off with 20+ to show the scouts he can handle a full work load.

 

[KPT_VFL]

It was an unsuccessful season. Took a step back. Can’t deny that. Blow out in B2B games in conference. 0-3 against the big 3 rivals.

The Florida and Mizzou loss were terrible. Bama in Tuscaloosa was always tough but blowing that lead was terrible. UGA just way better than us. With Hendon or a QB as good or better we are 10-2 or 11-1. Need the player that makes Heupels O dynamic and that’s QB. Hopefully Nico is as advertised.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

If that happens we’ll be in a great spot though. 8-4 isn’t throwing away a whole season and Nico got a full year of work learning the offense, getting practice reps every week and working a full offseason with S&C team too.

8-4 and beating absolutely nobody is the definition of a throw away season.

 

[Adam Sandler]

The unintended consequences of trying to make football “injury free” … just caused more injuries.

Gotta pick your battles I guess. Preventing head/neck/spine injuries are still priority number 1. That ankle/leg injury sure looks brutal though

 

[zhangliao04]

BuT i WaS tOlD bY lOcAl MeDiA tHaT hE wAs NeVeR gOiNg To ReDsHiRt!!!

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Well, that'd probably mean that this year of development was good for him, and that UT had been successful enough that lots of you guys had quit hand wringing and started celebrating.

Not really, I present to you Caleb Williams, top 5 pick who's team has won absolutely nothing.

 

[engineerVOL]

If you're a queasy person don't look for the video, it's worse than Bru's

Welp. Headed to find it now.

 

[Devo182]

Auburn

 

[Jack Burton]

The plan was to redshirt Nico. Heupel thought he had enough players around Milton to cover his weaknesses. Then Cooper goes down. We have shuffled offensive linemen all year. Then Pili goes down. Bru down. Hadden down.
Result: We are good enough to win 8 games, but we need more depth to overcome these key leadership injuries. Beasley has been playing hurt as has Slaughter. We are down leaders, not just players.

UF was a winnable game though. Mismanaged by the coaches by not playing Mincey or Sampson. I don’t care if they’re being disciplined. You sit them for a cupcake game not Florida. Elite programs don’t sit key players in big games unless they have to.

I’m not trying to nitpick your statement because a lot is true but we could have won 9 or 10 but mismanaged UF and didn’t even show up for Missouri. Those things create doubt and make me no longer think Heupel is elite but probably just pretty good. I hope they get serious in the portal and with coaching upgrades.

 

[turdherder11]

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Cool, thanks.

 

[PKT_VOL]

No its stupid. Kid came in a lot better than what we had. If he doesn't want to play don't pay his ass.

I know this is a crazy concept, but the player and his family have a voice in their own development. This manifests itself in what coaches to play for, what schemes to develop in, whether to early enroll, whether to redshirt, etc. As long as both sides are holding up their end of promises made during recruitment (excluding promised playing time when not earned), then all is good.

It is interesting that the Mannings and others take this same approach without anyone batting an eye. If Arch has come to UT instead of Nico, it would be the exact same situation.

 

[InVOLuntary]

There have been plenty of issues that have led to our performances on defense in 3 seasons. The DC's scheming is nowhere near the top of the list of issues. It's just an easy thing to scream at.

OK.

 

[gainesvol82]

If that happens we’ll be in a great spot though. 8-4 isn’t throwing away a whole season and Nico got a full year of work learning the offense, getting practice reps every week and working a full offseason with S&C team too.

Spot on. I don't blame the family for wanting him to RS. He gets acclimated to college, learns the playback, develops and gets a head start on his degree with no pressure.

Nico is also very, very thin. Two full off seasons in our S&C program while letting his body mature could be huge for a thin guy who also uses his legs to extend plays in the pocket and on the ground. Either Nico plays at UT on the field for 3 seasons or he is so ridiculously good that he goes pro after only 2 years on the field to show what he can do which means that UT has had a GREAT 2 seasons under him.

 

[Adam Sandler]

FSU losing would take some sting off.

Maybe they will fire Norvell lmaoo

They’re still gonna go undefeated and win the acc. But they’ll get uga in first round of playoffs and get beat 50-0.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Welp. Headed to find it now.

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[mr.checkerboards]

I know this is a crazy concept, but the player and his family have a voice in their own development. This manifests itself in what coaches to play for, what schemes to develop in, whether to early enroll, whether to redshirt, etc. As long as both sides are holding up their end of promises made during recruitment (excluding promised playing time when not earned), then all is good.

It is interesting that the Mannings and others take this same approach without anyone batting an eye. If Arch has come to UT instead of Nico, it would be the exact same situation.

Texas had a credible starter and backup and didn't need Arch to start.
Heupel had nothing and needed Nico to play.

 

[VolMike16]

No plans....plans left with Golesh. CJH's Cutcliffe.

Yeah, Golesh is 100% responsible for Heupel's success as an OC and HC even though they coached a grand total of 3 years together.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Lmao...Wright only had 9 carries the whole game..CJH...what the hell are you doing

 

[VolMike16]

I know this is a crazy concept, but the player and his family have a voice in their own development. This manifests itself in what coaches to play for, what schemes to develop in, whether to early enroll, whether to redshirt, etc. As long as both sides are holding up their end of promises made during recruitment (excluding promised playing time when not earned), then all is good.

It is interesting that the Mannings and others take this same approach without anyone batting an eye. If Arch has come to UT instead of Nico, it would be the exact same situation.

Don't waste your time

 

[knoxvol52]

Yeah, Golesh is 100% responsible for Heupel's success as an OC and HC even though they coached a grand total of 3 years together.

@butchna moves to edge of his seat...this is hilarious...

 

[gainesvol82]

I mean joe milton this, joe milton that

You have to acknowledge a a WR core of Squirrel, Keyton, Nimrod and Webb is pretty abysmal right?

One of the least talented groups of WR's we have ever had to start.

Squirrel is the only one worth a damn out of that group.

Disagree. Keyton has been very solid most of the last 2 years with some great catches, Squirrel is a dude and just a true Sophomore, Nimrod has looked pretty good this year and Webb has had moments. Definitely would have been a better group with Bru and Thornton was starting to have the light come on.

 

[turdherder11]

Yeah, Golesh is 100% responsible for Heupel's success as an OC and HC even though they coached a grand total of 3 years together.

He's only been a HC for 5 of those 3 right?