Recruiting Football Talk VII

[Enki_Amenra]

You mean where you can land it on the water?

Yeah, kinda. People fly this drone more aggressively than a mavic type of drone. So you'll see them speeding over the surface of a lake or up a river/stream. I want a life jacket, not to land on water, but just for it to float so I can recover it if I crash.

 

[FollowTheLeader]

This year was not an overachievement by any stretch of the imagination. We had the worst qb play and offense that heupel has ever fielded as a HC. Our defense let us down at the worst times, mainly at the secondary and sometimes at lb too, our passing offense was WILDLY inconsistent and we mismanaged the qb situation as a whole. If we had no intentions of playing Nico, then we should have either tried keeping Jackson or gotten a transfer qb. And dont try the bs of “no quality qb would come here because Milton already had the job” cause that is ********, look at Ole Miss: they had Dart locked as the starter and a good freshman qb coming in, yet they still pulled Oklahoma State’s leader in most passing records as well as another transfer qb.The fact how Heupel wants to keep Martinez and Banks simply for continuity is being complacent, the Missouri loss was on our defense foremost, we about lost to Kentucky because of our defense. Just because the stats show we are middle of the road does not show the true story

Ok....for the sake of your argument, we underachieving this year, but over achieved year 1 and year 2, so instead of looking at the progress made by this team and staff, we just scrap it and get a new DC with a new system and ne DB coach and then expect to be championship level next season......sound right? That still sounds stupid......

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

Coach on the Talkin Vawls made a good case. He is not big enough to play DT and needs to play DE here, but basically Pearce Jr is too good. His value to us is as a tweener DT, and that does not project. He needs to play for a team with less competition. This is an example that shows our recruiting is strong.

This is an obvious thing to see when you watch the games. Thanks for posting.

 

[volbeast33]

good post and good argument. I could poke a few holes in this and I disagree on Nico in that yes, we all want him to be the future and he's shown signs, but we truly have no idea what he's going to be able to do for 4 quarters of SEC play every week. We haven't seen enough but flashes. What happens if heaven forbid the kid gets hurt? Staff has indeed overall done an above average job in 3 seasons, but depending on what you want out of the program (Championships or 8-9 wins and a bowl) there needs to be an upgrade in talent still in some spots and it needs to be done quickly-- the other serious programs are making moves now. The second half of the year, recruiting has tanked and coming off last season, there's not much excuse for it.

Who are these other teams making a move? We are not going to wake up and become Georgia/ Alabama… we have to consistently grow like Clemson did back in the day…. My biggest worry is that the staff is not quite the scouts/developers that i first thought they were.

As for Nico…. everyone in that room believes he is the real deal… It’s college… the next man up usually hasn’t shown himself to be to the fans until it’s his turn.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Vegas had Tennessee at 7-5 as the expectation and set the betting line at 9-3. CJH may not have met your expectations but 8-4 is better than 7-5.

I had 7-5 as slightly below expectations and 8-4 where we should be this year. . . anything over 8-4 would've been overachieving, imo.

The schedule changes up a bit next year. I have 8-4 as slightly below expectations. 9-3 is par and anything beyond that is overachieving. In '25, I think we will be at 10-2 as par.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Unless we get matched with Dallas. Jerry Jones NIL$$$


Deer lord just don't make us the minor league team of the Bills. We literally bring in more revenue than they do.

No doubt we'd get the Tits.

 

[butchna]

At this point, you seem to hold the opinion that this staff is not good at recruiting. I am just wondering who you thought we should have hired instead of Heupel. Your man Chip Kelly has not exactly set the world on fire at UCLA.

"Proven head coach! Homerun hire!"
- VollyBilly prolly

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Jerry Jones is the King...

King Ding-a-ling

 

[Jackcrevol]

what channel is this game on?

 

[Orangeslice13]

I had 7-5 as slightly below expectations and 8-4 where we should be this year. . . anything over 8-4 would've been overachieving, imo.

The schedule changes up a bit next year. I have 8-4 as slightly below expectations. 9-3 is par and anything beyond that is overachieving. In '25, I think we will be at 10-2 as par.

I’m still waiting to see what we have before I make a call.
For example if the rumor is true and Bru returns it makes a pretty big difference

 

[PassedOutAwake]

what channel is this game on?

CBS Sports

 

[SmokinBob]

Byron back there with @VolsDoc81TX. See y'all in a week when you catch up to this post.

Sigh

 

[beneVOLence]

 

[InVOLuntary]

@mrMet and other class posters.

 

[Ace]

Great start for Vols BB

 

[Christian Lowe]

Wells committed to Ole Miss, SIAP

 

[Smokey123]

vols offense looking damn good rn

 

[knoxvol52]

what channel is this game on?

CBS...

 

[jave36]

How I miss the good ol’ days of college football. No transfer portal, no CFP, little to no bowl opt outs.

The sport ain’t what it used to be and won’t until it hits rock bottom and has to be rebuilt from the ground up.

It wasn't that great having a bunch of media toads decide a national champion instead of teams playing for it.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Headed to Disney with the family. Yall will need to keep @Weezer in check while I am gone. It is best to just put some WH hashbrowns out every so often and give him some rando to rough up in the WH parking lot. Other than that he will just wander around the area around Paper Mill Rd. The locals are used to him and don't freak out when they see him peeking in their windows anymore. Dueces.

@Weezer gonna show up in an RV to take yall down to Disney like Cousin Eddie.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Tommy Bowl sounds loud today.

 

[Weezer]

@Weezer gonna show up in an RV to take yall down to Disney like Cousin Eddie.

I am everywhere yet nowhere all at the same time.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Someone needs to tell Bob that the S in Illinois is silent.

 

[BigOrangeChooChoo]

Holy Benedict Arnold he better not go to Bama.

My sources are telling me TB will not be going to Bama.



.
Here are my sources

 

[knoxvol52]

King Ding-a-ling

Haters going to hate