Recruiting Football Talk VII

[DD4ME]

you can never be too young at the skill positions…. now that can affect the line depending on how guys mature.

Can't be too inexperienced? Look at Hooker final form versus prior. Or Hyatt.

 

[Volsdeep4]

Mincey returning.

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[volbeast33]

Can't be too inexperienced? Look at Hooker final form versus prior. Or Hyatt.

i thought you were referring to other positions such as RB….. I feel that Nico will be ready to go though…. Hookers biggest improvement was switching offenses.

 

[Jack Burton]

Love to see it

If it happens it’ll start a domino effect. UGA will steal from another school and so on. Turtles all the way down!

 

[mrMet]

Two reasons:

1. The Titans drafted Levis instead of Hooker. Many UT fans held out hope Hooker would stay close. Instead, they draft the easy-to-hate Kentucky QB. Which brings us to…

2. He’s about a 1.3 out of 10.0 on the likability scale. Seriously. His attitude just screams ‘douchebag’. Like a poor man’s Stetson Bennett.

Cope. You’ll be alright

 

[Jackcrevol]

Little kid basketball is a hard to describe. It is essentially which team has a kid strong enough and coordinated enough to make 1 basket to close the game.

Little kid soccer, like that. But more competitive, requiring you to interact. Even having to go on field to hold hands. Game lasts even longer.

Throw a 4 yo boy into the mix, who sees his older sisters out there....yeah we dont do soccer anymore.

 

[Jackcrevol]

My concern is we are too young at the skill positions next year to win big and we will be too young on the lines to win big in 2025.

It I had to pick a break out year it is 2024. Veteran lines have a way of covering a lot of ills.

What say you all. 2024 or 2025 the better year?

necks.

 

[volbeast33]

 

[mrMet]

I don't think UT/Titans fans were mad about not drafting Hooker as much as the Dobbs thing or drafting Hyatt/Tillman at that spot.

The Titans could have dealt Tannehill in the offseason when he was worth something and roled with Dobbs and Willis. With the cap space they could have bulked up the offensive line. At that draft spot you get a top WR.

If Dobbs succeeds great, if he doesn't then you get a top QB in 2024 draft and you're a step ahead on the OL rebuild.

Carthon made good midseason moves to deal with the issue. Will have this offseason with a ton of cap space and still probably a Top 10 pick, but the first offseason was not handled well imo

Disagree about this past offseason. He had great 1 year signings on prove it deals and so far it seems he’s hit on every single draft pick this year. Duncan stepping in and being serviceable at LT the last few games is the biggest win of the draft for us

 

[volbeast33]

…..

 

[knoxvol52]

Competitive players don't play to lose

Exactly, these guys aren't going to lay down...
Just because the team could get a top draft pick..

This is NFL football , not the NBA....

 

[Orange_Crush]

Wow this is shocking. There are 133 D1 schools and only these schools have been to the top of the mountain. Just goes to show how difficult it is to win at a super high level in CF.

And the internet geniuses here want to keep firing coaches until we get back there within three years.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I mean if he thinks thats cool. Seems pretty immature to me.

 

[mrMet]

Don’t tell BoT and Vol423… they will bang their head against the concrete with this

 

[Orange_Crush]

SIAP but I haven’t seen anyone talking about this. Seems like this could be a good pickup if we can get him.

Make it so.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[mrMet]

I’m not saying I agree with the first reason — but it’s true. Drafting another QB besides Hooker wouldn’t have been an issue if were somebody besides Levis. Drafting Kentucky’s QB added salt to the wound. Hooker destroyed this guy head to head … twice. Perfect storm.

It’s a good thing college and nfl are two different leagues isn’t it

 

[Orange_Crush]

Looks like we will get Dingle

If not, wait until Berry meets him on the back end.

 

[knoxvol52]

Cope. You’ll be alright

Not a Titans fan., but Levis is a better fit for the offensive scheme Titans run...

That's why they let Dobbs go ..wasn't because of his talent but he wasn't the pro style QB they want...

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Competitive players don't play to lose

It's not about playing to lose its about doing what's smart for the long term.
Playoff chances are less than 1%. With this o line this team probably doesn't go far anyways.
More cap savings by getting a young player at a premium position is more important to the long game rather than falling into that mod tier getting a good but not Elite prospect that the Titans live in.

 

[volbeast33]

Wanted to do that to 2 crooked refs that were alums of Fyffe School after they had screwed my sons Geraldine School BB team over 1st in the reg season game, and even worse in the County Championship game literally stealing the game for Fyffe in the final moments...you take up for these crooked petty little turds all the time, but I have seen this crooked garbage so many times it makes me wanna puke.

There is NO recourse, it is extremely frustrating and so these aholes get what they get sometimes.

I never did it...but I'd be a liar if I said I didn't come close at that County championship game....our kids gave it everything they had, and it was literally stolen from them....my boy never played BB again after that...he said "what is the point if crooked people are just going to take it from you?" and I guess I didn't have a good enough answer.

You want to understand why I hate and doubt refs at every level so much?...that is why.

i have an issue with a lot of local youth sports….. Refs are the worse bc they are usually tight with one side or the other…. One time we had to get officials banned from reffing my daughter’s basketball team bc they were so one sided. We lost to another team 16-14 in elementary school basketball with those refs…. In the playoffs…. we beat them 36-12 without those refs.

i also have a huge issue with local rec ball leagues circumventing rules to allow certain coaches to build dominant teams. I also hate school teams that choose the buddy system when choosing players over trying to be the best team possible.

I have an issue with refs at the college and pro level… I just don’t think every call is controversial and it dilutes when there are real issues if we complain about everything. Refs are calling the game in full speed action….. Fans are complaining based off super alow
motion video and still shot pictures.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

So we are going to take Dingle now and not wait on Staes? Dingle is an average player and Davis should easily beat him out. We need Staes to have two really good TE’s.

And did I read that AP said our coaches said they nailed the evals of the young DBs? If so, why didn’t they play and you’re just now letting the older players walk?

Make it make sense.

Or can you not question this staff on this site

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I went to bed and Titans win. Your welcome, send all donations to The Vol Club in lieu of gifts to me.

 

[BigOrange15]

It's not about playing to lose its about doing what's smart for the long term.
Playoff chances are less than 1%. With this o line this team probably doesn't go far anyways.
More cap savings by getting a young player at a premium position is more important to the long game rather than falling into that mod tier getting a good but not Elite prospect that the Titans live in.

I agree from a technical organizational perspective but NFL players, or anyone competitive will never just lay down like that.

Also, if Levis is the long term answer, there is also benefit to seeing him playing in and help win a game like that.

 

[volbeast33]