Recruiting Football Talk VII

[GVol1966]

Thank you, I am quite happy

Glad you are. I am too, but I don’t think the coaches have your level of confidence in our current OL.
If they did I don’t think they would be courting 3 in hopes of signing up to 2 this weekend.

 

[knoxvol52]

2 to one odds, Vols beat Miss. St and Georgia in their next 2 games on the road

By double digits both games...

 

[Nash_Vol97]

I don't see them winning the playoff game no matter what happens.

Unfortunately I agree.

 

[knoxvol52]

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Not nice...

 

[Smokey'sHandler]

LT: Campbell, Reddick
LG: Umarov, Kuric
C: Mays, Lang
RG: Spraggins, Ginther
RT: Davis, Johnson

If CGE doesn’t want to land a portal he better develop the crap out of the guys he has. Depth is terrifying.

Who would’ve had Ollie Lane working out as a more than serviceable LG for us this year?

Elarbee has been one of the better developers on our staff regardless of what shakes out with the portal I’m more than confident that he will put together a group that will provide results.

Remember last year? We were replacing LT, LG and RT. The talk going into the season was what does the LG position look like? There were also the reports that came out that coaches saw our OL as a major liability.

And what did we do? Produce one of the best rushing attacks in the nation and give up less than 2 sacks a game.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Josh Allen be wild sometimes

 

[MarcoVol]

Can't wait to watch Miami defense **** the bed tonight and Tua to throw some ill advised int.

Josh Allen on pace for 8 INTs in this game so they may be ok

 

[Revived2002]

This is the most miserable I’ve been the entire post-Fulmer era

Forget that we reached #1, we had a Belitnickoff winner, beat one of Saban’s most talented teams, won our two biggest back-to-back bowl games in 20 years by multiple touchdowns each. Forget that we have the most hyped young Tennessee QB since Peyton Manning coming back - and we’ve got him for two years with loaded receiving and running back corps. Forget that we’ve put 10 guys in the NFL the past two seasons, with many more to come. Forget that James Pearce Jr is returning and maybe the most athletically elite UT past rusher since Leonard Little. Forget that we’ve got most of our OL back and speed and athleticism all over the defense.

I think we whiffed on a couple washed up OTs from inferior programs and I’m totally bent out of shape.

Heupel is officially on notice!

 

[85SugarVol]

lol. That’s the best thing I’ve seen out of the NFL in over 10 years.

 

[Vols4us]

Why worry about whether to throw bag at Mincey when he's gone in his mind and a head case when he has been here? People forget he transferred in from UF in the first place. He played there two seasons. The only reason he was coming back was because he would not be drafted and could not transfer again. The rule changed and now he can. Buh bye. If you cannot find a Campbell type out there, develop and play the best young one you have. There is enough talent on the roster to get that and the other back-ups done. Nico and Heup are quite capable of adjusting to conditions on the ground.

 

[85SugarVol]

This is the most miserable I’ve been the entire post-Fulmer era

Forget that we reached #1, we had a Belitnickoff winner, beat one of Saban’s most talented teams, won our two biggest back-to-back bowl games in 20 years by multiple touchdowns each. Forget that we have the most hyped young Tennessee QB since Peyton Manning coming back - and we’ve got him for two years with loaded receiving and running back corps. Forget that we’ve put 10 guys in the NFL the past two seasons, with many more to come. Forget that James Pearce Jr is returning and maybe the most athletically elite UT past rusher since Leonard Little. Forget that we’ve got most of our OL back and speed and athleticism all over the defense.

I think we whiffed on a couple washed up OTs from inferior programs and I’m totally bent out of shape.

Heupel is officially on notice!

Washed up OTs from inferior programs? You just yelling at clouds?

 

[TN-POSSUM]

I'm out... all of you pathetic bitching dirtbags

 

[RikidyBones]

Josh Allen on pace for 8 INTs in this game so they may be ok

Dolphins need the bad version of Josh Allen for two straight weeks.

 

[Revived2002]

Washed up OTs from inferior programs? You just yelling at clouds?

Lol. I’m just summarizing the mood I’m getting popping into these transfer portal threads tonight. Some serious negativity in there. Folks need to lighten up! ;-)

 

[drvenner]

It is fair and it’s ok to discuss. I realize that not all fans operate that way though.

Some want to focus on how far we’ve come in a few years and they’re content with where we are. They’re confident we’ll achieve more and it’s just time to trust the leadership. Let’s focus on the positives and let the leadership worry about the rest.

Some want to take the next step and discuss how to get there. They want to talk about needs and how to fill them. They’re happy about the progress too but see opportunity for more and want to see movement in that direction.

One group shouldn’t frustrate the other so much though. It’s just discussion. Both are valid perspectives and can coexist.

Agree. Often, though, and I have been guilty of it, too, one side throws out a comment like Nico gonna die or lol, or something other that adds nothing to the debate. Then, said person gets a presentation persecution complex when the other side piles on.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

This is the most miserable I’ve been the entire post-Fulmer era

Forget that we reached #1, we had a Belitnickoff winner, beat one of Saban’s most talented teams, won our two biggest back-to-back bowl games in 20 years by multiple touchdowns each. Forget that we have the most hyped young Tennessee QB since Peyton Manning coming back - and we’ve got him for two years with loaded receiving and running back corps. Forget that we’ve put 10 guys in the NFL the past two seasons, with many more to come. Forget that James Pearce Jr is returning and maybe the most athletically elite UT past rusher since Leonard Little. Forget that we’ve got most of our OL back and speed and athleticism all over the defense.

I think we whiffed on a couple washed up OTs from inferior programs and I’m totally bent out of shape.

Heupel is officially on notice!

GBO

 

[85SugarVol]

Lol. I’m just summarizing the mood I’m getting popping into these transfer portal threads tonight. Some serious negativity in there. Folks need to lighten up! ;-)

You can summarize the mood without completely misrepresenting the OTs we missed on.

Or are you saying Heupel and Staff are throwing out NIL deals and expending resources on “washed up OTs from inferior programs”?

 

[jave36]

Was positive. Why spin it?

Because it's happened recently that we've looked like a final four team at home, then on the road and in March we look not as good.

 

[knoxvol52]

CJH and CGE didn't recruit these Sophomores and Freshmen to stand on sideline,have faith one of these young men can develop into a good RT...

LT is most important position on OL for a QB anyway, believe next year Tennessee has one coming back...

 

[JacketVol]

Serious question. Why does he have so little to work with going into year 4 considering they have multiple recruiting classes and the existence of the portal?

21 no class
22 class with late start with Pruitt fired
23 class had NCAA sanctions looming and negative recruiting
24 NCAA done and we had 3 4 star OL and 1 high 3 star and an instate 3 star
Takes till 3rd year in program for a guy to start and in a perfect world that’s what you always have so you are competing for a championship every year.

So really 3 classes and two of them was recruited with your hands behind you back.

Not hard to understand if you know football.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

That catch. Oh my

 

[Nash_Vol97]

luckiest TD I’ve seen in a while

 

[RikidyBones]

Lol wtf

 

[SCvol333]

luckiest TD I’ve seen in a while

I took Josh over on 1.5 tds. So I’ll take it

 

[Weezer]

That is why a lot of the guys that are portaling now are portaling too.

Of the three we were after this weekend; I believe two already started for their teams, and the third, Heard, was a true freshman this past year. Recent history has proven the biggest variety is in the current window. It's a 30-day window whereas the Spring window is 15.