Recruiting Football Talk VII

[KPT_VFL]

Come home!

 

[VolXr1]

her voice is kinda annoying...

Always that 1 person to post the dumbest sh!t. You feel better posting that?

 

[butchna]

Come home!

First instinct is that Illinois would be the favorite.

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

John Adams needs to retire. What a jerk.

"Do you think your style will translate to the SEC?" JA.

"I wouldn't be here if I didn't". LV Coach Caldwell.



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With that response I am completely sold on her! Lol!

 

[Girth Brooks]

 

[Glitch]

It all circles back to @Glitch 's game thread. . .

 

[DD4ME]

"the (Spyre) only absolutely elite football program right now that is running a collective at this mass mass operation that they are... "

 

[JCP201]

John Adams needs to retire. What a jerk.

"Do you think your style will translate to the SEC?" JA.

"I wouldn't be here if I didn't". LV Coach Caldwell.



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Kim give him the sh-t on you look. She's cute, but she isn't going to get pushed around

 

[TN-POSSUM]

her voice is kinda annoying...

 

[SoilVol]

Man has to suck to do all that work to find great players under the radar and then soon as you get them developed into potential starters they just leave you...

Is what it is, I admire the hell out of our players that have stuck it out here for the long haul even more in this new age of "grass is always greener" mentality that NIL & free transfers has created.

If only it were set up my European soccer where another school would have to pay us for the work we did finding and developing someone like Tobe Awaka. Then we could use that money to bring in a bigger transfer....

 

[DD4ME]

Da'Rick has entered the chat....

Bone 2 Bone

 

[rikberry31]

Gosh darn concussion driven suicides and dementia ruining everything.

I've had my bell rung more times than I can count. I have never thought about offing myself and I do physics, calculus and statistics for a living. The game was not changed to protect players from injury it was changed to benefit lawyers. Follow the money.

 

[knoxvol52]

First instinct is that Illinois would be the favorite.

Or follow his coach from ISU that took a different job.

 

[SoilVol]

I can not deal with losing Awaka. Frankly would have rather have lost Aidoo. Why? He was deeply religious and fit in with Rick Barnes, you'd think. Could we not equal NIL payments? Does anyone know what happened?

Just speculating based on what I've gathered: Tobe was a virtual nobody when he arrived. He had a promising freshman season. But nothing to the level of us giving him lifechanging NIL money either season.

This year for most of the season he was firmly on the bench. He wasn't playing much - though in large part to his foul troubles. Towards the end of the season and during the NCAA tournament (after he'd already bee contacted by a couple schools) he played his best basketball by far of his career. Important points and rebounds when Aidoo crumbled under the pressure.

So what I suspect is that his play justified - to a lot of suitors - that he's worth a bigger price tag. He's also supposedly been lamenting distance from home and being away from his family in New York. We have a lot of checks to write this offseason and I just think we weren't willing to pay him what he needed to stay versus the opportunity to make great money, be in a starting lineup, and be closer to home.

And by his statement is sounds like he really will miss Knoxville, the team, and Vol Nation but it was just the move he needed to make for himself. I don't think its the wrong decision or that we messed up. Just iss what it is.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[you]

Always that 1 person to post the dumbest sh!t. You feel better posting that?

I don’t come here to make myself feel better

 

[SoilVol]

Heupel: Offensive Genius.
Caldwell: Offensive Genius.
Vitello: Offensive Genius.
Weakley: All Around Great (Top 10 in ERA and Scoring).
Barnes: Defensive Genius.

Barnes probably joking he could scheme ways to shut them both down

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Just speculating based on what I've gathered: Tobe was a virtual nobody when he arrived. He had a promising freshman season. But nothing to the level of us giving him lifechanging NIL money either season.

This year for most of the season he was firmly on the bench. He wasn't playing much - though in large part to his foul troubles. Towards the end of the season and during the NCAA tournament (after he'd already bee contacted by a couple schools) he played his best basketball by far of his career. Important points and rebounds when Aidoo crumbled under the pressure.

So what I suspect is that his play justified - to a lot of suitors - that he's worth a bigger price tag. He's also supposedly been lamenting distance from home and being away from his family in New York. We have a lot of checks to write this offseason and I just think we weren't willing to pay him what he needed to stay versus the opportunity to make great money, be in a starting lineup, and be closer to home.

And by his statement is sounds like he really will miss Knoxville, the team, and Vol Nation but it was just the move he needed to make for himself. I don't think its the wrong decision or that we messed up. Just iss what it is.

I'll just add that this past summer he absolutely dominated for team USA on the U19 team and that turned a lot of coaches on to who he was and what he could do.

 

[butchna]

Or follow his coach from ISU that took a different job.

St. Louis? Talked that over with my Illini loving nephew.

 

[Vols410]

Heupel: Offensive Genius.
Caldwell: Offensive Genius.
Vitello: Offensive Genius.
Weakley: All Around Great (Top 10 in ERA and Scoring).
Barnes: Defensive Genius.

Barnes probably joking he could scheme ways to shut them both down

I in no way look forward to Barnes’ eventual retirement, but Danny White’s hires certainly indicate the next UT BB coach is gonna bring some fun basketball.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[Adam Sandler]

Tobe in the portal. Huge loss on defense and in rebounding. Our best lineup was with him and Aidoo on the floor together. Curious how this came about.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Rick wasting time welcoming CKC when he should be keeping our guys out of the portal and getting on the phone with Avila!

 

[bignewt]

I've had my bell rung more times than I can count. I have never thought about offing myself and I do physics, calculus and statistics for a living. The game was not changed to protect players from injury it was changed to benefit lawyers. Follow the money.

ok dude