Recruiting Football Talk VII

[PlanetVolunteer]

Seems like Campbel/Mincey both on the field is the best the OL will look.

LT: Campbell
LG: Karic/Lane
C: Cooper
RG: Spraggins
RT: Mincey

Wonder if they think Crawford or Lane could start over Karic at LG if they can get Mincey to play RT.

I believe Lane was going to be a the starting left guard

 

[knoxvol52]

He has that hungry energy I thought we’d get from Thornton.

Really weird though went all in on Thorton and his Soph.numbers at Oregon was eeeeh....also looks like Nimrod is getting to play some now...

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Ross is punting better. That's good.

Hope we don’t need to use him a single time this week!

 

[Orange.]

Solid. He and Campbell were our best linemen. He's the only one who's been 65+ every week (partially because he missed Florida and everyone stunk it up).

Yeah, I guess if you scored Mincey 0.00 at Florida, that would take his average down.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

PFF grades certainly aren't the end-all-be-all, but Karic has been pretty bad against Florida/UTSA.
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Karic is tiny and he gets pushed around

Out of all the transfers we got his really made the least since and it looks like there is a reason why nobody was excited about it. I guess we have needed him, but it would be hard to convince me that we couldn't have gotten someone way better.

Dont'e is a disappointment, but it at least made a lot of sense.

 

[screenthis]

Karic is tiny and he gets pushed around

Out of all the transfers we got his really made the least since and it looks like there is a reason why nobody was excited about it. I guess we have needed him, but it would be hard to convince me that we couldn't have gotten someone way better.

Dont'e is a disappointment, but it at least made a lot of sense.

Caleb on the Dave Hooker show states often that Karic is not a D1 player.

 

[Orange.]

We're going to need to ante up for some top-shelf OL this portal season.

 

[Orange.]

Caleb on the Dave Hooker show states often that Karic is not a D1 player.

Well I hope he figures out a way to make that assessment look wrong, going forward. We really need him to play well.

 

[butchna]

Really weird though went all in on Thorton and his Soph.numbers at Oregon was eeeeh....also looks like Nimrod is getting to play some now...

I thought Heupel’s offense would utilize his skillset better. There’s plenty of talent there imo but maybe not enough alpha.

 

[Smokey123]

 

[Smokey123]

Seems like Campbel/Mincey both on the field is the best the OL will look.

LT: Campbell
LG: Karic/Lane
C: Cooper
RG: Spraggins
RT: Mincey

Wonder if they think Crawford or Lane could start over Karic at LG if they can get Mincey to play RT.

Anyone but Crawford. He’s awful

 

[mrMet]

So what happened at the FL game, did we decide not to show our improvement? UTSA was slicing us the second half with a 3rd string QB... we just waiting until this week to show out? Sorry, I know it seems sarcastic, but to me we have maybe shown slight improvement, but not much at all. May just be the stupid coverages / soft zone we are dialing up...
Hopefully we drop the hammer this weekend-- I won't be able to handle them coming in and beating us...

Did you watch the Florida game? It wasn’t the secondary in pass coverage that cost that game. Maybe being able to stop a nosebleed in the run game would’ve changed things around

 

[jmacvols1]

Wes Rucker
@wesrucker247
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1h
#Vols DL coach Rodney Garner said he still doesn't have an answer for the first half at Florida. Said Tennessee was outplayed in every facet, and he didn't see that coming.

 

[butchna]

We're going to need to ante up for some top-shelf OL this portal season.

You really think there’s a treasure trove not happy where they’re at? Who was the future top 10 pick this past off-season? Ajani Cornelius from Rhode Island? He’s a starter at RT for Oregon but I haven’t yet heard of him having to make a decision to declare. Like Tyler Steen from Vandy to Bama last season…nothing generational, and that’s a program that loads up on 5 star OL each recruiting class. A piece here and there I agree with and imo that’s the coaches mindset. Pick up a center to help groom Satterwhite, and mebbe an OT for depth/competition. But WHOLESALE CHANGES is fan messageboard fantasy…once again imo.

 

[volinbama256]

Karic is tiny and he gets pushed around

Out of all the transfers we got his really made the least since and it looks like there is a reason why nobody was excited about it. I guess we have needed him, but it would be hard to convince me that we couldn't have gotten someone way better.

Dont'e is a disappointment, but it at least made a lot of sense.

Absolutely... You look at our WR room and who is leaving, who'll be back and contributed so far this season, and it looks like a bunch of guys are going to have to step up... May need another portal WR or Matthews is gonna play as a frosh...

 

[butchna]

Did you watch the Florida game? It wasn’t the secondary in pass coverage that cost that game. Maybe being able to stop a nosebleed in the run game would’ve changed things around

Dude “can’t handle” comfortable wins with his fake fan schtick. I’d appreciate the effort if I believed it.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Karic is tiny and he gets pushed around

Out of all the transfers we got his really made the least since and it looks like there is a reason why nobody was excited about it. I guess we have needed him, but it would be hard to convince me that we couldn't have gotten someone way better.

Dont'e is a disappointment, but it at least made a lot of sense.

He's an interesting one, think if he could focus on TE he'd be a great blocking TE (probably wouldn't fit out system, but maybe a BIG 10 school) or he could be a dominate Group of 5 OL guy. Just doesn't seem to have the size or strength to do it at this level.

 

[UT = Checkmate]

Wes Rucker
@wesrucker247
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1h
#Vols DL coach Rodney Garner said he still doesn't have an answer for the first half at Florida. Said Tennessee was outplayed in every facet, and he didn't see that coming.

I agree. It was weird. Just 2 weeks earlier they looked like boo boo at Utah.

 

[Orange.]

Dude “can’t handle” comfortable wins with his fake fan schtick. I’d appreciate the effort if I believed it.

Oh that dullard Bama bruh is definitely a troll. Had to unblock to see. One of the first to grace my ignore, iirc.

 

[sreveisVol]

Anybody know why Ajani Cornelius 'wasnt a fit' here? A starting RT who hasn't allowed a pressure would be an ideal fit this season

 

[Volbucky]

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Also I think Nichols being a bit slower to develop is why we're seeing Lane/Karic/Dayne having to play so much more this season.

Not that Nichols is a bad player etc. OL is a different position for development. You sometimes land a dude that's just got all the tools day 1 (Trey Smith) and your job is refinement and helping them get stronger. And sometimes you get a guy that doesn't seem capable for 2 or 3 years then becomes a monster (Carvin is best recent example)

 

[volinbama256]

Wes Rucker
@wesrucker247
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1h
#Vols DL coach Rodney Garner said he still doesn't have an answer for the first half at Florida. Said Tennessee was outplayed in every facet, and he didn't see that coming.

We got out-coached and out-played, which is very concerning considering the "players only meeting" and the significance of the game. Then when we actually started to play, the refs stepped on our necks and wouldn't let us come back...

 

[volinbama256]

Also I think Nichols being a bit slower to develop is why we're seeing Lane/Karic/Dayne having to play so much more this season.

Not that Nichols is a bad player etc. OL is a different position for development. You sometimes land a dude that's just got all the tools day 1 (Trey Smith) and your job is refinement and helping them get stronger. And sometimes you get a guy that doesn't seem capable for 2 or 3 years then becomes a monster (Carvin is best recent example)

Hope some of the touted freshman OL will step up next season and be ready... That and we better be pulling a minimum of 3 OLINE in the portal.

 

[JohnnyD1024]