Recruiting Football Talk VII

[JCVol00]

So our safety room is looking like: Turrentine, Brooks, Thomas, Savage, Charles, Carter, Farooq, Jakobe Thomas, and yet it’s a 50/50 shot that Brooks is the starter. That has to speak negatively on Banks, right? Unless Brooks made that big of a jump in the offseason

 

[csprig9]

Makes no sense unless the guys we've recruited just aren't talented. Or is Brooks really just that good? Possible the sites missed on a guy. Wouldn't be the first time. But if we get poor secondary play again this year, it'll be time for a change IMO.

I agree
How do you Recruit for three classes and have will brooks starting at safety.
He may be a stud now but last year he looked slow and not quite as athletic as what you would want imo but I’m not the db coach……

Maybe it is time for a change at db coach…..

I can’t watch our safeties get beat deep almost every game agains this year and if they do we aren’t making playoffs…..

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Yeah, I am concerned that we can't buck the trend but we will see. Definitely excited about the season.

I guess that I still sometimes miss the Fulmer era when TN was recruiting at Alabama/Georgia levels. Heupel is arguably the best TN coach in my lifetime (I think he is better X&O than Fulmer) but we still are not fully back yet.

I wonder how much the Pruitt sanctions still hurt.

It's not just the sanctions...it's the 15 years of irrelevance and pure incompetence.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I really don't care where that Hailey girl who went viral works or has worked. I don't wish her ill in any way. I'm just ready for the this to fade quietly away.

It's so stupid.

 

[MarcoVol]

That honestly just brought up a lot more questions than it did answers. Is brooks starting material, or does Banks suck at developing and recruiting to the point that Brooks is our best option?

Then go ask that question

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Yeah, definitely not a corrupt ref right here. Can’t even shake Pulisics hand post game?

What a puddle of runny ...why even play if this is what you get?

 

[Govolsman98]

Will Brooks will surprise a lot of folks this season. We're gonna be just fine if he starts

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

literally spent the last 8 years watching McCoullough handle the safety spot. Idgaf who they put out there. Just happy for fresh blood.

 

[knoxvol52]

James Pearce will get the Aaron Donald treatment this season. Will see nothing but double teams the other guys should strive knowing offenses are going to be so pre occupied with Pearce.

 

[UTSuave’]

@JacketVol this should be illegal in 50 states..good lord the movement. the speed is automatic.

 

[DD4ME]

Happy Choose Day

Choose Joy if at all possible.

July 2, 2024: At this time many of you, My people, are bringing things to a conclusion. You will need to tie up loose ends at this juncture so that you can move on. Go forward with a clean slate as you leave the past behind and reach for the next goal both spiritually and naturally. Be strong and of good courage. Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

 

[UTSuave’]

literally spent the last 8 years watching McCoullough handle the safety spot. Idgaf who they put out there. Just happy for fresh blood.

….volnation will revisit this with you in the fall..







But none the less funny post and I felt this 8 years

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

Before last season, the last time they won the Big 12 was 2009.

Exactly...they finally had a season where they met their lofty expectations. They're going to have to do it again, but in a tougher conference, to start being seen as a mainstay at the top. I know their schedule is relatively easy for an SEC schedule, but it will still be tougher than what they're used to. I think the jury is still out on Sarkisian putting out consistently elite teams. He's done a good job recruiting and improving the team every year, but it's definitely going to be more challenging in the SEC. I think too many folks are jumping the gun on expecting Texas to step right in and dominate.

 

[GiggerVol]

Headed to the garden to pick the first bunch of our green beans. The plants are loaded with them and they are ready!

 

[knoxvol52]

Headed to the garden to pick the first bunch of our green beans. The plants are loaded with them and they are ready!

My mother canned 48 quarts of green beans in last 2 days.

 

[NighthawkVol]

What’s the latest on Seldon as far as when he will be ready? I’ve heard rumors of out till mid-season or back by second game

Maybe @Plove23 can provide an update?

I’m excited about Lewis too. If Seldon is able to make it back by NC State, that’s ideal, but I think Lewis has the ability to be a solid backup as a freshman.

 

[Orange.]

That thing is F*** up bro leave it to a woman thinking we meant a taxi and not a taxidermy…Davy Crockett doesn’t approve of this

She has no plans to be mistaken for Davy Crockett, bro! like her style! Vol.

 

[RikidyBones]

Yikes. Bad look for the refs.

Confirming the goal was the most egregious thing I've seen in the sport. Didn't the league already apologize for an incorrect VAR conclusion this year? Pretty sure they did.

Coach B needed to be gone two years ago. This ref needs to go back to rec leagues. Send him to my over 30 league. Those guys might actually do something about it when a bad call happens.

 

[UTSuave’]

She has no plans to be mistaken for Davy Crockett, bro! like her style!

did you mean underneath or am I reading this wrong all jokes aside I’d be afraid that thing would come alive

 

[knoxvol52]

United States will embarrass themselves on home soil in World Cup in 2026. I would bet want even make it to Knockout round.

Women's National team carries Soccer in America and now looks like rest of World is starting to catch up to them as well. The Men's team will always be average.

 

[Orange.]

Confirming the goal was the most egregious thing I've seen in the sport. Didn't the league already apologize for an incorrect VAR conclusion this year? Pretty sure they did.

Coach B needed to be gone two years ago. This ref needs to go back to rec leagues. Send him to my over 30 league. Those guys might actually do something about it when a bad call happens.

Wha damn, ref so stanky he coaxed ole Rikidy out of the Applebee's bar to drop in and comment. At least something good came of it. In addition to getting you guys the new coach you want.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

That honestly just brought up a lot more questions than it did answers. Is brooks starting material, or does Banks suck at developing and recruiting to the point that Brooks is our best option?

AP answers lots of questions with 50%. I think he was joking but Brooks will definitely play

 

[Orange.]

AP answers lots of questions with 50%. I think he was joking but Brooks will definitely play

Yeah, I would recommend against freaking out over a stray remark by AP.

 

[Leeleesteeth]

I hate asking but if anyone has a prayer to spare please, I need it more now for me and the OH than ever. I would crawl through broken glass to make it right (and I do mean that literally) but I don't know that I can. He lost hospice service and he's been through every hospice so no one wants to help. The hospital person had the nerve to push me to put him a nursing home and was no help. I'm at the end of my rope. I literally need a miracle. I can't live without him and he needs care (a nursing home would be the death of him). I'm no saint and have never claimed to be but I need a miracle.

Prayers that God will intercede and give you peace and guidance.

 

[Glitch]

Y’all there was a time where I thought about leaving this board because it was constant bickering back and forth and just a lot of negativity. Amazing how much winning changes things over the last few years

Winning is great, but I still tend to stay away for at least a day or so when we lose a game still. The negative nancy trolls come out and want to bicker and piss and moan. The chances of winning every single game in every single sport is zero but folks still want to try and drag everyone else down into their muck with them. It is one thing to feel bad and critique our teams' performances, but what some folks do is pure unadulterated negativity.

Glad you have stuck around. We need all the sunshine pumping we can get!