Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[RiseToTheTop]

Squirrel to the draft - I messed up, it was on Squirrel's story.

He wont get drafted

 

[GVol1966]

Thank goodness for Vitello. I think Caldwell has championship potential too due to her ability to immediately sign a top 3 class in her first full signing class. Similar to Vitello. Elite recruiters. No coincidence that championships will follow.

Me too.
UT coaches in order I think most likely to win a Natty.
Tony v
K Caldwell
R Barnes
J Heupel

I only follow Football, Basketball, and Baseball,

So any others are excluded

 

[Orange.]

Noooooo

wtf. Was a fan of the guy.

 

[Orange.]

So what I'm reading is football will never be good again. Gotcha

Grade of slaw. These reactions.

 

[GVol1966]

Williams can get jammed at the line by stronger DBs. Smith can swat them away like it’s nothing.

Yeah but he’s 17 . Gonna get stronger,
He’s got Barry Sanders ability to make people miss after the catch.

I’d take either one

 

[Jack Burton]

So what I'm reading is football will never be good again. Gotcha

I think the discussion is primarily about what we need to do to get to the next level.

 

[csprig9]

So squirrel is going pro?

 

[VFLBerg]

So squirrel is going pro?

No. It was Thornton's announcement.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Damn Malachi Fields just committed to ND. Another pretty good portal WR gone

 

[Weezer]

So what I'm reading is football will never be good again. Gotcha

The debate is whether we'll ever be great again. Heupel has definitely made us good again. Can he take that next step and make us great again?

 

[dmwvol12]

Williams can get jammed at the line by stronger DBs. Smith can swat them away like it’s nothing.

Smith is an incredible talent. Total package.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Playoff teams adding more playmakers


Vols just hanging out, pinching pennies. They want you to donate though and tax you 10% for “talent”

brother Mississippi St has a better WR room so miss me with that.

 

[Jack Burton]

Playoff teams adding more playmakers


Vols just hanging out, pinching pennies. They want you to donate though and tax you 10% for “talent”

brother Mississippi St has a better WR room so miss me with that.

Pinchin pennies and rustlin jimmies

 

[TrippieRedd]

 

[SoilVol]

No offense to the young man...but Carr is being selfish.

You knew exactly what Barnes expected and demanded from his players. You didn't want to RS last year and he didn't force it, instead he played you in 14 games for 60 minutes. Then you sat back and watched as DJ Jefferson left. A guy that by all accounts would do anything to still be a Vol.

And why? All your numbers were much improved, minutes over 10 minutes and just growing until the injury. And when the team really needed you because JP was already out and Bishop now out you're going to RS and then bail after the semester is over.

3 scholarships will be open in January...sure hope Barnes can pull a rabbit. This team could fade before March just from attrition.

I agree with this actually. Every situation is different but if Carr had made this decision after the injury we'd probably already have a mid-year guy lined up.

 

[TechnoVol]

I don’t know why anyone is trying to fire Banks, offense has been the real problem. We’ve often looked totally listless out there.

I agree, where has the up-tempo offense of 2022 gone? Where are the option routes from the WRs? Where is the pre-snap motion? It's like we're running a completely different offense.

 

[knoxvol52]

I agree with this actually. Every situation is different but if Carr had made this decision after the injury we'd probably already have a mid-year guy lined up.

Vols played predominately 8 players in the rotation last season and went to E8 and this squad is better than last season..

 

[Jack Burton]

I agree, where has the up-tempo offense of 2022 gone? Where are the option routes from the WRs? Where is the pre-snap motion? It's like we're running a completely different offense.

That’s one of my biggest questions. I’m no Xs and Os guy so I wish someone would break it down. Do we not have the personnel? Nico can’t trust the OL enough and the WRs just aren’t that talented so it seems too much to put the blame on the QB. I hope it can be addressed.

 

[SoilVol]

Vols played predominately 8 players in the rotation last season and went to E8 and this squad is better than last season..

That doesn't mean you only need 8 players. You know that.

 

[VOL608]

So Cam Carr is just quitting on the team in the first month or two? Good luck with that, Cam. You just hurt your future. Now people are gonna question your commitment to basketball.

Edit: maybe I’m being a little over dramatic, but hitting the transfer portal this early in the season can't be a good look for Cam.

 

[GVol1966]

Just want to point out that I've been saying this for a while about our WRs. It was a problem all year long. OSU's WRs exaggerated how bad we were by how good they were at WR.

It starts with the WR coach.
He’s looking exactly like the Dollar store hire that he was.

 

[knoxvol52]

That doesn't mean you only need 8 players. You know that.

Yea but I also know the Deacon uses a short bench during the SEC season. Hell let Hurst play a couple of minutes if needed ... Also Boswell isn't out for the year he will return soon..

 

[85SugarVol]

We overachieved this year. Lacking talent at too many position groups to win a playoff game at Ohio State.

Heup has to get the dudes and pay up. He’s got a great opportunity here in the next 3-4 years. Continued development of Nico, Faizon coming in, an elite left tackle prospect in Sanders. We have to complement them with the skill guys.

Eh, I’m not a big buyer of the “we overachieved” narrative.

Unless that means that if we fail to win 10 games next year then “we underachieved”.

 

[Blake25p]

Thai mean MK is back?

 

[UTK]

Question I have, I keep seeing some of ya pining for Zachariah Branch...my question is why?

Same size as Squirrel, far less production in his 2 years at USC though.

Watch the first game vs LSU this year, you’ll quickly have your answer