Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[mrMet]

JG and Milton were Brady and manning in practice..you seen how that went…khali in my opinion was playing out of position…we wanted him to be OL but khalil and his dad insisted on defense…if I’m not mistaken…

Ok so explain Harrison Bailey, Q Crouch

 

[mrMet]

As a high school coach myself, I promise you guys, coaches are playing the players they can trust the most.

You are not going to intentionally not play a guy that you think can help you win

Thank you

 

[GVol1966]

It’s also been reported by numerous beat writers that he’s a hot head and very immature via actions and running his mouth. Which this recent turn of events all but supports that characterization.

Haven’t heard this before, ever!

 

[TN-POSSUM]

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[rockytop25]

It’s also been reported by numerous beat writers that he’s a hot head and very immature via actions and running his mouth. Which this recent turn of events all but supports that characterization.

Who has said this?

 

[mrMet]

lol the meltdown is wild. Goodnight my fellow degens

 

[Jackcrevol]

Spin Zone: MM is such a bust that he couldn’t play over receivers that could barely walk.

he was playing. he blocked on several occasions, missed a TD, caught one that was called back, and scored versus Vandy.

How is that a bust? Listening to his interview on VQ, he is very level headed and humble.

 

[Butch Jones]

And that’s not experience?

I appreciate the devils advocate. I’ve held this opinion on Pope since he was hired here and it’s possibly wrong. I decided to look at the ages of the best WR coaches in CFB. “Best” being subjective, I found a list of highest paid and that should be pretty close. Pope is the youngest on this list. Doubt his first 2 years coaching at Ohio north and shorter university added a ton of value to his coaching experience. Not old enough to have developed great recruiting connections as well. Just surprised we hired someone like him and it’s not turning out to be a brilliant move yet. Tee Martin was right there for the taking.

 

[Butch Jones]

Damn I forgot about that scrub. Who else we forgetting? Crouch also comes to mind

JJ Peterson
Dillon Bates

 

[mrMet]

I appreciate the devils advocate. I’ve held this opinion on Pope since he was hired here and it’s possibly wrong. I decided to look at the ages of the best WR coaches in CFB. “Best” being subjective, I found a list of highest paid and that should be pretty close. Pope is the youngest on this list. Doubt his first 2 years coaching at Ohio north and shorter university added a ton of value to his coaching experience. Not old enough to have developed great recruiting connections as well. Just surprised we hired someone like him and it’s not turning out to be a brilliant move yet. Tee Martin was right there for the taking.

Well, correct me if I’m wrong but Tee Martin has been the qb coach for the Ravens the same amount of time Pope has been the WR coach for the vols.

 

[mrMet]

JJ Peterson
Dillon Bates

Oooo Jaylen mccollough, Nigel warrior

 

[peaygolf]

Next!

 

[GVol1966]

As a high school coach myself, I promise you guys, coaches are playing the players they can trust the most.

You are not going to intentionally not play a guy that you think can help you win

100% true.

But .
Not all coaches are created equal.
The best get it right nearly every time..
Others less successful get it wrong too often.

 

[Butch Jones]

he was playing. he blocked on several occasions, missed a TD, caught one that was called back, and scored versus Vandy.

How is that a bust? Listening to his interview on VQ, he is very level headed and humble.

Only after 3-4 guys who were are not good got injured. The jury is out…he’s only an upcoming sophomore and apparently was injured during fall camp. I’m not convinced it’s a monumental loss either though. I think if he was all that he would have seen more touches. I do hope he hangs around another year so I can find out.

 

[Butch Jones]

Well, correct me if I’m wrong but Tee Martin has been the qb coach for the Ravens the same amount of time Pope has been the WR coach for the vols.

Well, less time, but not relevant. Tee has at least twice as many years of experience coaching overall.

 

[mrMet]

Well, less time, but not relevant. Tee has at least twice as many years of experience coaching overall.

more often than not, guys want to coach in the nfl. Most of tee’s coaching exp has been in the nfl

 

[Brillovol]

I officially don’t like the new college sports model. It’s looking like we’re gonna get Gundy’d by the top 40 players annually for better deals.

It won’t take my fandom away, but it sure is taking the fun out of it. Not worth buying a player’s jersey, getting invested in them, or even expect to see them graduate from UT.



The dollar is now the alma mater.

 

[Butch Jones]

You’re in denial of how college football is going to be until there’s binding contracts …put a cup on

“Until”…I wouldn’t hold my breath

 

[KPT_VFL]

College athletics are a joke. No wonder coaches are retiring left and right. It’s a pain having to recruit your own guys every year.

Staff can blame themselves if MM walks. He watched freshman wideouts start day one all over the country and they chose to plant him on the pine while our veteran wideouts looked like trash. I understand you can’t just be guaranteeing guys start but he wasn’t even given a chance to play and prove himself.

Heupel has got some issues on staff. NIL is looking weak tbh. Yeah Nico is going to stay but I expect some big guys to leave next year because let’s be honest if we don’t make some personnel, staff changes, schematic changes on O, and bring in some more talent we aren’t winning 10 games next year. The schedule is setup worse even though it’s the same teams. 8-4 9-3 and guys are bouncing.

 

[engineerVOL]

I officially don’t like the new college sports model. It’s looking like we’re gonna get Gundy’d by the top 40 players annually for better deals.

It won’t take my fandom away, but it sure is taking the fun out of it. Not worth buying a player’s jersey, getting invested in them, or even expect to see them graduate from UT.



The dollar is now the alma mater.

It’s worse. Inevitable. But worse.

 

[Butch Jones]

As a high school coach myself, I promise you guys, coaches are playing the players they can trust the most.

You are not going to intentionally not play a guy that you think can help you win

Heupel didn’t play the best QB we’ve had on campus since Manning, over Joe Milton, until Milton was injured.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

With how things are now with NIL and players being able transfer every year without penalty. I believe you're gonna see more head coaches leaving their current jobs to take demotions at other schools. Chip Kelly for example.

 

[MarcoVol]

I hope so I’m not sold that he will be gone. But this is certainly troubling news and it makes me think as a fanbase we need to give the team more financial resources to compete at the highest level. Not matter if that’s a lot of small donors or some really large one

True. But also every team is dealing with this

 

[volstudent26]

True. But also every team is dealing with this

I mean somewhat but I think OSU has the money to keep its roster and add some more guys. We don’t have the $ to get their roster

 

[UTK]

This is starting to go off the rails. Mike Mathews is a for sure starter, if he wants to leave, that’s troubling. Speaks more volumes that he doesn’t think he’s getting correct coaching. And is he? Time to find a legitimate WR coach