Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Devo182]

Good season. Good run for last 3 years. Some of y'all are more comfortable with mediocrity. When you reach a higher level, the disappointments are worse. When you suck, you are comfortable with sucking because it doesn't hurt as bad.

This.

Takes nothing away. Only 1 out of 68 teams leaves happy. We made it to the final 6 teams. Pretty damn elite iyam.

Thank you:

Coach
ZZ
Mashack
Chaz
Gainey
Igor
Okpara
Phillips
Dubar

And many others for a GREAT and really fun season!!!

It's great to be a Tennessee Vol!

 

[Jimmy Football]

Gutted. I didn’t think we’d get past Kentucky…but once we did, I admit that I believed.

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Welp, on the bright side, at least this was Bob Kesling’s last game. I’m ready for Mike.

 

[Govolsman98]

Impressed with the second half effort

 

[VolNash17]

 

[DD4ME]

That is like seeing your kid get his ass kicked in a sport.

 

[JCP201]

Gainey was incredible and Felix did a good job. So sad that I'm not going to see Z/Mashack and Barnes together anymore. Makes me teary.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Gutted. I didn’t think we’d get past Kentucky…but once we did, I admit that I believed.

I thought UK would be a tougher game. . . and it may have been if we didnt go ice cold today.

 

[DD4ME]

Impressed with the second half effort

Yeah we lost in the 1st half. Can't get it back.

 

[UTK]

Tough way to go out. Sucks to lose a game because you weren’t ready to mentally play almost the entire first half.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Hope we have some offense next year…..
I expected this kind of performance against duke or Florida , not ****ing Houston

Say what you want but we got embarrassed and it’s a shame we lost the way we did

Houston is that good.

Sampson has been on a solid run, a FF a couple years ago, multiple second weekend runs.

These guys arent scrubs.

 

[JCP201]

Welp, it's officially baseball season for me. I will get so much more done now.

 

[Orange.]

Ignore the is my suggestion

 

[tnhunter 10]

LVs took 2 of 3 from OU

That's huge...

 

[SoilVol]

Like the backup quarterback.

#NextCoach might be a Nathan Peterman.

Barnes could take us any year from next year until his retirement. Literally nobody knows, but better odds he continues this run and does it than the next guy does in his first 5 years.

And if the next guy does, it will be on the back of what Barnes built. This program was in shambles and nothing when he came in, and now its a national powerhouse.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Is it safe to come back? I stayed away during the game.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

That's huge...

 

[tyonthefly93]

Lost the game in the first 8 minutes. Houston is not that much better than we are.

 

[knoxvol52]

Great Back to Back seasons. EE 2 years in a row and a Legendary HC.

The guys played their hearts out all season ....Go Vols...

 

[GVol1966]

And if Izzo doesn’t get in and win it then it’ll be only the 8th active HC in cbb with a NC.

Kelvin Sampson doesn’t have a NC.

Would you have him fired before this season? He’s been a HC at this level since 1987 (minus a 7 year break). He’s been at Houston since the year before Barnes arrived at Tennessee.

First off . Back to your last post.
There’s no Guaranteed championship.
Nobody mentioned Guaranteed but you.

All any UT fan can wish for is a chance at a NC.
We can agree to disagree on whether Barnes can give you a chance.

He couldn’t reach a final four with Kevin Durant or Dalton Knecht.

 

[csprig9]

Go pearl or Izzo

 

[JCP201]

Houston is that good.

Sampson has been on a solid run, a FF a couple years ago, multiple second weekend runs.

These guys arent scrubs.

Rooting for them to beat Duke. We didn't have an easy side of the bracket.

 

[Smokey123]

Bad matchup. Oh well

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Rooting for them to beat Duke. We didn't have an easy side of the bracket.

I picked Houston as my champ

 

[Orange.]

Rooting for them to beat Duke. We didn't have an easy side of the bracket.

We’ve beaten the two 1s on the other side.