Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[BAJAvol]

There’s no such thing as a “21 year old kid.”

You’re a grown man at that age.

Except for @VFLAndyBowser apparently because he still looks like he’s 12.

Careful. Andy claims he will whoop anyones ass that calls him out.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Potential has done that to a lot of coaches.
you see him make 4 insanely great throws, and think o he’s going to put it all together soon... and soon never comes.

And unfortunately, I see the same exact traits in JT Shrout

I understand it to a degree, but I can't argue...Pruitt was a complete moron for sticking with him. We all knew the season could go this way if we depended on JG playing well to have a decent season. JG cosmically sucking + the defense and OLs absolutely baffling regression made it the toxic disaster it is.

 

[BAJAvol]

To be fair, I think his skipping everything not just legs.

Dude needs some carbs or something.

 

[MarcoVol]

Agree, but you can't regress to the point of 3 and 4 win seasons while never showing that you can get over the hump. Name a blue blood program that will put up with that crap for more than 1 season. EDIT: Besides UT

If you wanna talk about things blue bloods do/don’t do, we should probably first revisit the hiring of Derek Dooley. No blue blood hires a coach with a losing record who is coming off of a losing season.

We lowered expectations from being one of the big boys the moment that hire was made.

 

[Weezer]

@Weezer
I don't think he'd be mediocre, I just don't think Napier could handle the job the way the program is right now. The HC position is not like it was when Fulmer got fired and Kiffin came in. The football program is in the trash right now and needs someone that can handle the pressure and try to fix it quickly. If not, then the fans will be ready for blood again in a couple of years. A good young coach could have his career crushed at UT. Too many chiefs in the background, just like Auburn.

What is the one thing we always clamor for? Progression. If you hire a guy like Napier, and he shows progression, he'll be fine. Why are we so pissed at Pruitt? Regression. We've obviously regressed this year. We've looked worse all over the field. Hell, we've had entire conversations of how we could have accepted the losses if Pruitt had just been playing the young guys. But he played the older guys and we regressed. We need a football coach. If Napier can check that box, he'll be okay.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Solid recruiting with lackluster coaching hasn't been the answer either. We just going to keep rolling the dice until we get lucky or get serious and make a calculated hire for the first time in 15 years?

I'm at a point now where I just want them to take a different approach. But in the end all that really matters is we get the right guy. Whatever and however we get them I'm all in.

That guy also took TN to the edge of being there. He had chances to make Atlanta and had a Sugar Bowl appearance on the line. The issue with him was waiting a year too long. Looks like they are on the verge of doing that once again.

 

[RikidyBones]

Jared Allen from the chiefs? Haha that’s random af

No. Jared Allen from accounts receivables.

 

[BAJAvol]

That 8 game winning streak was the worst thing that could've happened to this program.

 

[BAJAvol]

No. Jared Allen from accounts receivables.

is that the guy that always microwaves fish?

 

[05_never_again]

It's CFB in general. You have two "complete" programs right now: Bama and Clemson. OSU is probably still there. OU is really close most years, just needs a QB.

Then you've got the second-tiers of UGA, UF, Oregon, Notre Dame, and now A&M.

Then a huge swath of third-tier programs that basically round most of the top 25.

Then a gigantic mess of programs that range from incompetent to decent but fall outside the rankings.

Yep. I don't think there is all that much of a difference between team #25 and team #50. Probably isn't a big difference between team #50 and team #75.

There is a gigantic difference between team #25 and team #1 or #2.

 

[CharlestonVol15]

I took the 1990s for granted. Missed the 1998 NC game because I was deployed. Didn’t sweat it - thought there’d be more opportunities.

22 years later....

Thank you for your service.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Babyvol on VQ says he’s gone

 

[RikidyBones]

is that the guy that always microwaves fish?

Ugh.. Yes. Once set the microwave for 3 hours instead of 3 mins for popcorn and the whole building had to be evacuated

 

[UTfan94]

Should of never gave Pruitt an extension.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

This guy is at it again,

 

[Govolsman98]

Babyvol on VQ says he’s gone

Is he reliable?

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Oh SEC has the highest quantity of the best athletes, by far.

And every conference is the same - one elite team, maybe a couple decent, the rest are mediocre.

UGA not being elite is coaching malpractice on a cosmic scale..they are so loaded with talent that it is incomprehensible that they aren't an every year elite like Bama.

 

[Volsfan895]

Babyvol on VQ says he’s gone

Inject it directly into my veins

 

[BAJAvol]

Ugh.. Yes. Once set the microwave for 3 hours instead of 3 mins for popcorn and the whole building had to be evacuated

Ryan started the fiiiiirrrreee

 

[GoBigOrangeVols]

Babyvol on VQ says he’s gone

How you gonna get fired on your COVID day off?

 

[yourstruly23]

tell the Haslems to put up the money for buyouts, bring in Lane or Hugh, and we will be watching football on Haslem Field inside Neyland Stadium in the fall..

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Babyvol on VQ says he’s gone

No clue who that is.

 

[Weezer]

Careful. Andy claims he will whoop anyones ass that calls him out.

If he ain't throwing out meeting at Waffle House, it's all just posturing.

 

[BAJAvol]

Babyvol on VQ says he’s gone

What's the stats?

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

If you wanna talk about things blue bloods do/don’t do, we should probably first revisit the hiring of Derek Dooley. No blue blood hires a coach with a losing record who is coming off of a losing season.

We lowered expectations from being one of the big boys the moment that hire was made.

Agreed. That's why I have zero faith we get this right. I'm at the point where I have lost all faith in UT getting a coaching hire right ever again until I see it.