Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Catbone]

Can JH get an SEC quality staff together? Steele and Garner would be great start but I don't see it

 

[Aesius]

Still stuck 13 pages behind but the eerie comparison is that both schools were thrilled when we hired away the coach. Lot of chatter on UCF about how he lost the team, not well liked, and team regressing each year.

Offense is good because of tempo but defenses will always be bad

Defense was bad across the country this year. And Kiffin's defense was also atrocious. 2nd to last in the country.

 

[Volbucky]

Can you imagine having a good D with an explosive O. wooooohhoooaaaa !!!

Why yes, yes I can

 

[nesbuddha66]

I guess we can catch the conference on UTsports.com?

 

[SmokeyLives]

Bottom line?

@Atlanta VOL was wrong. @LA Vol was right. Plowman bit off way more than she could chew and she choked. We were better off leaving Pruitt one more year then firing him. That way we didn't self report to the NCAA. Then we probably could have had Freeze, Campbell, Fickell, or Fleck because we wouldn't have these incoming crippling sanctions.

We will be back here in 4 years. Enjoy the shi*show.

Could not disagree more. The athletic department obviously needed an administrative pro. Given the sh*t show with the football program, the UT hierarchy made a play for an outstanding AD. Then, given that, the AD had to plug in a football coach he could trust. A coach who has delivered and is young yet proven. In other words, solid. IMO, this may have been a ”known” strategy to placate looming NCAA actions. Also, IMO, ATL Vol, was most likely knowledgeable of the same. In summary, take care of NCAA, upgrade the AD, stabilize the football program. An entire packaged investment made most likely weeks ago. We’ll now wait on the NCAA. If they go light on UT penalties, then it bears out. If not, then I’m flat wrong. Regardless, incoming qb’s, wideouts, tight ends, and running backs are about to be delighted! As am I, for the first time in many years, as it pertains to Tennessee football. I may be alone with my thinking right now, but I believe many will see it this way, sooner than later.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

*whispers*

All the best offenses really run the same 10 plays. Just have window dressing and mix up formations.

Mike Leach runs like the 5 same plays just with different option routes for the receivers.

 

[BigOrangeGoose]

Eric Gray would be PERFECT in this offense. Can we have him back?

 

[cnick14]

Doubtful since Graham is going to Bama

Thought they just hired Gillespie?
Edit: just realized they are looking at Graham for ST

 

[pierce60]

Graham is not going to bama

He was rumored for the Special Teams Coordinator position, not RB. Oddly enough....

 

[SweetasSoda]

100% agreed. Self-promoter. Never stays anywhere long. The guy left us on fire in the middle of the night. He turned our athletic department into a USC wallpaper company. Think of him like a psychotic girlfriend that was hot but as little crazy. It's fun if you're not married to it, but we made the mistake of marrying it. Then it cheats on you, leaves for something different, empties your checking account, bad mouths you to people you know, and you get stuck with the rent due on the apartment and a pet you didn't want in the first place. Then she gets dumped and suddenly starts saying good things about you again. You're flattered but know you better never go back there again. She gets fat, bounces around to some other guys and the whole time keeps talking about you and what could've been.

Only an imbecile would take that back.

That's perfect!!!!.... psychotic girlfriend! And some of our fans are so tired of their bad dates they are ready to go back to her because she tells them she was wrong lol.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Thought they just hired Gillespie?

Special Teams coach is the rumor.

 

[UTK]

But couldn’t stay the last 2 weeks thus he’s a quitter

Did he graduate? I'm not sure. I don't think grad transfers should be labeled as "quitters" because they go somewhere else afterwards for more playing time.

If he didn't graduate then okay I suppose you can make that argument.

 

[BigSteve09]

The beef that I'm seeing with Heupel from fans of his former stops is that he doesn't seem to understand situational football. Even if they are up on an opponent by 10+, he will continue running a sprint-offense, leading to 3-and-outs, then a tired defense is back on the field in like 2 minutes.

Again, how much does that really change for us after going 3-and-out routinely or turning the ball over regularly anyway?

 

[bpvol]

We're bipolar AF. Went from complete nuclear meltdown to acceptance and even excitement from some, all in the span of an hour.

We just want hope...we know the next few years may be tough, so at least we might put up points. and, if he does turn us around, maybe he'll stick around awhile.

 

[VEKZY]

But couldn’t stay the last 2 weeks thus he’s a quitter

Such a terrible take.

 

[Leeleesteeth]

From UCF fan:

Have fun watching the following:

1st down: inside run/screen pass

2nd down: off-tackle run/slant

3rd down: long bomb and pray

But in fast

So ask said UCF fan how they managed to be 2nd in the nation in Offense.

 

[Type Orange+]

Question about Gibbs, the GA. transfer, who opted out due to COVID - is he still enrolled at UT?

 

[jave36]

Offense could be good. We have a lot of talent on that side and speed. If we score 35ppg. What do you think our win total could be? I say seven next year. And damn he wouldn’t have any trouble recruiting winning that much.

Didn't we lose most of our OL?

 

[cnick14]

Special Teams coach is the rumor.

Yep I forgot about that

 

[volbeast33]

Thought they just hired Gillespie?

They are supposedly offering him special teams coordinator.... bob vols is saying he is going but bob vols has not been very accurate with anything

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

Where did it say we offered terms? I could be wrong. But where has anyone reported that it was formally offered?

Low said it today. Elliot was very interested in the job. The job fell to him Monday night, he notified Tennessee around 2pm yesterday he wasn't coming.

 

[HankHill]

I’m also really interested in what JH does with Dee Beckwith. I would really like to see move to TE. Albert Okwuegbunam had a very similar build to beckwith when he got to Missouri. I think he could be deadly in a agile TE/Bulk WR role.

 

[Aesius]

The beef that I'm seeing with Heupel from fans of his former stops is that he doesn't seem to understand situational football. Even if they are up on an opponent by 10+, he will continue running a sprint-offense, leading to 3-and-outs, then a tired defense is back on the field in like 2 minutes.

Again, how much does that really change for us after going 3-and-out routinely or turning the ball over regularly anyway?

That's the type of offense we will need to run to get upset wins. Pedal to the metal all the time. We let up, we let other teams back in it. Bama didn't slow down at all this year. They just kept scoring.

 

[Pepe]

DC choice might be more important than Heupel

Fulmer's one good hire

 

[cnick14]

I think Salter could be great in this system.