Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[UTMVol76]

Nice.

I have high expectations for this team as well. A much better assembled team than last years team that won’t be hampered by stupid Covid protocols.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Great roster. Now Rick HAS to show he can play in March!

We were so close to breaking through in both 2018 and 2019. I think Barnes can get us there. It would be a fitting capstone for him to take us to our first Final Four or even second Elite Eight. But honestly, unless we’re missing the NCAA tourney multiple years in a row, I think he should have this job for as long as he cares to.

 

[Batman1948]

(Sorry, but who is Master P?)

He's a rapper who's net worth $200 Million Bucks. This contract is a drop in the bucket for his son because he's trading on his dad's name.

 

[ClasslessVol]

Great roster. Now Rick HAS to show he can play in March!

Agreed, if Rick doesn’t average AT LEAST 20 PPG this season he’s gotta get outta here

 

[Catbone]

So we just found out my parents neighbor is cousin of the Lady Vols coach Kellie Harper. Huh

 

[TheRain]

Get your resumes ready.

 

[tnvols72]

So we just found out my parents neighbor is cousin of the Lady Vols coach Kellie Harper. Huh

Oh no , did you tell them how bad you are at predicting games , teams , weather?

 

[UTMVol76]

.i.e. He just got in trouble for something, likely off field, and was granted an easy exit from his Alma Mater.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Oh no , did you tell them how bad you are at predicting games , teams , weather?

I laughed

 

[Brillovol]

I think our depth is pretty decent right now.

 

[butchna]

thats sad. not even funny

 

[Weezer]

If those recruits have real interest in UT, then they’ll hop in when we win games this fall. If not, then they likely weren’t that interested to begin with. Regardless, did you expect Heupel to come in and pull a bunch of 4 and 5 stars before fall practice even starts? I know I didn’t. Now, If we surprise everyone and win 8 games this year, and recruiting is still lacking (and the investigation still over our heads), then I’ll be concerned. But recruiting is basically as expected to this point for a new coach coming from a G5 school and a HC not known for being a deadshot recruiter. Results on the field will bring the recruits.

Did I expect a class of 5 stars? Of course not. Did I expect to be doing better than 45th? Yeah, I kind of did. We're just going to have to agree to disagree. I think the investigation and pending sanctions is hurting our recruiting. It is what it is. I firmly believe we need to speed it up to an ending. I do agree with you that we need to do well on the field this year, otherwise, our recruiting will really go south.

It scares me that we may never compete with the top of the conference again, but it scares me even more that we may drop to the bottom of the conference with Vandy.

 

[Smokeytom]

Did I expect a class of 5 stars? Of course not. Did I expect to be doing better than 45th? Yeah, I kind of did. We're just going to have to agree to disagree. I think the investigation and pending sanctions is hurting our recruiting. It is what it is. I firmly believe we need to speed it up to an ending. I do agree with you that we need to do well on the field this year, otherwise, our recruiting will really go south.

It scares me that we may never compete with the top of the conference again, but it scares me even more that we may drop to the bottom of the conference with Vandy.

Last I checked it’s still July! Our top 3 class in May last year didn’t mean chit by NSD. Just let it play out brother

 

[Jackcrevol]

Did I expect a class of 5 stars? Of course not. Did I expect to be doing better than 45th? Yeah, I kind of did. We're just going to have to agree to disagree. I think the investigation and pending sanctions is hurting our recruiting. It is what it is. I firmly believe we need to speed it up to an ending. I do agree with you that we need to do well on the field this year, otherwise, our recruiting will really go south.

It scares me that we may never compete with the top of the conference again, but it scares me even more that we may drop to the bottom of the conference with Vandy.

Dip **** lost to Kentucky. We're there.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Serious. Prayers please

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Great roster. Now Rick HAS to show he can play in March!

I wouldn't hold my breath

 

[GoBigOrange86]

Dip **** lost to Kentucky. We're there.

He didn’t just lose, he set a record for the worst home loss to Kentucky in something like 120 years.

 

[T Dog]

FTR don’t know who this is but I thought I would share it with the board. Start the rumor mill.

They must be following Callousedhand.

 

[ACvol3]

No clue. Didn’t get a name. Just that one of our silents informed the staff he was ready to go public. The person i heard from is an assistant to the regional manager on the defensive side of things so I naturally assumed it was a defensive player.

Liked for the office reference

 

[Jackcrevol]

He didn’t just lose, he set a record for the worst home loss to Kentucky in something like 120 years.

'(Tap tap) naw yaw lustin hurr now, aight'

'Jurrut, you see a open mayan...'

 

[Volnukem]

NCAA was always going to be involved in this. I was hearing about it in May 2020.
And I am nobody

I was hearing the same things about Kirby’s recruiting a couple years after he got the Georgia job. Things like not doing a good job of hiding it, paying big money compared to the rest of the SEC, and breaking the unspoken rules. We know where that ended up. I don’t think it’s a given the NCAA would always be involved. I can’t stress enough that what Pruitt and Co was doing isn’t out of the norm. Tennessee just doesn’t have the support infrastructure to do it at a championship scale like Bama and UGA.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

'(Tap tap) naw yaw lustin hurr now.'

'Jurrut, you see a open mayan...'

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What a loser he was. Worse than Butch. At least Butch beat Florida and Georgia.

 

[ACvol3]

Just to brighten everyone’s day plus Justin Powell;

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Wow.. I think mashack is going to be a lot of fun to watch. I thought BHH was a four star for some reason.. Kennedy chandler - when’s the last time we had the #1 player at his position? I can’t think of anyone

 

[Jackcrevol]

What a loser he was. Worse than Butch. At least Butch wasnt completely useless

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I was hearing the same things about Kirby’s recruiting a couple years after he got the Georgia job. Things like not doing a good job of hiding it, paying big money compared to the rest of the SEC, and breaking the unspoken rules. We know where that ended up. I don’t think it’s a given the NCAA would always be involved. I can’t stress enough that what Pruitt and Co was doing isn’t out of the norm. Tennessee just doesn’t have the support infrastructure to do it at a championship scale like Bama and UGA.

Well it would help if the SEC office wasn't in Bubba territory. Also would help if TN was actually on the same page and the left and right hand actually got along