Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[TrippieRedd]

Vols: 552
BG: 1

 

[BigOrangeGoose]

 

[Glitch]

Someone’s had their coffee!

Congrats on the BM!

 

[TrippieRedd]

Heupel better show how big his balls are by onside kicking every single time tomorrow.

 

[BucVol98]

Hurd would have been a nice back in the 80's playing for Vince Dooley or Pat Dye. He wasn't a good fit as a RB for the modern game and I think he realized that himself, which is why he made himself into a WR.

IMO Bad take here, going into his Junior year he was rated as a 1st round pick by a few different outlets because of his size, speed, and his ability to break tackles. He wanted to make the change because he supposedly was playing banged up a lot, and that was on Butch, the medical staff, and his S&C staff

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

In Joe we Trust.

 

[Glitch]

Who busts off a big run tomorrow night?

Small
Evans
Milton
Someone else

Yes.

 

[Devo182]

I’ll be honest, I won’t be having fun if we’re 5-7 or 6-6, even if they’re all close losses.

I think I should have worded the OP better. I think the term some have used is "fun to watch" or entertaining. I typically take this as high scoring. That's why I thought of 2012. That team lost some close, but high scoring games. They were entertaining, at least.

 

[butchna]

That's just volume though. Not efficient production. Would you think it would have been a smart thing to keep pounding Hurd at 3.7 YPC if it means he makes it to x number of career yards? Of course not. Running him that much wasn't a positive.

Other options were all better:
Dobbs (better runner)
Kamara (much better runner)
Dobbs passing (much more efficient)

It's like saying JG was better than Shuler because he has more yards. It's an asinine argument just looking at volume stats blindly.

Being able to log that many carries is part of the resume. The opposing defense focusing on Hurd allowed Dobbs to break off a lot of explosive plays. If they could have afforded a spy, maybe we have less highlights. And soon as Kamara was extensively used against A&M, he got hurt and was unavailable against SC. Take one away and the rest suffers.

 

[volsfan_17]

I remain convinced that DeBord wanted to implement a full season stretch of that small sample gameplan against Northwestern in the bowl game. Offset I mixed in with the spread. You could have fully utilized any of Hurd, Kamara or Kelly and prevented the defense from teeing off on Hurd with his slower initial burst. Butch reneged and we got maybe two plays out of it in 2016. Butch ended up losing both Hurd and DeBord and ultimately the team.

I agree with all of this, after watching the offense vs. Northwestern, I was really excited to see that style of play the following year. Alas, the HC couldn't get out of his own way, and subsequent implosion was the result.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[RiseToTheTop]

great news

 

[BigOrangeVols]

IMO Bad take here, going into his Junior year he was rated as a 1st round pick by a few different outlets because of his size, speed, and his ability to break tackles. He wanted to make the change because he supposedly was playing banged up a lot, and that was on Butch, the medical staff, and his S&C staff

We went toe to toe with Alabama this year on the road. Shame how far we've come.

 

[SpringBokVol]

What is the first play?

I say a play action deep post to Velus

 

[Jackcrevol]

great news

We'll need you all to justify costs fir the choreographed heat lamps.

 

[BruinVol]

great news

Free student guest tickets for a season opener isn’t exactly “great news” when it comes to taking the temperature of where the interest level is for this program

hats off to DW for being willing to find anyway to get butts in the seats. Smart move

 

[drvenner]

Soldier on football warriors. Glad I didn't have the concussion.

Lots of players get concussed and stay with the team. Had he retired for medical reasons, then that would have been different.

 

[volsfan_17]

Free student guest tickets for a season opener isn’t exactly “great news” when it comes to taking the temperature of where the interest level is for this program

hats off to DW for being willing to find anyway to get butts in the seats. Smart move

The AD being proactive towards rebuilding this brand is absolutely 'Great news'!

 

[SpringBokVol]

I actually don’t care about record this year. I’ve cared too much about the record in the past.

I want a fun team to watch that plays hard and improves. That gets the ball into playmakers hands and is well coached.

Let’s start with that.

 

[BruinVol]

The AD being proactive towards rebuilding this brand is absolutely 'Great news'!

I agree on DW making a great decision. Sad we are there but that’s just where we are

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

What is the first play?

I say a play action deep post to Velus

If anybody goes deep it will be jalen.

 

[Adam2014]

Lmfao Joe could throw the little guy in the middle a quarter mile.

 

[Jack Burton]

What do people think of Tony B? I'm a big fan but I feel like I remember reading where a lot don't really care for him.

What he does well is use nuance to tell the regular fan what is really going on in the locker room be that culture, talent, recruiting, etc. Because of that he’s not liked by the ultra homers because he doesn’t always paint a rosy picture.

 

[MarcoVol]

What he does well is use nuance to tell the regular fan what is really going on in the locker room be that culture, talent, recruiting, etc. Because of that he’s not liked by the ultra homers because he doesn’t always paint a rosy picture.

Tony B is lost bro

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Free student guest tickets for a season opener isn’t exactly “great news” when it comes to taking the temperature of where the interest level is for this program

hats off to DW for being willing to find anyway to get butts in the seats. Smart move

But to be fair here, i also recognize that you wouldnt accept or realize great news if it hit you btw the eyes.