Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[VOLSONLY]

AP (the "news" service, not the podcast dude) named Kirby Smart SEC COY. Wonder how many of them-there Dawg fans agree with that pick?

Yea he did an excellent job in the SEC championship game against Saban.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

James Franklin should call up Jeremy Pruitt, he's a defensive "guru" I've heard tell.

@SugarCC approves this idea.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Fair points about Kiffin. I really want to avoid one of those slurp posts from Mcgill. So to be clear screw him. I just think the best hires are the ones you hope your rivals dont make. He falls into this category for me. His teams are really frustrating to play against. Gameday is also not everything. A lot more to being the head man at a big program than scoring points.

Glad we have Heupel. I'm starting to think he's just as frustrating to play against and also borderline flawless off the field so far. Just gotta show he can recruit with the big boys. We'll find out.

Lol...had to getcha for the "elite coach" comment..

 

[Geronimo]

"X" Cast coming up on the Tony Basilio App. Should have some great recruiting and portal transfer info.

Any updates worth sharing? At work and couldn’t listen

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Maybe the adults they are only supposed to be consenting with?

Agreed, but as you catch up you'll see that it wasn't even the right Bama coach they were throwing mud at. Maybe the coach in question is an unfaithful guy...who knows, the fact social media and other "journalist" drug Pete Golding over something he didn't do though without being held accountable is discouraging.


Bad news is seasonalized and doesn't "go away" even when it's found to be inaccurate or untrue. So the majority of people moving forward will continue to think/say Pete was hugging up on a cheerleader and got "caught" and very few will realize it was a different coach.

 

[Geronimo]

@butchna do you have any updates? Timeline still in place or has what you heard already passed us by? If you can’t share…understood.

Thanks!

 

[MoCo_Vol]

So just give it Saban every year

Well Lane or Heupel deserved it more. Kirby took a 8-2 team and a top 3 recruiting class and went 12-1. Lane went from 5-5 to 10-2, and Heupel went from 3-7 to 7-5. Lane had better recruits and a deeper team but his first year class was 17th. Josh had mass exodus and a 18th rated class to do it with.

 

[JCP201]

You know Smart has to have it in the back of his mind that Saban made a QB change at halftime of a national championship game against him and it paid off massively.

Fans are rumbling and grumbling about his choice of quarterback. If Kirby loses, his record is a little worse then Richt's, although he has gotten them into the playoffs.

 

[drvenner]

Think Merrill takes a big step forward

I agree.

 

[franklinpence]

He looked smaller than I expected.

 

[VolGee4]

I dont think thats true. I just think ADs are hesitant to commit to Lane long term. Its too risky. And they're probably right. He is an elite coach. But these ADs know they cant control him.

Once a knucklehead, always a knucklehead. Not necessarily control but trust. You reputations matters when you might be considered for elite jobs. That's why OM can take a flyer.

 

[drvenner]

I read that Napier told all his currently committed players to hold off on signing until the second signing day while he evaluates them. No wonder they are all looking around for better options.

Oh wow, I can see why they are pissed. There is no time for replacements, really after ESD. Really, really stupid thing to do if true.

Burn the mutha down. Burn. It. Down.

 

[franklinpence]

Interesting that he ***** the car, but let’s the F bombs fly. Doesn’t bother me, just find it pretty funny. What car is that offensive?

My assumption was not that they were censoring the name of a car but instead the common abbreviation for a transmission.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Total change in structure of offense and defense so good chance he doesn’t want a good chunk of the kids Mullen liked.

With that being said… F Florida and their spoiled fans.

Been there once and will never go back. Gainesville is a dump

 

[peaygolf]

I would have paid money to be there during that discussion! Can't imagine..

What I'd pay to have that recorded...............

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Just wanted to share a cool story bro moment…. My guy is number 28…. It was the first time the trainers(suppose to be nerds) beat the managers(suppose to be athletes) in the annual flag football game since 2011…. The managers were pissed and one of the managers said in front of several football players stated that the only reason they lost was bc the trainers were too physical…. Tyler Baron started laughing and couldn’t stop….saying that the trainers were too physical in flag football. The football players ragged on the managers for several days.

As for the Baron rumors…. My person had heard something about that but didn’t really think it was true so I didn’t share it…. The rumor was not an issue with Tyler but the staff had a huge problem with his dad that was on staff and Tyler may go with him…. If we lose Tyler…. It will be a shame bc he has been a great teammate, person, and leader over there…. You can’t say that about most of the transfers we have had.

You can't blame a kid for their parents faults, and you can't blame him for leaving because of their parent...blood is thicker than water.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Tomorrow or Friday this server breaking news is supposed to happen. Does anyone know what time? I need to plan accordingly.

I work tomorrow starting at 10. Hope that helps.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

You can't blame a kid for their parents faults, and you can't blame him for leaving because of their parent...blood is thicker than water.

...but ass is thicker than blood

 

[Leeleesteeth]

My boy said.."look Dad..we all know he sucks in most ways as a HC, but as long as he keeps stacking up these classes as a recruiter we also know we will always be a pretty good team"

Oh yeah. I was a helluva coach the years we had several D1s playing. Got a lot dumber when we didn't. Not complicated.

 

[VFLPastor]

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The building rage level at UF looks epic.
Sounds like when it all comes down...it's going to be nuclear. AD's, chancellors, presidents, janitors...they're all getting caught in the flush.

 

[Christian Lowe]

 

[Ten_Titans]

It seems like all new coaching vacancies have Kiffin as a realistic candidate. With reporting, it’s difficult to distinguish between accurate early intel versus lazy speculation.

The same names were speculated on for the LSU, USC, and Florida jobs. Only Napier was selected correctly and that’s because Florida had their ducks in a row.

Kiffin texts or emails whoever he has to in an attempt to convey he's interested in every job. If MTSU fired Stockstill Kiffin would post a picture on Twitter at the Murfreesboro airport.

I'm sure the "Kiffin would definitely come back to Tennessee" nonsense from Clay Travis last year was exactly that.

And it worked. He got exactly what he wanted. A raise and an extension.

 

[Ten_Titans]

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[Christian Lowe]

Isn’t this Tennessee’s wealthiest private school? Lmao emphasis on private

 

[UTvol1fn]

Isn’t this Tennessee’s wealthiest private school? Lmao emphasis on private

BHS is a public school.