Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[Ttucke11]

Milton to LB? It'd be quite the story.

He's scared of contact from 180lb DBs.

 

[peaygolf]

 

[LA Vol]

Will UT ever contend for a national title in these circumstances?

You just can't predict that. There are so many uncontrollables that factor in, including schedule, injuries and the most fickle of all -- luck. Even when UT has had the players to contend, a tough schedule, injuries to key players and bad luck have cost UT. And now, you can add officiating to the mix.

UGA was championship-caliber this year-- but they were lucky, too. UT was lucky in 1998-- and unlucky many years since.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

New RBs in portal

New DBs in portal

I get why the staff is being selective... when you consider most the other big teams have full classes already.

 

[engineerVOL]

I still say if a player goes down with an injury (fake or otherwise) they need to sit for the remainder of the series OR until a timeout is taken.

That’s the best course of action here. Everybody loves offense. Tempo = more points. And having an injured player sit for an extended period is not too punitive… especially if they truly believe in the health of the student athlete.

Edit: Kiffin response here would be to have the outside corner (since he’s closest to the sideline) leave the field after a big splash play where they need to slow it, run the third string punter onto the field to fake the injury. lol.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Oh man maybe we're talking to this guy too.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Also a QB option, not sure if we add anyone else in that room though.

 

[KB5252]

Also a QB option, not sure if we add anyone else in that room though.

Seen this guy throw, he's not it.

 

[drvenner]

Also a QB option, not sure if we add anyone else in that room though.

That's just the way it is.

 

[volbeast33]

Anyone think Milton can improve with another year in the system?

Sure he can…. He was doing better at the end of the season although in extremely limited time as a backup….. Hooker wasn’t the quarterback that he became until after the Pitt/Florida games and he had all of spring practice plus the summer to get ready.

 

[butchna]

I’m not understanding. Thought all the portal guys were gone?

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[engineerVOL]

Oh yeaaaa, can you feel it? We are, albeit slowly, moving Milton back into Heisman contention.

 

[Leeleesteeth]

Some of yall are making a point about the portal. Everyday there are new names. If they are worth a crap and not malcontents they have a good idea where they are headed. The staff likely has names that they want and most of these are likely not in the portal.

 

[LA Vol]

Seen this guy throw, he's not it.

I'm way behind reading but I saw some of your posts a while back and meant to comment. I want to say "much respect" for what you do for rescues. Not enough people try to make a difference, so thanks for being one who does.

 

[bigorange]

 

[swchandler1988]

Man would we be lucky if he stayed and put that Justin Herbert arm to good use in a couple years

He’s a RS junior this year, RS senior next year. Prob won’t be here in 23 right?

 

[LoudOrange]

That's just the way it is.

Some things will never change.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Spoiler

 

[butchna]

He’s a RS junior this year, RS senior next year. Prob won’t be here in 23 right?

RS sophomore in eligibility due to Covid. Has two left.

 

[engineerVOL]

Spoiler

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[bigorange]

 

[Volsdeep4]

They've opened Pandora's Box. Schools can try to control some variables contractually-- and they are-- but really, how and who enforces it? And then there's accountability. What if a player is contracted to do a scheduled event and they have class or the coach calls practice or a team meeting? Schools want to be hands-off and coaches don't want to work around player deals. Teenage SAs aren't businesspeople, and their days are already full with school and sports. If it becomes de facto gifting, it's really just putting a wildly inflated price tag on yesterday's closet strategy. The only schools that want that are the ones prepared to capitalize on it.

And yes, it can be a setup for friction. The get-nothings are going to feel unappreciated, the get-a-littles aren't going to be happy with that for long and the get-mores will want more and more and more-- and threaten to portal if they don't get what they think they can get elsewhere. Not only are schools having to recruit new players, they're having to continually rerecruit existing players and invest a lot of time and money in keeping players monetarily content and teams cohesive. We're already seeing it.

It's difficult to contract, difficult to enforce, difficult to manage and difficult to maintain. It'll have to evolve-- and it will.

Honestly it sounds like a horrible time to be a coach. It’s hard being a fan. You don’t know who is leaving or pissed off at the moment just hoping for a tweet that says “I’m staying.” This just isn’t fun to follow anymore

 

[KB5252]

I'm way behind reading but I saw some of your posts a while back and meant to comment. I want to say "much respect" for what you do for rescues. Not enough people try to make a difference, so thanks for being one who does.

Thank you, the lows are low, the highs are high. It gives me purpose and the means to make up for past lives.

 

[Weezer]

I wish I could hibernate through the off-season.