Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[Brillovol]

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This picture has me all fired up for basketball season.

Those jerseys.

 

[Brillovol]

Have we had a commit during the season this year? I remember seeing a tweet from someone associated with UT recruiting say "work in silence." Yall think that Pruitt and staff have commits like Darnell, etc and have just told them to wait to say anything?

At this point, I’d say any recruit that has made up his mind has already committed to the coaches and is looking to announce at a formal event after the season. Not a very common move to announce during the season.

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

No top 10 though

Top 5 would still be top 10.

So the answer is yes.

 

[volinbama256]

There's no way I'd do it. Elite corners are more valuable than wide receivers.

Besides, I think giving Murphy another year in the system, plus adding Khafre/Payton and Keyton.... Palmer coming back... DWA another year, hopefully Eric Gray to go along with Ty Chandler, etc we'll have some weapons on offense.

We need a complete overhaul in the secondary. Looks like we have three pieces in Taylor, Flowers, and Thompson. I'd keep that growing with our incoming freshman class and let them all develop together.

don't forget we will still most likely have Callaway and Jennings... I know most think they are gone, but I am hoping for at least one to stay (they should both stay)

 

[cncchris33]

Instead of copying the link, try saving the image, and then when you click on the little icon with the mountain or whatever it is and it says drop image here, tap on that and choose to select a photo from your photo library. The GIF should be there. Choose it and it will drop where you want it. That is how I do my gifs, because I had some problems as well.

This is how I do it as well, and be sure to click full image when prompted.

 

[SmokinBob]

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This picture has me all fired up for basketball season.

Love this picture! This was my Vols BB team when I was at UT. We camped out to get tickets!

 

[SweetasSoda]

No way we land all these guys. You guys and gals have followed recruiting long enough to know that. I’m sure we nab a few though. No doubt in my mind this will be a great class. I’m sure CBS/247 and Yahoo/Rivals execs are very much pumping Tennessee any chance they get because we’re a big slice of their pie.

Unlikely anyone gets them all, but it is looking likely that we get a few to make this a great class. It's possible we get 3 of the top 11. We should be excited about the possibility while remembering this is recruiting.

 

[SmokinBob]

Edit: that is weird. It shows up until you click "post".

I use giphy. On iPad, hold my finger on the one I want until a screen with choices pops up, touch “copy”, then touch typing area in reply box and paste there. I’ll try Mac later to see if it still works there.

 

[InVOLuntary]

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I use giphy. On iPad, hold my finger on the one I want until a screen with choices pops up, touch “copy”, then paste into reply box here. I’ll try Mac later to see if it still works there.

Try the one studs did.

 

[itsme]

No way we land all these guys. You guys and gals have followed recruiting long enough to know that. I’m sure we nab a few though. No doubt in my mind this will be a great class. I’m sure CBS/247 and Yahoo/Rivals execs are very much pumping Tennessee any chance they get because we’re a big slice of their pie.

If you don't mind, take your shoe off and kick the biggest rock you can find as hard as you can. We will get who we want sir.

 

[Orange Studs]

Yes thats the problem I am having right there. Everything looks ok until I click Post reply.

 

[SmokinBob]

Yes thats the problem I am having right there. Everything looks ok until I click Post reply.

Which one were you trying to post?

 

[SweetasSoda]

Just heard it on radio that he has resumed on field work. Also said no time table for return but him being out there shocks me

Anyone know why it is just assumed you can't play football on blood thinners? Just curious since I'm on them from blood clots in my lungs.

 

[WinginFlorida]

Anyone know why it is just assumed you can't play football on blood thinners? Just curious since I'm on them from blood clots in my lungs.

If you were to get cut, scraped, etc., you're going to have potential issues due to the blood thinners.

 

[drvenner]

Just heard it on radio that he has resumed on field work. Also said no time table for return but him being out there shocks me

Agreed. Obviously, the first concern for all of us is his safety. I am sure the doctors know what they're doing, but that is very shocking to me, also.

 

[volinbama256]

I think if we do well the next three games (fight to the end of each and not roll over), Pruitt/staff/bagmen are left to do their jobs, then we have a legit shot at landing the majority. The simple fact there is this much buzz towards the end of the season (and it being a rough season) tells me some kids are legitimately interested and not just taking visits. The difference in the buzz last year and this year is now kids can actually see what kind of coach Pruitt is, sees how he puts the best athletes on the field no matter their yr, and demands 100% all the time. Last year we were coming off 4-8 and here is a new head coach and staff at a good SEC football program. Anyone with a potential NFL career in the future would be taking a huge risk. Now, not so much. I think we get at least 2 kids to flip and land 2-3 more high profile elite kids if everything else falls into place.

 

[SweetasSoda]

If you were to get cut, scraped, etc., you're going to have potential issues due to the blood thinners.

Right, but I'm monitored monthly. Couldn't someone be monitored more closely? Does it mean doctors couldn't help immediately if he was cut? Or is internal bleeding an issue?

 

[Mike4Vols]

Love this picture! This was my Vols BB team when I was at UT. We camped out to get tickets!

You're showing your age girlie.

I'm a big fan of Bernard King. One of the most underrated players in NBA history.

 

[volinbama256]

If you were to get cut, scraped, etc., you're going to have potential issues due to the blood thinners.

Well if that's the case, then just cover up any skin showing and turn the kid loose!

 

[BucVol98]

Right, but I'm monitored monthly. Couldn't someone be monitored more closely? Does it mean doctors couldn't help immediately if he was cut? Or is internal bleeding an issue?

Would depend on what his INR needed to be in my opinion, I'm 24 just had open heart 8 months ago for a valve replacement and my target INR (blood clot time or in simple terms blood thickness is 1.5-2.0 normal is 1.2) and I honestly haven't noticed a big difference in bruising or bleeding more. It's all relative but in my opinion he would be fine if he didn't have to have a really low blood thickness, blood thickness effects the elderly more than it does young healthy people.

 

[AaronUT]

Was just trying the copy image address but didn't work either. lol

Try the preview button before you post. If it doesn't look Wright in preview, it won't be Wright when you post.

 

[volatil]

If you were to get cut, scraped, etc., you're going to have potential issues due to the blood thinners.

Places one at high risk for intracranial hemorrhage

 

[volatil]

Right, but I'm monitored monthly. Couldn't someone be monitored more closely? Does it mean doctors couldn't help immediately if he was cut? Or is internal bleeding an issue?

Anytime I have a patient on anticoagulants I am concerned about falls or head trauma. Average every day people aren’t susceptible to head trauma like someone playing contact sports.

 

[zhangliao04]

I will be very very surprised if Trey Smith plays another snap of football.

 

[GoBigOrangeVols]

Pruitt on relationship with Coach Fulmer on Vol Calls last night:

GREG FROM MURFREESBORO
Question/comment: "Coach, how is it to have a national championship-winning coach out on your playing field while you’re practicing all the time? How much do you converse with him? Do you ask him for advice? I know he’s not going to tell you what to do, he’s going to wait to ask you what to do."

Pruitt: "You know, me and Coach Fulmer have a really good relationship. We kind of grew up in the same kind of background. We both want the same thing. We want the Tennessee football program to be the best program in the country. We have a plan and we’re working together. It takes everybody involved. Being the head football coach, it’s very important to have the support of your administration. We definitely have that. So I think Coach Fulmer knows as good as anybody, when things were going really well at Tennessee, what was the reason. And when things have not gone the way we want it to, he probably knows the answer there. If you’re asking me if I’m going to be the head football coach at Tennessee, who would I want to be the athletic director? I would have picked Coach Fulmer."

Kesling: "It’s of interesting, when Coach Fulmer took over, Coach Dickey was the AD. So Coach Fulmer could go down the hall and get a lot of advice from Coach Dickey on how to do some things, and you have that luxury with Coach Fulmer."

Pruitt: "Yeah, and we do. Again, we have a great relationship. He stops by and sees me all the time. And if I have a question, I ask it. For instance, last night he just popped in the defensive staff room. And we’re just sitting there talking, actually we were watching a little tape. He probably stood there for two minutes and he was about to leave. I said, ‘Hey coach, I want to ask you a question. If we played this front or this front, what gave you the hardest time to block?’ There are lots of athletic directors that can’t answer that kind of question."

The best of 'Vol Calls,' Kentucky week