Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Next years schedule is significantly easier and I feel pretty confident that Hurts is here next year. Our win total should increase by a good margin with other teams losing so much and us getting an infusion of talent that we will be next year. Not to mention finally catching up with S&C

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Woke up in the middle of the night shivering.. I think it was a sign.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

We may have the worst OL and DL in the SEC again next year...the floor is lower than you think.

I don’t think so. OL should be much improved if for no other reason they won’t be the smallest OL in the country anymore.

I’m holding out hope for the DL. Lot of freshman got some quality experience and they redshirted Emerson. Those young guys who played looked good. DT improved a lot this year and he’s coming back also. Add the juco guys and hopefully a stud freshman like Eboigbe and I think our DL can be much improved next year.

I believe in this staff to develop players.

 

[DD4ME]

More tidbits from Oakland

Semi-finals and State Championship games outscored Maryville and Whitehaven by total of 75-0.

They only allowed opponent to cross the 50 in those games...


Once

I watched some of that game last night they were DOMINANT. We should look at their OL #66. Forget his name tho.

 

[DD4ME]

If we open up the playbook the ceiling is higher. Considering our talent limitations we self imposed an even lower ceiling with our play calling.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Yep. If we’re ineffective in the trenches again it doesn’t really matter how much better a lot of our other positions are next year.

Pruitt seems to want to be a defensive team, but I don’t think the DL we’ll be able to put on the field next year will set that unit up for much success, even with possibly huge upgrades at LB and in the secondary.

Freshman everywhere along the lines in the two deep is not a recipe for success...it will be a recipe for a lot of aggravating missed assignments, and just plain being out-physicaled by older more mature lineman (I know not a real word, but I like it)

It will however be promising.

 

[chavisut]

More tidbits from Oakland

Semi-finals and State Championship games outscored Maryville and Whitehaven by total of 75-0.

They only allowed opponent to cross the 50 in those games...


Once

I assume Anderson and Washington showed out?

 

[rockytop25]

Next years schedule is significantly easier and I feel pretty confident that Hurts is here next year. Our win total should increase by a good margin with other teams losing so much and us getting an infusion of talent that we will be next year. Not to mention finally catching up with S&C

There’s been some talk in Alabama that Jalen might not transfer. He might just go into the draft or stay and learn another position at Bama. I don’t think it’s a 100% guarantee he’s gonna transfer yet.

 

[GoBigOrangeVols]

Man the natives are not happy at Texas Tech with the hiring of Matt Wells. I think it's a pretty good hire. Could be their Matt Campbell.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Plenty of OCs out there could deliver that with the talent being accumulated.

Completely agree

 

[BigOrangeVols]

New avatar

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

We might return the least production of any SEC team on the DL. If we’re gonna have a better than mediocre season next year, we’re gonna have to see a bunch of guys who made little meaningful contribution on a mediocre DL make massive strides by next fall or to have a very high hit rate on the DL we’re bringing in.


Part of me also wonders if they don’t toy around with Bituli playing some OLB if we bring in the kind of LB class many are expecting.

 

[Kingston Vol]

We may have the worst OL and DL in the SEC again next year...the floor is lower than you think.

The offensive line is going to be better just by having another year in the S&C program. Probably still *bad* but *better* to some degree.

Swap WVU with BYU, so that’s a win. And you better find a way to beat either Vandy, Missouri or South Carolina in year 2.

7 wins is the floor.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

More tidbits from Oakland

Semi-finals and State Championship games outscored Maryville and Whitehaven by total of 75-0.

They only allowed opponent to cross the 50 in those games...


Once

 

[chavisut]

The offensive line is going to be better just by having another year in the S&C program. Probably still *bad* but *better* to some degree.

Swap WVU with BYU, so that’s a win. And you better find a way to beat either Vandy, Missouri or South Carolina in year 2.

7 wins is the floor.

Vandy could nosedive next year.

 

[volfanCLT]

Who’d y’all hire while I was sleeping?

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I don’t think so. OL should be much improved if for no other reason they won’t be the smallest OL in the country anymore.

I’m holding out hope for the DL. Lot of freshman got some quality experience and they redshirted Emerson. Those young guys who played looked good. DT improved a lot this year and he’s coming back also. Add the juco guys and hopefully a stud freshman like Eboigbe and I think our DL can be much improved next year.

I believe in this staff to develop players.

Are you serious that you think lines full of freshman and undevelooed Jucos are going to be an immediate upgrade?

You can sprinkle in uber talented polished prodigies on veteran lines and be successful, but two lines full of them is not gonna be fun to watch.

I expect very little from the guys already on the team, because I have seen very little that gives me hope that they can be much better.

 

[TheTimeIsNow]

Who’d y’all hire while I was sleeping?

Derek Dooley was hired.

 

[WinginFlorida]

I don’t think so. OL should be much improved if for no other reason they won’t be the smallest OL in the country anymore.

I’m holding out hope for the DL. Lot of freshman got some quality experience and they redshirted Emerson. Those young guys who played looked good. DT improved a lot this year and he’s coming back also. Add the juco guys and hopefully a stud freshman like Eboigbe and I think our DL can be much improved next year.

I believe in this staff to develop players.

I expect the OL to noticeably improve with the added year of development and certainly a strong group of freshman. The key to me is the defensive front 7...they've got to find some guys who create chaos and make plays. Being "solid" isn't enough...they need some defensive playmakers creating sacks and turnovers. The secondary will be good but they can only do so much without significant impact from not just the DL but also the LBs. UT got a little of this from Taylor and Phillips on occasion, but the LBs made very few plays.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

The offensive line is going to be better just by having another year in the S&C program. Probably still *bad* but *better* to some degree.

Swap WVU with BYU, so that’s a win. And you better find a way to beat either Vandy, Missouri or South Carolina in year 2.

7 wins is the floor.

You already know it, you just admitted it, but you don't want to see the obvious...a bad line is still a bad line.

 

[Kingston Vol]

You already know it, you just admitted it, but you don't want to see the obvious...a bad line is still a bad line.

We had the worst line I’ve ever seen this year, learning a completely new system, and we still won 5 games. We’re injecting three very highly rated guys and allowing the guys we retain another year of strength training and scheme development. It’s not crazy to think that, if a coaching staff is worth its salt, they should win two more games in their second year.

If we don’t then we’re in trouble.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

You guys still don't get it...we are still a season out from respectability. We didn't get beat by a few measley points by the teams that beat us..we got hog slaughtered.

 

[HankHill]

YIKES

7 wins is the floor next year.

I don’t see it that way. If we don’t make a bowl game I’ll be disappointed. So i sit the expectation at bowl game.

Even if recruiting goes well...we’re still probably gonna lose a WR or 2 (JJ/MC) and be starting multiple freshman at probably DL, LB, WR, OL.

So expect/demand a bowl game and be more competitive against SEC teams. That’s what I want out of this year.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Are you serious that you think lines full of freshman and undevelooed Jucos are going to be an immediate upgrade?

You can sprinkle in uber talented polished prodigies on veteran lines and be successful, but two lines full of them is not gonna be fun to watch.

I expect very little from the guys already on the team, because I have seen very little that gives me hope that they can be much better.

I don’t know where you’re seeing lines full of freshmen. The only freshmen I expect to start next year is Wanya at LT. which freshman do you see starting at DL? Gooden will be the nose and he was arguably our most effective DL this year. Should be better next year. Mincey, Butler, Bennent, Johnson all looked pretty good when they played. They’re redshirting a couple guys they’re high on like Emerson and Garland. The juco guys come in for depth like Gooden was this year. Where are the freshmen you’re talking about? If we get Eboigbe then yeah he should contribute but players like him are capable of it. This is a young unit who will have been developing under this staff for two years when they hit the field.

I’m not saying we’ll be elite here, but improved isn’t difficult. I love the three starters we had this year, but it isn’t like it would be hard to improve over them.

 

[HankHill]

Francois sucks..he isn't a lick better than the guy we already have that you hate.

I disagree. He has regressed but he looked like the next star his freshman year before he lost Jimbo and randy, probably the best pair of QB coaches in CFB. He has all kinds of talent and would be a 2 year Grad transfer i think.