Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[Hammer85]

Could it be as simple as they already have somebody hired and are just waiting on Phil and JP to get in off the road to announce it? Fulmer is in NYC at the moment and JP is recruiting and they are letting the "PR" machine work until they get back.

 

[SugarCC]

BVS has me like

It's gonna be all good, Bass. I know it's tough, but you gotta trust Pruitt and Fulmer. Go Vols, buddy.

 

[AaronUT]

It'a obvious Freeze was the target all along. Even if other players come to play, we will beat their money because we can't afford not to at this point.

 

[WinginFlorida]

Cooter could cheer up a bunch of fellas in here today...

For about 4 seconds...then we'd hear about how the Lions are only 4-8, 23rd in total offense, blah, blah, blah.

 

[itsme]

Good stuff man!..but I was referring to specific details as to why he cooled on his friend Lindsey,we may never hear about those details but it’s very interesting.thank you for looking that up though

Withrow on Midday 180 had a thought of that Linsey's offense was too predictable for Pruitt's taste (I can't remember if he sais someone told him this or if it was an original thought). That is why Pruitt was calling out Auburn's offensive plays before hand during the game. This would make sense to me.

 

[TennGentry]

But, but, but....Atl Vol said it was a done deal.

 

[LIvol]

I was looking at the top 100 and noticed Clemson kept popping up all over the country. I clicked on Andrew Booth (who would have been such a steal I think) and looked at their recruiting class. I saw the first guy from the state of SC and I clicked on him and noticed he was ranked #11 in the state. Once I saw the rest of the state ranking, I noticed that Clemson was nowhere in the first ten prospects for the state of SC. I decided to do this checking on quite a few other states with very strong state schools: OSU in Ohio (2 recruits in the top 10 of the state), UM in Michigan (1 recruit in the top 10 of the state), PSU in Pennsylvania (1 recruit in the top 10 of the state), OU in Oklahoma (1 recruit in the top 10 of the state), UGA in Georgia (2 recruits in the top 10 of the state) and finally and most important UF in Florida (1 recruit in the top 20 of the state. It leads me to wonder a few things: that Tennessee might be turning into a battleground state that you have to fight for every recruit within the Top 10 of the state with other powerhouse programs, we might have recruited heavily in state and things didn't turn out so well, or we have adopted a new philosophy of recruiting the best played at the position regardless of the geographic location. I trust in CJP in coaching, and in recruiting and I will trust his decision whomever the new OC is...

 

[UTSuave’]

Siap

Just heard Helton is taking Montario Hardesty with him to Western Kentucky.

Super happy for hardesty!...I know it’s not been discussed yet so I’ll start it but with positions opening who thinks Pruitt May finally hire Rush to fill a spot I do

 

[VolDaddy87]

Could it be as simple as they already have somebody hired and are just waiting on Phil and JP to get in off the road to announce it? Fulmer is in NYC at the moment and JP is recruiting and they are letting the "PR" machine work until they get back.

I don't think it will be any more than a press release. They don't have to be in town for that. No parading him out for a press conference.

 

[WriterVol]

but what was known is that his former players thought he was a total dickhead, a martinet, and that he coached players to injure opponents, and he had a shatty 500 record at Rutgers. I mean win 6 out of 10 games at least before u trot someone the f out

I don't disagree at all, but my point is that the Schianomo happened because of the severity of the PSU allegations and the lack of time to vet that information to the public. There was no time between his reported serious consideration and his reported hiring. The reaction was just as immediate and severe because of it.

In all honesty, a vetting still hasn't happened despite Schiano saying there'd be a time to do that. I don't think any school at any level wants to touch him until that happens. OSU can keep him because they are still just allegations, but they are severe enough that he's going to have to clear the air before he can move up.

I wouldn't have wanted Schiano without the allegations, but I don't know that it would have had politicians weighing in on it otherwise. I was just suggesting maybe they want to avoid that kind of instant negative reaction to any allegations hanging over Freeze because of what we all just experienced last year.

 

[Kingston Vol]

There’s more to the Briarcrest stuff than what is known publicly.

We have plenty of board members from the Memphis area and they are likely plugged into this.

 

[AaronUT]

But, but, but....Atl Vol said it was a done deal.

He also said by Tuesday or...
Give him that much before you crucify him.

 

[NMVol]

Here's one way to play it: sign an option with Freeze. Let the Maryland situation play out. If Loksley goes let the Bama situation play out. Then exercise.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

There’s more to the Briarcrest stuff than what is known publicly.

We have plenty of board members from the Memphis area and they are likely plugged into this.

Going to be hard to sell “the Schiano allegations were different” if we do end up hiring Freeze.

 

[COOKEVOL]

He also said by Tuesday or...
Give him that much before you crucify him.

And again, he never said Freeze. Only that Pruitt had made his choice.

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

At this point I honestly don't think anyone knows crap. I think everyone is just flicking boogers at the wall and hoping one of them sticks.

 

[SLICKYINC]

There’s more to the Briarcrest stuff than what is known publicly.

We have plenty of board members from the Memphis area and they are likely plugged into this.

If it was a problem it would have came up when he was a HC at Ole Miss, don't you think?

 

[VOLuptuousBOOMS]

I was looking at the top 100 and noticed Clemson kept popping up all over the country. I clicked on Andrew Booth (who would have been such a steal I think) and looked at their recruiting class. I saw the first guy from the state of SC and I clicked on him and noticed he was ranked #11 in the state. Once I saw the rest of the state ranking, I noticed that Clemson was nowhere in the first ten prospects for the state of SC. I decided to do this checking on quite a few other states with very strong state schools: OSU in Ohio (2 recruits in the top 10 of the state), UM in Michigan (1 recruit in the top 10 of the state), PSU in Pennsylvania (1 recruit in the top 10 of the state), OU in Oklahoma (1 recruit in the top 10 of the state), UGA in Georgia (2 recruits in the top 10 of the state) and finally and most important UF in Florida (1 recruit in the top 20 of the state. It leads me to wonder a few things: that Tennessee might be turning into a battleground state that you have to fight for every recruit within the Top 10 of the state with other powerhouse programs, we might have recruited heavily in state and things didn't turn out so well, or we have adopted a new philosophy of recruiting the best played at the position regardless of the geographic location. I trust in CJP in coaching, and in recruiting and I will trust his decision whomever the new OC is...

Interesting info... I can only think of one school that has a lock down on instate talent, and that is LSU. Bama and Auburn do well with instate players as well.

 

[UTSuave’]

Withrow on Midday 180 had a thought of that Linsey's offense was too predictable for Pruitt's taste (I can't remember if he sais someone told him this or if it was an original thought). That is why Pruitt was calling out Auburn's offensive plays before hand during the game. This would make sense to me.

I could see that!..in the beginning I was never high on him anyways because our defense stopped his offense,at that point I got flamed because everyone said it was Gus who was calling the plays so I guess Pruitt was thinking the same thing I was.

 

[DeepPurpleFloyd]

For about 4 seconds...then we'd hear about how the Lions are only 4-8, 23rd in total offense, blah, blah, blah.

I think he's referring to a different Cooter.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

There’s more to the Briarcrest stuff than what is known publicly.

We have plenty of board members from the Memphis area and they are likely plugged into this.

If so, then we better pass

 

[UTSuave’]

If it was a problem it would have came up when he was a HC at Ole Miss, don't you think?

Trump 2.0! And I KNOW @Bassmaster_Vol no politics in the RF

 

[Chuckie]

If so, then we better pass

What does it say?

 

[RockyTopInBham]

Posing a hypothetical here, if any OC, whether employed or not, or former head coach was available to be our OC, who would you want? NFL, as well.

My guess is that if Freeze falls through, Sark could be a name that pops up after he's let go by the Falcons in the coming weeks (which I would guess is likely after the struggles they've had this season).

 

[Brillovol]

Waiting for a press conference announcement like...