Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Cosmo Kramer]

Tbf the last point is against the other two. Dooley left us worse off than ever with his crap recruiting. Butch did one hell of a rebuild. Unfortunately it was built on paper walls.

Butch got very lucky with Jalen Hurd, Derek Barnett, Todd Kelly, Josh Malone, Jauan Jennings, Daniel Bituli, JRM, Rashaan Gaulden, Kyle Phillips, Jack Jones, Brett Kendrick, Josh Smith, Jashon Robertson, Drew Richmond, Trevor Daniel, Aaron Medley all being instate. Evan Berry, Nigel Warrior, and Khalil McKenzie were legacies. Josh Dobbs flipped right at signing day from Arizona State due to being closer to home and TN Aeronautical Engineering Program. Shy Tuttle lived just a few hours away.

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

AP starting to believe the TE coaching hire will be internal. Alec Abeln.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Sorry - didn't realize score hadn't been updated. I'll delete. please forgive me.

No need since we all saw it in real time .

 

[Devo182]

If you can do it based on gender you should also be able to regardless of age

Well...you can't do that based on gender.

I have to say the comments to that were hilarious. "Why the JV? She not good enough for varsity?" ... "Guess the school wasn't serious about winning"

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Hopefully, Tom Brady will stay retired this time because I’m sick and tired of his drama.

Am I the only one that thinks he bears a striking resemblance to skeletor since his divorce?

 

[Govolsman98]

AP starting to believe the TE coaching hire will be internal. Alec Abeln.

Not too surprising

 

[Devo182]

You have a point. I mean, pretty much anything is acceptable now. Furries anyone?

So why not identify with what age you wish to? It's coming.

So true. And I heard if they legalize gay marriage the next thing in 5 years would be people marrying their goat.

 

[Devo182]

Not today. Maybe I'll try that one next week.

Shoot I would've taken that one a few years ago

Aging and its ailments suck

 

[Devo182]

Butch got very lucky with Jalen Hurd, Derek Barnett, Todd Kelly, Josh Malone, Jauan Jennings, Daniel Bituli, JRM, Rashaan Gaulden, Kyle Phillips, Jack Jones, Brett Kendrick, Josh Smith, Jashon Robertson, Drew Richmond, Trevor Daniel, Aaron Medley all being instate. Evan Berry, Nigel Warrior, and Khalil McKenzie were legacies. Josh Dobbs flipped right at signing day from Arizona State due to being closer to home and TN Aeronautical Engineering Program. Shy Tuttle lived just a few hours away.

Those legacy classes were so cool. Though they didn't end up doing much. And Richmond, man...legendary NSD fax...not so much the career.

 

[Devo182]

Am I the only one that thinks he bears a striking resemblance to skeletor since his divorce?

He said "If I can't have her, then I'm going to become her"

 

[VolNash17]

AP starting to believe the TE coaching hire will be internal. Alec Abeln.

Hopefully a monster recruiter

 

[bkbasketball]

AP starting to believe the TE coaching hire will be internal. Alec Abeln.

Interesting considering Abeln hasn’t been on the road recruiting since Golesh left.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Speaking of...did that kid ever pan out who went to oklahoma? Highly rated from Tennessee that everyone said didn't like contact?

Was that Reggie Grimes? Last I heard he wasn’t putting up that many stats, but I might be wrong on that.

 

[UTProf]

Butch got very lucky with Jalen Hurd, Derek Barnett, Todd Kelly, Josh Malone, Jauan Jennings, Daniel Bituli, JRM, Rashaan Gaulden, Kyle Phillips, Jack Jones, Brett Kendrick, Josh Smith, Jashon Robertson, Drew Richmond, Trevor Daniel, Aaron Medley all being instate. Evan Berry, Nigel Warrior, and Khalil McKenzie were legacies. Josh Dobbs flipped right at signing day from Arizona State due to being closer to home and TN Aeronautical Engineering Program. Shy Tuttle lived just a few hours away.

Give the Devil his Due though. Butch was able to sell those classes (and us) on a future. Cade Mays went elsewhere and wouldn't give us the time a day after Butch was out so it wasn't just the fact a few legacies were bound here and they'd come play for anyone. It helped but it wasn't everything for every player. (I think Khalil and the Berry twins were always coming home but there are others that I don't think would've just jumped on board because of the legacy pull).

Had he been less sensitive to what others had to say about him, Butch might have even made a better go of things here. But of all the coaches we've had, I've never seen one that needed affirmation as badly as Butch. Kiffin is that way as well but he left before he got that needy and/or before fans got restless that he hadn't done enough with what he had.

I'm just glad that not only do we have a good coach but we have one who doesn't seem to need us all to sing his praises 24/7. I don't think Heupel will enjoy the criticism anymore than anyone else when it inevitably happens but he doesn't seem to need his ego stroked constantly and legitimately appears to be secure in himself.

 

[headhunter15]

Don’t think Heupel is sweating Beamer and SC at all. Pay back is coming in Neyland.

 

[volamite86]

Don’t think Heupel is sweating Beamer and SC at all. Pay back is coming in Neyland.

I don’t understand. Is this in response to Harbor? He may not even play college ball.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Do You 'Hock' or 'Hawk' a Loogie?.

This reminded me of the time with a preK kid during nap time. He motioned me over to tell me he had to go to the restroom to hark. He was whispering so I wasn’t sure I heard him right and asked a couple more times before I decided I better let him go. He was always coming up with something but had a desperate look on his face. He got in there, and I heard a really loud hock and lots of spitting. He came out looking so relieved. So it’s hock, hawk or hark.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Am I the only one that thinks he bears a striking resemblance to skeletor since his divorce?

I don’t follow him and haven’t seen a pic in a long time, but he looks like he is on drugs there.

 

[volbeast33]

So true. And I heard if they legalize gay marriage the next thing in 5 years would be people marrying their goat.

It’s been worse than a little goat lovin.

 

[SweetasSoda]

So true. And I heard if they legalize gay marriage the next thing in 5 years would be people marrying their goat.

Isn’t it Wyoming where the man wants to marry his horse? Forgot where.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Hopefully a monster recruiter

Why does the TE coach have to be the monster recruiter for offense? Or you think they all need to be?

 

[SweetasSoda]

Interesting considering Abeln hasn’t been on the road recruiting since Golesh left.

Can he before being hired for the position?

 

[butchna]

AP starting to believe the TE coaching hire will be internal. Alec Abeln.

He was on the opposite side of that thinking with Pope.

 

[volfaninpa]

Basketball team needs to get going. Bad Olivier seems to have shown up so far.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Ugly