Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Aesius]

And it’s hurting Florida big time. Hope they keep dropping those

I was assured by our resident Gators posters that Florida is overflowing with so much talent that Miami's and FSU's recruiting success are irrelevant to UF.

 

[Vol423]

Lol. Karate Kid wasn't even what I was thinking of. Escapes me.

Okay. That's funny. I read his post and my immediate thought was it had to be fake. It's a direct rip-off of the plot of the Karate Kid...even down to the details of a kid that picks up a new sport for a summer beats the local kids that have been training in that sport their entire lives.

 

[vol81]

Link to Marvin West article about Johnny Mills passing. A good read

‘Gathering’ planned for Johnny Mills - Knox TN Today

 

[Glitch]

Y’all don’t do t

Y’all don’t do this to me. I’ve got a five and two year old. I am their favorite person and do not want that to change.

Wish in one hand and poop in the other! lol. I love my daughters and have no doubts that they love me, but there have been times as they have gotten older that I have no doubts that I am (at least temporarily) one of their absolute least favorite people. It is not my job to be their favorite person though. It is my job to be their father.

 

[peaygolf]

Link to Marvin West article about Johnny Mills passing. A good read

‘Gathering’ planned for Johnny Mills - Knox TN Today

So sad..................Great player for the Vols

 

[Vol423]

Wish in one hand and poop in the other! lol. I love my daughters and have no doubts that they love me, but there have been times as they have gotten older that I have no doubts that I am (at least temporarily) one of their absolute least favorite people. It is not my job to be their favorite person though. It is my job to be their father.

That just means that you're doing your job of parenting correctly (an increasingly rare phenomenon these days).

 

[Glitch]

Which one of you is thebossman550?

They wooed. I don't woo.

 

[Glitch]

Thanks...is my invite to the exclusive barbecue in the mail

You should have gotten through your new private VN e-mail account. DM @frank and ask him about approving your access upgrade.

 

[Vol423]

They wooed. I don't woo.

Good man!

 

[Glitch]

That just means that your doing your job of parenting correctly (an increasingly rare phenomenon these days).

That is what I tell my wife. If our kids aren't pissed at us at least once or twice a week about something, then we aren't doing something correctly.

 

[Glitch]

Good man!

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Hard Knocks Arizona just got way more interesting.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Pretty sure I saw this movie in the 80's.

I kid.

North Shore

 

[roc vol]

‘I come from nothing’: UT football player gives back to community

 

[Enki_Amenra]

This sounds like a Hawaiian surfer spin of the Karate Kid.

 

[clt_tiger]

That is what I tell my wife. If our kids aren't pissed at us at least once or twice a week about something, then we aren't doing something correctly.

I’ve got 5 kids under the age of 12 and the only way we can run the household is with their help. I can only truly focus on three things at a time throughout my day so we created a chart for the kids where they measure themselves daily on these three things:

1. Did you honor others today?
2. Did you listen well?
3. Were you a victim or Victor?

They grade themselves and then rewards or punishments are given out at the end of the week. Some byproduct we didn’t think of is the transfer of ownership to them via the chart. They are less angry with us as we can simply say, “remember the chart.”

Just thought I’d share.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

How do these bowl games make any money? Is it purely for marketing? There isn't 5,000 fans in the stadium @ UAB v Miami of Ohio.

 

[butchna]

Matt Adler went from sidekick on Teen Wolf to first bill on this movie to dating Kelly Preston to…?

 

[Vol423]

I’ve got 5 kids under the age of 12 and the only way we can run the household is with their help. I can only truly focus on three things at a time throughout my day so we created a chart for the kids where they measure themselves daily on these three things:

1. Did you honor others today?
2. Did you listen well?
3. Were you a victim or Victor?

They grade themselves and then rewards or punishments are given out at the end of the week. Some byproduct we didn’t think of is the transfer of ownership to them via the chart. They are less angry with us as we can simply say, “remember the chart.”

Just thought I’d share.

Keep the kid count below 3, and you can play man-to-man defense. Once you're forced to play zone the likelihood of breakdowns increases dramatically.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Hate to see it.

 

[Volfan39]

Hate to see it.

Kid could never get in shape. Would love him here but if he’s out of shape there imagine him in this offense

 

[Devo182]

There's really no big separation between 3rd to 11th

3rd is Texas: 294.53
11th is Clemson 274.22

That's essentially a single player difference if he's a high 4 star. So I'm pretty happy with where we are, our lowest rated guy is Nate Spillman and he's a 3 star at 84.39 and an in-state kid. But our per player average is 90.93 which is the highest it's been in quite a while.

Not quiiite at this point. The more players in the class, the less impact each has. With classes mostly filled up, even if Clemson added the #10 overall player, a very high 5*, it would bump them a little over 9 points. Him AND Arch, the #1 overall, and they would be up 18 points to 292.

But yeah I agree there's not a ton of difference usually beyond the top 2 or so classes that are way out ahead, especially in averages.

 

[Devo182]

I didn't say Tennessee has recruited "poorly" over the last 8 years.

But 90.93 is the highest per player average for a class at TN since Fulmer era. It's only the 2nd class we've had with the average per player rating over 90. Pruitt's best class in 2019 was 90.46 per player.

So objectively this is the best recruiting class TN has had since Fulmer retired, hopefully that translates to on the field production in the future and continuing to be a CFP team.

Depends how you look at it. Average isn't everything. Which is ultimately why they have scores that are weighted in certain ways. The 2015 class was absolutely loaded, on paper. People always say, "it was just a big class" but it really wasn't...the top half was studly with 16 blue chips.

Still think this is one of our finest though since peak Fulmer. I'd certainly put it up there top 3 for certain on paper and hopefully much better on the field (much more importantly!)

 

[ACvol3]

Hate to see it.

Their oline was really bad

 

[Vol464]

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