Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Weezer]

I always get a chuckle of the message board randos who second-guess these type of decisions.

“I’m completely baffled by the coaches’ decision not to recruit player x based on information I’m not privy to.”

I always get a chuckle out of people who clearly don't understand a post. Let me simplify this for you. I'm not second guessing the coaches in this post. I'm actually lamenting that we fans aren't privy to the information you say we do not have. It's called curiosity, and most people have it. We'd like to know what we don't know.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

What does that even mean.

It means D Watson thought Jesus wanted him to molest, fondle, and sexually assault those massage attendants.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Can anyone explain how our 24 commitments with an average rating of 90.94 places us higher in the rankings than Clemson's 26 commitments with an average rating of 91.07?

Our recruits' Mommas and Daddies are better than theirs.

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

Dude is so fake.

 

[VolGee4]

Stats aren't eye-popping, but coaches obviously see something in him. Hopefully he's more of a baller than Mitchell.

If the stats are eye-popping for a 4th year college player, he wouldn't be in college anymore.

 

[Type Orange+]

he was a captain on their defense, means he's a leader and he's smart

And 6'3" 240 pound, 24 year old, married,, mature young man who can provide good leadership for the younger guys.

 

[Freak]

I saw an interview that said those Alabama players were covered with insurance if they dropped to a certain level….. tried to search to find that interview and more details…. Couldn’t find it but did find this article from 2020…. Alabama chose not to get that insurance on Tua and the media criticized Alabama for it…. Here is an article from 2020 saying that Alabama had the option to get it but chose not too bc sometimes it was difficult to collect… Chance Warmack got a similar insurance policy after joining the NFL and it paid out over 3 million.

How Alabama approaches player insurance policies

That article says they don't use loss of value policies. Right?

 

[Hawaiian Hammer]

Stats aren't eye-popping, but coaches obviously see something in him. Hopefully he's more of a baller than Mitchell.

He was a stud before his ACL tear last season. Came back and was still productive this season. Hopefully another offseason will get him back to pre-ACL tear level

 

[Brick_By_Brick]

In other words we are f'n cheapskates...figures.

LoL.

 

[butchna]

Love it if he got stuck at 99,999...for 3 years.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

And 6'3" 240 pound, 24 year old, married,, mature young man who can provide good leadership for the younger guys.

This

Also was a Captain

And it may not be “eye popping” but he’s a solid player and easily better than a couple LBs we were forced to play this yr. it’s almost like the staff knows what they’re doing.

62 tackles, 5 TFLs, Sack , FF, FR. And he’s a bigger body guy compared to these others. Def brings some leadership where we need it.

 

[SweetasSoda]

What does that even mean.

Means he thinks when people look at Clemson they see God… His name, image and likeness. I just can’t believe he went there.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Pili is 6’4” and 240. 1 year rental and he wanted it to be in the SEC. He’s 24 years old so hopefully brings some maturity and leadership to the defense too.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Apparently, Pili picked us over Florida. So I’m a big fan, already.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

He was a stud before his ACL tear last season. Came back and was still productive this season. Hopefully another offseason will get him back to pre-ACL tear level

Bingo

 

[Freak]

Former Alabama RB explains why Tide players should not opt out of Sugar Bowl
here is a new article where former Alabama running back Bo Scarborough says that the players should play bc Alabama has insurance that guarantees the players are still paid at their anticipated draft slot.

Thanks. I am skeptical that the source is a former player. And what he's saying contradicts what the other article says about how those policies work.

 

[engineerVOL]

Does he still get paid by YouTube after 80k people unsubscribe immediately following?

 

[volbeast33]

That article says they don't use loss of value policies. Right?

That was from two years ago…. They were criticized pretty soundly bc of Tua…. The most recent thing that I heard was from tv and they were discussing why the players were not opting….. The closest thing that I could find online to show to anyone was Bo Scarborough saying that Alabama had the players covered for LOV. I could be mistaken…. Just repeating what I heard.

 

[butchna]

Keenan Pili College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com

So two seasons of eligibility remaining.

 

[Weezer]

Keenan Pili has officially been added to the Vols signing day page.

 

[Weezer]

Still no DeSean Bishop on the official page.

 

[VolNash17]

Top 10 classes should probably be the new normal going forward for Tennessee. Got to keep stacking talent being in this conference

 

[Nash_Vol97]

So two seasons of eligibility remaining.

I thought the same thing looking at his stats page but AP said he had 1 year left. Who knows though, AP could be mistaken.

 

[Freak]

That was from two years ago…. They were criticized pretty soundly bc of Tua…. The most recent thing that I heard was from tv and they were discussing why the players were not opting….. The closest thing that I could find online to show to anyone was Bo Scarborough saying that Alabama had the players covered for LOV. I could be mistaken…. Just repeating what I heard.

I gotcha. I find that interesting for whatever reason.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Yep, their board reads like Vols a few years ago:
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