Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[UTMVol76]

I think we will see some higher grade talent enter the Portal after Bowl Games.

Who knows, we will see

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

Can we see a pic?

Here was mine…. His name was Buddy

 

[UTMVol76]

So pumped for the O&W game

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Makes sense. He is being mocked as a top 10 pick.

With that said, I now think Hyatt will opt out as well. With a great time at the combine, he could move up to the last teens in the 1st round.

I think he'll play, just to get 34yds.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

C'mon Croatia! Just need you to sneak 1 goal in!

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

So evidently the coaches don't think it's a talent issue. That leaves.......

Exactly lol

 

[volbeast33]

What are you doing??! We're not allowed to talk about this! You must calm down!

People were jumping the gun on the great Bass recruiting meltdowns….. not sure why anyone would want to stop it…. It is glorious to watch and something I look forward to every year…. Last years version was amazing!

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

I think you (all of us really) just have to have some chill on these transfers. These are second hand snippets of information at best. Heupel is no dummy and knows exactly where we need to get better but he's not going to take a transfer JUST because we need a DB. Has to be right fit, skill set, attitude, etc. Patience will be rewarded I bet

We shall see. But they didn’t target corners last year or linebackers and it cost us big, if we had taken a starting corner and ILB last year, we are in the playoffs. We saw the drop off when Banks was out. I think Huepel is too trusting of his defensive coaches and their assessments. IMO

 

[volbeast33]

So evidently the coaches don't think it's a talent issue. That leaves.......

We did get six new DBs…. The two freshman from last year will have more experience…. Hopefully the rest will actually be healthy this off season and season….. would love to add a number one corner though.

 

[JT3]

I think he'll play, just to get 34yds.

I thought so too at first but the more I think about it, the injury risk maybe too great for a kid who was at best a camp invite UDFA at the start of the season to now a damn near locked 1st round pick. If I'm in his inner circle I don't know if I can risk it.

 

[KB5252]

Here was mine…. His name was Buddy

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Looks similar to my boy Bear..... He's the guy in my avatar. Best dog I've ever had but he's too smart for his own good.

 

[tennesseefan31]

I wouldn't be surprised if a couple of DBs move on after the Orange Bowl.

 

[FBtime]

We shall see. But they didn’t target corners last year or linebackers and it cost us big, if we had taken a starting corner and ILB last year, we are in the playoffs. We saw the drop off when Banks was out. I think Huepel is too trusting of his defensive coaches and their assessments. IMO

That's quite a reach there sir. Plus you have no idea who we offered and who turned us down. It's not like we are in a candy store picking out our favorites. Transfers can and do say no thanks.

 

[Chuckie]

Add cheerios and pretzels sticks for the win

Ours always has sesame sticks, too.

 

[KptVFL]

Add cheerios and pretzels sticks for the win

Moore's barbecue corn chips if you can find them.

 

[tennesseeduke]

Coach Leach was Josh Heupel's offensive coordinator at Oklahoma. I'm quite sure coach Heupel gets a lot of offense philosophy and concepts from Coach Leach. RIP coach and may God bless your family and friends. What a tragic loss.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I mean it's fun to "what-if" last year's portal shopping...but we were coming off 7-6 and no one thought we'd be doing this season what we did. So some of those plug and play transfers just weren't interested in coming here.

Seems like we did pretty well with McCoy, Walker, and Mincey all 3 were big helps this season. Hopefully Turrentine can become a contributor next year. The rest of the guys we landed were PWOs and mostly depth guys. (Browder, Shuler, Hannah).

I'll be honest though, looking at the last 2 portal hauls I'm fine with trusting the coaches. They've hit far more than they've missed. In 2021 Mohan was the only guy that really didn't contribute or help us that we had on scholarship.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I mean it's fun to "what-if" last year's portal shopping...but we were coming off 7-6 and no one thought we'd be doing this season what we did. So some of those plug and play transfers just weren't interested in coming here.

Seems like we did pretty well with McCoy, Walker, and Mincey all 3 were big helps this season. Hopefully Turrentine can become a contributor next year. The rest of the guys we landed were PWOs and mostly depth guys. (Browder, Shuler, Hannah).

I'll be honest though, looking at the last 2 portal hauls I'm fine with trusting the coaches. They've hit far more than they've missed. In 2021 Mohan was the only guy that really didn't contribute or help us that we had on scholarship.

Seeing what these coaches have accomplished with the roster they took over, I trust whatever they decide to do.

 

[butchna]

I mean it's fun to "what-if" last year's portal shopping...but we were coming off 7-6 and no one thought we'd be doing this season what we did. So some of those plug and play transfers just weren't interested in coming here.

Seems like we did pretty well with McCoy, Walker, and Mincey all 3 were big helps this season. Hopefully Turrentine can become a contributor next year. The rest of the guys we landed were PWOs and mostly depth guys. (Browder, Shuler, Hannah).

I'll be honest though, looking at the last 2 portal hauls I'm fine with trusting the coaches. They've hit far more than they've missed. In 2021 Mohan was the only guy that really didn't contribute or help us that we had on scholarship.

If I were to second guess our coaches on any one thing, it would be their tendency to TRUST their starters too much…specially at defensive back…particularly at safety. Walker was our best safety at the end of the season and I find it hard to believe he wasn’t ALL season.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Croatia gonna let me down. . . needed over 2.5, thankfully Argentina got 3 goals themselves.

 

[lfvol]

We shall see. But they didn’t target corners last year or linebackers and it cost us big, if we had taken a starting corner and ILB last year, we are in the playoffs. We saw the drop off when Banks was out. I think Huepel is too trusting of his defensive coaches and their assessments. IMO

Not with how badly we were whipped in our two losses

 

[KptVFL]

Would not mess with that chick!

 

[MoCo_Vol]

If I were to second guess our coaches on any one thing, it would be their tendency to TRUST their starters too much…specially at defensive back…particularly at safety. Walker was our best safety at the end of the season and I find it hard to believe he wasn’t ALL season.

Yeah, but I've seen that tendency from a lot of coaches. They stick with a returning starter when a younger or new guy is better.

At this point I'd say offensively we've not done that, cause I feel like the best WRs and best RBs have been put on the field regardless of how long they've been here or if they are new players to the system. Heupel needs to convince the defensive side to do the same thing, especially Willie/Banks with the secondary.


But as it was pointed out we had the most injuries in the secondary.

Slaughter missed 1
Turnage missed 2
Burrell missed 10
Tank missed 2
Flowers missed 1
Hadden missed 4
Rucker missed 5
Charles missed 3
Williams missed 4

The good news is Jourdan Thomas and Andre Turrentine both appeared in all 12 games (mostly on special teams) so they must like what they've seen from those two guys to not be chasing more DBs in the portal. Walker and McDonald also played in all 12 games. I just think they have numbers and must feel like youth and injuries contributed to most of the issues we had back there. I also think as thin as we've been the staff wants to get through the Orange bowl before they send anyone out the door, could need all of the healthy guys to play for that one.