Why are some trying to spin these losses into not a big deal?
All we heard last year was, "Just wait til next year. It is a great year for talent in TN HSFB". According to Rivals, UT got just 2 of the top 10 players in TN last year. Right now Rivals has 13 guys ranked 4*. The top 3 are already committed to someone other than UT. Of the 7 committed, only two are committed to UT.
This isn't good. Regardless of what you blame it on, only ONE GUY is paid to fix it.... and his job likely depends on getting it fixed.
The 247 composite looks a bit worse. They only rank 7 TN players as 4* plus two with 5*. Five of these 9 are committed with only one to UT. Neither 5* is committed to UT.
That is a WORSE percentage of top instate players than Bama, UGA, LSU, and UF get. If UT is to compete then THIS MUST CHANGE.