What’s the dumbest recruiting evaluation

[wmcovol]

Tennessee with Pruitt not recruiting Gibbs or South Carolina with Musky Muschamp, not recruiting Hyatt?

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Pretty sure Muschamp wanted Hyatt badly but lost the recruiting battle.

 

[Jax_Vol]

The worst scouting evaluation coming out of high school was Henry Too' Too'

Turns out, he is a five star loser

 

[butchna]

Pretty sure Muschamp wanted Hyatt badly but lost the recruiting battle.

No. Barely recruited him. Prioritized other targets.

 

[vols 30]

Didn't Butch not recruit Trevor Lawrence? Lawrence was a UT Fan?

 

[perico]

Didn't Butch not recruit Trevor Lawrence? Lawrence was a UT Fan?

That was Hunter Johnson I think. Lawrence was never likely… I could be wrong.

My favorite opponent was Jim Donnan and UGA going after Jasper Sanks over Jamal Lewis.

 

[JMSqb11]

Tennessee with Pruitt not recruiting Gibbs or South Carolina with Musky Muschamp, not recruiting Hyatt?

Butch not recruiting Trevor Lawrence because his “system” fit better with Jarret Gauranturnover

 

[wmcovol]

Pretty sure Muschamp wanted Hyatt badly but lost the recruiting battle.

An article I read today said sc didn’t offer him. It could be wrong.

Butch did punt on Lawrence. I think bj was all in on JG. He didn’t want another qB here.

 

[JMSqb11]

This will forever go down as the greatest recruiting mistake of the 2010’s for Tennessee football

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Didn't Butch not recruit Trevor Lawrence? Lawrence was a UT Fan?

I met someone from Lawrence’s hometown and he was actually acquaintances with the family and told me what he knew. It matches the consensus here on VN. Lawrence wanted to come to Tn. but Butch did not return the interest or something similar. @perico

 

[Jeff Clark]

Tennessee with Pruitt not recruiting Gibbs or South Carolina with Musky Muschamp, not recruiting Hyatt?

The dumbest recruiting mistake by Doug Dickey was not recruiting LB DD Lewis from Fulton High School in Knoxville. He wound up being All SEC and All American at Miss State in 1966-1967 and was SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 1967. He played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1968-1981.

 

[BowlBrother85]

The dumbest recruiting mistake by Doug Dickey was not recruiting LB DD Lewis from Fulton High School in Knoxville. He wound up being All SEC and All American at Miss State in 1966-1967 and was SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 1967. He played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1968-1981.View attachment 502403View attachment 502404

Hmmm ... I actually know something about this. I had an uncle who passed away in 2012, that was golfing buddies with DD Lewis. By the time Dickey was hired, Lewis was already committed to Miss State. Dickey and the interim, Jim McDonald went to visit Lewis to try and flip him immediately after Dickey was hired... but Lewis was solid with his choice.

It is worth mentioning that Tennessee was loaded at LB in the mid to late 60's - Paul Naumoff, Hacksaw Reynolds. Steve Kiner. It hurts to miss on such a good local target, but we did okay at LB anyway.

 

[VolBricks]

how about Fulmer and Randall Cobb?

 

[midnight orange]

how about Fulmer and Randall Cobb?

Or Patrick Willis.

 

[vols 30]

I met someone from Lawrence’s hometown and he was actually acquaintances with the family and told me what he knew. It matches the consensus here on VN. Lawrence wanted to come to Tn. but Butch did not return the interest or something similar. @perico

Hard to believe, but then it's Butch

 

[TNHopeful505]

Dooley and Vonn Bell.
Butch and Trevor Lawrence
I think Kiffin and Cam Newton
Also, someone didn't choose Tajh Boyd too.
Fulmer and Randall Cobb and Patrick Willis.
Butch and Travis Etienne.

This thread hurts.

 

[volbound1700]

The worse loss for Tennessee, in my opinion, was not recruiting Steve Spurrier. Not only was he a Heisman winning QB but he also really beat the crap out of us as a coach of Florida in 1990s and frankly, kept us from taking over the SEC East like we should have leading to Florida and Georgia passing us up for years as the power of the East.

Spurrier is our biggest miss based on the ramifications of the fall out from it.

 

[Rickyvol77]

how about Fulmer and Randall Cobb?

Cobb sucks and that one wasn’t on Fulmer. He told him the truth that he wouldn’t play QB and UK lied to him

 

[joevol24]

Does Fulmer hiring bagboy count?

 

[DaddyChad]

Pretty sure Muschamp wanted Hyatt badly but lost the recruiting battle.

You would be wrong. Pruitt did want Gibbs on the other hand, wanted him as a DB.

 

[TNHopeful505]

You would be wrong. Pruitt did want Gibbs on the other hand, wanted him as a DB.

Yup, Gibbs was from Dalton High School. Pruitt thought he would have more mileage from being a DB. Wrong.

 

[DaddyChad]

That was Hunter Johnson I think. Lawrence was never likely… I could be wrong.

My favorite opponent was Jim Donnan and UGA going after Jasper Sanks over Jamal Lewis.

Lawrence was a huge Tennessee fan. Wanted to be at Tennessee.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Butch not recruiting Trevor Lawrence because his “system” fit better with Jarret Gauranturnover

JG was somehow recruited as one of the best running QBs?

 

[JMSqb11]

JG was somehow recruited as one of the best running QBs?

 

[butchna]

This will forever go down as the greatest recruiting mistake of the 2010’s for Tennessee football View attachment 502401

Wasn't a "mistake"...was a FAILURE. Neither he nor Etienne were buying what Butch was selling and Tee Higgins returned the purchase.