What is CBJ feeding these recruits?

#51
#51
Orange, White, Neyland, 45 mil facility, the Hill, Gus Burgers, Hooters west, OCI's, Gibbs Food, spring time drive down Kingston pike, smokey mountains, Cherokee Park, the Vol navy, hot girls ( wait till spring time)... Those are a few sales points. Man I love Knoxville!!
 
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#52
#52
He is selling the rich tradition, fan base, facilities, education, and most of all parents believe in him and that their son will become a quality man after leaving. Butch allows the parents to call anytime. Mommas love that.
 
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vol-un-tear said:
Orange, White, Neyland, 45 mil facility, the Hill, Gus Burgers, Hooters west, OCI's, Gibbs Food, spring time drive down Kingston pike, smokey mountains, Cherokee Park, the Vol navy, hot girls ( wait till spring time)... Those are a few sales points. Man I love Knoxville!!
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Cherokee Park? when did he move here? :eek:lol:
 
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#55
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Let's hope whatever butch is feeding these guys, he's not doing it in backyard BBQs with high school juniors while posing for pictures...oh wait wrong sport :)
 
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PeytonManningVFL said:
TBCH I am shocked most people who frequent this board didn't have the slightest understanding of what you were getting with Butch...boggles the mind really...but as an ex coach I knew EXACTLY what you were getting...and why you people got suckered in by all the Gruden talk...that was hilarious. If UT football was a steamboat Gruden would have the thing running backward and grounded by now...now that is just flat out fact.
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There are a lot of ex coaches spewing BS on ESPN as well.
 
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I was a graduate student at TN and taught classes while there. I now am a professor at a university north of the Mason-Dixon line.

I have heard, but cannot attest to this due the fact I am married and a professor (which makes me blind to such things), that there is a marked difference between the "scenery" at UT and other schools.
 
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Jake said:
I'm just curious...

What is Butch and Co telling these recruits to get them to commit above and beyond these other offers they are getting?

I mean, I understand the process, but they are absolutely blowing it up!

...aren't you?
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He's feeding them the same as walk on's, Immediate playing time.
 
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#64
#64
100,000 crazy fans at each home game, a rich tradition, a beautiful campus, and the chance to play early.
 
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Immediate playing time because most position we would be at the bottom of the SEC as far as talent currently.

Family atmosphere and academic support. Our public image has improved a lot from the Dooley and Kiffin era.

Mob like mentality on the recruiting trail. "Oh you're sending two assistants to watch a kid or have an in home? We're sending half our coaching staff."

Positive momentum, sealing the state borders, securing our legacies. Even after losses we had a high profile signing ready to go to keep positive momentum about the future of our program. The staff worked their butts off to secure almost all the in state recruits and fence in our in state talent.
 
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VolLee said:
I was a graduate student at TN and taught classes while there. I now am a professor at a university north of the Mason-Dixon line.

I have heard, but cannot attest to this due the fact I am married and a professor (which makes me blind to such things), that there is a marked difference between the "scenery" at UT and other schools.
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No doubt the "scenery" is eons nicer than at Ohio State and Michigan...however the "scenery" is much nicer at Georgia and Alabama than it is in Knoxville...
 
#69
#69
He is getting alot of the best In State talent because TN has a distinct advantage going after TN players!

He is feeding them the Truth, and the truth.....will set you free! :rock:


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#70
#70
Our roster is not where it needs to be to compete for championships. Jones is turning the roster over as fast as possible. In two years he will have changed 75% of the roster. This is going to help us compete when combined with coaches that we have....:dance2::dance2::dance2:
 
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Jake said:
I'm just curious...

What is Butch and Co telling these recruits to get them to commit above and beyond these other offers they are getting?

I mean, I understand the process, but they are absolutely blowing it up!

...aren't you?
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I think he's just being genuine and sincere and not trying to deceive them or convince them we're not down right now. Jones tells them that he wants them, he needs them, he'll take care of them, and try to make them the best they can be. Judging by the recruits he is getting, I believe they can tell he means it.
 
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He is telling them about "it". "It" is the thing that makes 100,000 plus fans show up to see a losing team. "It" is the thing that makes a 50 yr old from Missouri log onto Volnation in the middle of the day. "It" is what TN has and Butch gets "It". Someone should make a T Shirt that has only "IT" on it... Of course the "T"
should look like the Big Orange "T".....
 
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BootheelVol said:
He is telling them about "it". "It" is the thing that makes 100,000 plus fans show up to see a losing team. "It" is the thing that makes a 50 yr old from Missouri log onto Volnation in the middle of the day. "It" is what TN has and Butch gets "It". Someone should make a T Shirt that has only "IT" on it... Of course the "T"
should look like the Big Orange "T".....
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^This! :good!:
 
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NashVOL93 said:
I'm not sure what it is, exactly, but the players flat-out love him and the recruits love the idea of playing for him. Whatever he's selling, those kids are buying it and buying it big. There's always the same theme in every interview that comes out: "he's professional and about his business", "he cares about you like a son", "he calls us just to tell us he loves us", and my personal favorite, "we'd run through a brick wall for him".

You know, it probably should have told us something that so many of his former players at Cincy and CMU still keep in touch and visit with him regularly.

He may not have been our first choice, or even our second or third, but I think we can see now that we were blessed with the best choice.
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I could not have said it better!!!:clapping:
 
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