Chris Jones. PG

[#92]

Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting - What we learned: NJCAA nationalsJones is blowing up at the NJCAA national tourney. He's got one more year in JC, and I think Martin should a least try to get back in with him. We really need a point guard like him. What would it hurt to try?

[DeepSpringsVol]

Man Its going to be crushing if he heads to a rival after he was ours. Forbes is so mad at Tennessee he will make sure to steer Jones away from us imo.

[OrangeBalls]

Jones isn't coming to UT. You can pretty much bank on that.

[cncchris33]

Originally Posted by DeepSpringsVol

Man Its going to be crushing if he heads to a rival after he was ours. Forbes is so mad at Tennessee he will make sure to steer Jones away from us imo.

Forbes really has no reason to be mad at Tennessee. If anything, he should be mad at Hamilton (who is gone), and Cheek (whom he can't really exact any sort of revenge against).

Forbes genuinely seemed to enjoy his time at Tennessee and embraced the area, fans, and current players. Those are the only ones who suffer from any intentional attempt to sabotage CCM's efforts to recruit Jones or any other athlete that Forbes may influence. Pearl holds no ill will towards CCM and I suspect a level-headed Forbes wouldn't either. At least he shouldn't.

[bleedingTNorange]

I'd prefer Fabyon and Trae the next 2 years, and 13' bringing in Landry and having him learn from those 2. Then bring in Pinson & his stud teammate PG Jaquel Richmond in the 2014 class.

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by cncchris33

Forbes really has no reason to be mad at Tennessee. If anything, he should be mad at Hamilton (who is gone), and Cheek (whom he can't really exact any sort of revenge against).

Forbes genuinely seemed to enjoy his time at Tennessee and embraced the area, fans, and current players. Those are the only ones who suffer from any intentional attempt to sabotage CCM's efforts to recruit Jones or any other athlete that Forbes may influence. Pearl holds no ill will towards CCM and I suspect a level-headed Forbes wouldn't either. At least he shouldn't.

From what I gather of forbes, admittedly only through his tweets, he still really enjoys Tennessee and roots for them openly.

[Escape Goat]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

From what I gather of forbes, admittedly only through his tweets, he still really enjoys Tennessee and roots for them openly.

As does Pearl. He still refers to Tennessee as "us".

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by Escape Goat

As does Pearl. He still refers to Tennessee as "us".

Very true.

My whole original point was that if jones wanted to come here I dont see Forbes steering him away. However, I see ccm preferring to go a different route.

[Kelley_VFL]

I think Forbes does still love TN. He isn't happy with Pearl and his buyout vs. assistant coaches payout but he seems to love TN still. Go look at his tweets.

That being said I don't think Forbes plans on letting Jones go anywhere. He probably thinks he is going to take him with him to a D1 job around the corner. But I am sure C Jones is thinking BIG when he selects his next chapter. Should be fun to watch.

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by Kelley_VFL

I think Forbes does still love TN. He isn't happy with Pearl and his buyout vs. assistant coaches payout but he seems to love TN still. Go look at his tweets.

That being said I don't think Forbes plans on letting Jones go anywhere. He probably thinks he is going to take him with him to a D1 job around the corner. But I am sure C Jones is thinking BIG when he selects his next chapter. Should be fun to watch.

thats also a little story line to keep tabs on.

forbes, shay & savage are all able to go to a d1 school freely now, as well as tony.

will the 3 from the same JUCO all go to the same school??? will they leave this year or next??? will they bring CJ with them???

i find the storys of all the assistans as intriguing if not more intriguing than that of pearls.

[Chris4Vols22]

Would be shocked if Jones even considers us. Not gonna happen.

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[#92]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

I'd prefer Fabyon and Trae the next 2 years, and 13' bringing in Landry and having him learn from those 2. Then bring in Pinson & his stud teammate PG Jaquel Richmond in the 2014 class.

Jones, off the top, is a much better PG than the other two. He outplayed Joe Jackson, in every game those two played against each other. Jones's academic standing, kept him from getting a higher rating than Jackson. Like some have said, I don't think Jones will be coming here, which is a real shame.

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by #92

Jones, off the top, is a much better PG than the other two. He outplayed Joe Jackson, in every game those two played against each other. Jones's academic standing, kept him from getting a higher rating than Jackson. Like some have said, I don't think Jones will be coming here, which is a real shame.

As I said I'm perfectly fine using golden and Harris over jones in 13.

Then in 14, jones senior season, I'd prefer Landry and Richmond over jones.

Pretty simple. Then again you're the guy who said we can't win with 3* off the bench and need more 4&5 stars like Woolridge, so I wouldn't expect you to understand.

[Thrasher865]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

Then again you're the guy who said we can't win with 3* off the bench

Define win. We can't win it all. We can probably win against Ole Miss. Oh wait....

[johnnybravo]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

As I said I'm perfectly fine using golden and Harris over jones in 13.

Then in 14, jones senior season, I'd prefer Landry and Richmond over jones.

Pretty simple. Then again you're the guy who said we can't win with 3* off the bench and need more 4&5 stars like Woolridge, so I wouldn't expect you to understand.

You never pass up better talent for lesser talent.
Jones > Golden + Harris + Landry

We will be thinking what could have been when Jones gets to a D1 school.