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06-22-2008, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by VolsByNature  1)
2) Good point. Every time this subject comes up I think of Brent Schaeffer. Didn't do so well at Ole Miss, but if he were to stay at UT he would have been great IMO | How do you figure? He had his moments, but it was clear that Ainge was going to be the QB at UT. He may have been able to step in during the 2005 season, but I'm not sure he would have faired any better at UT than he did at Ole Miss. | 
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06-22-2008, 04:22 PM
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| | Just Married!!
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Originally Posted by VolsByNature 2) Good point. Every time this subject comes up I think of Brent Schaeffer. Didn't do so well at Ole Miss, but if he were to stay at UT he would have been great IMO |  he couldn't be QB at OM but he would have been great at UT? | |
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06-22-2008, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by utvolpj he couldn't be QB at OM but he would have been great at UT? | Don't forget the fact that a walk-on took his place and did pretty well.
As for James Banks, he might be the most overrated UT player this century. He had a huge sideline catch in one of his first games that got everyone really excited. He had a great game against South Carolina. He got lucky and caught a jump ball intended for a triple-covered Mark Jones against Florida. Those were his highlight moments. At other times, he dropped catchable passes that would have kept drives alive. Personally, I think the fact that we had no wide receivers really helped Banks get a lot of passes. Our next best guy was a DB that still played most defensive downs as well as returning punts. Honestly, I'd guess that if Jones wasn't so busy playing 59 minutes a game, he'd have been a better receiver than Banks. And as for how he would have fared at UT... if he'd have stayed at receiver, he'd have been atrocious. The influx of talented wide receivers wouldn't have helped his attitude in 2004. The lack of discipline in 2005 would have caused him to completely lose game focus. There was talk of him moving to safety. I'm not sure how willing he would be to do that. Not a lot of glory at that position and if I recall correctly, he wasn't enthusiastic at all about giving up the QB position.
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06-22-2008, 05:36 PM
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| But he and James Banks weren't busts, you know, because Banks had 42 catches for 641 yards one year. | |
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06-22-2008, 07:14 PM
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| You can't say Ainge would have outplayed Brent. The only reason Ainge got the official starting job at the end of the season was cuz Brent hurt his arm. If he would have stayed he would have took that spot as a starter and spoiled little Ainge would look to transfer. | 
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06-22-2008, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by VolsByNature You can't say Ainge would have outplayed Brent. The only reason Ainge got the official starting job at the end of the season was cuz Brent hurt his arm. If he would have stayed he would have took that spot as a starter and spoiled little Ainge would look to transfer. | Ainge was the starter long before Brent hurt his arm against SC. Brent got a little playing time every now and then in some of the other games after Ainge's big performance against Florida. But he was solidly in second place. He didn't even play against Alabama, one week before injuring his arm against SC. Later, he couldn't even overtake Jimmy Clausen after recovering from his injury.
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06-22-2008, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by VolsByNature You can't say Ainge would have outplayed Brent. The only reason Ainge got the official starting job at the end of the season was cuz Brent hurt his arm. If he would have stayed he would have took that spot as a starter and spoiled little Ainge would look to transfer. | You're kidding right? All Brent could do was scramble... he wasn't much of a passer.
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06-22-2008, 07:44 PM
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#38 (permalink)
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| I also don't see why Ainge is supposedly spoiled compared to Brent. Brent apparently had a really bad attitude about position changes, not being the starter, practicing, not fighting with baseball bats, etc. At least Ainge stayed awake for film study sessions. | |
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06-22-2008, 08:34 PM
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| Our current QB situation for 2010, which is irrelevant, but I think there is a chance that Coleman may start over Crompton. Or Stokes  . Coleman was going to be the starter with Cutcliffe | |
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06-22-2008, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by vols_are_champs Our current QB situation for 2010, which is irrelevant, but I think there is a chance that Coleman may start over Crompton. Or Stokes . Coleman was going to be the starter with Cutcliffe | um....Crompton will be gone in 2010. Regardless though, it isn't happening.
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06-22-2008, 08:36 PM
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| Coleman is a beast. He was the starter with Cutcliffe | |
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06-22-2008, 08:38 PM
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06-22-2008, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by vols_are_champs Coleman was going to be the starter with Cutcliffe | No he wasn't. | |
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06-22-2008, 08:43 PM
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|  he was
cutcliffe looovveeed coleman | |
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06-22-2008, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by vols_are_champs he was
cutcliffe looovveeed coleman | Great. I'd say he loved his job more. Starting Coleman would lead to zero SEC victories. | |
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