What's all the excitement about?

Vol423 · 06-23-2008, 02:14 PM

Rivals shows us having only one commitment from a Rivals Top 100 recruit and only two commitments from the entire Rivals Top 250.

While many of you seem to be really excited about this recruiting class, to me it looks like it's shaping up as yet another year where we're going to get torched in recruiting by virtually all of the top teams in the conference.

VOLNBAMA · 06-23-2008, 02:21 PM

you're being a troll

head1 · 06-23-2008, 02:26 PM

TrueOrangeBlood · 06-23-2008, 02:38 PM

why don't you take the outlook that maybe our coaches( who are freakin COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES) can evaluate talent better than a reporter with a journalism degree that couldn't cooach his son's pee wee team

sjt18 · 06-23-2008, 02:53 PM

If you count Sykes, UT has commits from four 4* before the end of June. The 08 class had four 4* in February with one of them being Gerald Williams who has been committed to UT since the Boer War. Douglas didn't really seem to strongly consider anyone else.

UT won two battles. Walls who as a longtime fan wanted to be a Vol so flipped from Ole Miss and Abrams-Ward. Abrams-Ward was really the only one where UT didn't have some obvious advantage and won a battle head to head.

UT has "won" several of these guys. They also may be catching some of them on the way up.

sjt18 · 06-23-2008, 02:56 PM

UT's avg "stars" right now are 3.31. That's higher than 11 of the teams that finished in the top 25 last year... and doesn't assume Hall moves to 4*.

chieflawdog · 06-23-2008, 03:03 PM

Vol423 please go somewhere else and be negative for awhile I am pumped about having these early commits we werent able to do that last year.

**VolunteerHillbilly** · 06-23-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueOrangeBlood

why don't you take the outlook that maybe our coaches( who are freakin COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES) can evaluate talent better than a reporter with a journalism degree that couldn't cooach his son's pee wee team

If the coaches could win the conference every once in a while then maybe people would have more faith in thier abilities in other areas?

sjt18 · 06-23-2008, 03:07 PM

If some people recognized a positive once in awhile, their posts might become more credible.

chavisut · 06-23-2008, 03:09 PM

This class is on pace to finish in the top 10-15 range.

**VolunteerHillbilly** · 06-23-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sjt18

If some people recognized a positive once in awhile, their posts might become more credible.

Credible and correct don't always walk hand in hand. I'd rather be right than appear right. And I'm right.

**VolunteerHillbilly** · 06-23-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by chavisut

This class is on pace to finish in the top 10-15 range.

Looking at last year's 10-15 on Rivals, it appears that if you're going to have more than one 2* you have to balance it out with half or more of your commits being 4* or having one or more 5* commits. Finishing with a 3.5ish rating in a class of more than 20 should get them in that ballpark.

emainvol · 06-23-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Vol423

Rivals shows us having only one commitment from a Rivals Top 100 recruit and only two commitments from the entire Rivals Top 250.

While many of you seem to be really excited about this recruiting class, to me it looks like it's shaping up as yet another year where we're going to get torched in recruiting by virtually all of the top teams in the conference.

Every time you post I think of this.

YouTube - wild thing pitched in Major League II (1994)

most of you guys will know what I am talking about

chavisut · 06-23-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by VolunteerHillbilly

Looking at last year's 10-15 on Rivals, it appears that if you're going to have more than one 2* you have to balance it out with half or more of your commits being 4* or having one or more 5* commits. Finishing with a 3.5ish rating in a class of more than 20 should get them in that ballpark.

I think Phillips and Schofield will become 3s

**VolunteerHillbilly** · 06-23-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chavisut

I think Phillips and Schofield will become 3s

Lets assume one of them gets three and one of them gets two. If everything else with the class stayed more or less on the same track and recruiting ended today the Vols would have an average ranking of 3.2 on Rivals, which should put them in the 15-20 neighborhood.