Recruiting Forum: Football Talk XI

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Okay when the defense we all panic I see. When they were getting mauled everyone thought the year would be horrid. I personally hope they keep winning up front on defense. The need to be very active for us to win games. Talent wise they aren't bad to tell the truth.
 
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I am not going to freak out on any of these spring practice reports or the O/W game. Some of the roster will continue to get stronger over the summer and there will be the other studs from the last class reporting to get in the mix for fall camp. In fall camp they will fine tune the two deep. I see a 7+ win season coming.
 
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Vols4us said:
I am not going to freak out on any of these spring practice reports or the O/W game. Some of the roster will continue to get stronger over the summer and there will be the other studs from the last class reporting to get in the mix for fall camp. In fall camp they will fine tune the two deep. I see a 7+ win season coming.
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Same here. Hopefully we get an OL transfer over the summer
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
I'm hoping Blair can drop about 15-20LBS and the light comes on. With him being a Juco, we don't need another Quinn situation playing out.
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A&M is having the same issue with their 2 JUCO OLmen so I'm wondering how long does it normally take to make the transition for JUCO linemen? I'm guessing offense is more mental than defense. Bullard picked things up pretty quick it seemed but then he was on the inside and he was coming from Notre Dame and not some JUCO.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
A&M is having the same issue with their 2 JUCO OLmen so I'm wondering how long does it normally take to make the transition for JUCO linemen? I'm guessing offense is more mental than defense. Bullard picked things up pretty quick it seemed but then he was on the inside and he was coming from Notre Dame and not some JUCO.
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It's different for different kids. It's just hard to see a HS kid like Thomas come in and is ready to roll day 1 and then a Juco kid comes in and seems to be so far behind. Obviously Thomas took his months leading up to UT seriously. It sounds like Blair did not. He is supposed to have all the tools to be an NFL OT. Hopefully the light comes on very quickly for him. We need him this year.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
It's different for different kids. It's just hard to see a HS kid like Thomas come in and is ready to roll day 1 and then a Juco kid comes in and seems to be so far behind. Obviously Thomas took his months leading up to UT seriously. It sounds like Blair did not. He is supposed to have all the tools to be an NFL OT. Hopefully the light comes on very quickly for him. We need him this year.
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Or some players are better than others.
 
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Vols4us said:
I am not going to freak out on any of these spring practice reports or the O/W game. Some of the roster will continue to get stronger over the summer and there will be the other studs from the last class reporting to get in the mix for fall camp. In fall camp they will fine tune the two deep. I see a 7+ win season coming.
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I'm worried about the OL. We're either good enough or have help on the way at other positions. But OL, particularly OT, we have to go with what we've got.

I see a 5 to 7 win season. Depends on how far the OL comes, how quickly new folks get acclimated and how many breaks we get along the way. We have another very tough schedule and a team relying on freshmen that will invariably hit a wall at some point during the season. Whatever happens the future is really bright and I think this will be the last season we have to worry about whether we're going to make a bowl game for a while.
 
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PassedOutAwake said:
I want to see Blair and Pair step up
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This. We need some guys to step up and in a hurry. Blair and Pair for sure...hopefully the light turns on for Blair very soon. We need him to contribute in a big way. The entire OL needs to step up big. Our depth is scary and it isn't going to be pretty if some of these guys can't get their heads right.
 
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PassedOutAwake said:
Same here. Hopefully we get an OL transfer over the summer
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You know you may have something here.

On replacing last year’s offensive line

“Well, we had the luxury last year of having individuals that have played those positions for a long period of time, and I love them all. They are great character young men, they are doing exceptionally well, I talk to all of them just about every single day so you have that comfort level, where now you have individuals that most of them have never taken a snap in a college football game before. In so, again you have a different element, but I also see a since of hunger. Again, this football team has been extremely eager, so it’s a balancing act, it’s different, but they’re all kind of exciting and like I said, I’ve liked our mentality. This is a team I’ve found very early that I can challenge them and they can respond. They have not backed down from any challenge that we have thrown at them, but as we know as the calendar winds down, the challenges become that much greater in moving forward.”
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On traits necessary for young linemen to be looked at on both sides of the ball

“Well first of all, we went into this recruiting class wanting big bodied athletes, individuals that could run, that were extremely competitive, and had versatility. And we have a number of these individuals that unfortunately, won’t be here until June so I will be able to assess that a little bit more then, but you go back, and you look at the tradition, allot of our great offensive lines that we’ve had here at Tennessee, allot of these individuals came in as defensive linemen that made positional changes over to the offensive front. So we just want big bodies, those were at a premium for us, that could run, that were physical, and you always start them off in the defensive line first and foremost. And then if they’re a step slower then you move them over to the offensive line.”
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Vols Notebook: Butch Jones Pre-Spring Transcript at Grant Ramey

So Mosley, Robertson, Barnett? Who are the DL candidates coming aboard in June that might be able to step across the line right away?
 
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volssam said:
How much is a plane ticket from Thailand?

Btw how is your little superhero who tried to stop the truck from rolling down the hill?
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Round trip? Probably around $1,400 per ticket.

Little hero has his 6th birthday today. Going to see Captain America 2, naturally

:hi:
 
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PassedOutAwake said:
Mosley and Robertson. But thats not what I was talking about. I was talking about a transfer from another school.
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That's not likely though, right?

I still think we're going to be okay on the OLine and I definitely think we'll be better than the post scrimmage gloom on VN in multiple threads right now as it relates to our tackles. I think most everyone agrees we're okay on the inside. The thing is that Kerby backed up James last year so I could see some shuffling from the spring to the fall and I fully expect Blair to rise to the opportunity. Still, we need depth and this year bodies on the OLine are at a premium.

Does a two TE set buy us any breathing room in your opinion? (I mean as far as slowing down the outside pass rush).
 
#6,799
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Jr been working his butt off on kickoffs. He has camp on June 6th at UT.

He's getting there. Huge improvement today. Was consistently kicking to the 5.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
That's not likely though, right?

I still think we're going to be okay on the OLine and I definitely think we'll be better than the post scrimmage gloom on VN in multiple threads right now as it relates to our tackles. I think most everyone agrees we're okay on the inside. The thing is that Kerby backed up James last year so I could see some shuffling from the spring to the fall and I fully expect Blair to rise to the opportunity. Still, we need depth and this year bodies on the OLine are at a premium.

Does a two TE set buy us any breathing room in your opinion? (I mean as far as slowing down the outside pass rush).
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I dont think we need a 2 TE set, because I think Thomas will be fine. Just line the TE on the left side a bunch and have him help out the LT
 
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