Recruiting Forum: Football Talk XI

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ChattaTNVol said:
Last year it was widely reported that our offensive line was arguably the best in the SEC. Obviously we had other issues and those and perhaps Tiny playing at 65% challenged those reports on gameday. Call it the nature of the business but I don't expect to see reports this year that flat out states that we have the worst offensive line in the conference but I think factually that would be a pretty accurate report. Some how I hope our guys up front get this message loud and clear so much to the point that they get sick and damn angry at hearing it - from their own fans, then maybe they'll pull out an effort like our basketball team and play up to the challenge carrying a big azz chip on their shoulders to the very end. It's probably our only hope. We need big uglies up front and we have 5 cute fwat wittle babies.

If we had an offensive line this year with everything else we've got we'd make some real Tennessee football noise. As it is all we're likely to be treated to is the whiny nagging crying of a group of pre-potty trained over-stuffed lard azz babies. I wouldn't be opposed to putting every damn one of them up for adoption right now. I know some people will say I'm going too far and these guys will probably surprise us this year but for all you mommies I want to let you in on a little secret, these guys, your precious little baby boys, are the very definition of girly boys. And saving the best for last, these puny wimps probably wouldn't even be accepted as walkons at Candy. :)
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Someone got into daddy's liquor cabinet a wee bit early this morning.
 
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#8,231
When the dust settles it more than likely will be 24-25 on the class number IMO.

Ainge will say anything for attention and ratings. The coaches will do anything ethical and motivational to bring out the best in a player. His description of the defense used against Fergie was spot on. So Ainge probably blew this up for selfish motives while being correct in his observations. Maturity and Ainge in the same sentence? Seems like a contradiction in terms to me. It wasn't long ago we were talking about his DUI - following his cleansing coming out on his drug problems. But now he is mature? Nah.

People see things differently sometimes. Some on here made a big deal about Dobbs running for 60 yards while ignoring that he fumbled the snap, which would have gotten him killed against most SEC defenses. Then he gets arm tackled poorly by several second/third team defenders while running straight up the middle. But as a result he should be starter or ahead of Fergie based on many posts. For all we know Fergie may have the Bray syndrome - talent with not enough maturity. The difference is Butch is his HC versus the doofus.
 
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delfonic said:
Thig did what Thig was brought in to do. The portion of the product that he is responsible for, the talent level, greatly increased under his watch.
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agreed - and he was the only one to get a raise

makes sense to me

also keep in mind that most of these coaches got a raise when they were brought on board to UT
 
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Ron Swanson said:
My guess is Hart wants a bowl game before more raises. I'm sure if we do well this fall and make a decent bowl, raises will be coming. It's hard to leverage a raise with 5-7 seasons.
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This.

I4Jay said:
And they shouldn't get raises til the product on the field is better.
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And this.

Success this fall and raises/extensions will be abundant imo
 
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That raise is a bit weak IMO. Need to keep a guy like thig motivated and I am not certain that will do it.

Also, I enjoyed EAs comments. Very different approach. If that is what butch did I would applaud it.
 
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Riley Ferugson is the most talented QB we have on the team. but it's obvious he's just snapping the ball and winging it out there.

No pre-snap adjustments, forcing throws, no checkdown passes.

At the spring game I saw 3 guys blitz from the weakside and Riley just snapped it and of course got sacked and fumbled the ball. He's also thrown a lot of INT's in the other scrimmages by forcing throws.

I hope Ferguson puts it all together, because I think he's an NFL QB talent.
 
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SpringBokVol said:
That raise is a bit weak IMO. Need to keep a guy like thig motivated and I am not certain that will do it.

Also, I enjoyed EAs comments. Very different approach. If that is what butch did I would applaud it.
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How is it weak? He is highest paid asst without an additional title/responsibility. OC/DC and Strip who is asst HC are only pai more. He is paid more than our recruiting coord. He was already making solid money. Nothing weak about 25k more in your pocket
 
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SpringBokVol said:
That raise is a bit weak IMO. Need to keep a guy like thig motivated and I am not certain that will do it.

Also, I enjoyed EAs comments. Very different approach. If that is what butch did I would applaud it.
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While I understand that he was essential to signing a top 5 class, I would call an almost 7% raise weak for a 5-7 record.
Edit: should read wouldn't call.
 
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JAllen18 said:
Riley Ferugson is the most talented QB we have on the team. but it's obvious he's just snapping the ball and winging it out there.

No pre-snap adjustments, forcing throws, no checkdown passes.

At the spring game I saw 3 guys blitz from the weakside and Riley just snapped it and of course got sacked and fumbled the ball. He's also thrown a lot of INT's in the other scrimmages by forcing throws.

I hope Ferguson puts it all together, because I think he's an NFL QB talent.
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Wasnt he the only one of the 4 that threw a checkdown in the O&W game? The one he threw to Hurd.
 
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PassedOutAwake said:
Wasnt he the only one of the 4 that threw a checkdown in the O&W game? The one he threw to Hurd.
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He threw the only checkdown that I noticed...I knew some would already be piling on saying how terrible Riley is. I honestly think the blitzing, etc. was pre-meditated by the staff as a challenge to Riley...
 
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I'm just gonna leave this here. :thumbsup:

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tntar heel said:
While I understand that he was essential to signing a top 5 class, I would call an almost 7% raise weak for a 5-7 record.
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I would base the raise on the teams record. I would base it off of his hand in the recruiting class that was just signed.

I mean, I would not be sad if my boss gave me an extra 25k or a 7% raise... I just think that is the ONE guy we can't let get away and I would make it known with a slightly sweater deal.
 
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