Recruiting Forum: Football Talk XV

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RiotVol said:
I was thinking about that. I think we could probably chalk it up to just differences in approach. The point though is that we both independently found that recruiting matters a great deal.

We need our own recruiting stats thread up in here.
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Thanks for your work. This would be very informative if you want to make it happen.
 
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volatil said:
RS freshman Jekell Mitchell shot and killed at Auburn this am.

I posted in the wrong thread earlier.
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Wow. I have been to Auburn, and it seems like a quaint little town, but there have been some disturbing events there the last few years. I know every town is not immune to crime. But I just read that this happened at the same apartment complex as the triple homicide in 2012. Just sad.
 
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Joe Henderson Jr™ (@Talent_52)
Appreciate all the love and support from all of VolNation. Time for the next chapter in my career. I wish UT the best of luck! #GoVols
 
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VolGee4 said:
Wow. I have been to Auburn, and it seems like a quaint little town, but there have been some disturbing events there the last few years. I know every town is not immune to crime. But I just read that this happened at the same apartment complex as the triple homicide in 2012. Just sad.
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Very sad.

College allegiance aside, one has to feel for Auburn. They have had two tragedies in one calendar year now.
 
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Dust10 said:
We knew there'd be attrition in order for us to take a full class. Who knew it would come from the last class :/
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This is how I feel, but I'm taking solace in the fact that all of the transferring 2014 guys have a better freshman in front of them on the depth chart.

No use fretting over what could've been. Next man up in 2015.
 
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We will still have like 28-29 guys from last class right. Scott, Helm, Henderson so far out of like 32. Maybe Hendrix weathers the storm and Paulk comes back.
 
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unioncityvol said:
We will still have like 28-29 guys from last class right. Scott, Helm, Henderson so far out of like 32. Maybe Hendrix weathers the storm and Paulk comes back.
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Yeah good thing Butch has some magical way of over signing because despite a few losses of last class it's still technically a full class
 
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JamesBenUT said:
Could you also show the over/under achiever data averaged over your time frame of 2011-2014? Or longer if you got the time? Id like to see another regression analysis along the lines of achiever ranking vs coaches salary to determine which coaches are over/underpaid and a line to determine what they should be paid based on results on the field.

Edit: I wonder if ADs use this regression data in negotiating coaching contracts. Probably not, but they should. It's kinda like the efficient market theory in finance. Risk vs return.
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I think daj2576 has the data. I guess it'd be good to look at salary versus a lot of different metrics for winning (wins, Sagarin rank, conference wins, etc.).

Surely they have someone crunching numbers. I wonder what variables are the ones matter most if you're an AD.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Wickman posted in the tweets thread Joe Henderson is officially gone according to his own Twitter.
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Sucks that he was an academic casualty but it's like salt on the wound that he actually went through the clearing house, approved, enrolled, not only participated with the team but practiced and competed for playing time (regardless of whether he played)...only to find out the because of an oversight or clerical error or new information that he was not allowed to continue on as a teammate or student at UT.

It took me three years before my head was finally on straight enough to get my ish together and finally be admitted to UT. The day I got my acceptance letter was one of the best days of my life, up to that point...can't even imaging how much that hurts as a football player.

Hopefully he can go to a CC or Prep school, get his grades or whatever in line, and then rejoin the team in the future.
 
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RiotVol said:
I think daj2576 has the data. I guess it'd be good to look at salary versus a lot of different metrics for winning (wins, Sagarin rank, conference wins, etc.).

Surely they have someone crunching numbers. I wonder what variables are the ones matter most if you're an AD.
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There's the rub... Revenue is probably more important than wins/performance on the field. Much of the time they correlate well, but not always
 
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orangeblood79 said:
Sucks that he was an academic casualty but it's like salt on the wound that he actually went through the clearing house, approved, enrolled, not only participated with the team but practiced and competed for playing time (regardless of whether he played)...only to find out the because of an oversight or clerical error or new information that he was not allowed to continue on as a teammate or student at UT.

It took me three years before my head was finally on straight enough to get my ish together and finally be admitted to UT. The day I got my acceptance letter was one of the best days of my life, up to that point...can't even imaging how much that hurts as a football player.

Hopefully he can go to a CC or Prep school, get his grades or whatever in line, and then rejoin the team in the future.
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On something like this there ought to be a statute of limitations. If they cleared him, they shouldn't be able to come back and say oops we screwed up.
 
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JamesBenUT said:
How huge would it be for the Titan franchise to have Manning ownership?

Will Peyton Manning retire? QB linked as potential owner of NFL team - CBSSports.com
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Mother of God, please let this happen.

This is the first time I've heard that the Titans could be up for sale, however. Bud is spinning in his grave, at the mere mention of that but, as a Titans fan...it's the first twinge of anything resembling excitement about the team that I've had in a longer time than I care to admit.
 
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I know that attrition happens everywhere, but I would be lying if I didn't say that the POTENTIAL loss of 4-5 true freshmen... before a bowl game, is very concerning.
 
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unioncityvol said:
GFW said last night he packed up.
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Rut roh.
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