Recruiting Forum Football Talk XVII

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eazyTD said:
He was making great strides in the second half of the year, the VQ guys will even admit that.

The part about Blair that sucked was he was already pretty raw coming in and you don't always get the best coaching for technique at the juco level. Then he wasn't an EE so that hurt and to top it off, he came in really out of shape and spent a very large majority of fall camp trying to shed weight at practice instead of improving on the football aspect.

When he finally got his weight down and could practice with the group, he really started improving later on which is why I'm not ready to write him off. JMO
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I thought Blair was an EE, which was why the reports of him being out of shape for fall were so disappointing.
 
#4,627
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eazyTD said:
Damn. You're right. I had him and Weatherd mixed up for a minute. Maybe Blair is a bust but I still think some are jumping the gun.

At least we've got a more than adequate backup plan now haha.
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I'm personally not gonna call him a bust until I see him this spring. Seems like he could have played later in the year, but at point you go for the redshirt.
 
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Chuckie said:
Not that it affects the content and discussion of the statement that was made, but it wasn't RTI. It was Jon Reed and Kyle Tasman. I'm not sure of their credentials, but they certainly aren't very easy to listen to on the radio...amateur hour!
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Yeah, those guys have a long way to go. Reed said some fairly off the wall stuff when he was under Basilio's wing.
 
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Making Blair a topic of discussion in the media is great. It makes it clear ****e or get off the pot. It'll be a real bust and waste if he can't. We don't know what Drew was told either though as he was a pretty big get.
 
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daj2576 said:
70% is for the general population. Notice that UT has performed to about 85% of talent expectations under Jones.

Having gone through this for years, I can tell you that if my sample was indicative of the whole, accounting for attrition the way you're describing is extremely labor intensive with very little payoff. Things don't change as much as you would think.

That being said, email me at derek@mybloodisorange.com, I might have an idea.
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You don't weight by class do you? I would think the predictions might be better if the classes 3 and 4 years out were weighted 1.0, and 2 years was 0.8 and 1 year maybe even 0.5. Nothing scientific...just a hunch.
 
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BleedorangeinGA said:
TIFWIW

Per Basilio, his contact has informed him:

Mike DeBord will be named OC tomorrow
Will call plays
Work with O line also

Coach Z will get a elevated deal but not Co Coordinator

Mahoney will remain O line Coach

Sheridan will coach qb’s

Again, remember the source and TIFWIW
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Not sure how I see that constitutes the shuffling that Butch said was coming.
 
#4,635
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Dust10 said:
I'm personally not gonna call him a bust until I see him this spring. Seems like he could have played later in the year, but at point you go for the redshirt.
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Agreed. If he still looks terrible come spring then I'll be off the Blair bandwagon and admit I was wrong about him.

IF Blair still has issues, i will be all for inserting Richmond at one of the tackle positions.

Watching a guard at one tackle and a freshman center at the other constantly getting whipped made my eyes bleed.
 
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eazyTD said:
Agreed. If he still looks terrible come spring then I'll be off the Blair bandwagon and admit I was wrong about him.

IF Blair still has issues, i will be all for inserting Richmond at one of the tackle positions.

Watching a guard at one tackle and a freshman center at the other constantly getting whipped made my eyes bleed.
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My eyes are still bleeding, sir
 
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@Vol_Football: Dir of Player Pers. @UTBobWelton, thanks #VolNation for their help on social media, calls the fans a ‘game-changer’ with impact on #Twitter
 
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BleedorangeinGA said:
TIFWIW

Per Basilio, his contact has informed him:

Mike DeBord will be named OC tomorrow
Will call plays
Work with O line also

Coach Z will get a elevated deal but not Co Coordinator

Mahoney will remain O line Coach

Sheridan will coach qb’s

Again, remember the source and TIFWIW
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About what I expected, easy, cheap way to do it. I really think this has been the plan even before Jake left. Just put up the front of looking at others to make it look good. It's his job on the line so if he's food with it I'm good with it, not that it really matters.
 
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BleedorangeinGA said:
TIFWIW

Per Basilio, his contact has informed him:

Mike DeBord will be named OC tomorrow
Will call plays
Work with O line also

Coach Z will get a elevated deal but not Co Coordinator

Mahoney will remain O line Coach

Sheridan will coach qb’s

Again, remember the source and TIFWIW
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Butch's Day 1 scenario held back until Day 14. We've been handled masterfully.
 
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volssam said:
@Vol_Football: Dir of Player Pers. @UTBobWelton, thanks #VolNation for their help on social media, calls the fans a ‘game-changer’ with impact on #Twitter
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I vote like a crazy person! When do I get's mines? :aggressive:
 
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Justin Martin just retweeted: @jlomas72 Coach Tommy Thigpen just said that the #Vols might use Justin Martin on offense some. 6'3" CB with 4.4 speed.
 
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butchna said:
I vote like a crazy person! When do I get's mines? :aggressive:
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The ONLY reason Dillon Bates is even on this team is because of my voting prowess. If it hadn't been for that award I won him in Florida, he wouldn't have come here.

Still waiting on my check!! $$$$

Fahr Butch!
 
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#4,650
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Just thinking out loud here. Let's use a hypothetical and say that Blair still is looking like a bust while Richmond arrives and plays like the five star LT he's supposed to be during fall camp.

2015

LT - Richmond (Fr)
LG - Jackson (rSr)
C - Crowder (rSr)
RG - Robertson (So)
RT - Kerbyson (rSr)

2016

LT - Richmond (So)
LG - Weisman (Sr) OR Boulware (So) OR Stewart (So)
C - C.Thomas (Jr)
RG - Robertson (Jr)
RT - Jones (rFr/So) OR Kendrick (rJr)

Opinions?
 
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