'16 NJ QB Jarrett Guarantano (Vols commit 4/15/2015)

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Well now that AK has decommitted from us we need to definitely make a full court press for Gaurantano because he is just as good or better than AK. Gaurantano also fits our offense much better than Kendall, so good luck at Kentucky kid! Get Gaurantano and we won't even remember who Austin Kendall is.
 
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JG is the QB we want. He fits our system much better. IMO, Kendall is better served in a passing spread vs a spread option offense. If he picks the right school with the right offense, he will be very good in college. But the wheels and cannon on JG are what we need. He is a dual threat weapon.
 
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IndianaVolunteer said:
AK is a stud. How do yall feel about swapping these young guns? Obviously JG is more elusive but AK has an absolute CANNON.
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JG also has a cannon. His arm is very live, especially on deep balls. But his running threat is likely #1 in the 2016 class for QBs. He's a bigger, stronger version of T Gibson but without the baggage.

I honestly think the staff has AK 3rd or 4th on our QB board. They took the early commit because... why not? What did it hurt? Now we have a good shot at JG, and Xavier Gaines also has us as his #1. I think both of those guys are above Kendall on our board. Oden is right there too.
 
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Part of that might be a bit true, but I think the staff was pretty high on AK the whole way through. I just think the issue was they wanted another guy, like JG, either to be another commit, or be a backup plan if anything happened. Somewhere along the process AK got a little wary of the people UT already had, and how they were still very much in contact with others. Maybe the staff told him he was the only one, maybe they didn't. Can't blame the staff on this one. AK probably committed too early, and that's only his own cause.
 
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It's this simple, Austin decommitted on his own but we were ready for it and were actively looking around to upgrade since Austin was looking around. See Cherry, Cecil.
 
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VolDango said:
JG is the QB we want. He fits our system much better. IMO, Kendall is better served in a passing spread vs a spread option offense. If he picks the right school with the right offense, he will be very good in college. But the wheels and cannon on JG are what we need. He is a dual threat weapon.
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We are a pass first offense. Debord has said his QB's pass ability far outweighs his run ability. If they are recruiting JG as hard as it seems then he must have shown them he can get it done with his arm. I don't know much about JG yet so I don't know what he does well or better than the other. But some sights have him as a DT threat and others as a prostyle. AK was perfect for what Debord wants in a QB.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
We are a pass first offense. Debord has said his QB's pass ability far outweighs his run ability. If they are recruiting JG as hard as it seems then he must have shown them he can get it done with his arm. I don't know much about JG yet so I don't know what he does well or better than the other. But some sights have him as a DT threat and others as a prostyle. AK was perfect for what Debord wants in a QB.
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We are not a pass first offense. Our running game is our strength. If you mean during pass plays, yes. But 70% of our offense runs from a zone read/option look. We saw what this offense looked like with Worley at QB. Without a threat of QB running, it doesn't work. Even on passing plays there's normally a play action from the read look.

Most of Dobbs runs were designed QB keeps or read option. He broke out of the pocket some when no one was open, so yes, our passing game is pass first. But that's a pretty rhetorical statement, don't you think?

JG (and a few other QBs in this class) fits better than Kendall. The coaches think so. I agree with them.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
We are a pass first offense. Debord has said his QB's pass ability far outweighs his run ability. If they are recruiting JG as hard as it seems then he must have shown them he can get it done with his arm. I don't know much about JG yet so I don't know what he does well or better than the other. But some sights have him as a DT threat and others as a prostyle. AK was perfect for what Debord wants in a QB.
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I respectfully disagree. AK doesn't look 6'2" and throws sidearm. That equals a tough time behind 6'6" linemen and a defensive line swatting balls back in his face. Now I'm not saying AK won't be, or isn't, a very good quarterback. BUT Guarantano has size, speed, a better arm (IMO from the films) and is easily 6'4". I think JG is the man for the job.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
We are a pass first offense. Debord has said his QB's pass ability far outweighs his run ability. If they are recruiting JG as hard as it seems then he must have shown them he can get it done with his arm. I don't know much about JG yet so I don't know what he does well or better than the other. But some sights have him as a DT threat and others as a prostyle. AK was perfect for what Debord wants in a QB.
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IF AK was perfect for the offense, he would still be committed.
 
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LittleCat said:
Part of that might be a bit true, but I think the staff was pretty high on AK the whole way through. I just think the issue was they wanted another guy, like JG, either to be another commit, or be a backup plan if anything happened. Somewhere along the process AK got a little wary of the people UT already had, and how they were still very much in contact with others. Maybe the staff told him he was the only one, maybe they didn't. Can't blame the staff on this one. AK probably committed too early, and that's only his own cause.
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AK was looking around too. I think that made Tennessee uncomfortable.
 
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VolDango said:
We are not a pass first offense. If you mean during pass plays, yes. But 70% of our offense runs from a zone read/option look. We saw what this offense looked like with Worley at QB. Without a threat of QB running, it doesn't work. Even on passing plays there's normally a play action from the read look.

Most of Dobbs runs were designed QB keeps or read option. He broke out of the pocket some when no one was open, so yes, our passing game is pass first. But that's a pretty rhetorical statement, don't you think?

JG (and a few other QBs in this class) fits better than Kendall. The coaches think so. I agree with them.
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I should have reworded how I said that. I meant they want a QB who is a good passer and passing is way more important than his running ability. And that is Debord words not mine.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
I should have reworded how I said that. I meant they want a QB who is a good passer and passing is way more important than his running ability. And that is Debord words not mine.
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Dobbs?

Did you watch any games this year?

Worley was more accurate. That worked out great. Dobbs was our 2nd leading rusher and went 4-1. And we scored 40+ points in a few of those games. He didn't even have 200 yards or 20 completions in the bowl game.
 
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ACvol3 said:
IF AK was perfect for the offense, he would still be committed.
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Sounds like the Coach's were worried about him looking around and had nothing to do with how he fit the offense. If he was solid to TN and not looking at UK he is still committed. Has zero to do with them not liking his fit. If he wasn't a fit he wouldn't have been recruited at the most high profile spot on the field.
 
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VolDango said:
Dobbs?

Did you watch any games this year?

Worley was more accurate. That worked out great. Dobbs was our 2nd leading rusher and went 4-1. And we scored 40+ points in a few of those games. He didn't even have 200 yards or 20 completions in the bowl game.
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Worley was far from accurate, so apparently you didn't watch many games. I'm not knocking Dobbs but he did beat UK, SCe,Vandy and Iowa. 3 of the worst defense's in the conference last yr and was horrid against Vandy. His ability to run isn't what dictates his success. When he was ppassing well it opened up his ability to get yards running. When he struggled passing he took sacks and had little success running. But if you watched games like you say I shouldn't have to explain that to you!. I hope Josh wins the Heisman the next two yrs, I really like him. But if anyone can they they have full trust in him right now to go beat the better teams then you're FOS. Hopefully Debord helps him to fully develop the talent potential he has.
 
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We want guys who want to compete period. Butch Jones and his staff mentioned it several times after signing day. If Kendall doesn't want to compete then that shows me he's not confident enough in his abilities and Jarrett Guarantano is.
 
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When is the Elite 11 competition? I'm thinking July? I'd like to see JG and AK both get invited and see how they compete there. Also like to see Trent Dilfer break them down.
 
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