Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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drvenner said:
I heard on the Sports Animal today that Tennessee is DFL in the NCAA at converting 3rd and short (129th out of 129 teams) and 119th at 3rd and medium. We are, however, 10th at converting 3rd and long. Therefore, Helton is calling the right plays to get us into 3rd and long and we can convert those.
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Sounds strategy
 
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Kingston Vol said:
They’ll get to that number. I think it explains why new names are popping up. Isn’t the rule for a blue shirt that they aren’t “recruited” or whatever?

The biggest thing to me is how they open 25 scholarships. There are what, 13 graduating seniors? It means at least 12 guys processed.
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Right. Recruited means 1) an official visit, 2) in-person, off-campus encounter, or 3) issuing an NLI or financial aid offer.
 
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Billy Antrim said:
I only count 11 seniors on scholarship - Chryst, London, Tuttle, A. Johnson, Phillips, Bain, Kongbo, Bates, Abernathy, Kelly, Henderson. Who am I missing?

In any case, I don't think it will be hard for Pruitt to find 12-14 more guys, especially from Butch's 2016 & 2017 classes.
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For sure. And while I hate it for kids who are trying their best but just aren’t good enough, I do think there is a huge gain to be had when you cut the fat - especially with guys who have attitude and effort problems. Addition by serious subtraction.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
They’ll get to that number. I think it explains why new names are popping up. Isn’t the rule for a blue shirt that they aren’t “recruited” or whatever?

The biggest thing to me is how they open 25 scholarships. There are what, 13 graduating seniors? It means at least 12 guys processed.
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I only see 11 scholarship seniors on the current roster- Chryst, London, A.Johnson, Tuttle, Bain, Phillips, Kongbo, Bates, Henderson, Kelly, & Abernathy. Scholarship roster has 84 currently. If we add 25 this coming offseason, we'll have to see 13 transfer, processed, or enter early for the draft.
 
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RockyTopInBham said:
I only see 11 scholarship seniors on the current roster- Chryst, London, A.Johnson, Tuttle, Bain, Phillips, Kongbo, Bates, Henderson, Kelly, & Abernathy. Scholarship roster has 84 currently. If we add 25 this coming offseason, we'll have to see 13 transfer, processed, or enter early for the draft.
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I’m sure your count is correct. 13 was a guess.
 
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Love the Banks move to LB.

Outside of Chandler, he's next best RB but can't have the fumble issues.

Put our best athletes on the field and let them play. He will help with the run D and hit the LOS hard and help close the gaps. Assuming he will be a liability on pass coverage but should improve with experience.

Says a lot about what Pruitt thinks about the current stable of our LBs.

Kirkland has been disappointing. Was hoping Bituli would take the next step and become a great LB but it hasn't happened. Sapp has had issues with Pruitt and the staff.

Ignont? Reid? Bates?

Surprising we only have one LB currently in this class, Henry and we are fighting to hold on to him. Would like to get another LB in this class (Pappoe).
 
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SaguaroVols said:
Love the Banks move to LB.

Outside of Chandler, he's next best RB but can't have the fumble issues.

Put our best athletes on the field and let them play. He will help with the run D and hit the LOS hard and help close the gaps. Assuming he will be a liability on pass coverage but should improve with experience.

Says a lot about what Pruitt thinks about the current stable of our LBs.

Kirkland has been disappointing. Was hoping Bituli would take the next step and become a great LB but it hasn't happened. Sapp has had issues with Pruitt and the staff.

Ignont? Reid? Bates?

Surprising we only have one LB currently in this class, Henry and we are fighting to hold on to him. Would like to get another LB in this class (Pappoe).
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I feel like Bituli has been solid, but Kirkland and Sapp have been missing in action on the field. They get washed out of way too many plays. Ignont has had a few moments where he at least attacked the hole, but he gets lost in coverage. I bet we see Reid and Sapp transfer after this season.

I still believe JJ Peterson will be a starter at ILB next year by Bituli and then play off the edge in some of the SUB packages.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
For sure. And while I hate it for kids who are trying their best but just aren’t good enough, I do think there is a huge gain to be had when you cut the fat - especially with guys who have attitude and effort problems. Addition by serious subtraction.
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Yep.
The attitude and or efforts issues are easy drop.

The kids that just aint good enough are a different story.
 
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bignewt said:
All the stats don't mean anything if you can't identify a blitz.
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I’m well aware, however some people still like looking at stats.

And his Oline doesn’t help him out at all whiffing on blocks. Like Carvin on the Corner blitz vs Bama, yes JG should have recognized it but he ran right past Carvin
 
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Honestly kinda hope Chryst starts this week. Muschamp will disguise blitzes, coverages and will make it really hard on JG just like he did to Dobbs. Chryst definitely has better awareness and might give us the best chance to move the ball consistently. Don’t want to see a repeat of UF
 
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Smokey123 said:
I’m well aware, however some people still like looking at stats.

And his Oline doesn’t help him out at all whiffing on blocks. Like Carvin on the Corner blitz vs Bama, yes JG should have recognized it but he ran right past Carvin
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Ty should have been moved over to the left side for that reason. Bama actually did a poor job of disguising it with the safety lined up directly over the corner. It looked like JG bit on the LB bluffing on the right side and it left you with Ty blocking a DE after the RG turned him loose and 300+lb. LG trying to get in front of a corner. It was doomed to fail.
 
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Smokey123 said:
Honestly kinda hope Chryst starts this week. Muschamp will disguise blitzes, coverages and will make it really hard on JG just like he did to Dobbs. Chryst definitely has better awareness and might give us the best chance to move the ball consistently. Don’t want to see a repeat of UF
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I hope JG starts since he will be here for two more years and clearly needs more practice recognizing blitzes. Plus he’s the only QB on the roster with a road win against a ranked SEC power... a game in which he was named the offensive player of the week. And this happened two short weeks ago.
 
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