Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Murray has no arm strength

 

[UTMVol76]

Crosby?

Crap, I edited the post. Missed the word PROSPECT after OL.

We are seriously in on 7-8 top notch OL prospects. Seriously think we’re best off to get as many of them as possible (including Cooper Mays) and transition a couple over to DT

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

And that’s why Simms is starting... Murray just threw 2 ints on back to back plays

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

What makes CBB fun and heart wrenching at the same time is that the Tourney is one and done, not best of seven. One bad night can end it all.

That said, what I love about our team is our depth and experience. Add to that we have topshelf front court and electric backcourt, and we have the perfect tournament team.

#cantwait

I think we have a team like Wisconsins 15 NC team. We just have to stay focused. This team has an annoying habit of losing focus..

 

[Jimmy Football]

And that’s why Simms is starting... Murray just threw 2 ints on back to back plays

RIP Atlanta Legends. We hardly knew ye.

 

[UTMVol76]

I think we have a team like Wisconsins 15 NC team. We just have to stay focused. This team has an annoying habit of losing focus..

But they are also really good and working themselves out of it and taking care of business.

 

[Smokey123]

Know I am late here but you will have the inmates running the asylum and it will not start everywhere including Tennessee. Have a bad breakfast then transfer.

I’m not calling for complete FA, or no rules, simply more freedoms and ppl not being hypocritical and staying silent when the ncaa exploits athletes but freak out when a player uses a loophole to benefit his career.

This will likely be my last comment to save the forum from 5 more pages of garbage

 

[chargervol]

And that’s why Simms is starting... Murray just threw 2 ints on back to back plays

Kevin Coyle looking at his QB options like

 

[UTMVol76]

BasketVols getting some love in Gonzaga game.

 

[volfaninpa]

So YAC is gone?

Maybe?

He seems like the offensive coach that is most likely to leave.

 

[Ace]

I honestly didn't know Starter was still a brand.

They use to sell Starter at Walmart

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

But they are also really good and working themselves out of it and taking care of business.

Doing it to Mizzou, Vandy and Florida is one thing....doing that against top 10 teams is another. They are good at shaking it off and not losing composure.

 

[engineerVOL]

They use to sell Starter at Walmart

You were somebody of you had that Starter jacket.

 

[PassedOutAwake]

Both full AAF games are on youtube

 

[drvenner]

Flame, but Duke would straight whip our ass. We are definitely a top 5 team talent wise tho...

Another "definite" prediction. You do understand what a prediction is, right? By definition, an opinion is not a fact. They may well beat us if we played them right now, but we are good enough to beat them, even if they bring their A game.

 

[SugarCC]

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Exactly.

 

[VolsnCards5]

Know I am late here but you will have the inmates running the asylum and it will not start everywhere including Tennessee. Have a bad breakfast then transfer.

Fun story. If you have a bad breakfast at a school as a regular non-athletic student, you have a right to transfer and qualify for admission and scholarships at your new school immediately.

 

[drvenner]

I don't mind the committee putting Duke ahead of us. What I don't get is how they can rationalize putting Michigan State as number 8. They had lost three straight, including losses at home to a very average Indiana team and on the road at a terrible Illinois team.

 

[butchna]

How did intern Jones beat him 3 times?

Technically didn’t. Resigned before the 3rd matchup.

 

[engineerVOL]

Technically didn’t. Resigned before the 3rd matchup.

That’s right, he couldn’t stand the thought of losing to Tennessee so frequently.

 

[Type Orange+]

Lol.

'Member Sports Belle?

Yes. They were/are located behind the Walmart on Clinton Hwy..

Didn't they make our jerseys for a year or two?

 

[Brillovol]

Strong recruiting finish and power coaching moves got me feelin...





XV-Nulla





Don’t even try to change my mind. You won’t.

 

[Jimmy Football]

Yes. They were/are located behind the Walmart on Clinton Hwy..

Didn't they make our jerseys for a year or two?

Yep.

 

[ChattaTNVol]

Offensive line – In 2018 we didn’t have enough offensive linemen for spring practice. Due to our shortage in numbers we went into fall camp and well into the season with a brand new staff and no continuity up front. Additionally, our best player was held back from contact until about 10 days before our opening game against WVU.

In 2019 we are headed into spring with more bodies but again due to circumstances we have yet to establish any continuity. Trey Smith is likely gone for medical reasons, Richmond has elected to leave the program, and Kennedy, a presumed starter over Ryan Johnson at Center, was injured (torn ACL) in the week of practice following the WVU game and out for the remainder of the 2018 season. In an otherwise normal world Trey Smith and Richmond would represent maybe more than half of our returning starts on the offensive line.

At present, while we have a new (and perhaps vastly improved offensive coordinator) we have two elements of continuity working in our favor. First Fitz is still here and making strides in the physical development of our guys and second, Will Friend is still here to teach and reinforce the same techniques he was trying to get these guys to develop last year. The downside is arguably the more experienced guys we have may also be the least athletically talented. Last year we gave up 92 TFLs which was good enough to get us ranked dead last in the SEC and #116 in the nation. For sacks allowed we came in 6th best in the conference and #37 nationally. Our problem was we couldn’t run the football. Oftentimes we couldn’t even get back to the line of scrimmage.

The star rating system is purportedly a methodology for identifying how soon a new recruit can reasonably be expected to make an impact on a football team. A five star and most high four stars are expected to have the potential for an immediate impact. Anything else is probably most often going to require a minimum of one to two years of development before they are ready to make an impact. Now, if you’re like we have been for a number of years, you don’t really have a choice. You have to put bodies on the field whether they’re ready or not and those bodies that are not ready, especially the younger ones, are going to get absolutely destroyed by some of the front sevens, mostly older and more talented, we have to face year-in and year-out on our schedule.

We have at least two potentially immediate impact guys coming in this year and one is already enrolled. Fitz has had the rest for what will be two winters and two summers. I think we should be improved on the offensive line this year, by how much I don’t know. We have to bring the young guys along and find the best fit with what we have returning. The buzz word we’ll all be listening for is continuity. We have to be able to run the football. It’s that simple. We have a quarterback, we have receivers, and we have running backs, we need a functional offensive line.

On March 7th when we begin spring practice we’ll mostly be starting fresh to build an offensive line for this season. It may not always look pretty in the beginning. We’ll need to discover how well Morris can hold up as a youngster against some older guys and we’ll need to find out whether Kennedy has made a full recovery. We have Ryan Johnson, Jahmir Johnson, Jerome Carvin, Marcus Tatum, among others who will be vying for starting slots. We won’t have Wright until summer workouts and then he’ll have a few weeks in fall camp to lay claim to a position before we hit the field against Georgia State. Regardless of what happens in the first game, when BYU shows up, they’re going to come in here with mostly older guys as that is what they are most known for. The good thing is they’re going to open their season at home the previous week on Thursday night against Utah so we’ll have some idea of what they have. They’ll likely pull out all the stops to try to best the Utes. They are expected to have a decent secondary but have to mostly rebuild their front seven. We better be able to run the ball against BYU.

I looked at Chaney’s development of Brandon Allen at Arkansas in 2013 & 14 for a comparison to our quarterback. A substantial key to Allen’s improvement over the course of his career with the razorbacks, aside from coaching, may have been the improvement in the Arkansas offensive line.

 

[SweetasSoda]

There isn't a team in CBB that we can't beat, and beat badly if we play our game...period.

There are several good teams that can beat us, that is the nature of BB, but we have a great BB team this year...period.

How miserable do you have to be to be a fan and not be able to enjoy the fact that your team is #1 without bragging about who you think is better?