Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[InVOLuntary]

Highest paid RT in the NFL.

Back when he was here, with the Vols, my son who was like 13-14, he descovered Twitter, and JaWuan James followed him. He was so stoked. He was on cloud nine for like a week.

 

[chargervol]

Mom's home in time for my birthday (tomorrow). I couldn't ask for a better present. Now @chargervol I gotta order you to get better. That's my other birthday wish!

Awesome news, congrats to mom!
Should be headed home tomorrow if no setbacks tonight.
Can't get here quick enough.Despite this becoming too common, feel a little more homesick this time.

 

[nicksjuzunk]

View attachment 197366

I don’t like where this is going, except for the fact this looks like it’s going 100% our way

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Im 27 in may fml

No thanks

 

[UTProf]

Awesome news, congrats to mom!
Should be headed home tomorrow if no setbacks tonight.
Can't get here quick enough.Despite this becoming too common, feel a little more homesick this time.

Awesome! And I'm glad you're getting treatment. We all need you around a while longer, especially your fam. If the past few months have taught me anything it's that the world can (and sometimes will) take everything from you but it can't take away the relationships you have with friends and family. Those really are the only 'possessions' we should treasure.

 

[Big Sun]

Two literal cats are talking smack in the road. They sound like demons shouting into a fan

talking smack or having sex?

 

[butchna]

That made me think of that old Eddie Murphy routine..I actually laughed out loud. You know the one I'm talkin about right, where his girl goes to the islands?

“Then Dexter is ******* your woman...well!”

 

[ChattaTNVol]

Pruitt, in his first full year of recruiting at Tennessee, was able to sign 10 ESPN 300 recruits and secured the No. 11 ranked class in the country. The Vols are building recruiting momentum already in 2020 and could be heading for a top-10 class and an improvement on the 2019 recruiting cycle.

These numbers in recruiting aren't to say that associating with Saban, or associating with the winning that took place at Alabama, doesn't help, because it does. But it also shows that some of the best recruiting Saban has done has been off the field with the coaches he has found and brought into his program.

Those coaches aren't seeing success on their own because they worked for Saban. While they pulled pieces here and there from what Saban does, they're having success because they have traits Saban identified in them that equate to being a successful coach.

Having a relentless work ethic, an ability to evaluate, recruit and coach the right prospects, and a talent for building relationships has been the winning equation. Finding that can be difficult, but those are some of the biggest factors to determining success.

How Nick Saban and his former assistants dominate recruiting

 

[ChattaTNVol]

Miss State message board: Ranked in Top 10 in Another Pre-season CFB Poll

Are we starting to get the Notre Dame, Tennessee, Texas treatment?
Seriously, what's going on here? This has never happened in my life time where I think we're worse than the media

Based off expected s&p+. Hopefully this metric is correct

Maybe we're not as bad as we think we are.

I think they mixed up and ran our roster for 2018 instead.

Our schedule sets up pretty well with 3 OOC wins, KY at home having lost a ton, AU with question marks, and at UT (also lots of question marks). LSU will be tough, but they haven't played well in Starkville their last 2 visits. We have had A&M (3 in a row) and Arky's (6 of 7) number for the last few years - regardless of location. Bama is Bama. Then a team no one knows, and a depleted OM. There is a pathway to a big season with that schedule - if the offense takes a step forward and the defense doesn't take too big of a step back.

Our schedule sets up good?
At auburn, aTm, tenn
Home: Kentucky
Those are our swing games. We ain't beating LSU or Bama, period... rather they were road games

We can beat LSU. They don't intimidate our team any more. I agree on Bama. I think playing at Tenn will be a challenge unless they suck and their fans don't show up. Auburn is always a tough game at their place, it'll be hard to win. We've had A&M's number since Manzel graduated, but they'll have have the same QB for two years in a row (a new record I think) so that'll be a tough one too.

Maybe it's time we start acting like a fan base that belongs in the big conversations instead of one that continues to poke holes in why people shouldn't believe we are actually a legitimate team. We ask for people to respect us, but when that respect doesn't meet our own personal low expectations, we undercut ourselves. Time to change folks.

People are upset at having a season that would have finished without a doubt in the top five of Dan's career and debatably as high as three depending on how much you value winning the Egg Bowl. Joe had a better year one than Kirby Smart and Nick Saban. The thing about Auburn is I don't what they will be this year? If they are 2-2 when we play them I think we win. If they are 4-0 I think we lose. 3-1 we probably lose. I think Tennessee will be improved and will have us circled on the calendar like UK did last year. A&M should have losses to Clemson and Bama by the time we play them but there is no telling how that will play with their psyche. I expect all of our road games to be tough- fortunately we only have four. Joe may or may not work out- but it's too soon to know. But too many fans have decided that they don't like him so there's not really much he can do to change that at this point unfortunately.

I find this funny... when several here (myself) included were saying we are severely underperforming, the same ones defending this preposterous preseason ranking were saying we really aren't that good. Now when the ones saying we underperformed are saying this ranking is too high, the ones saying we weren't that talented this season are saying we are gonna be really good next season after losing a boat load of talent

I never said anything about us being good. But we sabotage on the regular as a fan base. And I gave Moorhead the benefit of the doubt because of how much he changed. I think we are talented. The unknown is Key. But I think our defense will still be very good and the offense will be improved. We have to start acting like we belong no matter what we think.

Some of you need to look at our schedule. We can win 8 games with mediocre qb play. We have way more talent than all 4 nonconference opponents, Arkansas, and Ole Miss. we play at an awful Tennessee team and a Kentucky team that loses its entire defense and Benny Snell at home. That is 8 games we should win. Then we play A&M on the road, which will be a tossup. We play LSU at home, which will also be a tossup. They still do not have a quarterback and it is in Davis Wade. We play Auburn on the road, and who knows what they will be like. Alabama is a loss.

If we don't win 8, should Moorhead be fired?

I'm as hard on Moorhead as anyone, but holding him to 8 wins this is year is tough. 6-7 wins and maybe a bowl win to get 7-8 is how I see it. Kentucky does lose some real production on that defense, but they really had Moorhead's offense figured out (us and penn st this year). Tenn will not be an easy game this year at neyland.

Kentucky had a defensive end that single handedly disrupted every play and we kept having penalties to get behind the chains. They do not recruit well enough to sustain losing that much talent and their offense is no better than ours after you take out Snell. If we lose to them at home we will have serious trouble making a bowl game this year. Tennessee has been trash for nearly 15 years now. If we lose to either of those teams we are in trouble.

15 years seems a stretch. They went 9-4 in 2015 and 2016. They're recruiting avg over the last 4 years is 16th, so they have talent. Guarantano started showing the potential last year that made him the #1 dual QB out of HS.

They went 9-4 in the weakest division the SEC has seen in decades. They are not any good. They just went 5-7 and lost to a vandy. They have had 8 losing seasons in the past 14 years. If we lose to Tennessee we completely suck and Moorhead will be fighting to keep his job this year because if he can lose to Tennessee he can also lose to Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Arkansas. They all suck and we have no business losing to any of them this year. I am not saying we will not, because Moorhead proved last year how much less he can do with moore.

Ranked in Top 10 in Another Pre-season CFB Poll

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Maybe I missed it, but has no one posted in here yet that Grant Williams was named AP SEC player of the year? Kermit Davis was named coach of the year...hard to believe Barnes didn’t get at least co-coach of the year.

 

[Jackcrevol]

How does corn syrup rate with mouth feel?

damn. that question is like that 'what rhymes with orange?' question.

 

[HankHill]

Maybe I missed it, but has no one posted in here yet that Grant Williams was named AP SEC player of the year? Kermit Davis was named coach of the year...hard to believe Barnes didn’t get at least co-coach of the year.

Davis is a good coach and a better dude. The way he handled and supported his players kneeling was great.

 

[snowvols]

SIAP: Ja'Waun James signed with Denver and is now the highest paid RT in the league.

 

[HankHill]

SIAP: Ja'Waun James signed with Denver and is now the highest paid RT in the league.

Harry heistsands pride and joy right there

 

[Vols4us]

So what have I confirmed in my own head from seeing Coleman and James as the top paid for their positions in the NFL? Two things - coaching matters as well as that players have to understand it is not how you start, it's how you finish. With both coaches and players there has to be dedication to the whole process. Coleman just got his coaching at the NFL level after he worked his way in the door.

Which is why CJP will be successful with our Vols. He recruits well, teaches well, helps guys focus well, and works extremely hard along with all of his coaching staff. That will translate into many players receiving opportunities at the next level, which all of them want when they come here. Good times ahead.

 

[volfanCLT]

 

[barrylee]

Arguing with you about this would be a abject lesson in futility...so...whatever..

NM

 

[Ron Swanson]

Price mentioned in 2minute drill video that Eric Gray looked noticeably bigger on the practice field than when they saw him in San Antonio for the all star game in December. It's clear that he's been hitting the weight room and it shows.

 

[Blake25p]

Price mentioned in 2minute drill video that Eric Gray looked noticeably bigger on the practice field than when they saw him in San Antonio for the all star game in December. It's clear that he's been hitting the weight room and it shows.

It’s funny because that was the reasoning Rivals dropped him in the rankings lol

 

[chargervol]

Miss State message board:
Ranked in Top 10 in Another Pre-season CFB Poll

They sound like us except for this.

I think Tennessee will be improved and will have us circled on the calendar

Zero clue why they think we've ever thought enough about them for a calendar circling.
Given our other games, I didn't even rate them 'quick memo'.
Circling, pshh!

 

[Rishvol]

They sound like us except for this.


Zero clue why they think we've ever thought enough about them for a calendar circling.
Given our other games, I didn't even rate them 'quick memo'.
Circling, pshh!

I know right? I'd have every game circled

 

[BigOrangeVols]

Justin Coleman is the highest paid Nickel in the league now.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Davis is a good coach and a better dude. The way he handled and supported his players kneeling was great.

So he got COTY for kneeling?

 

[HankHill]

So he got COTY for kneeling?

No he got it coach of the year for being a good coach and he’s a good dude so I’m happy for him

 

[nicksjuzunk]

I intend to sign the same contract. Just wish they’d offer it