Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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ChattaTNVol said:
In checking in on others who have been to our practices I listened to a podcast between Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams of KNS from this morning (so you wouldn’t have to).

They talked about the apparent difference between the way Chaney is approaching the QB position with Guarantano and the way Helton appears to have worked. In essence they suggested that Helton had kid gloves on JG and Chaney has removed them. The suggestion was that Helton micromanaged the offense and limited JG’s options on the field. Chaney seems to be giving him a lot of leeway to operate the offense based on what he’s seeing in real time on the field. They’re not sure how this is going to work out but citing Pruitt’s “effusive” praise of JG yesterday, “game slowing down, etc.”, they thought some of it could be designed to boost JG’s confidence. They agreed the only competition at QB is for the back up job.

Another thing of note in the podcast was a discussion about Crouch. They said you can normally pick out early enrollees at this point on the practice field but Crouch is different. Instead of looking like he should be in the 2nd half of his senior year in high school they said he looks like a college sophomore or junior. Adams said he’s thought for some time that our defense needed more speed and Crouch brings that. Both thought it’s possible, maybe even likely, Crouch could end up starting for us out the gate.

They noted that while he played in all the games last year DKjr didn’t seemed to have recaptured the level of play he first exhibited in his career here. Adams said while he didn’t know for sure it could be that the procedure and rehab DK is in the midst of is an effort to help him get back to his “old self” and get his career in football back on track. I took it to mean the work done by the medical staff in this offseason was sort of tweaking previous repairs to see if it would give DK and opportunity to have some added upside versus what he was able to do last season.

On Trey Smith, Adams thought a redshirt this year could be a good option and would allow more time for Trey, his family, and the Doctors to work through the situation. They specifically noted that given Pruitt’s comments yesterday regarding Trey’s planning to play again someday that apparently the doctors have at least not yet ruled that out. In the meantime Trey will be at practice not only encouraging his teammates but also making sure he’s up to speed on everything so if he does get a green light he’s as ready to go as possible.
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How many games did Trey play in last year.
 
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Devo182 said:
I get that bias - they can certainly still win, but they have a higher standard. We aren't giving awards for recruiting, but coaching. If Cal wants that award he needs to go win the league convincingly with all his 5 stars. UK and UF have run the table before so it is possible. UK needs to run it or have 1 loss and then he will have earned it.
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Agree. It was said that coach with 5*s should not get COTY. I think if you develop the players you get and win with them you should not be disqualified just because they were projected to do well in college by recruiting services.
 
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JCP201 said:
I will also mention that the ref helped other teams win in several of our few losses. No doubt, any true VOLS fan should love this team. I have hope that they will go far in this tournament, and even if they don't, there has never been such a team of outstanding guys that put on a Tennessee uniform. We should all be proud.
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Catbone said:
He was an old fart it's all good <3
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It still sucks. Animals are like good friends and family members that you get used to always being around. I lost mine in the house fire (kinda hoping he got out the window and some kind neighbor is feeding him but I don't really believe it).
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
To be clear I'm not making an argument for Davis, he won so the debate doesn't exist. I'm simply sharing the reasons I believe Davis was selected. I pointed out the end results because Barnes this season returned every starter from his previous SEC Champion team, so the expectations were higher. Obviously he can't do better than 1st, but to return that much production and finish 3rd in the SEC is likely what was the deciding factor for him not winning the SEC Coach of the Year, had we beaten Auburn and repeated as SEC Champions then I believe he would have at least been co-coach of the year, but who knows if the media panel would have agreed.
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He didn't finish 3rd in the SEC. He finished tied for 2nd.
 
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