Eric Crosby medically retires

[Vol_sanity]

Per twitter he is done with football.

 

[BeardedVol]

 

[orbs son]

Hate this for the kid. Hope he can recover and be pain free. Tough day for the good guys.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Wow, we could have fielded an entire line with the medically retired OL the last 2 years. Antonutti, Crosby, Hall, Jack Jones and Devante Brooks. I know I'm missing a few too.

Add in transfers: Boulware and Richmond and that's a lot of turnover. Especially for a position that a redshirt FR season is almost always preferred.

 

[Volfan76]

4th offensive lineman to medically retire this year.....have a feeling we are going to be in for another long season.

 

[XknoxvolsX]

Get that degree!

 

[butchna]

4th offensive lineman to medically retire this year.....have a feeling we are going to be in for another long season.

None of whom would have played a second this season.

 

[vollygirl]

Man, I hate that for him. To get that close and have to give it up. But he'll have opportunities to take his life places he wouldn't have gone had not been for Tennessee and football.

 

[Jack Burton]

4th offensive lineman to medically retire this year.....have a feeling we are going to be in for another long season.

It is going to be rough no matter what.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

We'll probably end up taking in another 5 OL Recruits again this year, possibly including some JUCO/Grad transfers.

 

[Jackcrevol]

good luck.

we are going to not not be good, regardless of this kid or not.

hoping we can add some players in '20 class but, we seem to be struggling there as well.

 

[Blake25p]

Sucks had high hopes when he signed, but it was obvious early on that he wasn’t gonna see the field.

 

[VFLCodyGBO]

good luck.

we are going to not not be good, regardless of this kid or not.

hoping we can add some players in '20 class but, we seem to be struggling there as well.

It’s.......May

 

[TJSVOLS]

4th offensive lineman to medically retire this year.....have a feeling we are going to be in for another long season.

Not because of this, he wasn't going to play very much if at all.

 

[bornbleddinorange]

I thought this guy was a big get? What ended up happening? Tennessee gonna Tennessee?

 

[VFLCodyGBO]

I thought this guy was a big get? What ended up happening? Tennessee gonna Tennessee?

Well, I’m no expert but based on what this tweet says he got here and had knee issues he couldn’t overcome and has medically retired...,That appears to be what happened.

 

[Coach_Z]

Between this and Walker transferring, I’ll say it:

Why can’t we have nice things?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Between this and Walker transferring, I’ll say it:

Why can’t we have nice things?

Walker?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Not because of this, he wasn't going to play very much if at all.

He could have provided experienced depth

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

4th offensive lineman to medically retire this year.....have a feeling we are going to be in for another long season.

So if Crosby stayed, we would have been in for a good season? Lol. This year is maybe 7 wins if everything goes right. We will again likely be the cellar dwellers of the East. It is what it is.

 

[butchna]

Walker?

Derrick...basketball.

 

[Dudleys87]

I don’t even want to speculate what the final nail in the coffin would be but I got a good idea...

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

hoping we can add some players in '20 class but, we seem to be struggling there as well.

We are firmly into the time period of a coaching regime where we need some progress on the field to keep the recruiting momentum going.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Between this and Walker transferring, I’ll say it:

Why can’t we have nice things?

We already do.

 

[rdk4121]

Between this and Walker transferring, I’ll say it:

Why can’t we have nice things?

Neither one of them were going to major contributors this year (or ever). Frees up a spot for someone else, which is super important.