The Kerry Blackshear Thread

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The Dog said:
So, just after posting Burns was a good get, u follow that up with Bilau is more physically ready than Burns, despite Burns having a full year in a college weight program. Really no way to know until they play next year, I guess. But, I disagree. Plus nobody has signed yet in the '20 class any where, which includes blue bloods like Duke and Kentucky, because they can't yet. Unless, the wheels completely fall off, the '20 class WILL have Walker, Keon and at least a top 50 PG and probably another top 50 big man, PJ Hall, imo. The '20 recruiting class will be the greatest in Tennessee history, mark it down, save this post, whatever, I'm guaranteeing it
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I hope you’re right and look forward to that. I think we’re entering a gap year and KB would have bridged it nicely. Now we’re going to be pretty exposed unless Barnes works some magic with the current squad.
 
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zjcvols said:
I definitely would trust AAU defense. We’ll see. He could still be solid but I don’t see SEC guard skills
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No he’s not gonna be Jordan Bone, but he absolutely will play on the perimeter quite a bit and when matched against a slower big will look to take him off the dribble.
 
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Roustabout said:
He had to dig out a reclassification with Burns. clever, but only because he blanked on true seniors.
Pons? He was a decent prospect but if you think that established that class as good, you’re crazy.
He absolutely took two years off. If Burns and Pons are your examples then your only making his case.
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How many spots did we have in Burns class? DA
 
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zjcvols said:
Maybe I’m remembering incorrectly but I believe most people on the board felt UT was a tourney team going into the 17-18 season and we thought it was insane they were preseason 13th in the SEC. That team also returned like their top 8/10 contributors
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It was kinda split, many saying they needed to see it...but as far as projections by both media and analytics, it was similar to this upcoming season in that nobody had us dancing.
 
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Roustabout said:
Yup. Putting your eggs in that basket isn’t wise.
Barnes better hope Turner and Bowden can rise to a new level.
This team is woefully thin at guard and HUGE questions in the post.
Transfer that may or may not be eligible.
A player who was supposedly going to be pushed out and has failed 100 drug tests.
And, Fulk.
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It’s strange you don’t post this much when we are winning 25 games?
 
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patrick said:
Best two year run in the regular season only. And this roster is simply not that good. Two transfers, one ineligible and the other who knows. We do know that his prior team made no effort to keep Plav even thought they were woefully thin in the front court. But the truth about the good, the bad and the ugly of this roster will be on full display soon enough. Here's to hoping that Pruitt can get the Vols to 8 regular season wins.
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Completely false
 
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RyanWalkerPGH said:
Has anyone ever considered that maybe Barnes just got lucky with the roster he’s had the last few years? We know from his time at Texas that he generally didn’t build his roster that way.
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Not the last 10 years, but Lanier has made multiple mentions to that being exactly how he did it at Clemson and early at Texas.
 
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AngryButchJones said:
The whole "Barnes took 2 years off in recruiting" is the dumbest thing I've continually heard this off season. And, no surprise, it was Basillio that started it.
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I don't blame him at all for the 18' cycle and only taking Burns. In retrospect that was a solid move. However, that 17' class was dreadful.
 
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RyanWalkerPGH said:
I don't blame him at all for the 18' cycle and only taking Burns. In retrospect that was a solid move. However, that 17' class was dreadful.
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Well, jury is still out on 2/4 guys in that class...I get everyone wants guys to come in and be All-SEC the day they step on campus, but that’s not always the case and doesn’t automatically mean a player is a bust.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Well, jury is still out on 2/4 guys in that class...I get everyone wants guys to come in and be All-SEC the day they step on campus, but that’s not always the case and doesn’t automatically mean a player is a bust.
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I feel pretty confident in saying that I don't believe Pons is ever putting it together. He's getting by solely on his athleticism. I'm still in wait and see on Kent because of the injuries. But how often have you seen a guy miss two entire seasons due to injury and come back and become an impact player?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Well, jury is still out on 2/4 guys in that class...I get everyone wants guys to come in and be All-SEC the day they step on campus, but that’s not always the case and doesn’t automatically mean a player is a bust.
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The money changes everything. UT isn't paying Barnes to have a decent season and go to the Sweet 16 every 3-4 years. He's making "blue-blood" level money now. He is expected to re-load. I'm not angry at Barnes for not getting Blackshear. I'm sure we put the full court press on trying to lure him to UT and ultimately the kid decided what was best for him. However Barnes is most certainly going to have to elevate his recruiting to match the kind of money he's making. A great start would be landing Keon Johsnon.
 
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We will struggle to score next year unless 3 or 4 guys step up in a huge way. Teams will take away our two scorers (neither can really create their own shot) and make the others beat us. Who has confidence that the rest of the team can carry us? Barnes gets to earn his money next year. Hope I am wrong.
 
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RyanWalkerPGH said:
I feel pretty confident in saying that I don't believe Pons is ever putting it together. He's getting by solely on his athleticism. I'm still in wait and see on Kent because of the injuries. But how often have you seen a guy miss two entire seasons due to injury and come back and become an impact player?
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One thing about it, they have to be pretty tough to stay with Barnes multiple seasons. Why I think Johnson will have a surprise season. came in too weak to play on the college level and followed that with an injury, but stuck with it. Make no mistake, Barnes is a hard coach. We've seen the guys who said Uncle, No mas and moved on. Pons is an upperclassmen which adds some stability. Kent will be interesting.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
And those same sources then said we pulled the offer after his visit, why do you only tell half the story?
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I gave my reason why I think it went down like it did.

The offer itself was a major red flag, but you have a funny way of picking at posters personally instead of the facts.
 
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VOLED said:
We will struggle to score next year unless 3 or 4 guys step up in a huge way. Teams will take away our two scorers (neither can really create their own shot) and make the others beat us. Who has confidence that the rest of the team can carry us? Barnes gets to earn his money next year. Hope I am wrong.
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I just don't get the idea that you have to have 3 guys that can put up mucho points. You're much better off to have 5 guys that score in double figures and then a deeper bench of 4 guys to make up the difference. VA and TT showed you can win a lot of games scoring 70 a game. Do need to step it up on D, which I'm more concerned about in the up coming.
 
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