Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

[jakez4ut]

ok, i did some work, was productive for a little while.....well...............

 

[vol2002]

SIAP - I don't get the Phil Steele magazine but evidently he sees a lot of improvement in our team this year on both sides of the ball.

If we score 30+ per game this season and have a defense like 2015 (or better), we’re going to be very happy about the state of Tennessee football this time next year. We will win 7+ and land a top 7ish class. Would be fun!

 

[UTProf]

Kara Lawson to the Celtics as an assistant coach

Pat Summitt changed the game utterly and completely. This is her legacy and what a legacy it is that one of her girls is now an assistant coach in the NBA.

 

[JAllen18]

I do expect improvement especially on offense. Would like to see Gooden improve and Savion Williams wreak havoc on the d-line.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

I want booms! Where are they!

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Whatever became of Brandon Stewart?

Same question for ... Schaefer I think - the qb from Florida we signed in the same class Ainge came here.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

I want booms! Where are they!

I think the one known guy committing is probably holding off until after King.

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

Why hold off? @HoleInTheRoof

 

[jakez4ut]

Why hold off?

well, if he commits here, then it's just building momentum to add more good news on more good news.

if he doesn't come here, then we get let down a little easier; classic bad news/good news situation.

and for that, whoever he is, get's a preemptive "thank you".

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

They all want their moment.

King is a bigger fish. So if known guy commits and King announces afterwards then the new car smell is off the known kid.

 

[VOLuptuousBOOMS]

well, if he commits here, then it's just building momentum to add more good news on more good news.

if he doesn't come here, then we get let down a little easier; classic bad news/good news situation.

and for that, whoever he is, get's a preemptive "thank you".

I agree with this hypothesis.

 

[Batman1948]

I want booms! Where are they!

They have Doctors who specialize in that type of surgery. They can make them as big as you want them

They can be found just below your chin

 

[volinbama256]

Whatever became of Brandon Stewart?

Same question for ... Schaefer I think - the qb from Florida we signed in the same class Ainge came here.

Schaefer ended up at Ole Miss I believe as a QB... did okay but got rocked several times trying to be a Dobbs before his time...

 

[VFLBerg]

Whatever became of Brandon Stewart?

Same question for ... Schaefer I think - the qb from Florida we signed in the same class Ainge came here.

Brandon Stewart transferred to Texas A&M.

 

[volinbama256]

I do expect improvement especially on offense. Would like to see Gooden improve and Savion Williams wreak havoc on the d-line.

Add Solomon and we've got some action....

 

[Devo182]

If we score 30+ per game this season and have a defense like 2015 (or better), we’re going to be very happy about the state of Tennessee football this time next year. We will win 7+ and land a top 7ish class. Would be fun!

I think Steele's phrase on defense was it would be the best "since 2015".

"Since 2015" we have had these defenses:
2016 - 28.8 PPG Allowed (68th nationally)
2017 - 29.1 (83rd)
2018 - 27.9 (77th)

Those were not exactly defenses to write home about. I would hope we improve on last year which, by default, would be the lowest PPG allowed since 2015.

Important thing is to at least break even in the PPG margin category. Fwiw, we were at -5.1 PPG in 2018 and -9.3 in 2017. That should allow us a good shot at going bowling or even better. If we can put up, say, 30 PPG and only allow 25 PPG, that would be the same ~+5 PPG scoring margin as we had in 2014 (Butch's 2nd year - 28.9 PTS FOR/24.2 AGAINST) and we won 7 that year, including the bowl win. That would also be a total increase in scoring margin of 10.1 PPG over 2018. In 2014 we achieved a whopping 9.9 increase YoY. I am big into context, but it would hurt a bit to not see this staff show the same level of increase, with an easier schedule, as CBJ showed through Year 2. I think we will have every opportunity to match or even exceed this bar.

 

[MockingVol]

Am I the only one surprised that an NDA would be new? Haha
Edit for dumbarse mistake.

There has always been a verbal agreement to not disclose anything that happens within the closed doors of the AD- that’s more or less why I stopped posting here and then just kinda forgot to start back. I heard from a former coworker that the agreement signed every year now had an explicit NDA.

Also, hey folks long time no see.

 

[drvenner]

I would appreciate the prayers of my VN folks. We found out yesterday that my mothers "non aggressive" cancer has spread, and is acting totally against the norm for the kind she has. She has to start Chemo monday, and her doctors are trying to get immunotherapy approved also. Prognosis is 3-4 months without, and 10-12 with treatment if the treatment doesn't work. I am in a stupor, this was a sucker punch we did not expect. The docs had been extremely optimistic, and this was not supposed to happen.

So very sorry. Prayers for sure. All the prayers.

 

[butchna]

Schaefer ended up at Ole Miss I believe as a QB... did okay but got rocked several times trying to be a Dobbs before his time...

If doing okay means 40% completion percentage and pitiful winning percentage? Yeah.

 

[drvenner]

Ill allow it

I can see why she might have a lil back pain.

 

[drvenner]

I don’t really want to get into this again - we’ve all had arguments until we’re blue in the face - but my opinion is that Grant and Admiral were special and inflated Barnes’ ability. I don’t think he’ll be worth the money going forward, but he’ll still likely be better than anyone we would have hired to replace him.

You keep saying that you don't want to argue about it, but you started it and you continued it with your statement after you said you didn't want to argue about it.

 

[Rishvol]

I can see why she might have a lil back pain.

Yeah no way she's getting a good turn in her swing with how she's holding the club.

 

[Devo182]

Add Solomon and we've got some action....

I do think that would be a solid 3-man lineup. I just cringe at the thought of the subs...

 

[butchna]

You keep saying that you don't want to argue about it, but you started it and you continued it with your statement after you said you didn't want to argue about it.

Schofield, Williams and Bone were one and done talents that took three to be done. Coach had nothing to do with it.

 

[Dudley Smith]

Brandon Stewart transferred to Texas A&M.

And was the QB for the Aggie team that beat Kansas State in the Big 12 Title Game in 1998, ensuring that Tennessee would be in the top 2 for the BCS Championship Game with FSU.