TN Commit David Oku

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zjcvols said:
We at least have Boyd and prolly Oku. How a/b the JC D-Linemen?
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imo i think a JC might have some more limitations about changing their commitment, with paper work etc (just a guess) but i believe they are firm, esp. with the west coast JUCO connection we have @ CCoSF
 
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The news so far is fairly encouraging. I actually thought there would be news of some guys jumping ship already ala Clemson. I really do hope we keep Latrell. I think he's turning into one of the best recruiters in the nation...these kids love him.
 
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the way i look at it, as long as we do not get a coach who implements the spread we will keep most of our recruits. If we get an HC who uses the spread then oku, giles, and boyd are gone. And personally regardless of the hits we would take to recruiting this year i don't want an HC that uses the spread. Thats not tennessee football.
 
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blamie said:
In the day and age of prima donna 17 year old highschool recruits that is refreshing to hear...

We need to hit the new coach hire out of the ballpark...the right coach will get most if not all of these guys to stay...

We are still UT...we still have some of the best tradition/facilities/fans in the country and its just a matter of getting the right guy to get us back to where we were and making us a place that players like this want to come to
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That's good...call them prima donna's because they might have a change of heart due to a new Head Coach and coaching staff...brilliant.
 
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viagravolzy said:
That's good...call them prima donna's because they might have a change of heart due to a new Head Coach and coaching staff...brilliant.
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Are you freakin' dense...I just said it's good that he's not a prima donna....and my assertion that certain recruits can be prima donnas has nothing to do with our situation and everything to do with the Fred Rouse's of the world
 
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blamie said:
Are you freakin' dense...I just said it's good that he's not a prima donna....and my assertion that certain recruits can be prima donnas has nothing to do with our situation and everything to do with the Fred Rouse's of the world
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Read the post idiot...I didn't say you called HIM a prima donna...I said THEM. "In a world of 17 yr old prima donna high chool recruits" Obviously you call 17 year old kids who are having a hard time deciding about something as big as where they will spend their college careers, and who they will spend them with, prima donna's. That is moronic...I'm sure you buy the first car you see without test driving it, but most people are smarter than that...these kids are making the biggest decision of their life to date, and you call them prima donna's for taking their time and evaluating their options. I guess they should rush to decisions so that it will please you. Laughing, laughing harder...
 
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viagravolzy said:
Read the post idiot...I didn't say you called HIM a prima donna...I said THEM. "In a world of 17 yr old prima donna high chool recruits" Obviously you call 17 year old kids who are having a hard time deciding about something as big as where they will spend their college careers, and who they will spend them with, prima donna's. That is moronic...I'm sure you buy the first car you see without test driving it, but most people are smarter than that...these kids are making the biggest decision of their life to date, and you call them prima donna's for taking their time and evaluating their options. I guess they should rush to decisions so that it will please you. Laughing, laughing harder...
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Have you ever heard of Fred Rouse, Marvin Austin, Tim Hawthorne, Desean Jackson....I could go on...

I've followed recruiting for years and it get worse and worse all the time...17 year old thinking the universe revolves around them, milking every chance they get to be on TV or the radio, trying to use their commitment as some kind of leverage...

Look at what we have this year...a recruit(Giles) saying he will stay if Drayton stays...what is that? He's going to honestly give his future coach an ultimatum?

This new environment highschool players are being brought up in fosters the kind of attitudes that we don't need...and it gets worse every year...so it's nice to see Oku being so mature and reasonable about this situtation

And I'm going to avoid taking pot shots back at you...since one of us needs to act like an adult before this escalates into one of us getting banned
 
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blamie said:
Have you ever heard of Fred Rouse, Marvin Austin, Tim Hawthorne, Desean Jackson....I could go on...

I've followed recruiting for years and it get worse and worse all the time...17 year old thinking the universe revolves around them, milking every chance they get to be on TV or the radio, trying to use their commitment as some kind of leverage...

Look at what we have this year...a recruit(Giles) saying he will stay if Drayton stays...what is that? He's going to honestly give his future coach an ultimatum?

This new environment highschool players are being brought up in fosters the kind of attitudes that we don't need...and it gets worse every year...so it's nice to see Oku being so mature and reasonable about this situation

And I'm going to avoid taking pot shots back at you...since one of us needs to act like an adult before this escalates into one of us getting banned
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I see where you're coming from but with Giles I think he has the right to say that about Drayton. I think he is just saying basically that he feels comfortable with Drayton and he is the reason he wants to come here. So if he leaves than he would want to go somewhere else. I might be in the minority but i don't see anything wrong with that particular situation. It would be nice if Tennessee produced good enough talent that we could land guys that grew up wanting to be a Vol but as we all know Tennessee has to recruit nationally. This is the result of that, guys that don't love the school as much as we do.
 
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615 Vol said:
I see where you're coming from but with Giles I think he has the right to say that about Drayton. I think he is just saying basically that he feels comfortable with Drayton and he is the reason he wants to come here. So if he leaves than he would want to go somewhere else. I might be in the minority but i don't see anything wrong with that particular situation. It would be nice if Tennessee produced good enough talent that we could land guys that grew up wanting to be a Vol but as we all know Tennessee has to recruit nationally. This is the result of that, guys that don't love the school as much as we do.
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You're probably right...but it just seems that if he were ever truly committed to playing here he would at least give the new staff a look before declaring that he's going to look elsewhere...

And the timing and tone of his announcement made it appear prima donna-ish...like it was some type of ultimatum

But again...I could be wrong...maybe I read too much into it because all that has happened lately with the team has gotten me on edge...and because I'm a little fed up with the apparent increase of bad attitudes popping up in the recruiting process due to the over-exposure these 17 year-olds are getting
 
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David Oku, Carl Albert blowout Harrah
Tennessee-bound ESPNU 150 running back David Oku carried 17 times for 192 yards (11.3 average) and two touchdowns as Carl Albert blasted Harrah, Okla., 41-0, The Sun reports.
 
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if he wants to switch his commitment before we get a new coach then he can leave. But he said earlier that he wanted to leave the state.
 
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It probably doesn't help that none of the current coaches are recruiting anymore.
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VOLNBAMA said:
what if we hire Kelly, would he decommit? It's a spread but it's more traditional too.
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I don't think so. Kelly likes to run the ball out of the shotgun and i-formation. He has a very balanced attack. Not like the spread option of UF and WVU.
 
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govols182 said:
It probably doesn't help that none of the current coaches are recruiting anymore.
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The regular season is almost over. Hopefully, we will soon have a solid new coach to close out recruiting.
 
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