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Smokeytom said:
How great was it to see HB step up in the pocket though?

Or when he escaped the pocket, and didn't immediately tuck the ball, but kept his eyes downfield looking to make a play?

Man was that nice to see.

Its the small things guys.
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He was coached really well in high school. He had a great private QB coach that has coached a lot of top recruits and a good high school coach that has won championships and had lots of top recruits.
 
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Catbone said:
We probably won't ever reach the level of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida again, at least not consistently partially due to the geographic advantages and competent ADs they have.

But there is NO doubt in my mind that we should damn near always be ahead of Kentucky, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Missouri in the east as well as turn out better teams than what Arkansas, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State have. We always have more talent than they do and have better facilities.
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9-10 wins a year. SECCG appearance and chance at the playoffs once every 3-5 years whenever we have a special QB. Tennessee is more than capable of that. Its insane to think otherwise. Just look at how we've recruited over the last 15 years while being absolute ass on the field.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
I think he was a beast RB in high school because he was a man against boys.

I don’t think he has that advantage in college. I don’t think he’s very fast or quick - doesn’t look it on defense.

Might be an okay short yardage back - but they don’t make tons of money in the NFL.

I think his best days are ahead and on defense, but he’s got to put in the work and he’s a 4-5 year player in college. Has to learn it inside and out to where it comes natural.
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I disagree. I think he’s still a man against MOST boys in college, as a runner. Sure he’s not fast but I think he’d wear defenses down with how hard he runs especially if he was part of a 1-2 punch. I just don’t see him being as good as he could be as a LB vs RB.
 
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Volfanatic_20 said:
- Hubbs
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So....if Hubbs is the mouthpiece of the AD how exactly are we to take the fact he's calling out HF as a guy that would absolutely win at UT? This coupled with the CJP illustration yesterday that was unflattering at best, has me wondering if something is in the offing, or if he's searching for clicks? Which is it?
 
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volsfan_17 said:
So....if Hubbs is the mouthpiece of the AD how exactly are we to take the fact he's calling out HF as a guy that would absolutely win at UT? This coupled with the CJP illustration yesterday that was unflattering at best, has me wondering if something is in the offing, or if he's searching for clicks? Which is it?
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Toe in the water
 
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volsfan_17 said:
So....if Hubbs is the mouthpiece of the AD how exactly are we to take the fact he's calling out HF as a guy that would absolutely win at UT? This coupled with the CJP illustration yesterday that was unflattering at best, has me wondering if something is in the offing, or if he's searching for clicks? Which is it?
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I’d imagine along with writing articles and posts he also reads posts and has a great feel of what fans want/ expect/ hope.
 
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VolNRaleighNC said:
Obviously not a given but I believe the clearest path back to national relevance is going balls out with money/resources on a PROVEN head coach that can bring in PROVEN assistants. Now, the definition of who fits into “proven” is where the goalposts move. My belief is it’s not a Fickell, Fleck, Campbell, Healey, Bill Martin, etc. They have to go after somebody like an Urban Myer, Bob Stoops, etc. Not necessarily those guys directly but someone of that caliber and recognition that’s proven they can do it. If they choose to go down the path of Fickell, Fleck, Campbell, Healey, Martin, etc. then we’ll be right back in the position we’re in. Some of those guys may eventually be an Urban or Stoops but UT doesn’t have another 10 years to hope they can find out. They are slowly hemorrhaging and the fan apathy and lost revenue is only going to get that much worse if they don’t fast track this thing. That is... if the University even cares to. I think that’s the bigger question they need to answer first.
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We can't go down this road again. A school like UT would have to offer a Jimbo type deal (or probably more) to get a guy like that. Just look at Florida, which is a better program: Zook, Meyer, Muschamp, McElwain, and now Mullen. Mullen was the only one who had P5 head coaching experience, and he had ties to the school. They are paying him over $6 million.

Luke Fickell makes $3.4 million, so you would have to pay him at least $5 million or more for him to even think about leaving what he has going. Every school can pay money. It's like fans thinking we could hire Jay Wright the last 15 years that we hired basketball coaches.

Perennial playoff teams OU, OSU, Clemson, and Georgia all hired coaches who had no prior P5 coaching experience. It's just about finding the correct one.
 
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Smokeytom said:
How great was it to see HB step up in the pocket though?

Or when he escaped the pocket, and didn't immediately tuck the ball, but kept his eyes downfield looking to make a play?

Man was that nice to see.

Its the small things guys.
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And I would add, he did that as a 14 year old FR that started every game in 7a in GA too. He never looked rattled or out of place. He looked like a SR with lots of experience right out of the gate in high school.
 
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Smokeytom said:
9-10 wins a year. SECCG appearance and chance at the playoffs once every 3-5 years whenever we have a special QB. Tennessee is more than capable of that. Its insane to think otherwise. Just look at how we've recruited over the last 15 years while being absolute ass on the field.
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It's true, what's impressive is that we still bring in good (albiet not on GA or Bama level) classes while constantly looking terrible on the field
 
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snowvols said:
And I would add, he did that as a 14 year old FR that started every game in 7a in GA too. He never looked rattled or out of place. He looked like a SR with lots of experience right out of the gate in high school.
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I don’t really buy the UGA fan fiction that Chaney dismisses Bailey, but the fact that it’s out there makes me even more skeptical of the whole Chaney process. Great offensive minds don’t work against themselves.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
Podcast has me thinking Holiday and Wideman and maybe Morven Joseph transfer at years end.

So dumb of the staff to have Eric Gray in a wild cat instead of Holiday or Calloway. Or Beckwith.
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Which is why you cut bait now. Team is unraveling. We keep Pruitt and we still see transfers and probably some decommits. I do not see one good reason to keep him if Freeze says he would come tomorrow. I would have already fired Pruitt and had Freeze locked up for next year. Let him finish at liberty and get to winning us games come next year.
 
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