Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[InVOLuntary]

We're the weakest Big 6 program and have been for a while. Unfortunately, we've brought most of it on ourselves with our revolving door leadership.

We haven't had a strong AD since Dickey. Jury is still out with DW.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Interesting matchup possibility. Drake/UCLA play in winner.
Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 12, 2021

 

[volbeast33]

Go root for someone else. I suffered through Buzz, Cuonzo, and Donnie.

Little to show for it? That’s laughable.

I went to every single home game during the wade Houston era..... I don’t want Barnes fires at all but I do understand the frustration bc Barnes teams always have a limit.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

Keon - top 10
Springer - top 15
Pons - mid to late 2nd

Fulk - doubt he’s back after emotional display on SR day

JJJ - another year bc I don’t see him going in 1st rd

 

[Weezer]

Your about to see the SEC bias on full display when the Florida thug gets no punishment for his assault.

According to the announcers of today's game, no other punishment is expected.

 

[LA Vol]

Your about to see the SEC bias on full display when the Florida thug gets no punishment for his assault.

All neat and tidy. UF had Payne apologize, Fulky was gracious with his response, UT had no comment and the SEC looks like one big happy family. Sankey is pleased. UF is pleased. UT is... content doing what's good for the conference.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Dude we got a double bye and won ONE game.

And? So tell me, after embarrassing losses to scrub teams like OM, did you really expect us to get this far?

 

[Weezer]

I would love for Johnson and Springer to come back, but I also can't blame them for leaving when everything suggests they are first round picks.

But put them with Chandler, and damn, that could be special.

 

[KPT_VFL]

You act like we didn't just lose a close game to the #1 seed.

That Bama team is good but they’re hardly the All Stars they’ve been deemed classic three chuckers who get hot and and can beat anyone. We blew it.

 

[InVOLuntary]

I would love for Johnson and Springer to come back, but I also can't blame them for leaving when everything suggests they are first round picks.

But put them with Chandler, and damn, that could be special.

Not having a talented big has hurt us.

 

[Smokeytom]

All neat and tidy. UF had Payne apologize, Fulky was gracious with his response, UT had no comment and the SEC looks like one big happy family. Sankey is pleased. UF is pleased. UT is... content doing what's good for the conference.

Good to know our leaders are the biggest pussies in the conference.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

You act like we didn't just lose a close game to the #1 seed.

That doesn’t matter Weezer. We lost so Barnes and this team sucks. Forget the fact that most people, myself included, didn’t expect TN to beat UF much less hang that close with Bama.

 

[Weezer]

That Bama team is good but they’re hardly the All Stars they’ve been deemed classic three chuckers who get hot and and can beat anyone. We blew it.

Yep, they didn't earn that #1 seed or #6 ranking in the AP poll at all.

 

[Weezer]

Not having a talented big has hurt us.

That's why I keep hoping that one kid reclassifies and comes to UT. Otherwise, we need to be looking at that portal for one.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I would love for Johnson and Springer to come back, but I also can't blame them for leaving when everything suggests they are first round picks.

But put them with Chandler, and damn, that could be special.

We can hope that maybe they want to come back and redeem this season.

 

[Weezer]

We can hope that maybe they want to come back and redeem this season.

I don't see them passing up first round money. I would love to be wrong, but....

 

[nicksjuzunk]

Beat half I have seen. But be prepared for the calls to go the other way and Bama to shoot lights out in second.

 

[volbeast33]

Good to know our leaders are the biggest pussies in the conference.

You just now figuring that out..... we self investigated..... Bama and Georgia get told on and the guy who told on them got suspended.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

We’ve had some of the most talented teams in our history over the last few years and continue to fall short in SEC tournament.

Why the heck can we not get over the hump

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

 

[Devo182]

Very very likely. This year should have been either an SEC championship or an elite 8 with the amount of talent we have.

No one could really know how a team, whose highest-ceiling talent is 2 true freshmen and a true sophomore, during a pandemic, would perform.

Well, here are the best comparisons with teams regularly relying on young 5*s (also
1-3 in 2020 recruiting rankings):

Duke (not in tournament, first time since 94-95)

UK (not in tournament, first time since 08-09)

UNC (7-8 seed)

So, with this knowledge of how teams reliant on young talent have performed during this unique season...did we really underperform?

 

[Devo182]

Barnes may have risen expectations, but has little to show for it. Grant and Admiral team didn’t win anything, this years team underperformed. Beating UK is nice, but a title would be welcome.

Uhh Grant and Admiral won the dang SEC regular season title. Not some luckbox single-loss tournament...no...an entire regular season.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

No one could really know how a team, whose highest-ceiling talent is 2 true freshmen and a true sophomore, during a pandemic, would perform.

Well, here are the best comparisons with teams regularly relying on young 5*s (also
1-3 in 2020 recruiting rankings):

Duke (not in tournament, first time since 94-95)

UK (not in tournament, first time since 08-09)

UNC (7-8 seed)

So, with this knowledge of how teams reliant on young talent have performed during this unique season...did we really underperform?

Good info. Definitely a unique year

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I don't see them passing up first round money. I would love to be wrong, but....

Keon probably not, but Jaden last I saw was projected at 20. He could come back and maybe get top 10 after another year.
A guy I keep thinking about is Deandre Hunter played at UVA left after his RSO year and ended up being #3 in the draft. I think he came back even with being projected as a high pick because they had lost to UMBC the year before. So maybe just maybe.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Uhh Grant and Admiral won the dang SEC regular season title. Not some luckbox single-loss tournament...no...an entire regular season.

They tied for it, didnt win it