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BucVol98 said:
I don’t mean to be negative as I know you can’t teach size and this staff can evaluate but he played terrible competition, the only good comp he played was Greeneville and Elizabethton, I was in the stadium for the Greeneville game and i watched his Hudl highlights of that game, he had 5 good snaps.... the score was 63-3 final...... the rest of those snaps i’d say he wouldn’t want a coach to see, he’s rather slow and unathletic..... but he is big i’ll give him that, maybe could be turned into a good guard but they’d have to teach him to stay low, he’s not athletic enough for tackle
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He's been a standout through spring practice according to coach Heupel so far...having "heart" can overcome anything with the right kind of mindset with it
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
My initial assessment after this hire was similar to yours I think. I thought it was possible recruiting might drop to a 50-year low. As the staff filled out I was encourage with the hires of Garner, Burns, Jean-Mary, Mack, and Banks because we were landing guys with recruiting ability. One of the complaints UCF fans had about JH was in their view recruiting under JH was trending down. After first listening to him I could see why that might be. He comes across to me more as a geometry teacher than a head football coach. Still, I thought with the staff hires he was building staff strength in an area that he himself might be weak in. That provided some hope.

The average tenure of a head coach for an FBS football team is 3.8 years. 12 of the 14 SEC schools have replaced their coaching staffs at least once since 2015, some more than once. I gave and still give JH about a 15% chance of being successful here. That’s my expectations.

When I was a very young kid every week when the polls came out in the newspaper I’d sit down and go through them and any football magazines I had for reference, first to see where we were ranked and then to figure out if any of the teams ranked ahead of us were playing anyone that week where they could hopefully lose so we could move up. In 10 days I’ll be 65 years old. I’ve been at this for over 50 years and there’s only ever been one team that I cared about in college football.

I’ve been with my Dad on the way to a Spring game where we totaled our car and after getting done with the police report made our way back home and got mom’s car and still made it to the game. I was there when the artful dodger was carried off the field to the hospital. I can still feel the electricity in Neyland when after halftime he came running out of the tunnel onto the field to resume the fight. He had 2 broken legs, 4 cracked ribs, was in a full body cast, and was bleeding profusely from the shoulder of his throwing arm. He wasn’t going to quit and neither was I, never.

I was in Neyland in 1984 with 3 friends from Alabama for the TSIO. As the game was winding down Alabama was in firm control. It looked hopeless. I remember thinking at the time we’d literally need a miracle to comeback. I’m talking the real thing here not some good luck. I swear – Tony Robinson and Johnny Jones did just that. It was the best ride home from Knoxville I ever had in my life, to this very day. I still can’t believe they pulled it off but they did.



I was there with my son for Peyton's first spring game. We were discussing the QBs as we left the stadium and he thought Jerry Colquitt was the better QB. I seriously considered making him walk home. He was young. We all made mistakes when we were young.

My dad passed away in 1982 but my mom was around for 12 more years. I remember the time she gathered me and my brothers together to tell us that she wanted to see one last game at Neyland. It was getting increasingly difficult for her to get around so she would need our help. We had 2 cars of people make the trip. We went to the student center, the book store, her favorite place on campus to eat. It is one of the best memories of Tennessee football I could ever have. I can’t even begin to remember who we played that day. I just knew in our family we’d won in a blowout.

Right now my most realistic honest to God expectations for our 2021 football season is
15-0
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My eyes are leaking a lot
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
My initial assessment after this hire was similar to yours I think. I thought it was possible recruiting might drop to a 50-year low. As the staff filled out I was encourage with the hires of Garner, Burns, Jean-Mary, Mack, and Banks because we were landing guys with recruiting ability. One of the complaints UCF fans had about JH was in their view recruiting under JH was trending down. After first listening to him I could see why that might be. He comes across to me more as a geometry teacher than a head football coach. Still, I thought with the staff hires he was building staff strength in an area that he himself might be weak in. That provided some hope.

The average tenure of a head coach for an FBS football team is 3.8 years. 12 of the 14 SEC schools have replaced their coaching staffs at least once since 2015, some more than once. I gave and still give JH about a 15% chance of being successful here. That’s my expectations.

When I was a very young kid every week when the polls came out in the newspaper I’d sit down and go through them and any football magazines I had for reference, first to see where we were ranked and then to figure out if any of the teams ranked ahead of us were playing anyone that week where they could hopefully lose so we could move up. In 10 days I’ll be 65 years old. I’ve been at this for over 50 years and there’s only ever been one team that I cared about in college football.

I’ve been with my Dad on the way to a Spring game where we totaled our car and after getting done with the police report made our way back home and got mom’s car and still made it to the game. I was there when the artful dodger was carried off the field to the hospital. I can still feel the electricity in Neyland when after halftime he came running out of the tunnel onto the field to resume the fight. He had 2 broken legs, 4 cracked ribs, was in a full body cast, and was bleeding profusely from the shoulder of his throwing arm. He wasn’t going to quit and neither was I, never.

I was in Neyland in 1984 with 3 friends from Alabama for the TSIO. As the game was winding down Alabama was in firm control. It looked hopeless. I remember thinking at the time we’d literally need a miracle to comeback. I’m talking the real thing here not some good luck. I swear – Tony Robinson and Johnny Jones did just that. It was the best ride home from Knoxville I ever had in my life, to this very day. I still can’t believe they pulled it off but they did.



I was there with my son for Peyton's first spring game. We were discussing the QBs as we left the stadium and he thought Jerry Colquitt was the better QB. I seriously considered making him walk home. He was young. We all made mistakes when we were young.

My dad passed away in 1982 but my mom was around for 12 more years. I remember the time she gathered me and my brothers together to tell us that she wanted to see one last game at Neyland. It was getting increasingly difficult for her to get around so she would need our help. We had 2 cars of people make the trip. We went to the student center, the book store, her favorite place on campus to eat. It is one of the best memories of Tennessee football I could ever have. I can’t even begin to remember who we played that day. I just knew in our family we’d won in a blowout.

Right now my most realistic honest to God expectations for our 2021 football season is
15-0
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Haven't been on in few weeks.. Glad I stopped by tonight. GBO.
 
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cHiZzLeVOL said:
Hank got any nugs on how practice is going and how individuals are doing?
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Maurer has had his best spring and staff likes him (i still think Hooker starts), they really like the two young RBs, Eason is making a name for himself, Jimmy Holiday has impressed, alontae has CB1 locked down, CB2 is most open position, our special teams specifically return game will be much more aggressive, banks has been a little banged up as has Hyatt, NCAA ruling shouldn’t be bad.. we’re pushing scholarship reductions since we’re under the limit anyway... trying to see who all if anyone leaves post spring to submit a formal number to NCAA 12-15 would be my guess which really don’t matter Bc we’re lower than the limit anyway, White absolutely wants a bowl game this year and making that known to NCAA.

I’m sure most of that has probably been covered but pre draft is the busiest time of the year for me. It’s brutal.
 
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HankHill said:
Maurer has had his best spring and staff likes him (i still think Hooker starts), they really like the two young RBs, Eason is making a name for himself, Jimmy Holiday has impressed, alontae has CB1 locked down, CB2 is most open position, our special teams specifically return game will be much more aggressive, banks has been a little banged up as has Hyatt, NCAA ruling shouldn’t be bad.. we’re pushing scholarship reductions since we’re under the limit anyway... trying to see who all if anyone leaves post spring to submit a formal number to NCAA 12-15 would be my guess which really don’t matter Bc we’re lower than the limit anyway, White absolutely wants a bowl game this year and making that known to NCAA.

I’m sure most of that has probably been covered but pre draft is the busiest time of the year for me. It’s brutal.
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HankHill said:
Oh yea and Staff wants an open practice prior to spring game and supposed to have two scrimmages prior to O/W game.
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amazing nugs! I still think Bailey starts though
 
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