Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[TheRain]

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

About the flight attendant who duck taped to dude to his seat in the airline….some language

This is hilarious

 

[eVOLve]

 

[engineerVOL]

 

[LA Vol]

The consensus on Milton seems to be that he was not a good fit in Michigan's system and has the potential to be a great fit in CJH's offense. CJH seems to see something in Milton that he really likes and thinks can be developed. HB also has a lot of upside and is highly motivated. He has been improving his mobility and is throwing a better ball right now.

Neither QB has been put in the best position to succeed or developed to their potential in previous offenses. A key variable on Milton is how much his injury hurt his past performance and how quickly he can improve and show he can run this offense. The scrimmage will tell a lot more than practice. Either way, we'll end up much improved at QB, and there's no indication that anybody in the QB room is conceding anything. Good for them and good for us.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

OMG!...that is freakin hilarious

 

[SweetasSoda]

I am fortunate that I have a well-paying job and a low mortgage. I am not among those that I was referring to as having poor financial circumstances and have been able to save far more than most at my age (33). I agree that fiscal responsibility requires just that...responsibility. I just always found it laughable that the supposed bastion of financial responsibility bought his kid a $50,000 car when a $15,000 car would've worked just as well and probably would've been more on brand with what he preaches to others.

I'm not getting what you're saying. How is it financially irresponsible to buy a $50,000 car if you can afford to pay cash for it while everything else you have is paid off? Or do you just mean you shouldn't spoil your kids?

 

[lilesrt]

NY Giants are in TROUBLE!

Pruitt looks photo shopped.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I have never heard, in my life "fart in a skillet" and I've been around some crazy ass hillbillies...

apparently not a new term either lol


Makes sense though, quick twitch is indeed what ya want in a punt returner.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I'm not getting what you're saying. How is it financially irresponsible to buy a $50,000 car if you can afford to pay cash for it while everything else you have is paid off? Or do you just mean you shouldn't spoil your kids?

Yeah...if I had the money I would be driving a new whatever I wanted.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Yeah...if I had the money I would be driving a new whatever I wanted.

Yep. Live within your means takes on a different definition if you got six or seven figures sitting available to spend.

I'd still want the best value I could, but the price tier would move up. Very unlikely I'd ever spend 100k on a car, but hell the brand new trucks are all at or above 50k and I wouldn't mind a full size crew cab 4x4 truck....

 

[itsme]

Dave Ramsey's eighteen year-old daughter also drove a brand new Audi SUV our freshman year at UT. It's easy to preach financial responsibility from an ivory tower where you've already got money. I'm sure he paid cash for her car, but he was able to...because he's rich.

Actually, Dave will match what his kid brings to the table. He mentioned on the radio before that his son would be driving a beater but that his daughter was going to put a hurting on her ole dad because she saved so much.

 

[Geaux_Vols]

Pruitt looks photo shopped.

almost certainly is.

 

[engineerVOL]

I'm not getting what you're saying. How is it financially irresponsible to buy a $50,000 car if you can afford to pay cash for it while everything else you have is paid off? Or do you just mean you shouldn't spoil your kids?

Some folks just are livid at wealthy people.

 

[Geaux_Vols]

The 15 most important assistant coaching hires of 2021 -- No. 11: Tim Banks, Tennessee

Who: Tim Banks, Tennessee

Title: Defensive coordinator/safeties coach

Previous stop: Penn State co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach (2016-20)

Why he's important: The future is still unwritten, but the first couple paragraphs in the next chapter of Tennessee football are already typed on the page.

The first is that this season will probably be pretty rough. The program has but one winning season among its last four also happened to be hit the hardest by the transfer portal.

Those weren't scrubs transferring out, either. Henry To'to'o, Quavaris Crouch, Darel Middleton, Eric Gray, Ty Chandler, Wanya Morris were all among the best players on the team, guys that would've formed the backbone of the 2021 Vols had they stuck around.

The other certainty is that Tennessee will be good on offense, and likely sooner than later. In his first season running Missouri's offense, the Tigers went from 125th nationally in yards per play to 31st. From there, his offenses finished sixth, ninth, eighth and 20th.

Beyond all that lies an ocean of uncertainty. The most pressing question: Will the defense stop anybody?

Born in Detroit, Tim Banks played cornerback at Central Michigan in the early 1990s. (His freshman season saw the Chippewas lose one game but tie four.) His first full-time job came as Ferris State's DBs coach in 1997, and his first D1 gig was at Bowling Green, coaching running backs and defensive backs on the staff before Urban Meyer's hiring. From there, it was off to two seasons at Memphis, four at Maryland, then back to his alma mater as defensive coordinator. Working under Butch Jones, he helped CMU win two conference titles, and his 2009 unit led the MAC in scoring by more than 10 percent.

He'd join Jones at Cincinnati as a co-coordinator before Tim Beckman made him his coordinator at Illinois. His first three units finished next-to-last in the Big Ten before improving to sixth in 2015.

With Illinois facing a total reset at the end of the Beckman/Cubit era, Banks landed on James Franklin's Penn State staff -- the two worked together at Maryland -- where he'd co-coordinate the defense and run the secondary alongside Brent Pry. His last full season in State College saw Penn State allow the third fewest touchdown passes in the nation. In 2018, the Nittany Lions held three opponents to 60 yards or fewer, the most by a Penn State team in a generation.

He now steps into an SEC East that, it's fair to say, is as challenging defensively as it's ever been. Dan Mullen at Florida. Todd Monken at Georgia. Eliah Drinkwitz at Mizzou, and now the Liam Coen experiment at Kentucky. Alabama, not an SEC East foe but an annual Vols opponent nonetheless, now has the very best offensive in college football year in and year out. The breaks will be few and far between.

At a press conference earlier this week, Banks said Tennessee hasn't settled on a base scheme yet, leaning on every defensive coordinator's favorite buzz word: "We're going to be multiple."

Versatility and deception will be priorities. "I believe in versatility. That's what we're trying to develop." Asked about developing pass rushers, Banks said defenders don't have to place a hand on the ground to rush the quarterback.

"We want to play offense on defense. The only way we're getting that is if (the offense) doesn't know exactly what they're getting from snap to snap."

And while it's fair to ask what Tennessee is getting in Banks, it's even more pressing to ask why Banks left a stable Penn State program to work at a place that has put the Power T in instability over the past decade.

"I think it starts at the top with Coach Heup," Banks said in February. "The success he's had as an offensive coordinator speaks for itself, but in talking to some of my guys that had a relationship with him, and everything that I've heard, being a great man, obviously a great coach, it intrigued me. Obviously we know there's some work to be done to get back to where we want to go, but at the end of the day having a chance to work with great people and having a chance to do it together was an opportunity I didn't feel like I could pass up."

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Lmao what the F does that mean? Who farting in a skillet

Explosiveness

 

[engineerVOL]

Pruitt looks photo shopped.

I’m pretty sure he’s still lost on the freeway systems around New Jersey. Still hasn’t showed up for picture day.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Actually, Dave will match what his kid brings to the table. He mentioned on the radio before that his son would be driving a beater but that his daughter was going to put a hurting on her ole dad because she saved so much.

I actually plan to do this for my son. Although it'll be for his new ride after graduating HS.

That first vehicle from 15-18 is the beater/tank he'll get all the kinks worked out in.

 

[SpringBokVol]

The consensus on Milton seems to be that he was not a good fit in Michigan's system and has the potential to be a great fit in CJH's offense. CJH seems to see something in Milton that he really likes and thinks can be developed. HB also has a lot of upside and is highly motivated. He has been improving his mobility and is throwing a better ball right now.

Neither QB has been put in the best position to succeed or developed to their potential in previous offenses. A key variable on Milton is how much his injury hurt his past performance and how quickly he can improve and show he can run this offense. The scrimmage will tell a lot more than practice. Either way, we'll end up much improved at QB, and there's no indication that anybody in the QB room is conceding anything. Good for them and good for us.

I think this is spot on.

Bailey at this stage is also more accurate, but the intangibles of Milton make coaches drool.

I think CJH is right, whoever runs the offense the best will play.

 

[Jimmy Football]

“The University of Tennessee would like to remind the public that skillets placed over a heating source can be dangerous, and the University does not recommend expelling flatulence into culinary implements of any sort. Thank you, and go Vols!”

 

[SweetasSoda]

You don't see it because you overestimate talent, and underestimate the multiple potential big problems.

I hope you are right and people like me are wrong...but I don't think so, and I don't want to crap on anybodies rainbows and unicorns warm fuzzies..I am being honest in my pessimistic expectations for the season, but I REALLY hope you guys are right.

So is the scheme not better? Is the talent not better? (If for no other reason than they will be better coached?) Are the coaches not better? Is the atmosphere not better? Is team chemistry not better? Will there not be less thinking on the field? Is the QB talent not better? (Is the QB coach not better?)
There is always a multiple of potential problems that each team could face unless you're one of the top 5 teams with replaceable talent. You are just pessimistic that most of them will happen because that is how it's been for too many years now.

 

[Orange Studs]

I have never heard, in my life "fart in a skillet" and I've been around some crazy ass hillbillies...

apparently not a new term either lol
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Makes sense though, quick twitch is indeed what ya want in a punt returner.

That is just to good. I love this guy!

 

[Buddy’s Bandit]

So better question....what's a good brand for a side by side?

I found a low usage Artic Cat for under 15k that has my interest...but it's a 2014 model. Most local folks seem to all have Hondas or Polaris RZRs.

I was looking at a Kawasaki Mule hard but decided on a Polaris Ranger. I bought used and use it primarily as a powered wheel barrel in my yard.

Wish I had bought one 10 years ago. Very satisfied.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

My boss raves about Telluride. He subscribes to Consumer Review journals

They are very nice. Such a smooth drive and incredibly comfortable interior.

 

[Dudleys87]

Pruitt looks photo shopped.

I believe chrome dome is with the Jets is he not?