'26 MS DL Dereon Albert (Tennessee commit)

#30
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highspeed said:
I don’t think anything weird happened at all. Seems to me like just AP made an incorrect assumption that local kid + Rodney Garner effect + competition being lower level schools = Vol lock.

As you might imagine he’s getting grilled about it on TOS. These are some of his responses:

“Told me he just felt like it was the best place for him. Apparently almost didn’t come on his visit to Tennessee last weekend because he wanted to go ahead and commit to South Florida then but was convinced to take the visit.”

“Schools like USF and Cincy have money now…they are willing to offer more to players like Garcia that they see as the key to their class.”

“Rodney spent a ton of time last weekend…just felt more comfortable at south Florida and again for USF they viewed him as a marquee piece to their class.”
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Some of our fans want AP to be a mind reader and see the future. All the guy can do is give the best prediction he can based on the information he has.

He said he’d be shocked if it wasn’t Tennessee. That was his honest assessment based on what he knew. I’m sure most anyone else in his position would’ve felt the same way. I don’t get the animus towards AP every time a recruit picks a school that’s different than what he predicted. It’s actually weird.
 
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benholt06 said:
Swoop for this kid and his teammate, TJ White looks imminent. Both will be in Starkville on Friday the 20th. I presume to tell the staff in person they’ve both decided to commit to Tennessee. GBO.
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Sounds like it's shaping up to be a rough couple of months for the Negas that love nothing more than complaining about our coaching staff's recruiting.
 
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EastTNVol95 said:
Crystal balled to the good guys by Steve Robertson (Miss. St. Insider) with a confidence of 9. Load em!
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That's kind of crappy though, just ruins the kids moment if he's announcing any time soon. Seems to me most folks just play conservative with the confidence as a show of respect. Maybe I'm way off here I don't know. Happy the kid is gonna be ours though, no doubt. Ready to boooom!
 
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#36
NighthawkVol said:
I’m not sure. Why wouldn’t we take both? Something weird happened there. You don’t choose USF over Tennessee. So did we back off? If so, why? I thought Garber loved him.
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Why would you think we wouldn’t have taken both. The kid made a decision and chose his path. No reason to think TN backed off or there was some mysterious factor.
 
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Buzzbait said:
Why would you think we wouldn’t have taken both. The kid made a decision and chose his path. No reason to think TN backed off or there was some mysterious factor.
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I don’t think that. Read my post in relation to the one I’m responding to.
 
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