Recruiting

#26
#26
VOLS will never bring in a coach that can't recruit nationally. There are still players that want to come to UT no matter what. The state of TN is also producing better talent these days. No matter who the coach is UT will be able to use the HUGE athletic facility to recruit. If they can get a guy on campus the brand can still sell itself. This AD will make better decisions either way.
 
#27
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Recruiting classes:

2010 9th(Kiffin landed alot of this class)
2011 13th
2012 17th
2013 (So far 21st).


Notice a pattern here? Recruits are just not going to keep buying into the BS talk. Winning matters.
 
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#28
#28
VOLS will never bring in a coach that can't recruit nationally. There are still players that want to come to UT no matter what. The state of TN is also producing better talent these days. No matter who the coach is UT will be able to use the HUGE athletic facility to recruit. If they can get a guy on campus the brand can still sell itself. This AD will make better decisions either way.

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UT recruits itself alot more than people think. If you look at prospects you will see UT listed alot of times in their top 5-8. They have no offer. They have no other teams listed east of the Mississippi, but UT is on their mind. Tennessee is still a big time brand to alot of the country.
 
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#29
#29
Top recruits are not going to commit to a school when the opposing coaches stick news clippings about the certain coaching change every time they visit. The hot seat makes for cold recruiting.
 
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#30
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who are the top 10 players who are either freshman, redshirt freshman, or sophomores on the roster?

Deanthony Arnett
Maurice Couch
Marcus Jackson
A.J Johnson
Marlin Lane
Curt Maggit
Geraldo Orta
Antonio "tiny" richardson

thats just off the top of my head, but all of those players are going to be serious balla's before its over..

most already are..
 
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#31
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I know it may be too soon in recruiting. But i see where Auburn who has one win is number 7 in recruiting. They have two 5 star DEs and a 5 star LB. We are number 21 right now in recruiting. I think if anyone needs DEs it is us. I have been for Dooley but boy is it getting tough to pull for him. Some think we will win out. I just don't think that is going to happen. Our defense can not stop anyone. Missouri get's their QB back and they play better with him. And you know Franklin will have Vandy ready for Tenn after last years game. I give up make a change and hire a new coach.

For me, it's very easy to pull for Dooley. The problem I'm having is believing in him that he can get the job done.
 
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We have to win to get 5star recruits , I still can't get over how well vandy is doing with recruiting! NCs and SEC titles help out with recruiting, but vandy has none of these, what's the deal??
 
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We have to win to get 5star recruits , I still can't get over how well vandy is doing with recruiting! NCs and SEC titles help out with recruiting, but vandy has none of these, what's the deal??
Franklin... He's sells the program. It's in a major metropolitan city, kids like that. Nashville just keeps getting bigger. He's not a bad coach either.
 
#34
#34
Wow, it amazes me how things just get made up about dooley and passed as fact..

Not a good recruiter? put together and saved the class with hunter/rogers etc.. within two weeks

got the top JUCO prospects 2 years in a row to fill immediate needs

with all the negativity around the program right now and a very poor home recruiting base and he still puts top 15-20 classes together when everyone else is telling these kids he wont even be there the next year.

and then people try to say he is not a good recruiter?

There are so many things you can say about Dooley, and people still go out of their way to make stuff up or just ignore facts and outright lie.

Its disgusting having to read some of this garbage sometimes.
Baggit and Chaney built those relation ships and signed Hunter / Rogers and Others!
We Trail Mississippi State and Vandy .
He is not the great Recruiter every one here makes him out to be. He will sign a Average player from Alabama over the same Player from Tennessee. Wilcox and many that have left had a huge hand in Dooley's last Class. Kiffen Built His first Class. You will see with This class what Dooley is about. 11th in the Sec is not improving!
 
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#35
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Recruiting classes:

2010 9th(Kiffin landed alot of this class)
2011 13th
2012 17th
2013 (So far 21st).


Notice a pattern here? Recruits are just not going to keep buying into the BS talk. Winning matters.

the classes he has recruited have been solid classes.i'm not giving k credit for anything,dooley finished that class and got some players that weren't coming here because of k.
 
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Deanthony Arnett
Maurice Couch
Marcus Jackson
A.J Johnson
Marlin Lane
Curt Maggit
Geraldo Orta
Antonio "tiny" richardson

thats just off the top of my head, but all of those players are going to be serious balla's before its over..

most already are..

Arnett? Whoa....
 
#37
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Deanthony Arnett
Maurice Couch
Marcus Jackson
A.J Johnson
Marlin Lane
Curt Maggit
Geraldo Orta
Antonio "tiny" richardson

thats just off the top of my head, but all of those players are going to be serious balla's before its over..

most already are..

Not to mention McNeil - Bonner - Gray. McNeil is going to be very good. Very good. How about Pig?
 
#38
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the classes he has recruited have been solid classes.i'm not giving k credit for anything,dooley finished that class and got some players that weren't coming here because of k.

Ok, it still shows our classes are getting worse the longer Dooley is here. I wonder why we have not had a kid jump on board of late? Hmmm, maybe they are just waiting for Dooley to get that signature win. Oh wait....
 
#40
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Deanthony Arnett
Maurice Couch
Marcus Jackson
A.J Johnson
Marlin Lane
Curt Maggit
Geraldo Orta
Antonio "tiny" richardson

thats just off the top of my head, but all of those players are going to be serious balla's before its over..

most already are..

if those are the best 8 players tennessee has from the last 2 recruiting classes (not counting juco's), that's not getting it done.
 
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#44
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That has been rumored for about 37 weeks now. Still waiting.....I would be shocked if more AU commits don't jump ship.

Another middle of the pack SEC recruiting class will not save DD's job.

Blood in the poopwater floating around the barn. Commits not so committed. Wonder how much of a boost a 5* would give Dooley in the rankings?
 
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#45
#45
Depends on the player himself, flakey players flip and often don't work out. UT has had some people flip to other big name schools on NSD. Too many to name. Most of the players that Lame K lost out on are doing extremely well in the NFL and around the SEC. Orgeron is a dirty ba$TArd. The NCAA being around every corner ran some good players off too
 
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#46
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Blood in the poopwater floating around the barn. Commits not so committed. Wonder how much of a boost a 5* would give Dooley in the rankings?

Might take us from 21 to 17. The 13 2-3 stars will tend to hold the class down. Of course there is no sure thing in us getting Lawson. He has alot of offers and alot of options. It does speak to recruiting though(at AU) when your 1-7 and have 10 4-5 stars on board.
 
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#48
#48
if those are the best 8 players tennessee has from the last 2 recruiting classes (not counting juco's), that's not getting it done.

daniel gray
deon bonner
pig howard
tino thomas
ladarrel mcneil
croom
drae bowls
latroy lewis,this kid would have been playing if he hadn't torn his acl.
q watson
danny o'brien

soph
aj johnson
curt maggit
vincent dallas
brendon downs
christian harris
marcus jackson
kyler kerbyson
marlin lane
alan posey
brian randolph
jordan williams
tiny richardson
justin worely
devrin young

i forgot nathan peterman freshman.didn't put jr college players that are already playing also.
 
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daniel gray
deon bonner
pig howard
tino thomas
ladarrel mcneil
croom
drae bowls
latroy lewis,this kid would have been playing if he hadn't torn his acl.
q watson
danny o'brien

soph
aj johnson
curt maggit
vincent dallas
brendon downs
christian harris
marcus jackson
kyler kerbyson
marlin lane
alan posey
brian randolph
jordan williams
tiny richardson
justin worely
devrin young

i forgot nathan peterman freshman

ok, now pick out the best 10.
 
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