Recent content by Jack Burton

In this new era Tennessee appears to be cooked. I hope everyone is ready to accept mediocrity because we don’t have a billionaire to bank roll a roster or the staff to identify and secure talent.

We’ve basically had 1 recruited player start as QB under Heupel. All the rest have been transfers and, if we’re being honest, just a total crapshoot. Heupel is lucky to have both Hooker and Joey just land in his lap. Now we want Alabama’s QB to skip the NFL to play here. I’m starting to think...

Yes, I believe he also wears the radio on defense to get the play calls. Should help us a lot with communication and the new defense learning curve.

Maybe APs concern is legit. Either you 1) Pay top dollar and throw the bag at the best available or 2) Take the analytics approach and identify “best fit” guys that you can use. I know we’re not doing #1. I’m not convinced we can accomplish #2.

6-6 will be the end of the Heupel here. There’s no such thing as “a couple of rebuilding years” in the portal era.

That’s like being mad at Woodward & Bernstein over Watergate.

I’d like to see much more aggressiveness on the field AND in the portal.

That 1st visit is key. Hard to overcome.

I think that when we were told that Tennessee has a “top collective” it was referring more to the operation than the total cash flow. Yes, we may have the #1 collective in terms of organization and operation but only top 10 in funds. Just a gut feel though.

Some people get jealous of insider info, and others just can’t process any negative news. It’s pretty childish either way.

Didn’t say that at all, but I am saying that most fans will not be as patient as you and wait until years 7 or 8 before judging a coaches performance. We didn’t beat any good teams this year and we looked outright sloppy much of the time. We can’t look like that again in 2026.

Coaches no longer have the luxury of building the program for the future. Because of the transfer portal all they have is the upcoming season. So even if they bring in a couple of great recruiting classes and it feels like we’re trending up for the future, it can be taken away by one bad portal...

Yes, otherwise we will continue to fall further behind the top tier competition.

Thanks fellers.

Some moments were just too big for him. Maybe at a smaller school he can get back on track mentally. I wish him success.