'16 NC QB Austin Kendall (former UT commit)

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E20volfan said:
BornToBleedOrange said:
Bite your tongue![/QUOTE

I personally hope he reaffirms his commitment, but either way it will help know whether we need to go after another QB or not.
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I definitely agree, you have to keep developing relationships with other qbs. Never put all your eggs in one basket. Hope Kendall is all Vol after this weekend!
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BornToBleedOrange said:
E20volfan said:
I definitely agree, you have to keep developing relationships with other qbs. Never put all your eggs in one basket. Hope Kendall is all Vol after this weekend!
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I agree with not putting your eggs all in one basket. (Chris Sims).However I do love Kendall's game.Kinda reminds me of Conner Shaw.Tough fiery competitor that can both run it and throw it.Hope he sticks.
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True North Vol said:
How about this? This is an article on Stanford's recruiting methods. In my opinion what Shaw articulates gets to the heart of what is actually up for debate here, if we weren't distracted by one poster's self-righteous, black and white world view.


"David Shaw owns a 42-12 record as the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal.*It isn’t easy to win football games on “The Farm” because of the school’s stringent academic standards.

In the five recruiting classes Shaw and his staff cobbled together, only one of them were considered a Top 10 class, according to Rivals.com.

Shaw’s approach to recruiting is very different from other schools, though. He places a much higher priority on loyalty and development than blanketing the country with offers.

“This is not meant to offend anybody, but I’m sure it will. I want the Stanford offers to be real,” Shaw told the Cardinal Sports Report’s Andy Drukarev. “I want them to hold weight. We give an offer to a kid, it’s an offer. It’s a real offer. There’s no time expiration on it. We’re not dangling it between you and three other guys (saying), ‘Hey, first one to jump gets it.’ We just don’t operate that way.

“We are slow and methodical. And some recruits and some parents don’t understand that. Because there have been guys, there are guys on our team right now, that we didn’t offer early, that we offered late, and it was a hurdle for us to get over. And what I typically say is, ‘I’m not going to offer you a scholarship until I know that I have that scholarship for you. Now, if somebody offered you three months before and you want to hold that against us? OK, that’s fine. But is that going to be a decision-maker for you?’

“Does it matter that you meet your wife a month later than you thought you should have? It doesn’t matter. Half this recruiting stuff is crap. It’s all crap. It’s all flashing lights, it’s all emotion. When it comes down to it…here’s what Stanford has to offer. Does it fit what you’re looking for? We cut through all the other stuff. Other people can talk, and that’s great. And some people out there are great recruiters. They’re a great recruiter at one school, become a great recruiter at another school. I have no problem with that.”

As every step of the recruiting process becomes more publicized due to social media, examples of recruits being showered with hundreds of recruiting letters and dozens of offers have become common place.

Stanford will never take that approach.

“So just because we want to be great in football, I don’t want it to be like we’re Johnny Appleseed throwing offers around,” Shaw said. “We offer, it’s backed because you have academics, you have high character, you are a good football player, we have a spot for you that we will wait for you to make your decision. That spot is yours, and it’s real. I understand nobody else operates that way, and I’m fine with that.”
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I'd think kids would like his methods. He extends the offer and the kid then responds. If the kid says no thanks, other offers go out to till one says yes. Stanford extended right at 70 offers in 2015 to fill 21 spots. I did find it interesting how even with them being in CA, they are signing kids from all over. They signed 7 CA kids and 14 out of state kids.
 
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It's interesting that both Kendall and Guarantano are visiting this weekend. I would have thought that CBJ would have brought them in on separate weekends. It's important that DeBord spends as much time as possible with both to showcase the offense.

Edit: Just noticed in Guarantano's thread that his visit was moved to March 21-22. Guess the Camps/ Visits sticky hasn't been updated.
 
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VAVolsFan2009 said:
It's interesting that both Kendall and Guarantano are visiting this weekend. I would have thought that CBJ would have brought them in on separate weekends. It's important that DeBord spends as much time as possible with both to showcase the offense.
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Only Kendall is here this weekend
 
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Some Rivals Writer...

@DTerryRivals: Austin Kendall visited UT today, but still hearing that UK is in good shape to flip the four-star QB.
 
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vosams said:
Some Rivals Writer...

@DTerryRivals: Austin Kendall visited UT today, but still hearing that UK is in good shape to flip the four-star QB.
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He's a staff writer for Cats Illustrated. He's also a student at Kentucky. Tifwiw.
 
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Austin Kendall IS and WILL be a Vol. Kendall will also be the starting QB who leads UT back into a championship team.

LOL @ Kentucky. UT has bent UK over for 30+ years. It's not even funny any more.

Stop worrying and just sit back and watch the show.
 
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