2025 Transfer Portal Thread

[Milehigh_Vol]

A twenty year old texting and posting on social media? What will they think of next?

Flying cars and dogs that never die..

 

[omghulkhands]

Football gets what football wants... That's just a fact of life here.

I know that. It’s more the wanting it part. Why overpay the guy you didn’t even trust to throw the ball last year?

 

[VolGee4]

There has to be more to it. LMU is like a 50 minute drive to Knoxville. The logistics of it aren’t complicated. So who knows what’s going on there.

I am guessing he has been to UT's campus multiple times. Maybe not every corner of the basketball facilities, but I would think he is somewhat familiar.

 

[VolGee4]

I know that. It’s more the wanting it part. Why overpay the guy you didn’t even trust to throw the ball last year?

They paid to get him to campus. I think he will develop further and be better.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

It shouldn’t be long until instead of paying a million a year to play two that deals will be structured to pay $500,000/year for 10 years to play two.

 

[Batman1948]

That’s a made up story. Several major programs are interested in Freeman, including us. He just signed an agent and attorney. He’s starting visits. Obviously we’re trying to get him on campus.

Some people will go bat sh*t crazy with everything they read on the internet. It's comical to read some of the stuff they come up with after they read a headline that doesn't include Tennessee

 

[CAVPUT]

Pearl is a great recruiter. I don’t ever like going against him.

He moved right in to the cabin once Rodney left? Or do the various sports share it?

 

[All Vol!]

Despite what some are saying on various X accounts and accepting that nothing is a guarantee until signing, I’m happy to rest on what @Stoerner Fumbles shared earlier, that NIL paperwork has been initiated related to Rice and that only once before did we get this far in recruiting a transfer without ultimately securing a commitment. That likelihood sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

He moved right in to the cabin once Rodney left? Or do the various sports share it?

No barbecuing at the cabin and no photos. Those are the only two rules.

 

[gainesvol82]

I really liked Boswells posture on the bench. IMO he was the biggest fan of the other players. I've been on record as saying his playing time reminded me of BJs last year which was eeh. To see him emphatically cheering on his teammates really tells me a lot about him as a person, must have great parents and I hope he sticks around. Sometimes it takes a while to mature into the player you will be. Not everybody lights it up as a freshman year per their rating and actually BJ who I compared Boswell too had a good year starting at SMU this year. So, I hope Boswell hangs around think he's a great teammate and I especially like to see those type players ball out.

He is a little bit of a tweener but it's nice to have an extra, oversized guy that can run the point in a pinch. He is a bull at PG.

 

[T2P_Priceless]

Auburn gonna offer Freeman the bag while we diddle our fingers waiting on Ament.

I hope it pays off.

SF already addressed this. They aren’t waiting on Ament to pursue other players. They’re doing both.

 

[TrippieRedd]

SF already addressed this. They aren’t waiting on Ament to pursue other players. They’re doing both.

Doing both??

Ewwww

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Giving Nico even more money would be like when Jimmy Haslam gave Deshaun Watson all that money.

Similarly stupid, but without the rapey stuff so not as bad imo.

 

[VolsNetClippers2025]

Rice, one of Ament/Freeman, one of Pozzato/Atwell. F4!

PG: Gillespie / Boswell / Henderson
SG: Rice / Evans
SF: Ament / Pozzato or Freeman / Atwell or some combo
PF: Carey / Phillips
C: Okpara / JP / Brown

 

[ochocinco]

I know that. It’s more the wanting it part. Why overpay the guy you didn’t even trust to throw the ball last year?

Nico had 344 pass attempts his first year as a starter. Peyton Manning had 144. Sure the game is different now but he was 6th in a 16 team conference and his team had a RB that ran for 1500 yards. You don’t throw 344 times without some level of trust. The disdain just boggles me. Those fans old enough to remember can tell you most this irrational fan base wanted Brandon Stewart as the starter.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Nico had 344 pass attempts his first year as a starter. Peyton Manning had 144. Sure the game is different now but he was 6th in a 16 team conference and his team had a RB that ran for 1500 yards. You don’t throw 344 times without some level of trust. The disdain just boggles me. Those fans old enough to remember can tell you most this irrational fan base wanted Brandon Stewart as the starter.

I don’t think it’s the raw number of attempts that people complain about and more the air yards per attempt. I’m not sure if the stats on that are easily accessible and I might be way off base, but it sure seemed like a lot of Nico’s throws were sideways.

 

[vol94]

OK. Am I the only one concerned that we don't have a significant back to the basket scorer on this team. I feel like last year that was our biggest problem. If we had a good low post scorer, then it would have helped to open up more open shots from the 3pt line. It feels like we are heading down the same path this year. That is why I think it is critical to get a player like Alvaro or someone else like Marcus Johnson who has a true post-up game.

I agree 100%. I think that’s why we signed the kid from Vandy. In not sold on the other bigs on this roster as many others are.

 

[RikidyBones]

Doing both??

Ewwww

Sometimes you gotta Diddy to get things done, chief.

 

[GoneViral]

Nico had 344 pass attempts his first year as a starter. Peyton Manning had 144. Sure the game is different now but he was 6th in a 16 team conference and his team had a RB that ran for 1500 yards. You don’t throw 344 times without some level of trust. The disdain just boggles me. Those fans old enough to remember can tell you most this irrational fan base wanted Brandon Stewart as the starter.

I still vividly recall Stewart's father whining to the media for years after the fact. To this day, that dude may still believe his son was better than Peyton freakin' Manning.

Anybody remember that Vandy defensive coach who had Peyton's number?

 

[Lefteye]

Doing both??

Ewwww

I feel like a 9 year old laughing at the word duty.

Sorry tgo, didn’t mean to interrupt

 

[OrangeInKy]

Sometimes you gotta Diddy to get things done, chief.

Top soon imo

 

[BigorangeBoy]

I still vividly recall Stewart's father whining to the media for years after the fact. To this day, that dude may still believe his son was better than Peyton freakin' Manning.

Anybody remember that Vandy defensive coach who had Peyton's number?

Woody Widenhofer

 

[GrayWaterCanine]

Rice and Pozzato.

Don’t care about anyone else. Those 2 and we are good.

Too much starch.

 

[Weezer]

You misspelled “sexiest”.

 

[Weezer]

No barbecuing at the cabin and no photos. Those are the only two rules.

If I ever find the place, I'm going to barbecue the whole damn place. I'm surprised a Bama fan hasn't already done it for us.