2026 Vols Transfer Portal Thread

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walkenvol said:
There’s no real way to know if Dowd is better than CP at anything as you’re looking at someone playing at Troy vs us. Cade is definitely longer and a better shot blocker without looking at any stats. If you watched Dowd’s highlights, he can’t play above the rim like CP. Also, CP has the quickness and speed to switch onto guards on the perimeter that Barnes values highly. I know the portal is like Christmas to many, but you don’t just kick a guy to the curb in his 4th year in the program who is high character and has done everything asked unless you want to completely kill your team culture. JMO
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The bold is kind of the problem...

People can subjectively feel however they want, but I discuss stats and numbers when comparing players.

Cade for his career is at 0.8 per game over 61 games. His career total for blocks is 48, best season (last year) 33
Dowd for his career is at 0.7 per game over 99 games. His career total for blocks is 70, best season (this year) 44

Cade's best "per game" was this year with 1.1, Dowd's best "per game" was also this year with 1.3.

Now playing above the rim, I would agree that's one area Cade is better. The big thing here to remember is one comes to the team 100% healthy and the other will be recovering/rehabbing.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
-Michigan’s 10th guy is Winters Grady, former Top 100 recruit who saw action in 9 games and played 54 total minutes

-Illinois’ 10th guy is Jason Jakstys, an unranked redshirt freshman who has saw action in 9 games and under 50 minutes played in 2 years at Illinois

-UCONN’s 10th guy is Dwayne Koroma, a transfer senior who played less than 100 minutes this year and didn’t start for UT-Arlington

-Arizona’s 10th guy is Sidi Gueye, an unranked freshman with 90 total minutes played


I don’t see any of those guys starting here or at any other contending school, I think being some crazy deep roster is a fallacy and a bit overblown. I think having 8-9 dudes that are no doubt contributors a borderline starters is a much better strategy. This staff spent so much time trying to figure out who could or couldn’t help this team fiddling with lineups and rotations, I much rather go into a year knowing as a staff who your bonafide every night rotation is imo.

Now are you limited and having to play a shorter bench or reach to the end of the bench if there’s injuries, absolutely, but there’s obviously always some luck involved on avoiding major injuries now, you look at the teams that suffered major injuries and they aren’t around anymore. Anyways, JMO
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The distinction you seem to be making rides on the edge of whether the roster is nine deep at high quality, or ten. That’s obviously not my point. Arizona and Michigan (pretty strong chance one of those is the champion) built rosters where the bottom of the rotation is indeed starter quality here or elsewhere. If you Rainman about whether that guy is nine or ten, you’re missing the point.
 
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What big would we go after if some of ours leave? I saw somewhere that the Texas C is weighing his options, but I’m not sure how accurate that is. He wouldn’t be cheap and wouldn’t help with the free throw shooting, but definitely a back to the basket threat
 
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Welp I cracked and got trilly’s discord 😂

A couple nuggets worth mentioning:

-Boston College is a player for Alex Wilkins. Maybe he’s not as highly thought of as we think.
-Chris Washington was leaning good guys but things have stalled out as of last weekend.
 
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kong said:
Welp I cracked and got trilly’s discord 😂

A couple nuggets worth mentioning:

-Boston College is a player for Alex Wilkins. Maybe he’s not as highly thought of as we think.
-Chris Washington was leaning good guys but things have stalled out as of last weekend.
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BC did just get a new coach, I wouldn’t necessarily write him off because of that.

Don’t think a UCONN coach will take anybody.
 
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All Vol! said:
3 reasons come to mind:

- Potentially more money
- Respect for Barnes as a Christian mentor
- Grew up a Vol fan
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Maybe I just haven't seen this anywhere, but until I see public statements from Tanner in the past, present or future then this is internet fodder. I don't know why we do this to ourselves. There is already so much make believe in the world.

Perhaps I will be proven as lacking insider info in the subsequent posts, and I'm not claiming to be a insider.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
The distinction you seem to be making rides on the edge of whether the roster is nine deep at high quality, or ten. That’s obviously not my point. Arizona and Michigan (pretty strong chance one of those is the champion) built rosters where the bottom of the rotation is indeed starter quality here or elsewhere. If you Rainman about whether that guy is nine or ten, you’re missing the point.
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I guess I misunderstood your point, I’m saying 8-9 legit dudes need to be on the roster, agree on that. I took your post as saying all these teams had 10 of those guys and thus that they’ve also got a few sitting on the bench who aren’t half bad either, I think we’re saying the same thing now that I read this post of yours though.
 
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walkenvol said:
There’s no real way to know if Dowd is better than CP at anything as you’re looking at someone playing at Troy vs us. Cade is definitely longer and a better shot blocker without looking at any stats. If you watched Dowd’s highlights, he can’t play above the rim like CP. Also, CP has the quickness and speed to switch onto guards on the perimeter that Barnes values highly. I know the portal is like Christmas to many, but you don’t just kick a guy to the curb in his 4th year in the program who is high character and has done everything asked unless you want to completely kill your team culture. JMO
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Yeah, Dowd and Phillips are two entirely different players with different skill-sets. Dowd is far more comparable to an Igor Milicic in terms of ability and skills.
 
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oldaaucoach said:
we need to aim higher than that.
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Why? He would be perfect for that baseline role. In his first year at D1 level playing for perhaps the worst coach in the country, he averaged nearly 10 and 5 with 2 stocks and 35% from deep. Having a high-flying slasher, defender, rebounder that can hit corner 3s next to JP would be perfect
 
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cncchris33 said:
Not that I think you're wrong, but just to play devil's advocate, here's a couple of reasons I'd see keeping Burg over Boswell.

1.) Over a larger sample size, I do believe Burg is probably a better shooter.
2.) Their ball-handling and decision-making are both pretty poor for an SEC guard, so that's a wash.
3.) I have a hard time seeing Boswell accepting a reduced role, and who could blame him. Given our portal targets, we are basically telling him that we have to improve at the two positions he primarily played. He averaged 26.4 mpg, this year. I don't see him touching that number based on what we seem to be planning on bringing in.

I think Boswell probably adds more known value, but I think he's more expensive and more likely to be unhappy when he sees our portal haul. I think Burg is more likely to accept the "bit player" role. I could be wrong. Boswell could say, "I'm going to work my butt off and prove you (the staff) wrong." Most kids in this generation don't think like that and he could parlay his sophomore minutes and role into a bigger role and paycheck elsewhere. Perhaps NC State with Justin Gainey.
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Yeah, it's kinda weird, but Burg worries me when he's on the court, but the results seem to be pretty decent. It's not that I think he's a better player, but I agree that he might be happier staying than Boswell.
 
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allvolrecruiting said:
Why? He would be perfect for that baseline role. In his first year at D1 level playing for perhaps the worst coach in the country, he averaged nearly 10 and 5 with 2 stocks and 35% from deep. Having a high-flying slasher, defender, rebounder that can hit corner 3s next to JP would be perfect
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Worst coach in the country.....lmao
 
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I wonder if Veesaar hits the portal, if he doesn't go pro. That would be a big fish who might want to move now that UNC is coachless.
 
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kong said:
Welp I cracked and got trilly’s discord 😂

A couple nuggets worth mentioning:

-Boston College is a player for Alex Wilkins. Maybe he’s not as highly thought of as we think.
-Chris Washington was leaning good guys but things have stalled out as of last weekend.
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Wilkins is from Massachusetts....
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
Henderson, Evans and Boswell had meetings with staff yesterday. They all understand money, role, etc. They’re being asked to respond quickly as their decisions will affect others. If any are leaving, it will probably happen by mid next week. Anyone saying that any of these guys is definitively gone (as of end of yesterday) is wrong. Conversations so far tell me they all have an opportunity to stay, with Evans being seen as the highest priority. I can’t imagine a scenario where they all remain, but none are being gently led out the door in words or bad offers.
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My inside is saying the same thing but that’s probably because you are my insider. Story confirmed!
 
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walkenvol said:
There’s no real way to know if Dowd is better than CP at anything as you’re looking at someone playing at Troy vs us. Cade is definitely longer and a better shot blocker without looking at any stats. If you watched Dowd’s highlights, he can’t play above the rim like CP. Also, CP has the quickness and speed to switch onto guards on the perimeter that Barnes values highly. I know the portal is like Christmas to many, but you don’t just kick a guy to the curb in his 4th year in the program who is high character and has done everything asked unless you want to completely kill your team culture. JMO
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I have trouble remembering names, but we had a guy just a few years back who came in here and just couldn't compete. His game just didn't translate to high major. This guy (Dowd) just gives me the same feeling. It really does feel like a "grass is greener" situation. Could be wrong though.
 
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