Melvin McBride commits to Tennessee

#78
#78
I'm glad we are recruiting large amounts of large lineman. Just needed to recruit a different style of line for a different style of play. Nothing against the guys Butch recruited, Pruitt is giving them opportunity. But....we need depth and people who can push people around.
 
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TennesseeTarheel said:
As the dad of a 16 year old 6'2" 305 pounder, I'm living it. Daily trips to the market.
Toughest thing is managing the quality of nutrition.
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Good luck with the "quality of nutrition" thing going on at your house. At that age, they'll burn off the junk stuff pretty easy. Back in the day when people worked physically sun up to sun down, biscuits and gravy were appetizers and not a lot of fat people were out in them fields and pastures putting up hay and such.
 
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Remy said:
Good luck with the "quality of nutrition" thing going on at your house. At that age, they'll burn off the junk stuff pretty easy. Back in the day when people worked physically sun up to sun down, biscuits and gravy were appetizers and not a lot of fat people were out in them fields and pastures putting up hay and such.
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ha....my grandfather smoked for 70 years and i think he had bacon and eggs for breakfast every. day.
 
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Remy said:
Good luck with the "quality of nutrition" thing going on at your house. At that age, they'll burn off the junk stuff pretty easy. Back in the day when people worked physically sun up to sun down, biscuits and gravy were appetizers and not a lot of fat people were out in them fields and pastures putting up hay and such.
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Cokes. It's all about the sugared drinks!
 
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Recruiting was never Butch’s problem (until it was evident he suck).

Anyone with half a pulse can recruit kids to Knoxville. It’s what happens after they GET here...
 
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salutethehill said:
Recruiting was never Butch’s problem (until it was evident he suck).

Anyone with half a pulse can recruit kids to Knoxville. It’s what happens after they GET here...
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i think if you go back and dive in to Butch's classes, you'll find there were a lot of smoke and mirrors that led to those top 7 classes he got. signing 30+ kids per class gets a high point total, so the ranking gets bumped up. on player rating averages, there were 5-10 teams in either cylce that signed fewer players, but had overall better player ratings.

that and when you mess with the #'s as much as he did and back count, forward count to make them "fit", it gets squirlley, pretty quick. hence the 30+% attrition rates those classes experienced.

so couple that, with the lack of development, those classes weren't all they were cracked up to be.

i think you're over simplifying the "anyone with a pulse" comment, but i do agree, TN has enough resource and tradition wise, that it should always get a kid to at least take a look at us.

that said, i don't think you can discount the negative recruiting that has taken place against us the past 4-5 years, and throw last season and last off season/coaching search on top of that, i think it's waaaaaay over simplified for this year in particular.
 
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#90
No doubt, some of his classes were inflated by numbers, but he certainly brought in fair enough talent to compete at a high-level.

JG
Richmond
K-Mac
Tuttle
Phillips
Kamara
Kelly
Pearson
Malone
Kongbo
Preston
Trey

Shoot... dude brought in the #1 TE in HS, and that dude wasn’t even a TE.

The fact that a lot of them didn’t materialize to much is an indictment on the best coaching staff in America. Any of them could’ve named their school.
 
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salutethehill said:
No doubt, some of his classes were inflated by numbers, but he certainly brought in fair enough talent to compete at a high-level.

JG
Richmond
K-Mac
Tuttle
Phillips
Kamara
Kelly
Pearson
Malone
Kongbo
Preston
Trey

Shoot... dude brought in the #1 TE in HS, and that dude wasn’t even a TE.

The fact that a lot of them didn’t materialize to much is an indictment on the best coaching staff in America. Any of them could’ve named their school.
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yep those are some good names and i didn't mean to come off like there wasn't any good players brought in.

just that the lofty rankings they had, were probably pretty overstated b/c of the #'s. we sign these guys, with a normal # of signees, and those classes are outside the top 10, and not nearly as noteworthy as some believe they are.
 
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HollowaytoSeivers said:
Do I hear a "BOOM"?!?
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FrailUnimportantJoey.webp
 
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#96
ScornedPapaVol said:
Yes. Six year old is 4'6" & 125 pounds. He'll be 7 next month. His favorite sport is eating. Mine is grocery shopping..
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Years ago when I helped out a juniors team in a football league 12 year olds over 125 ilbs could not play in the backfield, they had to be OL players, we had some of these but not many. If you got a 125 lb 6 year old, you gotchu a big ol' boy on your hands, congrats!!
 
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Remy said:
Years ago when I helped out a juniors team in a football league 12 year olds over 125 ilbs could not play in the backfield, they had to be OL players, we had some of these but not many. If you got a 125 lb 6 year old, you gotchu a big ol' boy on your hands, congrats!!
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Tennessee needs to sign Louisville middle school giant Kiyaunta Goodwin who is 6'7'' 370:cool:
 
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jakez4ut said:
yep those are some good names and i didn't mean to come off like there wasn't any good players brought in.

just that the lofty rankings they had, were probably pretty overstated b/c of the #'s. we sign these guys, with a normal # of signees, and those classes are outside the top 10, and not nearly as noteworthy as some believe they are.
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I believe rivals has always ranked classes only on the top 20 rated players in a class so it doesn't matter if you sign 21, 25. or 32. Only the top 20 count for class rankings.

What is the "team rankings" formula?
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Rivals Rating points for a team's Top 20 rated commits + Rivals250 Bonus Points = Total Points
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Rivals.com - Rivals.com Football Team Recruiting Rankings Formula
 
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