No Natty without Elite Recruiting

At least clemson was smart enough not to load up with any player that would sign on the dotted line. They only took 14 players, players that will give them some quality depth and leave them room for next year when they have a shot at more talent they actually want and don't have to settle for.
 
At least clemson was smart enough not to load up with any player that would sign on the dotted line. They only took 14 players, players that will give them some quality depth and leave them room for next year when they have a shot at more talent they actually want and don't have to settle for.

I interpret the overloading of this class to be a sign of desperation on Butch's part. He wouldn't have done that if he was looking a a long term strategy.
 
Plenty of folks satisfied with middle of the SEC recruiting by a middle of the SEC coach. No chance for a title.
 
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Clemson stole our elite recruits this year. It was the NegaVols fault.

Sports writer Mark Wiedner at the Chattanooga Times was at fault losing the Tennessee players. He bad mouth CBJ all year. Made fun of him. But I hate to say it but CBJ just is not the coach. You got to do as well as Alabama in recruiting and Butch cannot do it. He is not a good CEO. He hires and promotes buddies.
 
Highly Exaggerated.

Not really. 90% of this board is rationalizing every failure that Butch produces.

That was the same with Dooley.

It is staring us in the face and the majority choose to close their eyes.
 
Fred White, Terry Fair, Travis Henry, Al Wilson, Jeff Hall, just to name a few. Are you kidding?

So they were all 4*s & 5*s?? (sorry, but I do not have total recall on my UT recruitment memory from 20 years ago!!)
 
Not really. 90% of this board is rationalizing every failure that Butch produces.

That was the same with Dooley.

It is staring us in the face and the majority choose to close their eyes.

Witch Doctor say only problem with this is the board only represents about 2% of all Vol fans no matter what side your on(not hating) just the facts. and only seven thousand have even viewed these post and 80% of that is the same people posting over and over...dont have to argue that one..look to that top of the and to the right on the FORUM POST listing..Numbers Dont Lie.

Bones Never Lie.

People come to see if there is any news..look at the JJ post. fact is you guys are screaming at yourself..most aint even interested in it. REMEMBER same people swore Music City bowl would be half full...lol
 
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Witch Doctor nailed it again.

Props!

Witch Doctor say thats why I created W_D if youre gonna look dumb might as well go all the way! lol Sports boards make you think the whole world thinks the way you do because a few post the same thoughts...heck the polls on here dont support it...again not hating, just trying to help some Vol fans out..I been doing this much much longer than them! lol
Bones Never Lie.

and I like this board..but its really closer .2% and that might be too strong a number...Thats all boards and this is the largest Vol board..not everybody comes here..or there or anywhere for Vol news most still read the newspaper lol
 
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If you look at the numbers since 1998 there has never been a team that has played for a title that has not had at least two classes that have ranked in the top 10. That's the main thing to keep in mind. Butch will have to sign a top 10 class next year to keep us competitive in other words.

That stat got thrown out when Clemson won this year. They only had 1 top 10 recruiting class over the previous 4 years. The leading receiver during the championship game who caught 2 TDs including the game winner was a former 2* walk on.
 
Georgia is the only SEC team to be in the top 20 recruiting rankings for each of the last 15 years. LSU and Florida would have been as well except for a few classes. Pretty interesting statistics.
 
No Natty without Elite Recruiting


Bet there was a similar post on VN the year after PM graduated:

No Natty without Peyton and Elite Recruits

Maybe this year's team will perform better than last couple of classes since they do not have all that hype and high expectations on them. Just saying...

No because back then there were no classless millenials who didnt have the fortitude to type out National Championship.
 
Not only does he Botch games, now he Botches recruiting. Two highly rated recruits from the Knoxville area go to Clemson, other highly rated recruits from Tennessee headed out of state, Conliffe who we led for and badly need, heading to Florida, Ray headed to Bammer, and all we got are Trey Smith and a bunch of 3 star projects.

Botch Jones is a total pathetic loser, and if we don't send him packing soon and spend the money to get somebody good, we'll be right back where we were under Derrick Doofus, or worse!

Dont you have a Dr. Phil taping to attend?
 
The problem with all this is stars are up for grabs by the highest bidder at this point, also high star guys are proving themselves to be bad attitudes more then anything these days. I think it's more important to have a very good evaluator at this point. The game is changing...
 
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