Poll: Is this Technically a Rebuilding Year?

[madbamahater]

It aint reloading and if its not rebuilding, what is it?

A magical poop salad in their minds

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

age is no excuse for losing, you can portal talent and older players.
This should not have to be explained. We have been saying this team is young for 4 years. Do you not understand "accountability"?

Age is a team matters. Saying it doesn’t is just wrong.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I've never had to rebuild anything that wasnt destroyed.

And you have never coached a powerhouse D1 football team.

 

[C-south]

It aint reloading and if its not rebuilding, what is it?

Excuses.

 

[deatojl]

age is no excuse for losing, you can portal talent and older players.
This should not have to be explained. We have been saying this team is young for 4 years. Do you not understand "accountability"?

Well, we have somehow managed to accumulate a 35-11 record(18-10 SEC), an Orange Bowl win, a Citrus Bowl win and a playoff appearance since the end of the 2021 season.

 

[Lekvolrrah]

And I dont need to.

 

[LittleVol]

Not a rebuilding year.

We lost to two teams that are more talented than we are.
- should have beaten UGA
- had chances against Bama

That’s it. The program is still getting better.

 

[Behr]

Excuses.

I know what you think I was asking him.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Until we have won the SEC, or at least made the SEC championship game, our asses are BUILDING. Carry on...

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

With our NIL budget and our last 3 years, we should be reloading, not rebuilding in Y5....

One issue is we have yet to develop high end HS OL recruits. That group requires continuity and having to pay (overpay) to fill that lack of development means we have holes elsewhere.

We haven't developed any corners. Nor safeties. One wideout who actually produced meaningful stats against our rivals (Hyatt). Linebacker is a question mark as well. We are lacking overall big-time talent. Period. The portal is keeping us in the game, but we haven't dominated that either.

 

[xpsyclonex2002]

You d

You don't rebuild in year 5. At least competent football programs aren't rebuilding in year 5. good grief.

You do in the NIL era. Recruiting just doesn't mean as much anymore. You can recruit 5 star players but they are potentially going to either flip or leave for more money. Nico did both.

 

[dduncan4163]

Tennessee has one of the youngest teams in the nation.

Future is bright.

Careful now Hoss. Don't you go stating facts. Some folks round here won't take kindly to it

 

[jeff1vol]

You d

You do in the NIL era. Recruiting just doesn't mean as much anymore. You can recruit 5 star players but they are potentially going to either flip or leave for more money. Nico did both.

I completely agree. However... it works BOTH ways. you can turn around a roster in a single cycle. I think coaches and staffs HAVE TO have a plan to flip the roster every year now. GM's are an absolute NECESSITY. No ifs and or buts, IMO. There are examples of programs reaching another level. Indiana, Vandy, Texas Tech, etc. But the UGA's, Bama's, OSU's arent having problems reloading