'25 Portal Thread

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VolGee4 said:
It's been reported that his NIL is being funded outside the basketball budget.
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Rick Barnes made it a point to sell a vision and plan to our biggest boosters to try and rally extra $ for this years squad. Something that heup hasnt done: rally the big boosters for nil
 
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miket4god said:
I would put Jordan Burns in there somewhere. Maybe second team behind Telander, but not sure.
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Right. Bolton will not be in the top 4 LBs. That should be Telander, Carter, Spillman, and Burns. The two freshmen are probably 5 & 6, especially by the end of the year.
 
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JCVol00 said:
Rick Barnes made it a point to sell a vision and plan to our biggest boosters to try and rally extra $ for this years squad. Something that heup hasnt done: rally the big boosters for nil
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sometimes kids say no. did you watch the draft? was eye opening.

took the time to read talent evals about our top guys. Dude our guys sans JPJ dont even touch the surface of elite. They were all good college players. Anyway, there is a disparity between OSU/GA/TX/MI and rest right now.

Just keep taking our shots.
 
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T2P_Priceless said:
But then refused to bid high for a SG :/
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USC's offer was over $1mil more than ours. Not sure I blame Barnes and co. for that one. UT matched Rice's original terms and his agent wanted to finesse for more money and turned it into a bidding war. Rice is good but not sure he's an extra $million worth. Some agents work for the benefit of their players and others work for the benefit of themselves. Just the way it is unfortunately. Rice would have absolutely done better for himself long term to come here vs USC.
 
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MemphisVol3 said:
USC's offer was over $1mil more than ours. Not sure I blame Barnes and co. for that one. UT matched Rice's original terms and his agent wanted to finesse for more money and turned it into a bidding war. Rice is good but not sure he's an extra $million worth. Some agents work for the benefit of their players and others work for the benefit of themselves. Just the way it is unfortunately. Rice would have absolutely done better for himself long term to come here vs USC.
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I get it but Barnes wanted to go all in and got the boosters support. Now he's lost all his top SG targets. If you truly want to go all in to get that elusive FF and you have the backing of the boosters then you have to pay. It became a bidding war for them all this year. The market is crazy. You either pay or get left behind though. The only hope now is Gainey can come back or one of the guys on the roster somehow make a big jump at the 2

Could have guaranteed an elite team if they would have been willing to over pay
 
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T2P_Priceless said:
I get it but Barnes wanted to go all in and got the boosters support. Now he's lost all his top SG targets. If you truly want to go all in to get that elusive FF and you have the backing of the boosters then you have to pay. It became a bidding war for them all this year. The market is crazy. You either pay or get left behind though. The only hope now is Gainey can come back or one of the guys on the roster somehow make a big jump at the 2

Could have guaranteed an elite team if they would have been willing to over pay
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The boosters support was primarily for Ament who I think will be worth. Some thing he can be the no 1 overall pick. That’s an intangible boost we would get if he becomes that.
 
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“After entering the NCAA transfer portal earlier this week, Isaiah Johnson didn't waste any time setting up a visit to Tennessee and heading to Knoxville to take a closer look at the Vols. He didn't get to spend much time there, but he saw enough to come away impressed.


The redshirt junior defensive lineman from Arizona made Tennessee his first stop after adding his name to the transfer portal on Tuesday, and he said the Vols "for sure" set the bar high going into his remaining visits. It was the first of at least two visits he currently has scheduled, and after being intrigued by the opportunity to continue his college career in the SEC, he liked what he saw during his brief stay at Tennessee.




The 6-foot-1, 311-pound Johnson said he was "going to" North Carolina next after wrapping up his visit to Tennessee. He said that's the only visit he has planned "as of right now," but he's also "working on" setting up possible trips to Kansas State and Purdue.
He got a chance to spend time with Vols defensive line coach Rodney Garner during Friday's visit. Johnson said he liked that Garner "coaches his guys the same, whether they're first-round (draft picks) or freshmen."
"He just went over the scheme, went over how he develops his players and coaches his guys hard from top to bottom," Johnson said, referring to Garner.
Johnson said Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel also met with him on Friday, and Heupel turned out to be "kind of calm, cool." The message Johnson received from Heupel, he said, was "kind of just, like, the same thing: You revolve this program around building their guys."
A former Chandler (Ariz.) High School standout, Johnson appeared in 10 games for the Wildcats last year and finished the season with nine total tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. He redshirted in 2022 before playing in two games as a redshirt freshman in 2023, although he didn't record any statistics in limited action.
If he ends up at Tennessee, he said the Vols would be getting "somebody who's ready to work and give their all for Tennessee."
For now, Johnson is still in the process of determining how many more visits he will take and which other schools might be realistic options for him. He said he has one primary focus going into his remaining trips.
"Just finding where I fit in," he said.
 
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