Practice Highlights and Quotes.

[JAllen18]

Here are some highlights from the first practice. http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/hooker/2009/03/quotes_and_highlights.html

*Tailback Montario Hardesty looks as fast as ever. He made one incredible cut that would have gone for a score in any game. Lennon Creer may be the speed back, but perhaps the speed difference isn't as profound as we all thought.

*Never have I seen a coaching staff spend as much time teaching players how to strip the football from a ball carrier. It worked when receiver Todd Campbell coughed it up and cornerback Dennis Rogan leapt onto the football.

*UT really needs Gerald Jones to blossom into a consistently explosive receiver. He looked like one when he put a spin move on Rogan and broke free for a big gain. One play later, Jones dropped a perfect pass.

*Time will tell if cornerback Brent Vinson's maturity can ever come close to reaching his talent level. The oft-troubled receiver made a sensational interception, rising over Jones and ripping the ball away. It was the best play of the day.

*Quarteback B.J. Coleman looked good early in practice. Then, Jonathan Crompton closed strong, looking more confident in this new system than he ever did last season.

 

[VolinConcord]

Nice update. Thanks

 

[TENNESSEESLIM]

great post thanx

 

[mrgqsmooth3000]

that's a good look

 

[BigHodgie]

thanks for the post. veeeeery interesting...

 

[VolFan32]

Good news about Hardesty. If Bryce Brown signs, we could possibly have the deepest threat at RB in the country.

 

[VOL_FAN_in KY]

Great info. Thx for the update

 

[OptimusPrimerib]

Lol I'm still trying to figure out why they called Vinson a receiver while describing his play as a DB

 

[TENNESSEESLIM]

All-Access Broadband Channel

here is some video from the practice. Friday night practice at neyland sounds awsome

 

[Rheltnie Vol]

Wasn't that Crompton's thing though... he always looked good in practice, nothing new there right?

 

[Mullet Vol]

Anyone else notice this quote?

"Yet as one longtime UT administrator said on Tuesday, "A flower that grows in spring doesn't always bloom in the fall."

Gonna take some of those old regime sheep a long time in admitting that a new coach is exactly what this program needed.

 

[JamesBenUT]

"*Never have I seen a coaching staff spend as much time teaching players how to strip the football from a ball carrier. It worked when receiver Todd Campbell coughed it up and cornerback Dennis Rogan leapt onto the football."

Does that quote not fire anyone else up?

 

[RCKYT0P]

thx for the update

 

[tabrams]

"*Never have I seen a coaching staff spend as much time teaching players how to strip the football from a ball carrier. It worked when receiver Todd Campbell coughed it up and cornerback Dennis Rogan leapt onto the football."

Does that quote not fire anyone else up?

probbaly partly bc/ they didn't really create too many (almost none), fumbles last year, was really puzzling.....good think they had so many INT's......

 

[sulton_c]

Love that video!!! I love seeing that orange and white running around tossin the pig skin around!! LETS GO VOLS!!! We are looking at a new regime in college football!

 

[Fine Vol]

WE have the right staff lets hope the players respond well.

 

[VOLnAla]

"*Never have I seen a coaching staff spend as much time teaching players how to strip the football from a ball carrier. It worked when receiver Todd Campbell coughed it up and cornerback Dennis Rogan leapt onto the football."

Does that quote not fire anyone else up?

The fact that the receiver fumbled or the fact that we stripped the ball out?

 

[PineyBluff Vol]

My favorite quote is from Eric Berry when he said "Coach Kiffin is not your friend, in the NFL it's a business. You don't always play the coolest or your best friend, you play the one who can get it done". May not be word for word. But the impression he gave is if you want to play, you will be the best at that position!

 

[NEVolFan]

There's always a few quotes that the Kool-Aid servers missed...here's one...

Crompton: Yeah... getting better, take the crown down 4 more and I'm solid.

 

[DC Vol]

My favorite quote is from Eric Berry when he said "Coach Kiffin is not your friend, in the NFL it's a business. You don't always play the coolest or your best friend, you play the one who can get it done". May not be word for word. But the impression he gave is if you want to play, you will be the best at that position!

Gerald Jones said that, maybe Berry did to. It was in the press conference after the first spring practice. The great KnoxNews also misspelled Kiffin's name.
Video : UT players talk about getting back to practice : GoVolsXtra.com

Crack(pot) Journalism. Always on the ball. More at 8.

 

[velovol]

G Jones doesnt have too many friends up there then.
We all know how he feels about M Hamilton

 

[jhen713]

:dance2:The excitement level keeps rising!

 

[tennesseety]

I notice Kiffin was wearing the CBS hat yesterday. I wonder if that was a silent message to BB? If it truly is down to us and Oregon, that's obviously a big selling point.

 

[BleedinOrange]

I thought the ESPN/SEC deal started next year? am i wrong?

 

[Abeachvol]

I thought the ESPN/SEC deal started next year? am i wrong?

yes it kicks in next year, 11 years 2.5 billion dollars with games starting at noon. ESPN is ditching the B10 early games and will be all sec all day on saturday from noon - 3:30 to 7 pm games.

CBS's annual 55m contract is in effect next year as well