Recruiting Football Talk VII

[Jackcrevol]

VOLS finally got badass people all around.

Plowman was most suspect to me. But she has shown true leadership during NCAA deal in Cinci, and now through this ordeal. Good to see her with students too. Think she needs to do that more. I think our Admin are very intelligent.

 

[drvenner]

Well if you’re going to have a major choke job better to do it early in the year. Can’t have a hitting problem this year though. Bats need to be live.

How many choke jobs did the Rangers have last year?

 

[StoVol]

Suspected of ties to Al-Gebra

Formatting cuts off punch line on the bottom

 

[VolGee4]

Plowman was most suspect to me. But she has shown true leadership during NCAA deal in Cinci, and now through this ordeal. Good to see her with students too. Think she needs to do that more. I think our Admin are very intelligent.

If you follow some of the university side of things, she does. A week or two ago, she scheduled an “open office” for an hour where any student could come by and directly ask her questions. After the pandemic, the faculty and administration made it a point to call all 29,000 students to ask about them, and Plowman assisted herself. She is very involved in attending sporting events- just look at her Twitter feed. She has been an excellent leader and deserves every praise she gets.

 

[DD4ME]

Happy Sunday.

February 18, 2024: Gifts of the Spirit are made of Spirit and are not of natural substance. You cannot access spiritual things when you are in the flesh. Clinging to flesh is in opposition to the work of the Spirit and will hinder your ability to access supernatural power. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

 

[DD4ME]

BaseVols have a chance to bounce back today.

 

[JCVol00]

Didnt watch the game, but judging by the updates it sounds like we left a lot of runners on base last night

 

[knoxvol52]

BTW if anyone watched the NBA Slam Dunk contest last night, hopefully you will agree with me by saying the event was another epic **** show.

NBA needs to somehow get the big name stars involved like in past contest.
Watching Micheal and Dominique go head to head was great to watch.

Seeing 5' 7" Spud Webb win the event was great. Seeing Mac McClung win 2 years in a row

 

[butchna]

@butchna
What's your thoughts on Zimmer back to Dallas?

Also happy they held onto Al Harris.

More than solid move…potential upgrade. Up there in years but has a young GF. What we’ve witnessed when great defensive minds get the HC thing out of their system and concentrate on coordinating, they’re beyond valuable. Wade Phillips to Steve Spagnuola to Zimmer?

 

[UTSuave’]

if yall wanna share the love stories..im here for..gives me hope

 

[Jackcrevol]

If you follow some of the university side of things, she does. A week or two ago, she scheduled an “open office” for an hour where any student could come by and directly ask her questions. After the pandemic, the faculty and administration made it a point to call all 29,000 students to ask about them, and Plowman assisted herself. She is very involved in attending sporting events- just look at her Twitter feed. She has been an excellent leader and deserves every praise she gets.

that's great news, Donde.

 

[BigOrange15]

that's great news, Donde.

You have beef with her or something?

 

[allstar34bd]

BTW if anyone watched the NBA Slam Dunk contest last night, hopefully you will agree with me by saying the event was another epic **** show.

NBA needs to somehow get the big name stars involved like in past contest.
Watching Micheal and Dominique go head to head was great to watch.

Seeing 5' 7" Spud Webb win the event was great. Seeing Mac McClung win 2 years in a row

All-star game/events in Pro Sports are dead. Give them a week off and call it a day.

 

[DarthVol1]

BTW if anyone watched the NBA Slam Dunk contest last night, hopefully you will agree with me by saying the event was another epic **** show.

NBA needs to somehow get the big name stars involved like in past contest.
Watching Micheal and Dominique go head to head was great to watch.

Seeing 5' 7" Spud Webb win the event was great. Seeing Mac McClung win 2 years in a row

Not an NBA fan myself, but I do think it is pretty cool a kid from SW VA (he grew up about 5 miles from me) wins the dunk contest. Seeing Shaq with a Gate City Blue Devils jersey on was never on my bingo card. My son is really good friends with the AD at Gate City and he said the sale of McClung jerseys over the past year has about funded their athletic programs for a year plus.

 

[TopDog4TN]

Getting the 5 star types is great, but even those designations are relative each and every year. A five star this year may have been a 4 star last year or next year. Some of those guys are so far up the development curve as sophmores and juniors that they pop off the page, but if they have pretty much physically peaked, they can get passed on the college fields by lower star later blooming guys. Too many folks use HS stars as ceilings not as probabilities of success.

NFL starter announcements have such a mix that celebrating on signing day or lining up at the bridge is laughable. Would really like to know the % of non 4-5 star guys. ANYBODY got access to that? Sure seems like a lot of misses by the power 5 schools. Harder to tell with all those HS names thrown out there by the players instead of their colleges during introductions. What % of celebrated GA and BAMA OL and DL high star signees DON'T make NFL rosters?

5 and high 4 star guys make me happy, but not cocky on signing day. Odds are a bit better, BUT....... Lower star guys targeted early and pursued consistently by our staff excite me as well. Even some apparent projects do also. So bottom line, establishing a crucial list is a bit of negative posturing I think we can all live without. With NIL and immediate portal solutions it is a crap shoot for sure. Winning on signing day may only get you a development year and a chance to wave at them as they go out the door. Roster management, not recruiting is the driver now. Having the roster spots and the money to entice the service misses down the hierarchy of football after a year or two seems to be where MOST are headed.

I made a thread about this about 3 weeks ago in the FF. This is the best analytical breakdown Ive seen of high school star rating and transitioning to NFL players. The guy definitely did his homework to make the video. Let me know your thoughts, I think based on your question you will enjoy the watch.

 

[gordonr24]

BaseVols have a chance to bounce back today.

Finishing 2-1 this weekend is fine. A sweep would’ve been awesome, but 2-1 is what I hoped and expected.

 

[Jackcrevol]

You have beef with her or something?

Other than political affiliation, which is fleeting. No.

See my previous post.

 

[butchna]

Other than political affiliation, which is fleeting. No.

See my previous post.

She’s not conservative. Still been a big fan from almost day one.

 

[Jackcrevol]

She’s not conservative. Still been a big fan from almost day one.

Her affiliation with the Haslam syndicate, guilty by association.

At this point, who cares. She's proved herself stoic, and a good leader.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

And you’re totally ignoring my point, on purpose, and you know it.

Good day to you too sir.

My son’s cat Huckleberry would meet me at the garage door when I got home from work and meow me until I fed him. His meows would sound increasingly angry if I was slow to feed him. We got a kitten and she (Adeline) would sit beside Huckleberry and she would look at him when he meowed then turn and meow at me, then look back at Huckleberry for confirmation that she had done it correctly. This went on for about 6 months. Then one day Adeline came in on my side. Every time that Huckleberry would angrily exhort me to hurry up, Adeline would smack him. It’s like she realized that I was getting their food as quickly as I could and she was tired of Huckleberry badgering me.

We currently have 3 cats and 3 dogs. Oldest is a 13 year old cat named Tucker. Youngest is a 3 year old dog named Hannah. We’re blessed with our pets. They are the most loving children ever. Can’t imagine what life would be like without them.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

You have beef with her or something?

She stole his parking spot.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Good morning

 

[butchna]

Her affiliation with the Haslam syndicate, guilty by association.

At this point, who cares. She's proved herself stoic, and a good leader.

Sounds conspiratorial. Any way to verify “affiliation” other than “trust me”?

Agreed.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Good morning

Why is that funny?

Sounds conspiratorial. Any way to verify “affiliation” other than “trust me”?

Agreed.

Yes it is.

 

[knoxvol52]

OL targets preference in Order

1. Sanders
2. Petty
3. Gaston