Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[JCP201]

Welp, it's officially baseball season for me. I will get so much more done now.

 

[Orange.]

Ignore the is my suggestion

 

[tnhunter 10]

LVs took 2 of 3 from OU

That's huge...

 

[SoilVol]

Like the backup quarterback.

#NextCoach might be a Nathan Peterman.

Barnes could take us any year from next year until his retirement. Literally nobody knows, but better odds he continues this run and does it than the next guy does in his first 5 years.

And if the next guy does, it will be on the back of what Barnes built. This program was in shambles and nothing when he came in, and now its a national powerhouse.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Is it safe to come back? I stayed away during the game.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

That's huge...

 

[tyonthefly93]

Lost the game in the first 8 minutes. Houston is not that much better than we are.

 

[knoxvol52]

Great Back to Back seasons. EE 2 years in a row and a Legendary HC.

The guys played their hearts out all season ....Go Vols...

 

[GVol1966]

And if Izzo doesn’t get in and win it then it’ll be only the 8th active HC in cbb with a NC.

Kelvin Sampson doesn’t have a NC.

Would you have him fired before this season? He’s been a HC at this level since 1987 (minus a 7 year break). He’s been at Houston since the year before Barnes arrived at Tennessee.

First off . Back to your last post.
There’s no Guaranteed championship.
Nobody mentioned Guaranteed but you.

All any UT fan can wish for is a chance at a NC.
We can agree to disagree on whether Barnes can give you a chance.

He couldn’t reach a final four with Kevin Durant or Dalton Knecht.

 

[csprig9]

Go pearl or Izzo

 

[JCP201]

Houston is that good.

Sampson has been on a solid run, a FF a couple years ago, multiple second weekend runs.

These guys arent scrubs.

Rooting for them to beat Duke. We didn't have an easy side of the bracket.

 

[Smokey123]

Bad matchup. Oh well

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Rooting for them to beat Duke. We didn't have an easy side of the bracket.

I picked Houston as my champ

 

[Orange.]

Rooting for them to beat Duke. We didn't have an easy side of the bracket.

We’ve beaten the two 1s on the other side.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Lost the game in the first 8 minutes. Houston is not that much better than we are.

Yep

They had a more talented post player and a better shooting team overall but we were pretty even everywhere else. It should have came down to a final shot. We just came out flat and never recovered. We've seen this team play like garage before but I just don't know how it happens in the Elite 8.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Good not great season. They won one more than I thought they would. I really hate they went out like this. I'm sure they are hurting right now. I'm proud of and love this team. Really gonna miss ZZ, Shac, and Gainey. Coach Barnes is the goat when it comes to TN basketball.

 

[JCP201]

Bad matchup. Oh well

Senior night showed us that emotions really get to this team. IF we played like we did in the second half then we would have been fine.

 

[Revived2002]

Loss wasn’t surprising - Houston’s good. Didn’t expect the blowout though.

Great season overall. Enjoyed all the wins and enjoyed watching Ziegler give it his all every time out.

On to baseball!

Go Vols!!

 

[SoilVol]

In 2024 the Vols were the 3rd or 4th best team but had to beat the national runner-ups in the Elite 8 and couldn't.

In 2025 I believe they are in the 4th or 5th range. We would've beat Texas Tech, Michigan State, Alabama and I think Auburn is 50/50. Houston, Florida, and Duke are too good right now and have personnel this group couldn't hang with.

Hell of a season and we should be proud of this squad and staff for setting a new standard at Tennessee.

 

[Volnut]

Go pearl or Izzo

Going with Pearl. I don't want to see a B1G team get in.

 

[VolGee4]

Right. But that’s a different conversation.
I”ll enjoy every win and title but , it was a conversation with a very specific subject so your comment on it was off topic and wrong.

Your post said “championships.” So, yes, you are dismissing anything but one championship. I’m not wrong at all. Ridiculous people can’t enjoy things we’ve never seen before.

 

[pierce60]

Held a really good team under their season average in points.

Play even close to average in the first half and you give yourself a chance, but when you’re worse than ice cold shooting that won’t happen.

Still a really good season and I’m proud of this team!!

 

[StoVol]

In 2024 the Vols were the 3rd or 4th best team but had to beat the national runner-ups in the Elite 8 and couldn't.

In 2025 I believe they are in the 4th or 5th range. We would've beat Texas Tech, Michigan State, Alabama and I think Auburn is 50/50. Houston, Florida, and Duke are too good right now and have personnel this group couldn't hang with.

Hell of a season and we should be proud of this squad and staff for setting a new standard at Tennessee.

One very tall player that could rebound, that's what we needed to get over the top imo

 

[VOL608]

Barnes will never take us to a Final 4.

 

[LargePairOfVols]

Imagine that game against Purdue…