Not at all. It would mean there is still a great deal of work to be done with his SOPHOMORE recruiting class.
You can't just look at his roster in a vacuum... and it won't be a team made up solely of Sophs.
North, Croom, Pearson, Pig,... will be 3rd year or more players. The OL will be made up primarily of 3rd year plus players. The QB is a JR.
On D, Barnett will start in front of 3rd year plus back ups... McKenzie might as well. UT will have a true Jr anchoring the LB's plus a bunch of talent plus Maggitt in base D. The secondary will have two S's starting with at least 3 years in CFB. Sutton will be a Jr.
AND you still have to make the positive comparison to the rosters and depth charts of the teams UT will face. UT was behind. But the catch up has accelerated to the point that they will pass some of the competition like they're sitting still (in terms of talent and experience).
I know that you are loath to let yourself have high expectations... but roster wise there is EVERY reason to think that a 6 loss season would be very sub-par.
I'm sure you would bristle if someone said that Jones wasn't building a quality roster. But then you also disagree when someone suggests that the quality roster he has built should beat teams with lesser rosters? You don't want to acknowledge that coaching would be a factor.
Again, before we get too down the line of "what ifs"... I sincerely do not believe we're going to be talking about a 6 loss team a year from now.
BTW, many of the early prognosticators are agreeing with that sentiment. They have looked at what UT returns compared to the rest of the East... and see UT making a big move.
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