The meltdown that is happening on the Vandy message boards

#3,926
#3,926
And with every passing season/recruiting cycle the roster gets worse and worse. It's really garbage right now. But just wait and see how bad it is in another year or two.
 
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RiseToTheTop said:
And with every passing season/recruiting cycle the roster gets worse and worse. It's really garbage right now. But just wait and see how bad it is in another year or two.
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Don't worry, it'll get better after they lure Dobbs away with their non-existent Aerospace Engineering program.
 
#3,928
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RiseToTheTop said:
And with every passing season/recruiting cycle the roster gets worse and worse. It's really garbage right now. But just wait and see how bad it is in another year or two.
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Their attrition level is also really, really bad. I think the only decent players left on the roster from Franklin's tenure are Jelks and Azubike, and those guys are gone after this season.

So basically they're dealing with:

-Piss poor talent eval from Jimmy Frank in their junior and senior classes, not unlike the situation Butch inherited from Dooley.

-Mass transfers/dismissals/flat out retirement of talented players like Kimbrow, Robinette, and Cunningham.

-Two black holes of recruiting classes in 2014 and 2015 that combined to produce about 4 SEC-caliber players and then a bunch of MAC/FCS level talent.

And to top it all off, they have one of the worst FBS coaches leading their program.

I mean, their fall from back-to-back 9-4 seasons is astounding. It's not quite Southern Miss 12-2 to 0-12 level, but it's close.

At this point, the best they can hope for is to fire Mason after this season, hire another Bobby Johnson who can stock the roster with 3* talent for the next 4 years while winning 2 games a year, fire him, and then get lucky and land another James Franklin.

Best case scenario: They are 4-5 years away from even being in contention of making a bowl game.
 
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#3,929
#3,929
I know this is a Vandy bashing thread but they need a system to be effective long term. they are similar to GT, and need a GT system where it doesn't matter that their class is filled with 2 & 3*. not saying they go triple option, but they need something different, unless they find another franklin they aren't going to win playing the big schools' game. maybe its an air raid attack with 6 small WRs out there. (yes i know its impossible) but as long as the big schools can treat them like another pro-style offense it is too easy to beat them
 
#3,930
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I propose, since they are all top notch scholars mind you, that they invent a time machine and travel back to 1890. That way they can enjoy all of those championships over small technical schools and service academy intramural squads.
 
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LouderVol said:
I know this is a Vandy bashing thread but they need a system to be effective long term. they are similar to GT, and need a GT system where it doesn't matter that their class is filled with 2 & 3*. not saying they go triple option, but they need something different, unless they find another franklin they aren't going to win playing the big schools' game. maybe its an air raid attack with 6 small WRs out there. (yes i know its impossible) but as long as the big schools can treat them like another pro-style offense it is too easy to beat them
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youre prob right with this idea. They continue to try and be a pro style system and overpower teams. Its just not going to happen. They have been the worst rushing team in the league the last couple seasons and i dont see that changing in 2015. They have the same exact OL, QBs,TEs, WRs, and RBs. They wont even be able to do that against WKU and Houston. Houston has way more athletes and a legit defense. More than likely they will run Ralph Webb into the ground by about the 9th or 10th game of the year just like they did last season.
 
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landscapingvol said:
I propose, since they are all top notch scholars mind you, that they invent a time machine and travel back to 1890. That way they can enjoy all of those championships over small technical schools and service academy intramural squads.
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I don't think they could beat sewanee back then, which was a power house in the 1890s. ESPN has called the Sewanee 1899 team the best ever.
 
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landscapingvol said:
I propose, since they are all top notch scholars mind you, that they invent a time machine and travel back to 1890. That way they can enjoy all of those championships over small technical schools and service academy intramural squads.
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smokey0625 said:
I don't think they could beat sewanee back then, which was a power house in the 1890s. ESPN has called the Sewanee 1899 team the best ever.
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As a man who attended Sewanee for 3 years and played sports there before transferring. Both of these statements are true.

That 1899 team won 6 games in 7 days, on the road, traveling by train. No sporting team could ever complete a feat like that ever again.
 
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Delusional vandymaniac to say the least... while referencing ESPN's post spring SEC rankings:

"Our non conference schedule is a little tricky, but all games are winnable. IF these rankings are accurate, our conference slate isn't that daunting. 5 of our 8 SEC games are teams ranked 9-13, and another one is UT who will NOT finish in the top 6 of the conference. They are overrated here. I'd put UT in the 9-11 range. So honestly, an argument could be made that 6 of our 8 SEC games are the lowest teams we could play."
 
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solivols said:
Delusional vandymaniac to say the least... while referencing ESPN's post spring SEC rankings:

"Our non conference schedule is a little tricky, but all games are winnable. IF these rankings are accurate, our conference slate isn't that daunting. 5 of our 8 SEC games are teams ranked 9-13, and another one is UT who will NOT finish in the top 6 of the conference. They are overrated here. I'd put UT in the 9-11 range. So honestly, an argument could be made that 6 of our 8 SEC games are the lowest teams we could play."
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That ranking of 14 that they hold has no bearing on their possibilities lol.
 
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solivols said:
Delusional vandymaniac to say the least... while referencing ESPN's post spring SEC rankings:

"Our non conference schedule is a little tricky, but all games are winnable. IF these rankings are accurate, our conference slate isn't that daunting. 5 of our 8 SEC games are teams ranked 9-13, and another one is UT who will NOT finish in the top 6 of the conference. They are overrated here. I'd put UT in the 9-11 range. So honestly, an argument could be made that 6 of our 8 SEC games are the lowest teams we could play."
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They were saying similar crap last year. Look how that turned out.

Vandy's a year crappier, with crappier players and the same crappy head coach. If they win 3 games, they've overachieved.
 
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#3,939
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gonna be A big dose of reality when WKUs Brandon Doughty lines up with 4 legit WRs, veteran OL and a 235lb RB and slices them to shreds in the opener. It will happen.
 
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#3,940
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They're in for a big dose of reality all season. They're going to suck and regardless of what they spew on their lame little message board, their fans know it.
 
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Daloth said:
As a man who attended Sewanee for 3 years and played sports there before transferring. Both of these statements are true.

That 1899 team won 6 games in 7 days, on the road, traveling by train. No sporting team could ever complete a feat like that ever again.
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What year were you there and what sport?
 
#3,942
#3,942
Serious question here, do y'all think Mason knows he's going to get annihilated by WKU? Surely if he has any understanding of football he knows that's going to be a beating.

WKU would have hammered Temple last year, and we all know what happened when Temple played Vandy.

Side note...... did y'all know Temple went 6-6?
 
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LouderVol said:
I know this is a Vandy bashing thread but they need a system to be effective long term. they are similar to GT, and need a GT system where it doesn't matter that their class is filled with 2 & 3*. not saying they go triple option, but they need something different, unless they find another franklin they aren't going to win playing the big schools' game. maybe its an air raid attack with 6 small WRs out there. (yes i know its impossible) but as long as the big schools can treat them like another pro-style offense it is too easy to beat them
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I don't think the school is interested in improving it's football program honestly.
 
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#3,945
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I like the thread where they are talking about "what happens if we only win one game this year"

Interesting to see that reality is set in for some of them.
 
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#3,947
When we went to Nashville for the game this year, we were milling around on the street they block off for "tailgaiting" (a sad representation of tailgating to be honest). We were standing next to the fence surrounding their practice field and football facility when we were told to move so they could open up a gate. We didn't know it, but they were opening up the gate to walk the prospects over to the stadium.

I would guess there was about 1,000 people in the general vicinity at that time. 850-900 were in orange or white.

The looks on the faces of the Vandy fans and the Vandy staff when they opened that gate for the recruits to see 90% Tennnessee fans stirring around... absolutely PRICELESS.
 
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WallyBalls said:
When we went to Nashville for the game this year, we were milling around on the street they block off for "tailgaiting" (a sad representation of tailgating to be honest). We were standing next to the fence surrounding their practice field and football facility when we were told to move so they could open up a gate. We didn't know it, but they were opening up the gate to walk the prospects over to the stadium.

I would guess there was about 1,000 people in the general vicinity at that time. 850-900 were in orange or white.

The looks on the faces of the Vandy fans and the Vandy staff when they opened that gate for the recruits to see 90% Tennnessee fans stirring around... absolutely PRICELESS.
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Haha. Freakin Pansybilt can go pound some freakin sand.
 
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#3,949
#3,949
Vandymania is in full-on doom and gloom mode now.

A "sunshine pumper" wrote: "Mark it down, we WILL beat Kentucky."

LOL.
 
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Aesius said:
Vandymania is in full-on doom and gloom mode now.

A "sunshine pumper" wrote: "Mark it down, we WILL beat Kentucky."

LOL.
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lol thats funny. They said that last yr as well. UK is not losing to them though. It might be close but UK will win. They have better athletes and a functional QB lol.
 
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