Vols sign 2016 Under Armour AA

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Catbone said:
Hopefully he doesn't leave if/when DB coach Martinez goes to Miami.
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So you're predicting WM is gonna kiss and make up after MR fired his ass. It could happen if the $$$ is right cause most coaches are $$$ whores. :question:
 
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GLDunlap said:
Actually on paper Dooley's worst class was #17. He also had a #9 and #13. At least 8-9 starters from team 119 were Dooley recruits and it would have been more if not for injuries to Marcus Jackson, Maggitt, Croom and Pig getting kicked off the team. Dooley sucked but it's not like he never signed a good player.
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Dooley missed on recruiting positions of need, namely O-linemen. Also, he didn't recruit solid contributors from top to bottom like Jones. His ranking numbers were good, but Jones has won that battle. With the small number in this class, Jones will likely still pull in a class ranking in the mid-teens or better.
 
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GLDunlap said:
Actually on paper Dooley's worst class was #17. He also had a #9 and #13. At least 8-9 starters from team 119 were Dooley recruits and it would have been more if not for injuries to Marcus Jackson, Maggitt, Croom and Pig getting kicked off the team. Dooley sucked but it's not like he never signed a good player.
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DD'S problem wasn't recruiting it was coaching. :hi: We found that out the hard way. :jpshakehead:
 
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I don't get it......How can people be on Volnation, and still be uninformed about Jones being a recruiting beast.. regardless of how many kids he can sign for this low quantity yet high quality class, and that it has to be low numbered ??????:confused:???
 
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08Vol said:
Yep, we're still signing kids. Going to end up somewhere in the upper teens low 20's, like Dooley classes. But that doesn't matter I guess
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This has to make the short list of most tone-deaf comments I've seen in a while.
 
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08Vol said:
Yep, we're still signing kids. Going to end up somewhere in the upper teens low 20's, like Dooley classes. But that doesn't matter I guess
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What do you mean? If we can count Osbourne then that makes 4 guys we've signed in the last 4 days that are rated as a four star player by at least one service. Osbourne is a true cover corner and is lightning fast. I think I read that he ran a 4.39 in the 40.
 
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madbamahater said:
Like Dooley classes? Please explain! Numbers are down because of the last 2-3 classes being so large. Low numbers? Fill needs....

When you can sign 25-32 kids in a class you can take some chances on some kids you normally wouldn't.

When you can only sign 18-20, better get it right!
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Exactly and the number is changing daily with transfers, leave early for NFL'ers, etc... I anticipate CBJ & staff to do as they have the past 2 yrs & do the math/numbers so the NCAA can't even figure it out. We'll be in the top ten come signing day. JMHO

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Tennesseeduke
 
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madbamahater said:
You mean the sky isn't falling? You mean UT will actually have some kids on campus from this class? All I've read and heard for 2 weeks is how badly Jones and Co are doing on the recruiting trail and that his class is crap and falling apart.....
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Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about ins and outs of recruiting can explain the absence of recruits from North Carolina? I would think that being the dominant state school located on the extreme contiguous side of NC would make us in the running for cherry picking some of the better recruits from NC though I've read that UNC has ramped up their recruiting chops and, of course, Duke make big strides as well.

Why don't we come away with those NC recruits?
 
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tenninohio said:
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about ins and outs of recruiting can explain the absence of recruits from North Carolina? I would think that being the dominant state school located on the extreme contiguous side of NC would make us in the running for cherry picking some of the better recruits from NC though I've read that UNC has ramped up their recruiting chops and, of course, Duke make big strides as well.

Why don't we come away with those NC recruits?
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We got the number 1 player from NC last year. And Osborne is one of the top for this class.
 
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We have 7 North Carolinians on the team: Emmanual Moseley, Stephen Griffin, Shy Tuttle, Kendal Vickers, Marquez North, Adrian Gamble, and Joe Keeler.

That's more from NC than from any other state not in the SEC footprint. It's our fourth-best source, after TN, GA, and FL. Almost twice as many from NC as we get from Virginia. Almost twice as many as from Ohio. It's more than we get from most SEC states, too: more than from nearby South Carolina, for instance.

And this is in spite of some intense competition for talent in the Tar Heel state. Not only UNC and Duke, but NC State, Wake Forest, East Carolina, Appalachian State, plus nearby Clemson, nearby UVa, nearby Va Tech. NC has plenty of talent coming out of high school, but a WHOLE lot of programs drawing on it.

We get a decent share, that's for sure.
 
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orangeluvr said:
So you're predicting WM is gonna kiss and make up after MR fired his ass. It could happen if the $$$ is right cause most coaches are $$$ whores. :question:
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IIRC Martinez and Richt were roommates at Miami.

Friendship trumps business IMO.
 
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This is a GREAT recruit!!!

There should be huge BOOOOOMS all over this thread.

I know this is the Christmas season and we're between the last game and our Bowl game but WAKE UP Vol Nation and give this excellent recruit the huge VN welcome he's earned and deserves!!!

He has the potential to be better than Cam Sutton and we need great kids like this.

WELCOME young man, we're happy to have you on our Big Orange footVol team!!!

We look forward to watching you get better and better and making many great plays for us!

#BrickbyBrick...VFL...GBO!!!
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
We have 7 North Carolinians on the team: Emmanual Moseley, Stephen Griffin, Shy Tuttle, Kendal Vickers, Marquez North, Adrian Gamble, and Joe Keeler.

That's more from NC than from any other state not in the SEC footprint. It's our fourth-best source, after TN, GA, and FL. Almost twice as many from NC as we get from Virginia. Almost twice as many as from Ohio. It's more than we get from most SEC states, too: more than from nearby South Carolina, for instance.

And this is in spite of some intense competition for talent in the Tar Heel state. Not only UNC and Duke, but NC State, Wake Forest, East Carolina, Appalachian State, plus nearby Clemson, nearby UVa, nearby Va Tech. NC has plenty of talent coming out of high school, but a WHOLE lot of programs drawing on it.

We get a decent share, that's for sure.
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appreciate that insight; thanks for info!
 
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