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Linebacker Recruiting

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6 months ago

Why are we losing all of these LBs? Zanca, Goeas, Barnes, Campbell...
Are we looking for a different type of player? Never good to lose 4 LB commits in 1 year
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6 months ago

johncimino19 said...
Why are we losing all of these LBs? Zanca, Goeas, Barnes, Campbell...
Are we looking for a different type of player? Never good to lose 4 LB commits in 1 year

Well the 1st 3 didn't have even 1 SEC offer which I am done with and we won't see much longer. Campbell hurts though even though he was mainly recruited to be the 3-4 JACK LB.
Let it play out we can upgrade.
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6 months ago

A 3-4 LB is a bit different than a 4-3 LB.
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6 months ago

I think we will be ok.
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6 months ago

The only problem I have with it is the fact that Texas appears to enjoy poaching our LB commits. This is two years in a row that they have grabbed a long-time commitment from the Vols . . . it's kinda tiresome.
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6 months ago

Vereen is solid and maybe we can pull 1 from Grace or Cunningham (at OLB) + Trey Johnson (ILB) and whoever else we can get for a 4th LB. No doubt we have some work to do but esp at OLB we can really sell some PT at the WLB position and might even be able to sell the SLB by saying Maggitt is headed to DE a lot too in sub packages + being a JR

This post was edited by SamVolsam on 12/18/2012 at 9:07 PM
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6 months ago

volviking said...
The only problem I have with it is the fact that Texas appears to enjoy poaching our LB commits. This is two years in a row that they have grabbed a long-time commitment from the Vols . . . it's kinda tiresome.

Ain't helping them on the field. Maybe they should try Bama's.
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johncimino19 said...
Why are we losing all of these LBs? Zanca, Goeas, Barnes, Campbell...
Are we looking for a different type of player? Never good to lose 4 LB commits in 1 year

Speed, speed and more speed! Can't set the edge if you can't get to the edge. Can't play cover 2 if you can't cover 20 yards downfield.
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This was the first decommit that even bothered me. Don't we have a shot at a 247 top linebacker?
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6 months ago

I believe that the philosophy on both sides of the ball will definitely be speed, speed and more speed. We will recruit many more athletes and then mold them into a position. It is the same thing that Chiefy is doing down at LSU and did formerly here.
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