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Stokes opening doors in Memphis?

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10 months ago

http://tennessee.247sports.com/Article/UT-Vols-basketball-star-Jarnell-Stokes-opening-doors-in-Memphis-80308
On Tuesday, another Memphis prep star put UT on his list of four favorite schools. Is it time to wonder whether Jarnell Stokes' impact on the Vols is just getting started?
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10 months ago

What if we had 3 or four starters on the team from Memphis? That would be crazy, but I would love it. A real coup and it would pay huge dividends for us!
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thankinvol21 said...
What if we had 3 or four starters on the team from Memphis? That would be crazy, but I would love it. A real coup and it would pay huge dividends for us!

Here's to hoping...
In all honesty I would be more than happy with one of these guys on team. CCM seems to be doing something right.
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10 months ago

If Cuonzo starts pulling kids like Hubbs and Nichols from Memphis on a consistent basis, TN will be a top 10 program.
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10 months ago

Ryan/Wes, how many Memphis stars made the US team with Stokes?

This post was edited by carolinavol4 on 7/11/2012 at 2:57 PM
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I believe in Cuonzo. I actually expect 2 of these 5. Wow, Memphis has 6 of the top 60 players.
If basketball recruiting picks up in Memphis, you would think that (winning) football would as well, right?
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I believe in Cuonzo. I actually expect 2 of these 5. Wow, Memphis has 6 of the top 60 players.
If basketball recruiting picks up in Memphis, you would think that (winning) football would as well, right?

How about that for a winning formula?
I don't care if we have to start recruiting in Switzerland. Get the damn football program back to where it should be.
~The Volunteer in Brooklyn~
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wataugavol said...
If Cuonzo starts pulling kids like Hubbs and Nichols from Memphis on a consistent basis, TN will be a top 10 program.

This would be nice to achieve on a consistant basis.
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10 months ago

BIg difference is Cuonzo knows the type of turf Memphis is. Lot of similarities between St. Louis area and the Memphis area. If CCM can make that connection, he should have a good shot at winning their trust. If he does that, they be Vols before too long.
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To understand the challenge of recruiting in Memphis, you have to understand that in Memphis every issue except basketball is devided along racial lines.
Even whether the toilet seat should be up or down is argued in terms of black or white..
Basketball in Memphis is not about black or white.
It's about blue or orange.

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I wouldn't get all worked up over these youngsters just yet. I'll believe it when I see that they have signed on the dotted line. Then I'll get excited. But Memphis is still Memphis...............if you know what I mean. One last thing: It doesn't hurt that Coach Martin is an Afro-American and that he spends a lot of time down there. Maybe just maybe..........
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MARTIN IS UT'S BEST SHOT AT CRACKING INTO THE MEMPHIS FAMILY IN MEMORY. COMPARE THE CAMPUSES. THEN SELL THE PRODUCT.
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It ain't about the campuses or anything like that, if you ain't from Memphis it really doesn't make any since, The kids rely on so many people just to make it day to day that it makes you think you can't make it without them, that's why so many kids stay here.
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10 months ago

Go get all those Memphis Boys C. Martin. Lets paint Memphis Big Orange country.
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