The CheckerBoard

IMO, If we had that many instate kids, we would not be competitive. Tennessee doesn't have that many top-flight players.

I understand.

They making building in-state relationships a priortity, including relationships outside of football. I saw a tweet yesterday from one the coaches mentioning a local restaurant as one of the best in the country.

I was looking at it from a different angle. I hope he still pulls some of those underrated Ohio kids that Ohio State and others don't want. Cincy had 4 guys drafted in the top 4 rounds of the draft this year and none of them were highly rated kids. 3 stars and one 2 star i believe. 3 of the kids from Ohio.

All signed by Kelly, but hopefully Butch has a few of those too.

spot on...ive been pulling for tenn since i was old enough to know what football was 7-8 years old

here and still this day we breath..eat..its all about tenn..watched jason and his brother at elizabethton

we knowed if tenn missed jason..they wasnt recruiting tenn kids like they should be.

i might be off here by saying this.even in fulmers day here it seems like we didnt recruite tenn like we
should have..agree fulmer got the top players he wanted.and thats why i think its hard for us to recruite
our kids..like cobb looked at the stadium every day and went to kentucky and played.
always thought when they fired randy sanders that just baught fulmer another year and i guess hes still at kentucky .ive lost track of him now...but if we just took the top 6 or 7 kids instate would be huge.

so i agree take jrm coming in playing for tenn ..we need tenn kids like him he is vfl ..hes going to give it all 100% everyday every week every game..austin sanders another..watch these incoming tenn kids
shine under butch...go tenn

i agree ive always liked ohio kids seen tough as nails..thats a plus for us recruiting up there having jones and some of his staff..i know its going to take 2 recruiting class for butch to get the right players he needs..and he understands we got to play light's out defense and have speed.

mark these words down from now till we meet florida..if i had 1 question from butch ''what kind of talent we got right now compared to the talent hes use to coaching up and competing with..what could he have done this past season with what talent we had in place..to many people are saying with what talent and stuff we have the sky is the limit with jones and these kids..for that its got very excited
for next year...but i know hes walked into a cheek and dooley mess..its going to take butch 2-3 years get the wheels turning..but we have to buckle up and ride this hire out...hes good coach and will coach up what hes got and still do better then dooley...go vos

IMO Coach can win here right away. If we would have had a decent defense this year we could have gone 8-4??? Maybe? He will have these guys ready, I think he's a great motivator, win a few games and watch our recruiting improve every year.
As far as his success recruiting in Ohio, among other place, of course, I lived in Dayton, OH for 25 years and I would venture to say there is more Tennessee clothing (shirts, coats, sweatshirts, etc) sold at JC Penney in Dayton than at the JCP at West Town Mall. Outside of OSU there are many, many UT fans in Ohio.