In looking at the two weakest positions on the 2018 team coming out of spring practice – the OL and Cornerback – I’ve made it clear that I think that while the team is not in any position to compete for titles it’s reasonable for a fan to expect improvement […]
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Wanya Morris Commitment A Step Towards Building Championship Level OL
Tennessee picked up a big commitment on Tuesday from borderline 5-star OL Wanya Morris from Grayson, HS in Georgia. Morris picked the Vols over fellow finalist Auburn after a back and forth recruitment. He’s a true offensive tackle and an elite prospect with the kind of size and mobility that […]
May Could be Big Month for Vols for Both Near and Short Term
After a successful recruiting weekend for the Orange & White Game that brought in a slew of high level 2019 and 2020 prospects, Tennessee heads into the month of May with a 2019 class that is relatively small on quantity but impressively high on quality. In OL Jackson Lampley, TE […]
Post-Spring, 2018 Heavily Dependent on “Ifs” at Two Key Positions, Part II
Coming out of the spring, the 2018 Tennessee football team looks like it certainly has some talent on the roster, but depth at most positions and overall attitude (expecting to win, being willing to compete on every snap, etc.) are the biggest issues. So in late April when evaluating the […]
Post-Spring, 2018 Heavily Dependent on “Ifs” at Two Key Positions, Part I
Coming out of the spring, the 2018 Tennessee football team looks like it certainly has some talent on the roster, but depth at most positions and overall attitude (expecting to win, being willing to compete on every snap, etc.) are the biggest issues. So in late April when evaluating the […]
2018 Orange and White Game Recruiting Preview
Going into the 2018 Orange and White Game the Tennessee Volunteers currently sit with four commitments for the class of 2019 and one commitment for the class of 2020. And while the commitments have certainly come more slowly than Vol fans are used to under the former staff, what one […]
Major Vol Hoops Roster Developments Make the Future Look Even Brighter
From Thursday to Sunday there were some relatively significant developments for the Tennessee Basketball program, all of which were positive: 1) News broke that end of the rotation guard Chris Darrington would be transferring, thereby opening another scholarship for Coach Rick Barnes to work with, 2) The esteemed Rob Lewis […]
Will Rick Barnes Adapt His Offensive Philosophy Next Season?
The Ringer has a really interesting piece about how while there are very few future NBA players in the Final Four, all four teams are running NBA systems (i.e., spreading the floor with virtually all five players on the court as three-point threats). It speaks to a few things about […]
Looking Ahead to 2018-2019 II: 2017-18 Bench Can Take 2018-19 Team to Next Level
Looking at Tennessee’s projected roster for the 2018-2019 basketball season, it is truly striking how young the team is and therefore how much improvement can be expected. Further illustrating that fact is that all but one of the returning bench players were freshmen (true or redshirt), this past season and […]
Looking Ahead to 2018-2019 I: One Area of Improvement for the Starters
After observing a personal 24-hour rule and mourning not only the actual season-ending loss to Loyola but the missed opportunity it represented, it’s time to look at next season’s roster and forecast how the team can get better to make a run at a repeat SEC Championship and a deeper […]