Volquest answers your Tennessee football, basketball & recruiting questions in the April 24 mailbag
4:22 RedBeardVFL — Had we of gotten Aguilar straight from app state you think people would be more ecstatic about him?
6:18 DavyVol — Do you think Heupel will ever seriously consider hiring a GM and should he?
CompetitionOrange — There’s already a question or two about bringing in a GM. Can you compare how UT’s overall scouting and player personnel operations compare with other SEC programs and with roster building becoming more complicated, should those areas be enhanced?
12:20 The ADaug — What up mods. How are NIL deals typically structured in terms of payments? Signing bonus? Pay per month? How can schools like Arkansas avoid getting scammed by the Madden Iamaleava type situations?
EverythingRymesWithOrange14 — What’s preventing schools from including clauses in NIL deals to protect themselves from potential issues? Is it because no one wants to be the first to take that risk?
14:38 TMini — Now that NIL and Transfer Portal chaos are being talked about all over the place, are there rumors of any traction from different factions to try and reign some of this mess back in? Like contracts for big target players, or even new laws limiting transfer options?
15:55 Imissdenariusmoore — Who do you think was the most successful “next man up” in UT history? Is it Lanier filling in Knecht shoes, Tee Martin’s junior year?
17:41 Also, what is something you wish you didn’t have to keep explaining to us on the boards?
18:49 Joey_Freshwater — Whats the level of concern with the WR room? Why hasn’t this staff been more aggressive in trying to bring in guys? What was the reason for the mass exodus of that position group this winter?
21:16 Athrun– Do you think this year’s team will view this season the way the 1998 team viewed the season? View are not just a QB
21:47 Is there any sort of comparison to a former player you could make with Ament?
22:48 Are there any portal entries from the Tennessee side that hurt in your opinion?
24:02 IheartVols — Who was least popular with the fan base?
Lane Kiffin on the night of “guys it’s true”
Bruce the day he accepted the Auburn job.
John Currie on Schiano Sunday.
Big Nic today?
25:46 NashVol615 — At a variety of positions, but specifically DT and WR it appears there’s been a lack of a plan. Can you give us a look into the hesitancy with getting players?
26:25 Hindsight 20/20, but do you think Heupel and Co wish they would’ve pushed harder on Nico to crap or get off the pot in December?
28:09 Pine — Who are some true freshmen qbs that played at UT and how do they compare to Gmac? Do you think Gmac has a legit shot at winning this competition?
30:09 Is this going to be one of the youngest offenses that you can remember.
32:02 SysVol — This upcoming fall camp feels like one of the more battle driven ones since Heupel has been here, at least on the offensive side of the ball. Are there any positions that aren’t fullly entrenched in a starter battle? Tackle and maybe TE?
36:59 Volken — With Rice and Miles off of the board does the staff go straight to their foreign player list or are there any more folks currently in the portal that they are seriously interested in?
Flyfish21 — This team seems banged up including the early entry recruits. where is the teams overall health come fall?
38:24 NeylandVol1980 — How did things get so sideways with the Iamaleava’s and UT? If Nico was leaving, why not leave back in December?
41:20 AkensVFL24 — Will Tennessee get a tackle with LG3 leaving or are they riding it out?
Will Tennessee look at some guys they missed in high school like Ny Carr and hykeem Williams?
42:39 SmokeyGray — How bad do you miss the good old days of recruiting when Forrest Davis and Countdown to signing day was the gold standard? I vividly remember him discussing how the Vols had a legitimate shot at the Georgia 3 of Cosey Coleman, Jamal Lewis, and Deon Grant. Am I a dinosaur for wanting those days back?
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28 Comments
Dang tighten up Eric Cain.
Austin our NIL sucks dude. Very few portal players. Our roster isn’t that good. We recruit mid pack in SEC. Need to adopt ole Miss model
Hey so it's still good to see JUST THE 4 OG guys without Eric..the show is just as good maybe better without that "LOCKED ON" guy.
We have way too many of those "LOCKED ON" podcasts in general. 😅
Next man up Darrell Dickey taking over for Tony Robinson in 1985
I don’t think Rob understood the “next man up” question lol. Bless him.
What did Austin Price say? 24:56 🤣
Congrats to Cainer family and welcome little one!!! GBO
Sounds like all three didn’t understand next man up was current not visiting the past
Only one transfer portal and fall is the best time. Also make the NIL money on how well you perform.
Are we concerned at all about our center position.? 😅
Who is going to set up to replace Cooper Mays.?
Also, how is that starting center affected by this QB1 battle that apparently is going to happen during fall practices.? 😅
One of my biggest concerns with Joey Aguilar is that if he doesn't leave school or take online classes to finish this spring at UCLA, then that cuts his prep time in half from 16 weeks to only 8 weeks since UCLA spring school is NOT DONE until JUNE 13th timeframe.? 😮
Exactly when is Joey Aguilar going to get on UTK campus.?
Seems that 1.5million new NIL deal with UTK should be his priority instead of one replaceable Quarter Spring school classes at UCLA as of NOW.? 😮
When I was growing up change was supposed to be for the better. Now change is for the worse it doesn't matter what it is, now when something is changed it is done without knowing the consequences good or bad. You have unqualified people making monumental decisions and that's what's wrong with this world
Baseball lost me in '94, will NEVER get me back
Back only 4 years ago Tennessee has probably "The best NIL collective" in Spyre Sports BUT now only 4 years later it seems THAT IS NOT THE CASE. Our NIL just isn't holding up it's end with helping both to get good talent and to keep good talent, we have way too many players leaving for better NIL deals than we have coming to UTK for NIL deals. I know that I have stopped my membership to The Volunteer Club completely simply because on NO UP FRONT OPEN FINANCIAL POLICIES..hell no telling where my money was going and how much of my money was NOT GOING TOWARDS PLAYERS but was being used for other means.!😮
GBO . Congrats to Eric and wife on new arrival.
AP can’t admit Big Nick is a idiot. Who severely hurt our football season. AP don’t work for Big Nick does he?
Congrats to fam of Little Vol '43 🍊
Congrats Eric and his family
I'm going to say this again. Aguilar led the No.22 and No.33 offenses in the nation the past two years. He is a great pickup and last year he was completely hamstrung by the 104th ranked defense. Everyone says Aguilar had to be more safe with the ball, but if he had a Top 10 defense like he is likely to have at UT I bet he's not going to take that under consideration.
Appreciate you guys….cool, calm, easy going conversation among friends who really enjoy our Tennessee Volunteers. GBO🍊🏈
The answer to NIL is for conferences or groups or conferences to put their own contract restricrions in place. They have to collude together to get their arms around it, even if it's just the SEC and B1G. We know the agents are colluding and pushing on the players behalf so it doesn't have to be prohibitive to compete or limit money, but buyouts or language on renegotiating based on market trends or renegotiating windows need to be standard contract language.
Congratulations to Eric and his wife. The guys held it up for you. Enjoy watching you all.
Wait Eric skipped practice? There goes his NIL. Hope the baby maternity leave was in his deal😂
Patrick Mahomes was a 3 star QB. QBs come as gamers or butter knives. Good ones are impossible to Devine. Ask Mel Kiper. Roll the dice and hope you don’t come up snake eyes.
Can’t wait till UCLA goes to Ohio State! Yep I’m petty but I hope he has a terrible season!
Rob is right about the order generation,we are soured on college sports as it stands today. I started listening to tennessee football on the radio as a child in the late 60s and have been a diehard Vols fan ever since. But the chaos of the sport today is sickening. College sports has prostate themselves in order to pay athletics, and the athletes have zero appreciation for the tgat or the fans that fund it. I will never, ever give to any kind of collective because of tgat very fact. This is financial insanity.
May window would be worse. 1 window in January
Hey AP, keep carrying water for big Nick. We don’t want hear it. This is all on Big Nick.