'18 TN OT Cade Mays (UGA Signee)

[dublinirish]

He's gunna be in the Senate and coach? and hawk insurance? and pizza? and do comedy bits (https://youtu.be/gHNMS_22cyM)?

and be GM of the Colts

 

[NDdomer2]

i get the feels this is a power move to get a new coach

 

[irishog77]

plus Tenn is just a terrible team and will never be in the top 3 of the sec

Lol wut?

You mean the team that is, historically, the 2nd best team in its conference? The same team that has the 2nd best winning percentage in its conference? The team that has the 12th most wins in the nation, ever?

Granted, the last 10 years of Kiffen, Dooley, and Jones, have been rough, but they have been, historically, a Top-10 national program.

And this is coming from somebody that hates them.

 

[Irish YJ]

Peyton is waiting to pounce

I have friends (from TN, not Indy) that know/knew the Mannings. Several years back, Peyton did in fact say UT HC was a place he could definitely see himself in his later years. My cousin was also part of his security detail for several years in Indy. He would never divulge conversations, but did say he thinks PM will return to UT in some capacity some day. Both those tidbits were at least 10 years ago, but I would not be shocked a bit if it happened. I would however prefer him in political office. The soundbites and tweets would be incredible.

 

[Irish YJ]

Lol wut?

You mean the team that is, historically, the 2nd best team in its conference? The same team that has the 2nd best winning percentage in its conference? The team that has the 12th most wins in the nation, ever?

Granted, the last 10 years of Kiffen, Dooley, and Jones, have been rough, but they have been, historically, a Top-10 national program.

And this is coming from somebody that hates them.

Not to mention that UT has a natty some 10 years younger than ND.... hot trash now, could be plain hot with the right coach.

 

[Mavericknyc1980]

Would love to lock this guy in. Hopefully HH can close the deal.

 

[NDRock]

The school my wife teaches at is playing Knox Catholic at home this Friday. I'll be there. Might have to sport some ND gear and make my way to the visitors section. I'll report back.

 

[greyhammer90]

So I just found out that this kids head coach used to be the QB coach at my high school. He's a big ND fan, we used to talk Irish every Monday in the locker room. He's not going to pressure a kid to go anywhere or anything, but he would certainly have good things to say about ND to anyone who asked.

 

[NDRock]

So I just found out that this kids head coach used to be the QB coach at my high school. He's a big ND fan, we used to talk Irish every Monday in the locker room. He's not going to pressure a kid to go anywhere or anything, but he would certainly have good things to say about ND to anyone who asked.

Was he there when Harrison Smith was at Knox Catholic?

 

[greyhammer90]

Was he there when Harrison Smith was at Knox Catholic?

He was not. He was still at Tullahoma High at the time.

 

[ab2cmiller]

It looks like Cade may be catching heat from Vol fans.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You find out who your friends are&#55358;&#56631;&#55356;&#57340;*♂️</p>— Cade Mays (@_mayc2) <a href="https://twitter.com/_mayc2/status/917448238369787904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[dublinirish]

parents/family whoever really making this kid suffer just to engineer a coaching change, it's kind of unfair on him

 

[ab2cmiller]

parents/family whoever really making this kid suffer just to engineer a coaching change, it's kind of unfair on him

You are basing that on what? Very little information has come out about him opening up his recruitment, just lots of speculation. Kind of unfair for you to throw the parents/family under the bus.

 

[greyhammer90]

parents/family whoever really making this kid suffer just to engineer a coaching change, it's kind of unfair on him

Its also unfair to judge a kids family when you have no idea what they're actually doing or why.

 

[dublinirish]

You are basing that on what? Very little information has come out about him opening up his recruitment, just lots of speculation. Kind of unfair for you to throw the parents/family under the bus.

Its also unfair to judge a kids family when you have no idea what they're actually doing or why.

seems quite obvious no?

 

[greyhammer90]

seems quite obvious no?

It seems obvious that a kid who's looking around because his committed school is currently a dumpster fire is only doing it because his family are making a secretive ploy with the AD of Tennessee to fire the head coach of the football team and using their son's commitment as the bargaining chip?

Yeah that's the most obvious explanation. Kids never look around when a team sucks or when it looks like the coach they committed to might be fired.

 

[ab2cmiller]

seems quite obvious no?

Vol fans are not even in consensus if firing Butch would help or hurt in relation to keeping Mays. Many are convinced that Mays has such a strong relationship with Jones, that firing Butch would guarantee Mays not signing with the Vols. Others are convinced that keeping Butch would drive Mays away. Bottom line, nobody knows what the reasons surrounding him choosing to "reopen his recruitment.".

 

[Old Man Mike]

A high school OLine recruit manipulating a head coach firing? Yeh, that's likely --- in some sitcom universe.

 

[dwshade]

Per Loy: Mays actually quietly decommitted from Tennessee earlier this weekend. New leaders are Alabama and Notre Dame, with possible moves by Clemson and Ohio State.

"In addition, I’m told there is a connection between Hiestand and someone close to Mays, which is helping the Fighting Irish on this front."

https://notredame.247sports.com/Article/Notre-Dame-Recruiting-Scoop-108496300

Man, imagine the heat this kid and his family would get if he went to hated rival Alabama. That alone should push him to ND. LOL.

 

[Irish#1]

The Vols fans are pretty depressed at the thought of Mays opening up his recruitment. Not only is he a 5 star, hometown kid and a legacy, but he has been the ringleader trying to recruit kids to join him at Tennessee. If he ends up someplace else, there is a lot of concern that their recruiting class could blow up. If you would've asked any Vols fan two weeks ago, which recruit are you not worried about decommitting, it would've been Mays.

Well we've scene that scenario before, but how super duper awesome would that be to land this mountain of a boy/man?

 

[BobbyMac]

There are a lot of things that make sense with him to ND.

And I hate to be this guy but ND & HH are making millionaires. You are the #3 OL in the country, maybe a guy who could potentially be better off at OG? Nobody is better at figuring this out than HH. I see a lot of Q in Mays. Why trust a once in a lifetime opportunity and ultra rare gift with someone other than the best?

 

[ab2cmiller]

Man, imagine the heat this kid and his family would get if he went to hated rival Alabama. That alone should push him to ND. LOL.

Most of the talk on Vol boards is Clemson being the likely destination if he flips. He has visited there before and has a teammate attending Clemson this year (Amari Rodgers).

I'm with you about flipping to Bama. I think it's unlikely that he would flip to another SEC team, but who knows.

Obviously we will have an opportunity to impress him, but I think we would be behind Clemson at the moment.

 

[koonja]

Wake me up once he schedules a ND visit.

 

[beryirish]

I mean c'mon. Went all the way to 1998. Not to mention ND will be adding 2 more potential 1st rounders in McG and Q, at least.

Clemson OL Draft Picks:
2014 G 3rd Round Brandon Thomas
2011 T 4th Round Chris Hairston
2008 T 6th Round Barry Richardson
2007 C 5th Round Dustin Fry
1998 G 7th Round Jim Bundren


Notre Dame OL Draft Picks:
2016 T 1st Round Ronnie Stanley
2016 G 2nd Round Nick Martin
2014 T 1st Round Zach Martin
2014 G 3rd Round Chris Watt
2010 T 6th Round Sam Young
2010 T 6th Round Eric Olsen
2008 C 6th Round John Sullivan
2003 T 3rd Round Ryan Harris
2007 G 7th Round Dan Santucci
2006 G 6th Round Dan Stevenson
2004 T 6th Round Jim Molinaro
2003 C 1st Round Jeff Faine
2003 G 5th Round Jordan Black
2003 G 5th Round Sean Mahan
2003 T 6th Round Brennan Curtin
2001 G 3rd Round Mike Gandy
1999 G 1st Round Luke Petitgout
1999 G 5th Round Jerry Wisne
1999 G 5th Round Mike Rosenthal

 

[Ricochet]

There are a lot of things that make sense with him to ND.

And I hate to be this guy but ND & HH are making millionaires. You are the #3 OL in the country, maybe a guy who could potentially be better off at OG? Nobody is better at figuring this out than HH. I see a lot of Q in Mays. Why trust a once in a lifetime opportunity and ultra rare gift with someone other than the best?

I see the same thing, like Q. Nelson he could be a college LT and probably in the NFL but could truly elite as a OG.

 

[Irish#1]

I see the same thing, like Q. Nelson he could be a college LT and probably in the NFL but could truly elite as a OG.

I don't know if he could be a "very good" LT in college or in the pros, but given his frame, if the pros think he could play LT, they will definitely give it a try. It would take a DE about 15 minutes to get around him.

 

[Irish#1]

Wake me up once he schedules a ND visit.

No need to. You'll be peaking :smilewink in here every time this thread is updated. lol

 

[Irish Man3]

I mean c'mon. Went all the way to 1998. Not to mention ND will be adding 2 more potential 1st rounders in McG and Q, at least.

Clemson OL Draft Picks:
2014 G 3rd Round Brandon Thomas
2011 T 4th Round Chris Hairston
2008 T 6th Round Barry Richardson
2007 C 5th Round Dustin Fry
1998 G 7th Round Jim Bundren


Notre Dame OL Draft Picks:
2016 T 1st Round Ronnie Stanley
2016 G 2nd Round Nick Martin
2014 T 1st Round Zach Martin
2014 G 3rd Round Chris Watt
2010 T 6th Round Sam Young
2010 T 6th Round Eric Olsen
2008 C 6th Round John Sullivan
2003 T 3rd Round Ryan Harris
2007 G 7th Round Dan Santucci
2006 G 6th Round Dan Stevenson
2004 T 6th Round Jim Molinaro
2003 C 1st Round Jeff Faine
2003 G 5th Round Jordan Black
2003 G 5th Round Sean Mahan
2003 T 6th Round Brennan Curtin
2001 G 3rd Round Mike Gandy
1999 G 1st Round Luke Petitgout
1999 G 5th Round Jerry Wisne
1999 G 5th Round Mike Rosenthal

Unfortunately it may be:

Clemson National Championships: 1

Notre Dame National Championships: 0

Since 1998......

That matters more , maybe.

Clemson has had Alabama-like success over the past few years and it's continued into this year. They just built an amazing new facility for athletics. No surprise here...

 

[dwshade]

Unfortunately it may be:

Clemson National Championships: 1

Notre Dame National Championships: 0

Since 1998......

That matters more , maybe.

Clemson has had Alabama-like success over the past few years and it's continued into this year. They just built an amazing new facility for athletics. No surprise here...

Winning NC's is nice. Making huge paychecks for playing on Sundays is even nicer.

 

[Irish Man3]

Winning NC's is nice. Making huge paychecks for playing on Sundays is even nicer.

Mitch Hyatt will help that. It's what have you done for me lately. Kids don't give a shit who has drafted in 1998.

Clemson is an easy school to like and be impressed with. Checks all the boxes.