re: This Torrance Gibson Kid Looks Unreal

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You are mistaken both in terms of the year(s) and the coach. Vonn Bell was a class of 2013 recruit (his recruitment would've really started up in late 2011 and 2012 and he would've signed in 2013 - 99 percent of his crootin time was spent under Dooley) - last year's class was 2014. Jones did reach out to Vonn Bell and Bell had nice things to say but CBJ had only just been hired with less than a month to repair the damage. Dooley, OTOH, didn't bother with Vonn Bell which left a bad taste for UT, especially since Vonn was a UT fan who was recruited by everyone BUT Dooley. Even though, we made up ground there after Jones was hired and Bell liked Jones, there just wasn't time to undo the damage or neglect.

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Dooley, IIRC, flat out ignored Vonn Bell and didn't try to recruit him. He actually did this to quite a few prospects. That being said, Butch could've easily negatively recruited in his short time trying to coax Vonn Bell into signing with Tennessee. I'd imagine what hurt the most was that he had been ignored by Dooley for a large period of time, despite being a huge UT fan, and the uncertainty regarding the state of the program. Regardless of how Urban recruited him, it's hard not to justify his decision. I wouldn't be surprised if Urban pulled something similar to his past theatrics like crying in front of a prospect though.