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Time Capsule: Volunteer receivers coach Trooper Taylor a barrel full of laughs, wisdom

It's no secret that one of the two biggest questions for the Volunteer football team this season is the receiving corps. Gone are Robert Meachem, Jayson Swain, and Bret Smith. Stepping into their roles are . . . well, no one really knows right now. Lucas Taylor and Austin Rogers maybe. Or perhaps a couple of the new guys like Brent Vinson or Ahmad Paige or some others.

It's also no secret, though, that receivers coach Trooper Taylor has practically worked miracles in his short stint at Tennessee. He's already rejuvenated an underachieving group of running backs and an underachieving set of wide receivers. This year's task is a bit different in that he doesn't have the extra leverage of disappointment to use as motivation for the players he'll be coaching, but for some reason, I think he'll get it done.

Which is why I thought the following deserved re-posting. From one year ago today at the old site (the links are all audio links):

Receivers coach Trooper Taylor — a character with character — is giving basketball coach Bruce Pearl a run for his money as the best interview on Rocky Top. Speaking with Dave Hooker and the guys from SportsAnimal99.com’s Sports Page last Friday, coach Taylor offered his thoughts on:

Coach Taylor’s mother once made her 15 kids clean up a beach they had been visiting before they went home. Nothing special about that except that they didn’t make the mess they had to clean up. Taylor still remembers his mother’s words to the kids when they finished:

"The Taylors always leave a place better than the way they found it."

Coach Taylor’s been living that lesson since he arrived at Tennessee. The running backs are better than they were when he arrived, and this season he brings his infectious enthusiasm, wit, and wisdom to an underachieving receiver corps.

Here’s to hoping Taylor’s mother’s words ring true this fall.

They did. I can't wait to see what he will do with the new receivers. Now, don't you feel at least a little better about the receivers?

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Woo!! for Casey Woods: our "Posession Receiver"!

Woo!! for Coach Trooper and his ability to get/demand the most out of his players!

Woo!! for RTT eclipsing the 6-Figure mark on site visits!  Congrats, Joel, but at the time of this comment, you still trail the capacity of Neyland Stadium by 7,000 and some change!

Woo!! for Terrelle Prior in considering the Big Orange!  I read CFAJ's post first thing this morning and then checked out CNN/SI's page and came across this tasty nugget.  It got me excited, considering the successes under Coaches Fulmer and Pearl, but then I realized that him becomming a Vol is too good to be true so it probably won't work out.  Hope I'm wrong.  (The comment block under that post isn't displayed, otherwise I would have posted this comment there.)

by Aerobab on Jun 26, 2007 8:23 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice
Joel, I love your freaking blog, man. I check it wayyyyy too often. The Blake Mitchell flash is still marinating. POST YOUR BLOGPOLL ROUNDTABLE from Fire Mark May. I mean, I already did, and I'm not a member. However, you could do a lot better than I did. To see one UT response (mine) to the roundtable, visit my other blog CFB Authority

by The Power T on Jun 26, 2007 12:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Keep hitting the refresh button!
Thanks, Power T.

By the way, I loved your responses to the Roundtable. I'm hoping to get to them, but I may be too late. Blame Mitchell. Hey, I think I've just coined a new nickname for the guy.

Anyway, if I get the next player profile done tonight, I'll try to work something up, but it won't be as good as yours. Seriously.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jun 26, 2007 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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