Full disclosure, these comments are from a larger article on TOS. I don't claim to be an expert, but they sound pretty encouraging for the good guys and looks like we have a fighting chance. Great comments about our coaches, and we need to thank his former coach for the advice that he gave QC.
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Crouch’s former coach and current mentor, Sam Greiner, told GoVols247 on Sunday that the 6-foot-2.5, 230-pound Crouch “got all those butterflies again” this weekend during an official visit that solidified Tennessee’s standing as one of “the final three schools” he’s considering, along with Clemson and Michigan.
And with Crouch still scheduled to take an official visit to Clemson next weekend, Greiner said the Vols again have “a legitimate shot” at landing him.
“We talked about it, and I kept reminding him that the first time he went there earlier, all he did was rave about Tennessee,” Greiner said of Crouch, who’s ranked the No. 28 overall prospect and No. 2 athlete in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite for the 2019 class.
“There’s something special about that, and I said, ‘Don’t lose sight to what your first feeling was, Quavaris.’ And he says, ‘Yeah, you’re right.’ I said, ‘You definitely need to go check out a visit and go there.’
"And he went there this weekend and he got all those butterflies again, like he got that one time when he went before.”
Crouch also attended Tennessee’s season-opening loss to West Virginia on Sept. 1 in Charlotte, but he previously hadn’t been back to Knoxville since June. This weekend’s visit allowed him to spend nearly two full days on campus and attend the Vols’ 24-7 upset of then-No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday.
Greiner, who accompanied Crouch on the visit, said Tennessee again made a big impression on him.
“I think it gives them a legitimate shot — really do,” said Greiner, the former head coach at Harding who left for Hickory Ridge High School in nearby Harrisburg, N.C., earlier this year. “They provide a lot of things from a standpoint of a network outside of football when you’re done playing, the growth. And the city itself right there in Tennessee is different than everywhere else.
“I just think that they provide a lot of things that maybe other people can’t provide, and you’re going to get to play in the SEC. … You’re going to get the best of the best, which is a pro and a con. It prepares you for the NFL, but it also could bang you up.
“There’s pros and cons there. You have to weigh those options. But I think they definitely, without a doubt, are in the mix, for sure. … If people think Tennessee is not in the fighting race, then they’re crazy.”
Greiner said the Vols’ second win over a ranked opponent this season “just speaks volumes about Tennessee, where they’re heading,” and Crouch attending his first game in Knoxville and seeing the Vols win was a “huge deal.”
“You can see them growing and building to what they want to be, and I think that was the biggest thing he got out of it — seeing it live, talking to the people,” Greiner said. “The proof’s in the pudding. … And then talking to some of the players, hanging out with them, I think he really, really is like, ‘You know what? I really think they’re onto something over here.’”
Greiner praised first-year Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt and tight ends coach Brian Niedermeyer, who is Crouch’s primary recruiter for the Vols, as “the most personable guys that I know in the NCAA right now.”
“Niedermeyer is probably the new, up-and-coming greatest recruiter, greatest personable guy there is in the recruiting world. Not many people know how great he is yet. He is phenomenal. I haven’t had a guy like that since (Gunter) Brewer left at North Carolina,” Greiner said, referring to the former Tar Heels assistant coach who’s now the wide receivers coach for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
Pruitt, meanwhile, “is probably the most down-to-earth head football coach you could ever meet,” Greiner said.
“If it’s beneficial to you or if it’s not,” Greiner said, "he just tells you the honest truth, and he’s very, very good at it. That’s probably what he has over anybody else. … You feel like you could talk to him for 20 hours straight.”
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Crouch’s former coach and current mentor, Sam Greiner, told GoVols247 on Sunday that the 6-foot-2.5, 230-pound Crouch “got all those butterflies again” this weekend during an official visit that solidified Tennessee’s standing as one of “the final three schools” he’s considering, along with Clemson and Michigan.
And with Crouch still scheduled to take an official visit to Clemson next weekend, Greiner said the Vols again have “a legitimate shot” at landing him.
“We talked about it, and I kept reminding him that the first time he went there earlier, all he did was rave about Tennessee,” Greiner said of Crouch, who’s ranked the No. 28 overall prospect and No. 2 athlete in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite for the 2019 class.
“There’s something special about that, and I said, ‘Don’t lose sight to what your first feeling was, Quavaris.’ And he says, ‘Yeah, you’re right.’ I said, ‘You definitely need to go check out a visit and go there.’
"And he went there this weekend and he got all those butterflies again, like he got that one time when he went before.”
Crouch also attended Tennessee’s season-opening loss to West Virginia on Sept. 1 in Charlotte, but he previously hadn’t been back to Knoxville since June. This weekend’s visit allowed him to spend nearly two full days on campus and attend the Vols’ 24-7 upset of then-No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday.
Greiner, who accompanied Crouch on the visit, said Tennessee again made a big impression on him.
“I think it gives them a legitimate shot — really do,” said Greiner, the former head coach at Harding who left for Hickory Ridge High School in nearby Harrisburg, N.C., earlier this year. “They provide a lot of things from a standpoint of a network outside of football when you’re done playing, the growth. And the city itself right there in Tennessee is different than everywhere else.
“I just think that they provide a lot of things that maybe other people can’t provide, and you’re going to get to play in the SEC. … You’re going to get the best of the best, which is a pro and a con. It prepares you for the NFL, but it also could bang you up.
“There’s pros and cons there. You have to weigh those options. But I think they definitely, without a doubt, are in the mix, for sure. … If people think Tennessee is not in the fighting race, then they’re crazy.”
Greiner said the Vols’ second win over a ranked opponent this season “just speaks volumes about Tennessee, where they’re heading,” and Crouch attending his first game in Knoxville and seeing the Vols win was a “huge deal.”
“You can see them growing and building to what they want to be, and I think that was the biggest thing he got out of it — seeing it live, talking to the people,” Greiner said. “The proof’s in the pudding. … And then talking to some of the players, hanging out with them, I think he really, really is like, ‘You know what? I really think they’re onto something over here.’”
Greiner praised first-year Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt and tight ends coach Brian Niedermeyer, who is Crouch’s primary recruiter for the Vols, as “the most personable guys that I know in the NCAA right now.”
“Niedermeyer is probably the new, up-and-coming greatest recruiter, greatest personable guy there is in the recruiting world. Not many people know how great he is yet. He is phenomenal. I haven’t had a guy like that since (Gunter) Brewer left at North Carolina,” Greiner said, referring to the former Tar Heels assistant coach who’s now the wide receivers coach for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
Pruitt, meanwhile, “is probably the most down-to-earth head football coach you could ever meet,” Greiner said.
“If it’s beneficial to you or if it’s not,” Greiner said, "he just tells you the honest truth, and he’s very, very good at it. That’s probably what he has over anybody else. … You feel like you could talk to him for 20 hours straight.”
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