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Tennessee football: Five potential concerns about Vols promoting Joe Osovet

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: The Tennessee Volunteers run onto the field before the start of their game against the South Carolina Gamecocks on October 29, 2005 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: The Tennessee Volunteers run onto the field before the start of their game against the South Carolina Gamecocks on October 29, 2005 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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5. Ties only in New York

This could work either way depending on your perspective. On one hand, this is a positive for Tennessee football. Joe Osovet has numerous ties in the junior college ranks and in the Northeast, so he dramatically expands the Vols’ recruiting footprint. However, at the same time, he doesn’t bring the most important advantages Jeremy Pruitt needs when it comes to recruiting.

Osovet has never coached in the SEC ranks. His entire coaching experience is in New York, at Nassau Community College, Long island University and ASA College. In fact, all of his coaching is on Long Island either in New York City or just outside NYC in Nassau County. He has coached in Brooklyn, Brookville and East Garden City.

Now, he did play at Northeastern, but the fact remains that Osovet simply brings no advantages to recruiting in SEC country.. That’s where football is king, and recruiting is the lifeblood of a program. As a result, Osovet’s experience is certainly worthy of concern, and Pruitt’s other hires prove he values that, as he goes for guys with Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas and even California ties.

We have this reason at No. 5 on the list because Osovet’s experience could actually diversify the Vols and the fact that Pruitt already has so many guys on his staff, including himself, with those SEC ties. But Osovet not being able to have a recruiting advantage in the fertile recruiting states could prove costly. New York just doesn’t produce a lot of football talent.

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