Trooper Taylor Missing In Action

A year ago, Trooper Taylor was all the rage as the recruiting expert for the Vols staff. He brought on a ton of talent.

Lets look at the situation a year later in the 2006 recruiting season. Taylor, the Vols recruiting master, was only responsible for three players who signed with the Vols. Greg Adkins doubled Trooper Taylors recruiting output. In fact Trooper Taylor only outproduced John Chavis, David Cutcliffe, and Larry Slade in getting recruits signatures on a UT Letter of Intent. We all know that Cutcliffe just joined the staff and is not a recruiting guru. John Chavis's recruiting effort are very limited and Larry Slade's health problems have curtailed his efforts.

So whats going on with Trooper Taylor? This lack of recruiting productivity on the part of Taylor is a concern to me and to many other UT fans. Did Trooper Taylor put forth the same kind of effort he put forth in the 2005 recruiting season? Was he even put on the trails of many recruits? Could there be something to the muffled rumors about a possible change of scenery for Taylor that have been floating around Rocky Top?