Matthew Dotson

[MILOJO]

Well, I was right with another Middle Tn post committed above his head to UT (Herndon)...

 

Don't get me wrong, Dotson is a heck of a player and would have had a heck of a career at a Low-Mid Major...he's just not a High Major...

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[MILOJO]

sorry folks, gomab is right on about mathew. been watching him off and on for 5 years against various levels of competetion, the recruiting services have him pegged correctly at mid to low d1.

 

he has really good offensive skills and will be able to contriubute junior and senior year as role player, not an impact player that UT needs. a hard worker and good person indeed, but does not bode well for buzz and co. to have to take chances on developing marginal high d1 talent.

 

hope i'm completely wrong

[pmpd00]

i played for fairview 2000-2004 yeah i think we beat u all in 00-01 and u all beat us in 01-02 but in 02-03and03-04 all we did was scrimmage u all and yeah dont get me wrong matt is a good ball player but he doesnt have the talent to play for UT. im not dawgin him i wish him the best and i hope he is successfull.

Edited November 21, 2004 by pmpd00

[Voldawg]

the recruiting services have him pegged correctly at mid to low d1. 

 

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Bossi and Gibbons neither one have him as a mid to low d1.. I will go with them on their call.. Believe they probably know talent when they see it.

[shocker05]

Dotson had a pretty solid game friday. He had something like 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assist. A very solid game but more importantley his team got a win. I know that is all Matthew is worried about. He is a great team player that just wants to see his team succed. He is action again tonight and tomorrw vs. Dickson and CPA. I can't wait to watch.

[goldenboy]

I watched Dotson play twice last year and while I did think he had talent, he wasn't half the player Tyler Smith is. I'm not too sure what UT was thinking but I wish him the best of luck.

[mgrholly]

Why do some of you have to start out "dawg"ing the bashing and then finish your statement "But I don't think he is D-1 material"  All I have to say is to all you "professional scouts" out there that evidently should be working at a High Major recruiting with all your vast knowledge of the game, is I will take Eric Bossi and Bob Gibbons high praise of Dotson over all of you.  I believe they have seen  D-1 players and know a good thing when they see it.  Matthew wanted to stay home, that why no High Majors were knocking at his door down.  Oklahoma's head coach even called him with interest, again once they discovered he wanted to stay around Tennessee they backed off. And those of you that "have never heard of the scholarship offers," I am sorry they didn't contact you first before they called Dotson... Matthew is as good as they come in all aspects and will do nothing but make Tennessee a better ball team just by being there.  And even to give some of you naysayers credit, have you ever been wrong on a kid?  Naaaahhh  I didn't think you had.  Ignore it all Dotson and just know..  "It's great to be a Tennessee Vol"... the papers are signed and there is nothing that can change that!

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Wasn't Yale also looking at MAtthew?

[mgrholly]

I agree totally with moose3542 nobody has bashed Dotson they have just stated their opinion on him.  I think with Dotson's hard work ethic he'll be just fine at the D-1 level.  He needs to put on about 30 pounds and just be ready to bang heads with all of the SEC talent.  It'll be a major challenge for him but all true players of the game love this kind of challenge.  For the people that are bringing up Boomer Herndon and how this could be another Herndon ordeal your wrong.  You can't compare Herndon and Dotson.  The two are totally different players and Herndon played in A while Dotson has been playing in AAA.  I played in both, AAA is a tottally different game compared to A.  With that said good luck to you Matthew and don't start thinking ahead to Tennessee you still have a lot to play for in your Senior year at Hickman County.

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I think Matthew has been trying to gain weight since he was eight...

[bravesgirl]

Yeah Holly, Yale was looking at Matthew too. I think that people shouldn't put Matthew down for getting into UT. He worked hard for it, so people should congratulate him instead of saying he's not any good or not good enough to play. If he wasen't good enough, they wouldn't have accepted him.

Edited December 10, 2004 by bravesgirl

[mgrholly]

Yeah Holly, Yale was looking at Matthew too. I think that people shouldn't put Matthew down for getting into UT. He worked hard for it, so people should congratulate him instead of saying he's not any good or not good enough to play. If he wasen't good enough, they wouldn't have accepted him.

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Right on,SA...rah. People have a right to say what they want,though. They're not threatening him ,or anything,but yeah...MAtthew has worked hard,and deserves this!

[smokeyvol1]

Congratulations Matthew from Giles County. People can get on here and say what they want but don't pay them any attention! If all these so called GURU'S are all that great then how in the world does a DII player make it in the NBA "Scottie Pippen" who if I'm correct walked on at Arkansas State after being a trainer his freshman year! Now thats a guy who was not even good enough for DII. It's also funny how these so called GURU'S get on here and talk down about a kid when they know talent so well that they should be coaching DI ball. After all they know so much they would never make a mistake offering a ship to a DII kid. So the next time someone tells you your not DI material just remember there not recruiting for any major DI school!