Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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#141,929
Enki_Amenra said:
Potato salad. Do you do Hamburgers/hotdogs or steaks. . . or both/all? Apple pie? Corn on the cob. Green beans? Are you smoking something? Pellet or wood? Are you drinking beers or kool-aid?
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Yes. Burgers and dogs. No. No. Yes, wings. Wood. Beer and water. Add Baked beans and Caesar salad. Chocolate chip cookies that I wish were lemon bars or banana pudding.
 
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SagginVawls said:
I don’t agree with the take. I also don’t really care what percentage of teams make the playoff for the nfl. Recruiting players out of highschool is not the same as a draft. Talent is not evenly distributed. The big games already have meaning now. If Tennessee vs Vanderbilt has more meaning at the end of the year because we need a win to get in, then more likely than not you’re removing meaning from a tougher game earlier in the year, like Alabama. You aren’t creating meaningful games, you’re just moving meaning from the ones that traditionally mattered.
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My point was more about win-loss distribution, not talent. In a 24 team playoff, accounting for byes, matchups, etc., the idea that you'll have a bunch of teams taking games off at the end of the year... The math doesn't support it.

On Bama specifically, we typically play that game with 4-5 games left on our schedule. In October, neither team would have anything secured as far as playoffs go. I'm not sure how playoff implications could ever make that game mean less.

My main point, really, is that playoff implications are only going to add drama to games. It isn't going to take any away. The Bama game last year would have the exact same stakes. The Vandy game would have had more. You can have your cake and eat it too IMO.

Also, didn't come off as rude at all. No worries.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
still early. thought we upgraded recruiters. how is it possible we got worse?
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Maybe we didnt get worse. Maybe we got smarter. Maybe we are not willing to pay stoopit money for a high school kid. A player who may not develop and a 50% chance he gone somewhere else in 2 years if he does develop. If that's the case, I am fine with them shifting $$ to OL/DL portal starters. . . not only fine with it, I hope that's what they're actually doing.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Maybe we didnt get worse. Maybe we got smarter. Maybe we are not willing to pay stoopit money for a high school kid. A player who may not develop and a 50% chance he gone somewhere else in 2 years if he does develop. If that's the case, I am fine with them shifting $$ to OL/DL portal starters. . . not only fine with it, I hope that's what they're actually doing.
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we have to do both. esp for skill plalaz
 
#141,943
#141,943
Jackcrevol said:
we have to do both. esp for skill plalaz
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Maybe more so with skill players. I don't see why we need to break our backs for questionable high school OL, unless it's a talent like Trey Smith, Sanders, etc. Take Satterwhite for example. He was a decently rated recruit and all we got from it was unwashable skidmarks.

I think we should get about 15 high rated hs recruits a year and take the rest from players in the portal who have proven they can play at this level. . . or even some JUCO players. . . even an FCS player or 2. I'd take a star player from the FCS before I'd pay big $ for a 4* hs player.

What is it, a 105 man roster now? 15 hs players a year leaves us with 45 spots for transfers. Actually probably like 55+ transfer spots after some of those hs players wash out.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Maybe more so with skill players. I don't see why we need to break our backs for questionable high school OL, unless it's a talent like Trey Smith, Sanders, etc. Take Satterwhite for example. He was a decently rated recruit and all we got from it was unwashable skidmarks.

I think we should get about 15 high rated hs recruits a year and take the rest from players in the portal who have proven they can play at this level. . . or even some JUCO players. . . even an FCS player or 2. I'd take a star player from the FCS before I'd pay big $ for a 4* hs player.
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Correct, unless a HS OL is a sure thing all OL come from portal
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Maybe more so with skill players. I don't see why we need to break our backs for questionable high school OL, unless it's a talent like Trey Smith, Sanders, etc. Take Satterwhite for example. He was a decently rated recruit and all we got from it was unwashable skidmarks.

I think we should get about 15 high rated hs recruits a year and take the rest from players in the portal who have proven they can play at this level. . . or even some JUCO players. . . even an FCS player or 2. I'd take a star player from the FCS before I'd pay big $ for a 4* hs player.
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right now we arent getting any hs recruits. we've not been able to l live completely in the porthole in past. Its competitive, and frankly all too often we end up whiffing on top guys there too.

I dont think we can completely live in the hole.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Maybe more so with skill players. I don't see why we need to break our backs for questionable high school OL, unless it's a talent like Trey Smith, Sanders, etc. Take Satterwhite for example. He was a decently rated recruit and all we got from it was unwashable skidmarks.

I think we should get about 15 high rated hs recruits a year and take the rest from players in the portal who have proven they can play at this level. . . or even some JUCO players. . . even an FCS player or 2. I'd take a star player from the FCS before I'd pay big $ for a 4* hs player.

What is it, a 105 man roster now? 15 hs players a year leaves us with 45 spots for transfers. Actually probably like 55+ transfer spots after some of those hs players wash out.
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