'14 JUCO C/PF Octavius Ellis

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ainge10heisman said:
Hmm...makes me think if any college on the scale of UT offered him, he would probably jump pretty easily. I doubt he wants to go to a small school, but would if it was his only option.
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Whoever takes him is gonna have to answer some questions and probably take some heat, that the drawback
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Whoever takes him is gonna have to answer some questions and probably take some heat, that the drawback
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Oh yeah no doubt, there will be tons of heat. At this point in time, a coach such as ours has got to ask what he really wants to accomplish in his first year. If it is a NCAA birth, and a player like Pollard wants to commit, I think he is a take. After a few good games by Pollard and some wins, that heat will go away as fast as it came, assuming he keeps his nose clean.
 
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ainge10heisman said:
Oh yeah no doubt, there will be tons of heat. At this point in time, a coach such as ours has got to ask what he really wants to accomplish in his first year. If it is a NCAA birth, and a player like Pollard wants to commit, I think he is a take. After a few good games by Pollard and some wins, that heat will go away as fast as it came, assuming he keeps his nose clean.
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That's the risk/reward factor, if he gets into trouble again does winning with him outweigh that?

Also, having a guy like Cheek as your boss makes this move a bit more difficult as well. I'm shocked we haven't heard auburn involved with him, Pearl & Jacobs would seemingly love this guy.

Maybe that's a red flag? Lol
 
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ainge10heisman said:
Well is Pollard publicly being heavily recruited by any other colleges? I am just wondering if everyone is being all hush hush about it because of his past.
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Who is Pollard? I haven't seen anything about him. Devonta Pollard that was at Bama?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
That's the risk/reward factor, if he gets into trouble again does winning with him outweigh that?

Also, having a guy like Cheek as your boss makes this move a bit more difficult as well. I'm shocked we haven't heard auburn involved with him, Pearl & Jacobs would seemingly love this guy.

Maybe that's a red flag? Lol
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I think he is worth the risk.
 
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Pollard has been through a lot of gnarly stuff. I think CDT's no nonsense approach would do well for his focus and attitude.
 
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orange parmejohn said:
Pollard has been through a lot of gnarly stuff. I think CDT's no nonsense approach would do well for his focus and attitude.
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Indeed, but his momma is the one that should be thrown under the jail. I hope testifying against his mother and doing the work in Scooba, MS that he needed to do are a better indicator of what kind of kid he is, rather than his decision in that incident.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Yea that's been odd on the no news thing, I mean there's literally been nothing mentioned on the kid, he's been silent.

I do wonder where he would fit though, he's 6'6" 205lbs, so he's more of a 3/4. That means he enters the field of competition for PT with Hubbs, Richardson, Moore, Cofer* and Owens*.

I'm not saying he wouldn't be a good get because he would and likely allows you to RS a guy like Owens which would be ideal. However, I have to think Martin probably is wanting to go somewhere he's gonna start and get big minutes.
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He would be a good use of a scholly imo, just on the fact that he's a senior and can bang inside somewhat. He had a 7 game stretch this past season where he averaged about 15 points and 7 boards a game and had another game where he had 19 points and 16 boards. That'd take some rebounding pressure off one of the young guys inside. He's also a veteran presence that can guard another teams 4.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
He would be a good use of a scholly imo, just on the fact that he's a senior and can bang inside somewhat. He had a 7 game stretch this past season where he averaged about 15 points and 7 boards a game and had another game where he had 19 points and 16 boards. That'd take some rebounding pressure off one of the young guys inside. He's also a veteran presence that can guard another teams 4.
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Oh I agree he would be a contributor, I just assume he's looking at places that are NCAAT teams but maybe missing a 3 or 4 where he can jump in, start 30 minutes a game and play in the NCAAT.

Would love to land him don't get me wrong, the silence with him is odd though.
 
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I think I read an article that he wouldn't be commenting on it until after he graduated. I wonder if he actually graduated in spring or isn't going to until summer session. Maybe he's the player they were talking about waiting until summer on?
 
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VolArmy74 said:
I think I read an article that he wouldn't be commenting on it until after he graduated. I wonder if he actually graduated in spring or isn't going to until summer session. Maybe he's the player they were talking about waiting until summer on?
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Good point.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
That's the risk/reward factor, if he gets into trouble again does winning with him outweigh that?

Also, having a guy like Cheek as your boss makes this move a bit more difficult as well. I'm shocked we haven't heard auburn involved with him, Pearl & Jacobs would seemingly love this guy.

Maybe that's a red flag? Lol
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That's a good point actually. I'm surprised AU hasn't jumped at this kid.
 
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Are we still looking to bring Ellis on if his grades are solid or has this ship sailed?
 
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