'14 JUCO WR Eric Lauderdale (previous UT commit)

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BruinVol said:
A coaches job is to win. He deosnt run a farm system
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It's stupid and incredibly selfish of him to be upset at the school that came and signed one of his players. The coach should be ecstatic for the kid. Not holding a grudge against the kid's new school. Sheesh.
 
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VolGee4 said:
The point of a JUCO is to develop players for D1 and win while also realizing that you will only have players for a VERY short period of time. The coach is forgetting his place in the system if he is upset that we took a guy after one year. I am sure he is always happy when a guy transfers from a D1 school to his program for a year. Double standard. That is beyond dumb.
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That short time should be 2yrs unless the kid opening tells the coach he is bouncing after 1 yr. That didn't happen here or the coach wouldn't be pissed.

Imagine the nfl being able to take one of our kids in mid to late summer.

Would you expect our coaches to be "happy" for the kid??
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
If the staff feels good about getting Malone on December 4th then I see no way they take another JUCO WR.
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I didn't / don't see the news even without Malone.

Last year was the year to snag Juco WRs. Of course if there is some outlandish talent take him but otherwise Nahh

North, Harris, Croom, Jenkins & Smith will be experienced enough to produce.
 
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I4Jay said:
I didn't / don't see the news even without Malone.

Last year was the year to snag Juco WRs. Of course if there is some outlandish talent take him but otherwise Nahh

North, Harris, Croom, Jenkins & Smith will be experienced enough to produce.
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Pig
 
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BruinVol said:
That short time should be 2yrs unless the kid opening tells the coach he is bouncing after 1 yr. That didn't happen here or the coach wouldn't be pissed.

Imagine the nfl being able to take one of our kids in mid to late summer.

Would you expect our coaches to be "happy" for the kid??
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If it was within the rules, then yes I would.
 
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I4Jay said:
I didn't / don't see the news even without Malone.

Last year was the year to snag Juco WRs. Of course if there is some outlandish talent take him but otherwise Nahh

North, Harris, Croom, Jenkins & Smith will be experienced enough to produce.
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This ^^

Hard to find justification for taking 2 JUCO receivers this year. We have too many good young receivers lining up for playing time.
 
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Put all your chips in on Malone, if he goes elsewhere sign an additional DT. Lauderdale isn't a greater need than DL
 
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ETNVol said:
Lauderdale absolutley should be a take. Some are worried about the # of JUCO's, but they should consider that we'll have well over 1/3rd of our scholarships invested in this class, and having more JUCOs will spread the scholarships out more evenly in the coming years. Not to mention, the # of starters we're losing this year dictates that we can't turn down experienced JUCOs, certainly not one as talented as Lauderdale.

If we could get Lauderdale and Malone, along with the recruits we already have, we'd be set up fantastic at WR for the next 3 years.

While I'd love to see both of them sign with UT, I have a feeling that they're still heavily recruiting Lauderdale because they are hoping they can land one between him and Malone. Either way, that would make a great WR class.
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good point :good!::good!:
 
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dschult2 said:
That's why there is a period of time for players to declare for the draft. If JUCO wants to hold their kids hostage for 2 years, get the rules changed.
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You can bet the coaches want them changed. That's why they expect schools to respect the unwritten rules of not stealing kids
 
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BruinVol said:
That short time should be 2yrs unless the kid opening tells the coach he is bouncing after 1 yr. That didn't happen here or the coach wouldn't be pissed.

Imagine the nfl being able to take one of our kids in mid to late summer.

Would you expect our coaches to be "happy" for the kid??
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The difference is that the NFL has a deadline and a rule in which the players must follow, so the coaches know who will be there. So, what would this coach say in the case of DJ Pettway? He gets in trouble in February, gets kicked off the team, and joins a JC for one year before being re-recruited. Would he say no to him because him being there one year? Hell no. Double standard- he likes getting them but hates losing them.

It is a totally different set of circumstances, and JC coaches know that their kids can and will come and go whenever they want. Happens all year long.
 
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Conspiracy theory Bruin style time. Is it possible Blinn's coach trumped up some charge against Jackson to kick him off the team, so we would no longer take him? Thought process being that he would punish us by causing us to have to cut ties with a recruit we really wanted.
 
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BruinVol said:
That's why the consequences are seen behind closed doors
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What? The wrath of a JUCO coach?

As another poster said, this stuff happens all the time with JUCO players. The coach needs to lighten up and understand his station in life. If he doesn't like his station, search for a job at a 4 year college.
 
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dschult2 said:
Butch don't care about unwritten rules. He cares about wins.
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Exactly.

That's why taking a kid early from a juco has to be worth it knowing the next recruit you aren't getting any help with.

In this case is wasn't worth it IMO. The kid has done very little for us.
 
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BruinVol said:
Exactly.

That's why taking a kid early from a juco has to be worth it knowing the next recruit you aren't getting any help with.

In this case is wasn't worth it IMO. The kid has done very little for us.
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Had a catch for us against SC in a crucial situation if I remember right. Its also too early to judge if it was worth it. We get him 2 more years.
 
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I read somewhere that we're not going to take any JUCO's who were not EE's in this class. Butch is going to plug immediate holes for depth and move on with high school players. Sounds good to me.
 
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Mike4Vols said:
What? The wrath of a JUCO coach?

As another poster said, this stuff happens all the time with JUCO players. The coach needs to lighten up and understand his station in life. If he doesn't like his station, search for a job at a 4 year college.
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Agreed, You know that coach sells the ability to provide a place for a student/athlete to get their grades up and attend a 4 yr university. I can see it being a little frustrating but when thats the point of your business then you have to get used to it. He would do the exact same thing to that junior college if a 4 yr university came calling for him to take a head coaching position.
 
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