'20 GA ATH Arik Gilbert (LSU commit)

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MarcoVol said:
Not really. So many players smoke. Wish they’d do away with any rule pertaining to weed. It’s dumb.

And this idiot saying AG is the “type” of player Mullen likes. I’d put money on at least 3/4 of the current LSU roster smokes. And I freakin hate Mullen.
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This.

Almost all, if not all, smoke. I'd throw some names out there from my time on campus, but it's not my place.
 
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MarcoVol said:
@TrippieRedd is that fake stuff supposed to be less detectable? Or what’s the appeal to that over real grass? I don’t get it. Not like weed is hard to get your hands on.
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The only way you can really tell is by testing it and no I don't mean smoking it.

Here's one example, Laundry detergent. If for some reason you don't trust it, take one of the buds put it in a glass of water and shake it up, if it's laced with detergent, you will see traces of suds.

Let’s suppose you know what “normal buds” look like. If the weed is too powdery, smells weird, moldy or like chemicals, tastes bitter or harsh, put that joint out and don’t smoke it.

Lastly, there is no appeal. Most don't take the time to check what they got, while at the same time, they don't care.
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
Heupel will not close the gap. I expect him to be a huge failure based off his trend at UCF and his recruiting abilities at UCF. Don’t even get me started on his defense giving up 500YPG. Of course you approve of the hire.
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Aw....come on Sunshine lighten up! Got to play the games first before you can lose. Who knows, CJH and UT maybe the perfect fit. You got a coach who knows how to score points and if you can score, you have a chance to win. And, no more cornbread ball which means it’s a great day on Rocky Top!
 
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TrippieRedd said:
The only way you can really tell is by testing it and no I don't mean smoking it.

Here's one example, Laundry detergent. If for some reason you don't trust it, take one of the buds put it in a glass of water and shake it up, if it's laced with detergent, you will see traces of suds.

Let’s suppose you know what “normal buds” look like. If the weed is too powdery, smells weird, moldy or like chemicals, tastes bitter or harsh, put that joint out and don’t smoke it.

Lastly, there is no appeal. Most don't take the time to check what they got, while at the same time, they don't care.
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de1conley said:
Lmao you’re right and there’s no sense of urgency to hire the in-house smart choice for DC and allow him to bring in Gardner and Williams. This is what pisses ppl off. The guy is under contract and an SEC vet who can recruit with the best but is average as a coach. UT has a way of always making themselves look like a fool. You need the Auburn transfers to fill voids, but they’re being idiots and allowing this mid major hire to drag his feet with 2 days til signing day. Lmao

He will go there and be used like Pitts then go on to be a pro. This kid has it and without Brady, that LSU offense was a colossal failure.
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How was it a colossal failure to lose nearly every offensive starter going into a COVID year and have regression?
 
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Jaws said:
@Atlanta917

247 has them at #13 currently. UF’s previous two class rankings on 247 were #9. So again, Mullen is getting top 10 classes, no matter which site you look at. I think what you’re really trying to say is you’re not going to give Mullen recruiting credit unless he’s top 5. That’s fine, I wanna be top 5 too, but I don’t equate top 10 with “mediocre.” I equate top 10 with very good, top 5 being excellent.

And when you make blanket statements like “it’s odd he can’t close with HS recruits,” it’s like you’re ignoring the HS recruits he has closed with. He closed with Kaiir Elam, Gervon Dexter, Corey Collier, Xzavier Henderson, Jason Marshall, Desmond Watson, Derek Wingo, Carlos Del Rio, Kris Bogle, Mohamoud Diabate, Josh Braun, and a whole bunch of other dudes. He closed these guys, and they are guys everyone in America wanted, and I didn’t list many other examples.
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I’m grading him against other recruiters from the SEC and there just happens to be elite recruiters in the SEC. 13th overall would be great for a team in any conference besides the SEC where you have 4 other schools in the top 7. He has certainly pulled some talent, but UF recruits itself to a degree. When you compare his classes to Meyer’s and Muschamp’s, he falls short. I honestly don’t understand why you think this isn’t a fair assessment. Mullen has never had the reputation of being an elite recruiter. You’d also think UF would’ve been able to capitalize on some momentum from beating UGA and going to the SECC, but maybe covid prevented that from happening.
 
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Atlanta917 said:
I’m grading him against other recruiters from the SEC and there just happens to be elite recruiters in the SEC. 13th overall would be great for a team in any conference besides the SEC where you have 4 other schools in the top 7. He has certainly pulled some talent, but UF recruits itself to a degree. When you compare his classes to Meyer’s and Muschamp’s, he falls short. I honestly don’t understand why you think this isn’t a fair assessment. Mullen has never had the reputation of being an elite recruiter. You’d also think UF would’ve been able to capitalize on some momentum from beating UGA and going to the SECC, but maybe covid prevented that from happening.
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You keep cherry-picking that 13th ranking. Again, that’s a current number, it assumes they won’t have any additional commits, and even if it sticks, that’s the outlier. The class is much higher rated on Rivals and ESPN and it’s the outlier even on 247 compared to his previous two classes where UF was ranked 9th on that site. So my point remains, Mullen has had top 10 classes at UF, except possibly 2021 where one of the three major sites might have them outside the top 10. That’s not “mediocre.”

Another point, it now appears that Mullen may be strategically choosing to recruit the portal just as hard, if not harder than High School, and why wouldn’t he? Thomas Goldkamp has a nice article on this, Mullen started it at Miss State and has continued it at Florida, putting just as much stock in transfers as kids out of HS.

So I don’t think it’s fair to call him a “mediocre” recruiter when he’s landing consistent top 10 classes in additional to absolutely owning the portal. Portal guys have to be recruited too. Goldkamp made the point that Mullen is going after guys who are more mature and physically developed and accustomed to college life vs High School kids. I think he’s onto something. That’s a smart strategy.

You’re trying to get me to confess or willingly acknowledge your theory that Mullen is mediocre at recruiting. I’m not going to do that because I don’t believe it. You can’t arrive at a program that has zero 5-stars on the roster and then end up with roughly ten 5-star guys a couple years later if you “can’t recruit.”

Since we’re trying to get each other to admit things, can you admit Mullen’s recruiting of the portal has been elite, best in America, second to none, best in the business? I don’t know why you can’t just admit this.
 
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Jaws said:
You keep cherry-picking that 13th ranking. Again, that’s a current number, it assumes they won’t have any additional commits, and even if it sticks, that’s the outlier. The class is much higher rated on Rivals and ESPN and it’s the outlier even on 247 compared to his previous two classes where UF was ranked 9th on that site. So my point remains, Mullen has had top 10 classes at UF, except possibly 2021 where one of the three major sites might have them outside the top 10. That’s not “mediocre.”

Another point, it now appears that Mullen may be strategically choosing to recruit the portal just as hard, if not harder than High School, and why wouldn’t he? Thomas Goldkamp has a nice article on this, Mullen started it at Miss State and has continued it at Florida, putting just as much stock in transfers as kids out of HS.

So I don’t think it’s fair to call him a “mediocre” recruiter when he’s landing consistent top 10 classes in additional to absolutely owning the portal. Portal guys have to be recruited too. Goldkamp made the point that Mullen is going after guys who are more mature and physically developed and accustomed to college life vs High School kids. I think he’s onto something. That’s a smart strategy.

You’re trying to get me to confess or willingly acknowledge your theory that Mullen is mediocre at recruiting. I’m not going to do that because I don’t believe it. You can’t arrive at a program that has zero 5-stars on the roster and then end up with roughly ten 5-star guys a couple years later if you “can’t recruit.”

Since we’re trying to get each other to admit things, can you admit Mullen’s recruiting of the portal has been elite, best in America, second to none, best in the business? I don’t know why you can’t just admit this.
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Jaws said:
You keep cherry-picking that 13th ranking. Again, that’s a current number, it assumes they won’t have any additional commits, and even if it sticks, that’s the outlier. The class is much higher rated on Rivals and ESPN and it’s the outlier even on 247 compared to his previous two classes where UF was ranked 9th on that site. So my point remains, Mullen has had top 10 classes at UF, except possibly 2021 where one of the three major sites might have them outside the top 10. That’s not “mediocre.”

Another point, it now appears that Mullen may be strategically choosing to recruit the portal just as hard, if not harder than High School, and why wouldn’t he? Thomas Goldkamp has a nice article on this, Mullen started it at Miss State and has continued it at Florida, putting just as much stock in transfers as kids out of HS.

So I don’t think it’s fair to call him a “mediocre” recruiter when he’s landing consistent top 10 classes in additional to absolutely owning the portal. Portal guys have to be recruited too. Goldkamp made the point that Mullen is going after guys who are more mature and physically developed and accustomed to college life vs High School kids. I think he’s onto something. That’s a smart strategy.

You’re trying to get me to confess or willingly acknowledge your theory that Mullen is mediocre at recruiting. I’m not going to do that because I don’t believe it. You can’t arrive at a program that has zero 5-stars on the roster and then end up with roughly ten 5-star guys a couple years later if you “can’t recruit.”

Since we’re trying to get each other to admit things, can you admit Mullen’s recruiting of the portal has been elite, best in America, second to none, best in the business? I don’t know why you can’t just admit this.
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How about you get your swampy little punk ass out of here.
 
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Jaws said:
You keep cherry-picking that 13th ranking. Again, that’s a current number, it assumes they won’t have any additional commits, and even if it sticks, that’s the outlier. The class is much higher rated on Rivals and ESPN and it’s the outlier even on 247 compared to his previous two classes where UF was ranked 9th on that site. So my point remains, Mullen has had top 10 classes at UF, except possibly 2021 where one of the three major sites might have them outside the top 10. That’s not “mediocre.”

Another point, it now appears that Mullen may be strategically choosing to recruit the portal just as hard, if not harder than High School, and why wouldn’t he? Thomas Goldkamp has a nice article on this, Mullen started it at Miss State and has continued it at Florida, putting just as much stock in transfers as kids out of HS.

So I don’t think it’s fair to call him a “mediocre” recruiter when he’s landing consistent top 10 classes in additional to absolutely owning the portal. Portal guys have to be recruited too. Goldkamp made the point that Mullen is going after guys who are more mature and physically developed and accustomed to college life vs High School kids. I think he’s onto something. That’s a smart strategy.

You’re trying to get me to confess or willingly acknowledge your theory that Mullen is mediocre at recruiting. I’m not going to do that because I don’t believe it. You can’t arrive at a program that has zero 5-stars on the roster and then end up with roughly ten 5-star guys a couple years later if you “can’t recruit.”

Since we’re trying to get each other to admit things, can you admit Mullen’s recruiting of the portal has been elite, best in America, second to none, best in the business? I don’t know why you can’t just admit this.
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I’ve already said his use of the portal has been excellent. I also don’t think you understand what my point has been. I’m not saying Mullen’s a mediocre recruiter compared to Vandy. I’m saying it when you stack him up against other contender programs in the SEC, right now. Mullen has to get graded against Saban, Smart, Orgeron, and Fisher when it comes to recruiting since he’s in the SEC. While 13, the current class, would be great in any other conference, it’s good for fifth in the SEC. After seeing the way Meyer and Muschamp recruited it’s fair to say he could be landing better classes. Regardless, UF didn’t hire Mullen for his recruiting skills. They’re banking on his coaching being able to close the gap with UGA’s and LSU’s talent, and then Bama’s if UF makes the SECC.

This is probably a better conversation for a different forum at this point.
 
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Jaws said:
Huge addition to the Florida offense.

The subheading here is, Mullen continues to be masterful in pulling 5-star guys out of the portal. He’s literally the best in college football at it, and yes, guys like Saban and Dabo don’t need to be, but Mullen is enhancing the talent on his team via the portal. He added two 5-star offensive skill players in Bowman and Gilbert, in addition to two big-time DT’s in Shelton and Newkirk, just in the last several weeks. Mullen’s list of successful portal players is unbelievable:

Jon Greenard - starter - NFL pick
Van Jefferson - 2 year starter - NFL pick
Tre Grimes - 2 year starter - sure-fire NFL pick
Adam Shuler - 2 year starter
Jean Delance - 3 year starter
Brenton Cox - consensus 5 star
Justin Shorter - consensus 5 star
Lorenzo Lingard - consensus 5 star
Demarckus Bowman - consensus 5 star
Arik Gilbert - consensus 5 star

He’s also got several 5 star guys he’s recruited out of HS:


Derek Wingo - Rivals 5 star
Corey Collier - Rivals 5 star
Jason Marshall - 247 composite 5 star
Gervon Dexter - consensus 5 star

And I’m certain I’m missing some guys. Talk about a roster transformation. Florida had, what 2 or 3 five stars on the roster when Mullen arrived? Now they’ve got 5 star guys up and down both sides of the ball.
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Jaws said:
Nothing, I mean, NOTHING supports what you’re saying. The man has 86 passing attempts in 3 seasons at UF and has been waiting his turn. Nobody has ever looked at his body of work and concluded, “hmm, he can’t throw.” Well, except you, and some Georgia Twitter fans who are also in denial over how much Emory has already played and proven, just hatred for UF and a hope that they do poorly.

This will be a post to revisit after Emory is lighting up the league in 2021. Or, it’ll be one to revisit if suddenly, despite what we’ve seen in a ton of game action, Emory suddenly “can’t throw” and is “worse than Franks.”
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Waiting for Rainbows! :cool:
 
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Nasavol said:
JH doesn’t use a TE
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Guess who led the team in TDs on Missouri as a freshman...... yep you guessed it, their Te. I’m tired of seeing this statement.

I watched a game yesterday that Heupel even played Ace formation a lot, ( two Tes) and ran the ball successfully and utilized the Te in the middle of the field, because the team was prone to running a cover 2. Geez
 
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Hbd10 said:
Guess who led the team in TDs on Missouri as a freshman...... yep you guessed it, their Te. I’m tired of seeing this statement.

I watched a game yesterday that Heupel even played Ace formation a lot, ( two Tes) and ran the ball successfully and utilized the Te in the middle of the field, because the team was prone to running a cover 2. Geez
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I am as excited about this as anything. We have almost never taken advantage of drag routes and crossing routes with throws over the middle of the field.
So much open space that we never seem to utilize previously.
 
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johnfnkelly said:
Who the hell is out here willingly smoking synthetic weed? lol
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You don't? I esp like to mix it with meth. Right before Church or hanging with in laws, and loved ones.

Read a story of a guy here in Tri Cities who made $100,000.00 in a week selling that crap..all cash. He opened three stores. Fortunately Feds got involved and seized all assets. A lot of people got hurt on that crap.

Its bad when a hospital has an entire wing devoted to overdoses of a certain drug.
 
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jackcrevol said:
You don't? I esp like to mix it with meth. Right before Church or hanging with in laws, and loved ones.

Read a story of a guy here in Tri Cities who made $100,000.00 in a week selling that crap..all cash. He opened three stores. Fortunately Feds got involved and seized all assets. A lot of people got hurt on that crap.

Its bad when a hospital has an entire wing devoted to overdoses of a certain drug.
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I remember in middle school kids my age would smoke "spice" or "k2" since it was sold at the gas station and didn't have access to actual bud. It was literally killing kids around the country.
 
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