'24 TN DB Boo Carter (Tennessee)

[85SugarVol]

I'm curious though...and you didn't address it in my last post, so I'll ask it again...why do you think it's illogical to believe a 5-10 kid is a better fit at WR due to his size if from that position he's more likely to be matched up against guys (DBs) who are more similarly-sized?

From afar, it appears that your argument/justification (that WRs are bigger than DBs) works against your opposition to my preference to play him on offense due to his size. Is he not at a bigger disadvantage playing DB against bigger players (WRs) where he often has to win at the catch point than he is playing WR against smaller players (DBs) where he can win in space and his size is of no consequence?

DBs have always been smaller than WRs.

WRs have the inherent advantage of “knowing where they are going”. DBs don’t know - they must be agile and fast enough to “flip and run” with the WR.

That usually translates to smaller, more athletic players at DB.

If Boo was 6’2” if he would be more well suited for WR.

Doesn’t mean he can’t play either. But he can only be more suited for one or the other.

 

[85SugarVol]

And PR

Absolutely. If he can field a damn punt, and advance it - put him back there.

Incredibly valuable skill set.

 

[cncchris33]

DBs have always been smaller than WRs.

WRs have the inherent advantage of “knowing where they are going”. DBs don’t know - they must be agile and fast enough to “flip and run” with the WR.

That usually translates to smaller, more athletic players at DB.

If Boo was 6’2” if he would be more well suited for WR.

Doesn’t mean he can’t play either. But he can only be more suited for one or the other.

OK, so you seem to believe his being more suited for DB is based as much on athleticism and agility as it is size, or perhaps the athleticism and agility that tends to be found in smaller, more compact, twitchier athletes. And to that point, I'd say that's fair.

It is interesting to note that if Boo is 5'10", then he would be our smallest DB on the team, and only the second to be under 6' (Turrentine is 5'11") It seems like our staff has a profile for DBs, and Boo falls outside those parameters, but given how poorly our secondary has played, at times, perhaps it is time to try something different.

 

[85SugarVol]

OK, so you seem to believe his being more suited for DB is based as much on athleticism and agility as it is size, or perhaps the athleticism and agility that tends to be found in smaller, more compact, twitchier athletes. And to that point, I'd say that's fair.

It is interesting to note that if Boo is 5'10", then he would be our smallest DB on the team, and only the second to be under 6' (Turrentine is 5'11") It seems like our staff has a profile for DBs, and Boo falls outside those parameters, but given how poorly our secondary has played, at times, perhaps it is time to try something different.

Well to be clear, my preference for him at DB is very much based on his agility and athleticism - not his size.

If he displayed the same level of speed, agility, and athleticism - but in a 6’1” 205 frame? I would still want him at DB.

 

[T2P_Priceless]

Remember when we all freaked out thinking he was gonna flip to CO?

 

[NighthawkVol]

There are literally 1,000’s of data points here. We can slice the data to make it say whatever we want, we can highlight dozens of exceptions.

But DBs are not bigger, as a group, than WRs.

Are there a lot of 6’2” Safeties out there?

6’2” is the high end of the normal Safety range. It’s middle of the WR range. There are also different “types” of WRs. Safeties tend to be pretty uniform.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Man but he would look good in a few years holding a Heisman wouldn’t he? (If I still caress about The Heisman of course )

 

[NoogaVol96]

Remember when we all freaked out thinking he was gonna flip to CO?

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

He ain't going anywhere. Stop it.

 

[NoogaVol96]

He ain't going anywhere. Stop it.

I will because you said so Jaxon

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

I will because you said so Jaxon

Thanks bud.

 

[Dewey]

AP - 'Absolutely. There has been some hard losses in this one. Hardest year I can remember. Now they gotta hold onto Boo and figure out the portal'

Yikes

 

[joevols89]

AP - 'Absolutely. There has been some hard losses in this one. Hardest year I can remember. Now they gotta hold onto Boo and figure out the portal'

Yikes

Whoops

 

[Volnbeers]

"we'll be fine"

 

[joevols89]

Just unpinned his commitment post, allegedly.

 

[RikidyBones]

Just unpinned his commitment post, allegedly.

He didn't

 

[Jimmy Football]

Unpinned commitment post, per Basilio.

Edit: apparently not.

 

[joevols89]

He didn't

It’s repinned

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

It’s repinned

It was never unpinned

 

[modernVol]

It was never unpinned

Pingate

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

Listen, I think boo flipping to CU is legitimate, but until something concrete happens we shouldn’t panic.

 

[joevols89]

It was never unpinned

allegedly

 

[KPT_VFL]

Listen, I think boo flipping to CU is legitimate, but until something concrete happens we shouldn’t panic.

I feel like it’s more than likely going to happen. Kid accepted his Mr. football award with LV shoes and Shades on just like Deion would. We will be fine either way.

 

[berryvol]

His whole commitment has been a smokescreen to exact revenge on Volnation dot com for being mean to his mom.

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

I feel like it’s more than likely going to happen. Kid accepted his Mr. football award with LV shoes and Shades on just like Deion would. We will be fine either way.

And it may happen. I just didn’t think this would happen after Deion has fired so many coaches and basically everyone has decommitted and they went 4-8. I mean it laughable at this point.