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re: KY DT Matt Elam now #10 on 247
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:30 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:30 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I think I'll trust the guys that are currently recruiting him on this one. You know, the ones getting paid millions of dollars to coach and recruit and who have regularly put talent in the NFL
Yeah because they've never recruited a bust.
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Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:31 pm to UKWildcatsFAN
The chances of a kid this highly rated and recruited by those guys are far less likely to be a bust then a success.
ETA: And I guess a kid has NEVER improved from his high school tape that you watched either.
See, we can go both ways with this.
ETA: And I guess a kid has NEVER improved from his high school tape that you watched either.
See, we can go both ways with this.
This post was edited on 6/17/13 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:40 pm to BluegrassBelle
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And I guess a kid has NEVER improved from his high school tape that you watched either.
I think once he gets to college he will improve greatly but right now I don't think he's that great. He gets by because of his size not his technique.
I'm a pretty good judge of talent but the tape I've watched of other top DT's from previous classes have really opened my eyes in regards to who the great players are and just the good ones. I also have the benifit of playing the game and I can look into a mans eyes and see what kind of drive he has when times get challenging and can tell if he doesn't want to be there anymore.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:44 pm to AMM AU9893
6'6' 370 and the #10 recruit in the nation?
Rated at a 99 and is as fat (almost @ 375 OT) as any player in the NFL.. I'm calling t-total bullshite. And no, I'm not mad..
Rated at a 99 and is as fat (almost @ 375 OT) as any player in the NFL.. I'm calling t-total bullshite. And no, I'm not mad..
This post was edited on 6/17/13 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:44 pm to UKWildcatsFAN
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I also have the benifit of playing the game and I can look into a mans eyes and see what kind of drive he has when times get challenging and can tell if he doesn't want to be there anymore.
Please tell me you're joking. So how many times in competition have you "looked him in the eyes" so that you can enlighten us as to where his level of motivation stands?
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:46 pm to BluegrassBelle
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The chances of a kid this highly rated and recruited by those guys are far less likely to be a bust then a success.
Not necessarily. Most 5 stars don't live up to their scouted potential. Chris Davenport
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:48 pm to UKWildcatsFAN
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I'm a pretty good judge of talent but the tape I've watched of other top DT's from previous classes have really opened my eyes in regards to who the great players are and just the good ones. I also have the benifit of playing the game and I can look into a mans eyes and see what kind of drive he has when times get challenging and can tell if he doesn't want to be there anymore.
This has to be one of the single greatest paragraphs in the history of the SEC rant.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:49 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Please tell me you're joking. So how many times in competition have you "looked him in the eyes" so that you can enlighten us as to where his level of motivation stands?
I've played beside and against Micah Johnson and his form sucked. He was ranked the top linebacker in the nation out of high school and struggled in his first two years at Kentucky. The guy was talented but didn't work on the little things. He wasn't drafted either.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:49 pm to BluegrassBelle
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This post was edited on 6/17/13 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:54 pm to UKWildcatsFAN
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I've played beside and against Micah Johnson and his form sucked. He was ranked the top linebacker in the nation out of high school and struggled in his first two years at Kentucky. The guy was talented but didn't work on the little things. He wasn't drafted either.
So you played against one guy who actually suffered from being played out of position in college and because he had shitty form in HS you're suddenly the guru on all DTs?
Hell if that's the case I was a trainer with a team that had a Heisman candidate QB and a future Super Bowl MVP at WR. I must be an offensive guru because I watched them in practice everyday.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:12 pm to UKWildcatsFAN
This thread has went off the freaking deep end. Good Lord.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:16 pm to AMM AU9893
Sorry, but I don't buy a 370 lb nose tackle being rated as the #10 player in the nation. I never will.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:21 pm to Crowknowsbest
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Sorry, but I don't buy a 370 lb nose tackle being rated as the #10 player in the nation. I never will.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:23 pm to UKWildcatsFAN
It is one thing not buying the hype he's getting, which I agree with. It is an entirely different thing to predict he'll never succeed at the collegiate level, or make an NFL roster, because you have "looked into his eyes and he's a quitter". WTF?
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:37 pm to CapstoneGrad06
He must be headed to Bama if a UK fan is shitting on him that hard.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:42 pm to TideSaint
Let this one go to UK IMO.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:49 pm to roadGator
Not to get too far off topic, but I would wager a large amount of money Kentucky doesn't even make a bowl game in the next ten years. I get SEC SEC SEC, but I don't know what these kids are buying.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:53 pm to roadGator
Why would I want a prototypical 3-4 NG to go to Kentucky? 
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:57 pm to TideSaint
He's already 370 isn't he. If he's not into discipline he's going to be a huge whale.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:59 pm to bamaclownbaby
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Not to get too far off topic, but I would wager a large amount of money Kentucky doesn't even make a bowl game in the next ten years. I get SEC SEC SEC, but I don't know what these kids are buying.
We were able to reel off 5 in a row after probation and under Brooks. Even Joker made a bowl game at one point. That's a silly wager.
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