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Posted on 1/17/21 at 11:02 am to WestCoastAg
Posted on 1/17/21 at 11:02 am to WestCoastAg
anyway he apparently told the staff he was coming, let them get all the paperwork in order, then kinda ghosted them and went up to OU instead of coming back down and getting everything finished. apparently our staff is furious and no one really knows whats happening anymore. weird situation right now
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Posted on 1/17/21 at 11:27 am to WestCoastAg
He always planned to visit OU - I expect that to happen, contrary to information yesterday. He doesn't have a lot of time to make a decision
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Posted on 1/17/21 at 12:12 pm to ColoradoAg
i mean its pretty clear he told our staff he wasnt going to
Posted on 1/17/21 at 1:27 pm to WestCoastAg
That is not the information coming out on TexAgs. Yet everyone at A&M remains confident. Let it play out
Posted on 1/17/21 at 3:02 pm to WestCoastAg
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Always some type of sour grapes mentality when a kid doesn’t choose the home school.
now this thread makes sense
Not really. We didn't go after Morris. We are loaded on the OLine. What some Georgia fans have been saying isn't sour grapes.
There is not doubt or arguing that Morris struggled mightily this past season. As I said earlier, I think it was his coaching. Will Friend has been struggling for whatever reason in the coaching department.
If wherever he goes has a capable OLine coach he should be fine. Might not be able to make him 5* caliber, but fine, nonetheless.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 5:27 pm to WestCoastAg
Don't listen to passwaters or peroni
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:03 pm to DawgsLife
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There is not doubt or arguing that Morris struggled mightily this past season.
Exactly. Not sure why ppl are acting like he didn’t. Potential is there, but he also got benched for a 3* Juco player to end the season and struggled against comparable. Maybe he just needs better coaching.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:13 pm to atlanta917
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Exactly. Not sure why ppl are acting like he didn’t. Potential is there, but he also got benched for a 3* Juco player to end the season and struggled against comparable. Maybe he just needs better coaching.
Sure. But he was in COVID protocol twice and struggled because of an injury.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:29 pm to Atx78669
perroni is one of, if not the, most reliable sources for A&M recruiting info
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:49 pm to WestCoastAg
But he was right about Passwaters. Sometimes I think I know more than he does.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 8:02 pm to Ole Ag
he was absolutely right about passwaters. hes a fricking hack and no one should take his info seriously. perroni on the other hand is as good as it gets
Posted on 1/17/21 at 9:45 pm to atlanta917
Former Vols OL Wanya Morris names top three transfer destinations (247)
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Tennessee offensive lineman Wanya Morris officially entered the NCAA Transfer Portal earlier this week, and he has already narrowed down his list of destinations. The former five-star recruit revealed his top three options on social media.
Just days after entering the transfer portal, Morris posted his three finalists to Twitter. Morris’ next stop will be west of the Mississippi River as he announced that Oklahoma, USC, and Texas A&M were the three teams that he will be choosing between.
The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Morris, who's from Savannah, Ga., and starred at Grayson High School in Loganville, was rated a five-star prospect and ranked the No. 28 overall player, No. 6 offensive tackle and No. 5 player in Georgia by the industry-generated 247Sports Composite when back in May 2019 he chose Tennessee over Auburn and scholarship offers from most of the SEC plus Clemson, Florida State, Oklahoma and others.
The Volunteers were hoping that 2020 would be the year that Morris really took the next step and developed as a player. However, COVID-19 protocols and an injury hampered what the talented offensive lineman was able to do throughout the fall. Morris missed a lot of time in preseason camp due to contact tracing procedures, and he also had to battle through an ankle injury.
After missing so much time, Morris found it hard to get caught up with his teammates. He did as much as possible over Zoom, but he wasn’t able to get as much work in physically, which he says was the hardest part of it all.
“It’s definitely the get-back-in-shape part,” Morris said back in November. “I mean, I’m staying on top of the plays as much as I can, being on Zoom and stuff like that, but there’s nothing like getting those actual reps in practice, and me not being in practice is really hurting me a lot, or [at least] a little bit. Practice makes perfect, or practice makes permanent. Just being able to, like, [practice] is important. Missing those practices is really detrimental, but we’re working towards a better goal right now.”
Morris felt like he was behind from the jump because he couldn’t be shoulder to shoulder with his teammates as they prepared for the 2020 season.
“It was definitely challenging, being that that I didn’t get even spring camp, also,” Morris said. “Not being able to be out there with my teammates to get those reps hurts, but definitely I was staying on the Zoom calls with Coach Friend, Coach Pruitt, just being involved with the team, being as involved as I can, just trying stay ahead if I can, while I’m in quarantine. It was really just trying to stay ahead or not get behind — at least try to stay where I’m at or get better."
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 7:02 am to Hugh McElroy
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But he was in COVID protocol twice
What has this got to do with his struggling? People act like he was the only player that went through the protocol.
Either way, Morris struggled as a freshman and again as a sophomore. I suspect it was more due to coaching than anything.
However, Morris was relegated to playing TE the last three games of their season.
Morris, a preseason second-team All-SEC pick, started five of Tennessee's first seven games at left tackle. He was relegated largely to a role as a blocking tight end in Tennessee's jumbo package in the final three games. He started two of the final three games at tight end.
USA Today
As I said, if your OLine coach is good, he can probably get Morris back on track and he will be fine, but to ignore his struggles and excuse them for Covid protocols is silly. TONS of players missed time due to protocols.
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:21 am to DawgsLife
sounds like its gonna be OU. insane. he basically told our staff what they wanted to hear
Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:54 am to WestCoastAg
Who is saying that?
Posted on 1/18/21 at 1:57 pm to agrunner
Good for OU. That’s a big transfer.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 2:07 pm to Farmer1906
Guess this is done now.
Could have really used him. Makes getting Moko more important.
Could have really used him. Makes getting Moko more important.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 2:18 pm to Farmer1906
Yea, we really could have used him. This was the biggest hit we took from that ridiculous probation last summer. OU could afford to talk to him early and play faster and looser than we could because we have to be super careful until July.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 2:54 pm to Hugh McElroy
You don’t need him. He’s not good.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 3:13 pm to WestCoastAg
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sounds like its gonna be OU. insane. he basically told our staff what they wanted to hear
Tough break for A&M only because I know you wanted him. I said some negative things about his play last season, but they were not said to spite A&M. I have nothing against A&M at all. I typically pull for A&M as a matter of fact.
Honestly, I think you dodged a bullet. he, in my opinion had regressed. I hope you guys are able to pull another OT if that is what you need.
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