re: 2015 Recruiting Discussion

We still have Brice Doleazal who will only be a Jr next year at RB and it is probably the easiest position to convert someone to play. It's also a selling point for '16 if we have availability and True Freshman can typically make an impact at RB more than any other position. We also run a Single Back offense and often go 5 Wide.

I am far more concerned about our lack of depth at QB than RB. Even if Kyler is there in the Fall we will have only 2 Scholarship QB's. That's scary.

Hence, why I said scholarship RBs. Chance Gray, Brice Dolezal, Blaine Townsend, and Kameron Yellin are all walk-ons. Do you really want Dolezal to be our third-string RB? I sure don't. We can hope for a Fournette or Chubb, but those instant-impact backs aren't exactly falling off of trees, and we don't exactly operate a power running offense to entice them to come here.

My entire point was that the staff dropped the ball on RB recruiting. Anderson decommitted in April; yet, we didn't step up our RB recruiting until recently. Why did we wait until 2-3 weeks before NSD to offer Warren? Why are we only now trying to get Soso on campus for an official? The QB situation is different. No one could've known that Kenny Hill would encounter his issues and not be invited back to the team (according to tmc). Again, this is about recruiting, what the staff had information about and when, and what they did or didn't do when they knew.

Home run threat

Again, you have completely missed my point. I'll go ahead and reiterate:

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Staff screwed up RB recruiting. Situation can still be rectified, but NSD is only two weeks away. Running out of time.

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This "renewed emphasis" on RB recruiting essentially supports my contention that up until this point, the staff has dropped the ball. If you want to disagree and believe that the staff has done a sufficient-to-good job recruiting RBs this cycle, that is your prerogative.

The Holton Hill stuff is huge. I thought it was too late to jump back in since we put all our eggs in the Sheffield basket and pretty much cut off contact for the most part since early December. Most kids take that as an insult, even though as Michael Corleone says: "Its not personal, Mr. Hill, just strictly business". But that's what I liked about Hill in the first place... his maturity level is already years ahead of others. He understands that aspect of recruiting and he was receptive to sit down with Sumlin and Chavis. Even this late in the game. I still don't think right now he signs with us, but gotta admire that kid. To win him back over is adjacent to the Seahawks victory over the Packers. It can still get done. Will be interesting to follow this one...

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I thought it was too late to jump back in

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Obviously, Coach Sumlin used the "Break the Lock" option...

DH? You know he hits for power.

edit: btw those are my seats right behind him.

Bitch made dudes get shook

If Kyler doesn't sign, I imagine DCS would be on the QB depth chart. As much as we all love McQueen, he would get literally killed.

At QB: agree that Kyler leaving for MLB or decommit is risky, but that's the way QB recruiting go. All the decent ones committed last summer and most aren't looking to flip. It's a position where if you're good and aren't playing, then you're transferring. Period.......for 2015, if Allen gets seriously injured out multi weeks, then we just burn Murrays redshirt. Sucks, but necessary in a bad situation. If they both get hurt and forced to use 3rd string, then the SEASON IS OVER and nothing no longer matters. DCS, RSJ, Speedy Noil, McQueen and any preferred walk on or whoever the staff thinks is best would be just fine at 3rd string........still, gotta get a QB in the 2016 class(that will likely transfer anyways)

Completely agree on RB. Currently, we're good for 2015 with 4 good ones. 2016 we won't just have 2. We'll get 2 more in the 2016 class that are highly rated and the only difference is they won't have a redshirt year, they'll just have to come in ready to play like RB's all throughout the conference do as true freshmen.

The defense is still the concern. Back 7 and especially CB. Unless it's a Juco stud like Martin, those guys need time to develop. Our secondary is TERRIBLE. It won't matter how good our 3rd and 4th running backs are if we get ran through on defense like the town whore. We can't wait till next year to get better secondary player. We did the SAME DAMN THING in last year's cycle when we struck out on all our safety's and end up with a filler player like Wilson. We're very fortunate that Watts looks like a gem