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re: SECr spinoff: Post an unpopular opinion that you have about UGA
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:20 am to Crowknowsbest
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:20 am to Crowknowsbest
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had Henry committed as a RB
Was told by players that were recruited with him that he decommitted because we wanted him to switch to LB after he had committed as a RB
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Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:35 am to tylerdurden24
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Was told by players that were recruited with him that he decommitted because we wanted him to switch to LB after he had committed as a RB
That sounds like a rationalization for getting out-recruited by Jeremy Pruitt
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:41 am to tylerdurden24
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we wanted him to switch to LB after he had committed as a RB
not doubting your sources but that just seems pretty hard to believe. As does trying to recruit watson as a WR.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:42 am to tylerdurden24
Doubt that's how it went down. No quotes from Henry support such a crazy idea.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:49 am to WG_Dawg
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As does trying to recruit watson as a WR.
That I have no idea on other than Watson supposedly saying that's why he didn't come here.
The Henry thing I was told by guys that have no reason to lie about it. Could they be wrong? Sure. But it's not just old internet chatter I'm regurgitating
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:49 am to djsdawg
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Doubt that's how it went down.
I have no idea "how" it went down, only that that was supposedly what caused the rift that led him to decommit
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:52 am to tylerdurden24
I wish we were a basketball school 
Posted on 1/12/16 at 11:52 am to tylerdurden24
My thinking is that if you're committed to somewhere for over a year it would take something pretty damn drastic for you to change your mind. If we wanted him at LB, I'm not sure why our coaches would have just told him that so late in the process. Probably didn't hurt that he had pictures taken of him in front of a new ride after getting to tuscaloosa.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:02 pm to tylerdurden24
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The Henry thing I was told by guys that have no reason to lie about it. Could they be wrong? Sure. But it's not just old internet chatter I'm regurgitating
Sounds like something he could have told current players to take the heat off himself when he decommitted.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:11 pm to Crowknowsbest
"There's no way UGA's outgoing staff would try to move a running back to LB. preposterous! "
- Richard Samuel
- Richard Samuel
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:19 pm to SquatchDawg
That's totally different. Samuel was classified as an athlete coming out of Hs...many teams wanted him at either position, same as James Wilder a year or 2 after. Obviously he was better suited at LB, but you gotta realize we weren't working with a ton of elite talent in the backfield at that time either so he kinda played RB out of necessity.
DH was always listed as a RB, and that's what we wanted him as.
DH was always listed as a RB, and that's what we wanted him as.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:39 pm to WG_Dawg
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DH was always listed as a RB, and that's what we wanted him as.
Not really. I remember people talking about where he would be better suited...RB or LB. I even remember some people saying that Alabama would offer him as a RB because that is what he wanted to play, then move him to LB. Then there is is this....he is listed as Athlete.
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However, I am with you that I only remember discussion about him being a RB at UGA.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:41 pm to tylerdurden24
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Doubt that's how it went down.
I have no idea "how" it went down, only that that was supposedly what caused the rift that led him to decommit
If we were that stupid, such crazy news would be common knowledge amongst Uga and bama recruiting junkies.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 1:47 pm to djsdawg
Not necessarily. Like mentioned, there was some talk of Bama potentially wanting him at LB, too, and then there was the whole car and dad getting out of prison thing that came into play around the time he flipped. Very well could have just been coming up with an excuse to tell people, but then with our offering Cam as a TE and moving Samuel to LB (or, hell, moving Kiante Tripp to TE and OL and back to DE), it would not surprise me at all if the old coaching staff actually did posit the idea to him that he consider playing LB
Posted on 1/12/16 at 1:58 pm to tylerdurden24
I would bet more than $22 on it, and I don't think what happened with Richard and Tripp has any relevance to henry.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 2:15 pm to djsdawg
Sure they're relevant: UGa went through this weird phase where it was all about moving semi-talented or athletic players around to try to fill team needs. It was stupid and rarely worked but that was what the staff did.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 2:27 pm to tylerdurden24
Not relevent due to major differences in abilities and situations.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 2:35 pm to djsdawg
Maybe not relevant in those aspects but certainly in the one I gave. Remember, that was the time where we were transitioning from the 4-3 to the 3-4 and we were using all these tweener players and there was a growing emphasis on fielding a bunch of athletes rather than football players.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 3:12 pm to tylerdurden24
We went to the 3-4 in 2010. Henry was class of 2013, he was an elite rb prospect unlike Richard, and we didn't have a proven rb. There is no way news of a retarded plan to move him to lb would remain a secret for years. There is no incentive for henry to not disclose such a reason when he decommitted.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 4:36 pm to tylerdurden24
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UGa went through this weird phase where it was all about moving semi-talented or athletic players around to try to fill team needs.
Cmr was a terrible student of statistics. If you don't account for attrition you eventually end up with a depleted roster, hence the moving around of talent. Samuel was a true DGD.
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