2020 Recruiting Thread
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netty2424
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Respectfully SR was Cumbie’s guy. He recruited him, he offered him, and he started him. He had his QB last year.
The SR stories that he didn’t put in the work still drive me nuts. I find it hard to believe in all of the years recruiting him and coaching him, Cumbie never uncovered that the kid didn’t go to work in the film room.
Froggish
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I think 9-3 Stuff also is shakey as well..You can project us winning the close ones without the assumption we loose games like ISU and K-State
What Up Toad
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Could easily be the case that his parents were the primary motivating factor for him actually putting the work in.
I think our fan base overrated the kid from the start. Remember everyone freaking out when he dropped from a 4-star to a 3-star late in the recruiting process, saying that had to be an anti TCU bias? I’m guessing he probably dropped because the guys watching him play in the camps weren’t all that impressed and didn’t think he was a legit 4-star prospect.
Ron Swanson
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Being a large bodied high school QB that can run like a deer and throw a football a quarter mile will get a college coach to overlook a potential work-ethic issue.
It’s also very possible he faked like he was a hard worker and it finally caught up to him.
Who knows, I’m not in the film room or behind the scenes, but what I saw on the field certainly jibes with the story of a talented kid who didn’t have much mental command of the offensive system or defenses he was playing against, which would make sense given what we heard about his lack of film study.
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netty2424
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I agree with that for the most part. I guess I still take exception to how many games he started/played here while supposedly not putting in the work. Can’t fake that. The coaches know who’s studying and who’s not.
I guess that was indicative of what the coaches felt like we had behind him.
netty2424
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Possibly.
4 Oaks Frog
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That may well be the case. But the kid was a freak in high school. He was always the best athlete on the field. Consequently, he could get by with bad techniques and bad habits. Through his superior high school athleticism, he could find a way to get the ball down the field. He was faster than the high school game. But when he reached the next level where the field is full of great athletes, he couldn’t get by on the seat of his pants any longer. His bad techniques and habits caught up with him, and the college game was much to fast for him. He couldn’t adjust without a lot of work, and he refused to put in the work. So, he’s moved on and I wish him well. Hopefully, in the crop of QBs we have on the roster, Cumby and crew will find one that will shine. IMHO I think it is Dugan. .
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Froggish
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Case study is performed by Donghorns every year
Moose Stuff
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He dropped from a 5 star to a 4 star.
For perspective he was a .9222 which would make him the second highest rated QB we’ve ever signed and close to one of the top 10 best we ever signed at any position. If fans overrated him it was only because the services did as well.
Froggish
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I still think SR will have success at the college level...Sometimes you have to be kicked around a little bit to have a frame of reference on how much work it takes to be successful. I think he’ll work harder the next time he gets a chance..
My concern would be that if he got out of shape as a back up QB (watch the Tech game) what’s going to happen when he has to sit out a year and has no chance of playing outside of scout team?
froginmn
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Stop parading on Wex's rain
Punter1
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+1,000,000
And I guarantee SR was told repeatedly since he was a 9th grader to NOT throw off his back foot, NOT throw late over the middle into triple coverage and to protect the ball when running.
He obviously had a hard time with the little things that every QB coach preaches and 99% of D1 QBs do and don't do....
helcap
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Which site are you looking at? 24/7 shows them with 14 commits, no three stars. Average is an insane .9572. Also noticed only one commit is from their home state
https://247sports.com/college/clemson/Season/2020-Football/Commits/
netty2424
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That’s correct. Must have remembered that wrong when I came over to type it here. So 14 commits. All 4&5* kids. They’re loading up.
netty2424
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I’ve got no problem with that. Time for Saban to face a little adversity for a change.
