Daje promised 15-20 touches/game at UT...

[FrogFrog]

Ended up with a little more than 4/game. When will recruits* ever learn?

*Aside from Hicks.

 

[jake102]

Sounds like he very well may be off to new territory next year. Before long it's going to be JGray and nobody else.

 

[Punter1]

Ended up with a little more than 4/game. When will recruits* ever learn?

*Aside from Hicks.

Mack was figuring at leastl 7-8 kickoff returns a game in that total....then Daje got screwed outta that job.

The guy would be an NFL CB...but instead he'll prob end up being like DJ Monroe...a CFL RB that is a one-trick-pony Fly Sweep Specialist.

 

[2themax]

Couldn't have said it better P1.

 

[jake102]

The guy would be an NFL CB...

Bingo bingo bingo.

Lose the attitude and make payday Daje.

 

[cdsfrog]

Went from horrible sad we didn't land to quite happy about it. Enjoy Eugene Daje, I'm sure you'll do well there

 

[frognutz]

Ended up with a little more than 4/game. When will recruits* ever learn?

*Aside from Hicks.

Promised 15-20 touches? And you know this how?

 

[Punter1]

He said during the recruiting process in a Scout or Rivals article the UT coaches told him that.

 

[froginaustin]

He said during the recruiting process in a Scout or Rivals article the UT coaches told him that.

I think I remember Johnson quoted by Rivals as saying this, perhaps announcing his commitment switch. Or maybe my memory is tricking me.

 

[frognutz]

I think I remember Johnson quoted by Rivals as saying this, perhaps announcing his commitment switch. Or maybe my memory is tricking me.

Gotcha. Maybe all these failed promises from Austin are reaching a critical mass with the high school coaches.

 

[PhillyFrog]

He touches himself 15-20 times per second I hear.

 

[Jefffrog1993]

Hey Mack patted him on the back on sidelines 15 times. Assistants did too. YOu have to listen very carefully to what touches mean.

 

[frognutz]

Hey Mack patted him on the back on sidelines 15 times. Assistants did too. YOu have to listen very carefully to what touches mean.

Lmao! Genious

 

[gohornedfrogs]

He said during the recruiting process in a Scout or Rivals article the UT coaches told him that.

I don't doubt the veracity of this. Coaches make promises they can't deliver in order to sign recruits.

I think it's a shame the kid didn't have someone in his life to filter these promises. The number of true freshman who get that many touches at a place like UT is extremely rare, and that's an understatement. Add to that, UT was already deep at RB and slot positions, and it should have been obvious he wasn't going to see that kind of action.

In today's game, almost nobody gets 15-20 touches a game unless you play QB. Earl Campbell might not get that today.

BTW, is Daje really a primadonna, or is he one of the few with courage enough to speak out when things are obviously foundering down there?

I'm not convinced either way, but people seem to be jumping off that ship down there, and that usually is because of poor leadership, not bad kids.

 

[frognutz]

I don't doubt the veracity of this. Coaches make promises they can't deliver in order to sign recruits.

I think it's a shame the kid didn't have someone in his life to filter these promises. The number of true freshman who get that many touches at a place like UT is extremely rare, and that's an understatement. Add to that, UT was already deep at RB and slot positions, and it should have been obvious he wasn't going to see that kind of action.

In today's game, almost nobody gets 15-20 touches a game unless you play QB. Earl Campbell might not get that today.

BTW, is Daje really a primadonna, or is he one of the few with courage enough to speak out when things are obviously foundering down there?

I'm not convinced either way, but people seem to be jumping off that ship down there, and that usually is because of poor leadership, not bad kids.

Daje is a good kid. We wouldn't have offered him otherwise. Door is always open.