'16 NJ QB Jarrett Guarantano (Vols commit 4/15/2015)

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DeekT said:
I thought that he was definitely visiting and bringing Walker, Fuller and Mitchell with him. What happened?
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Probably just being cautious with their reporting because last time they had to cancel last minute due to 7 on 7 conflict. JG said at Opening that he, Walker, fuller and Mitchell are for sure coming. They want Gary to come but he doesn't know what his school teams schedule is yet.
 
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sanddune50 said:
Have you seen any of the freshmen practice? Or are you just guessing based on high school film?
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Some of both. From available video, Jones definitely seems to throw the ball better than Dormady.... and that's not really a knock on Dormady. He threw some impressive balls in the O&W game and practices.

IMHO, I think it would have been a waste of a scholarship to take Jones if he were not thought to be a better talent than the two that were already committed. But Butch and Co were willing to risk losing both Dormady and Jennings to get S Jones.
 
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sjt18 said:
Some of both. From available video, Jones definitely seems to throw the ball better than Dormady.... and that's not really a knock on Dormady. He threw some impressive balls in the O&W game and practices.

IMHO, I think it would have been a waste of a scholarship to take Jones if he were not thought to be a better talent than the two that were already committed. But Butch and Co were willing to risk losing both Dormady and Jennings to get S Jones.
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Then there is the whole, we only had one scholarship QB on the roster.

I think they took Jones because they were able to get a top notch QB rather than using a Scholly and settling for a lower tier one right off the bat. We have to have four QB's. If it hadn't worked out with Jones, Then we would have looked at lower tier QB's. I think the other two knew that too.

Whichever of those three get the starting spot, They will be the starter when JG gets here. It will be up to him to dethrone them.

All JMO of course.
 
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sjt18 said:
Some of both. From available video, Jones definitely seems to throw the ball better than Dormady.... and that's not really a knock on Dormady. He threw some impressive balls in the O&W game and practices.

IMHO, I think it would have been a waste of a scholarship to take Jones if he were not thought to be a better talent than the two that were already committed. But Butch and Co were willing to risk losing both Dormady and Jennings to get S Jones.
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I doubt they would be willing to lose both dormady and jennings and set up a potentially catastrophic situation where we have marquez north and pig playing QB.... actually that doesn't sound that bad......
 
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LouderVol said:
fine local TN PD, don't get your hopes up on a speedy process.
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You are right. If he was not an athlete he would already be charged with the burden of proving his innocence. Funny how there are questions about whether college athletes should be charged or not when other students and citizens are charged first then let the chips fall where they may.
 
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BaldBiker said:
Then there is the whole, we only had one scholarship QB on the roster.

I think they took Jones because they were able to get a top notch QB rather than using a Scholly and settling for a lower tier one right off the bat. We have to have four QB's. If it hadn't worked out with Jones, Then we would have looked at lower tier QB's. I think the other two knew that too.

Whichever of those three get the starting spot, They will be the starter when JG gets here. It will be up to him to dethrone them.

All JMO of course.
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Dobbs will be the starting QB when Guarantano gets here.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Dobbs will be the starting QB when Guarantano gets here.
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Yeah...I know. He will have a back up. That back up will be named the starter when Dobbs leaves. They will not just hand the starting position to JG....... just because. He'll have to earn it, regardless of what all of us armchair coaches say.
 
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BaldBiker said:
Yeah...I know. He will have a back up. That back up will be named the starter when Dobbs leaves. They will not just hand the starting position to JG....... just because. He'll have to earn it, regardless of what all of us armchair coaches say.
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It won't go down like that. Open competition.
 
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BaldBiker said:
Yeah...I know. He will have a back up. That back up will be named the starter when Dobbs leaves. They will not just hand the starting position to JG....... just because. He'll have to earn it, regardless of what all of us armchair coaches say.
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My hope is that we won't see enough of the 2015 backup to truly gauge their talent unless it's because we are blowing out opponents.

Guarantano is an EE, and I'd venture to guess he will be given every opportunity to earn that backup role to Dobbs in 2016. I wouldn't just assume that one of Dormady/Jones/Jennings will be named the backup automatically in 2016 just because they were the backup in 2015. I think it will be a full-blown, 4-way competition (assuming no one transfers or switches positions) throughout 2016 spring practice, summer workouts, and fall camp.

I say that because I feel Dobbs is the best type of QB for CBJ's system, and I think Guarantano most resembles Dobbs style of play and athletic ability. That said, it doesn't mean that Dormady, Jones, or Jennings can't beat him out. I just don't think they have an unquestioned leg up on him heading into spring 2016 unless one is forced into extensive action, and is mildly successful in 2015. Let's hope we still don't know that answer six months from now.
 
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cncchris33 said:
My hope is that we won't see enough of the 2015 backup to truly gauge their talent unless it's because we are blowing out opponents.

Guarantano is an EE, and I'd venture to guess he will be given every opportunity to earn that backup role to Dobbs in 2016. I wouldn't just assume that one of Dormady/Jones/Jennings will be named the backup automatically in 2016 just because they were the backup in 2015. I think it will be a full-blown, 4-way competition (assuming no one transfers or switches positions) throughout 2016 spring practice, summer workouts, and fall camp.

I say that because I feel Dobbs is the best type of QB for CBJ's system, and I think Guarantano most resembles Dobbs style of play and athletic ability. That said, it doesn't mean that Dormady, Jones, or Jennings can't beat him out. I just don't think they have an unquestioned leg up on him heading into spring 2016 unless one is forced into extensive action, and is mildly successful in 2015. Let's hope we still don't know that answer six months from now.
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JG's already talked about the possibility of being a four year starter and ok'd a redshirt year.
 
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cncchris33 said:
My hope is that we won't see enough of the 2015 backup to truly gauge their talent unless it's because we are blowing out opponents.

Guarantano is an EE, and I'd venture to guess he will be given every opportunity to earn that backup role to Dobbs in 2016. I wouldn't just assume that one of Dormady/Jones/Jennings will be named the backup automatically in 2016 just because they were the backup in 2015. I think it will be a full-blown, 4-way competition (assuming no one transfers or switches positions) throughout 2016 spring practice, summer workouts, and fall camp.

I say that because I feel Dobbs is the best type of QB for CBJ's system, and I think Guarantano most resembles Dobbs style of play and athletic ability. That said, it doesn't mean that Dormady, Jones, or Jennings can't beat him out. I just don't think they have an unquestioned leg up on him heading into spring 2016 unless one is forced into extensive action, and is mildly successful in 2015. Let's hope we still don't know that answer six months from now.
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This is pretty much my position with the exception of the other three will have a years advantage in the program.

It has been a loooooong time since we have had this kind of conversation about the QB position because we have so many talented QB's on the roster. Nice problem to have.
 
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BaldBiker said:
This is actually my hope. Would love for us to be able to redshirt him because we have enough talent to.
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An entire year of soaking up the offense and working on fundamentals/conditioning. Having trouble remembering the last highly rated prospect (much less QB), we had the luxury of doing that with.
 
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Way too early to tell who will succeed Josh especially considering we have only seen Dormady and JJ in a somewhat game setting. Jones and JG we haven't see yet.

I thinks it's safe to say JJ needs to switch positions. He needs to much time I'm a battle that time is of the essence. He is going to find himself too far behind at QB.

Dormady looks like a stud. jones apparently has this offseason. It will be a fun battle to watch this fall for backup.

JG is the most talented of them all but how long does it take him to learn the playbook and fix a few things touch wise. Does he pick it up in a redshirt year enough to beat out two really good QBs that will have been in program for 2 years versus his 1. That will be an intense battle that's for sure
 
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onevol74 said:
You are right. If he was not an athlete he would already be charged with the burden of proving his innocence. Funny how there are questions about whether college athletes should be charged or not when other students and citizens are charged first then let the chips fall where they may.
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Students and normal citizens also can get some preferential treatment as well. It's all in who you know doesn't matter whether it's because you're good at a sport or you just happen to know someone that can help you with law enforcement.
 
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Lol, is that rating just for a single day or for the entire event?

Rivals will probably use that to drop him to a 5.6 3* now.
 
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BaldBiker said:
This is pretty much my position with the exception of the other three will have a years advantage in the program.

It has been a loooooong time since we have had this kind of conversation about the QB position because we have so many talented QB's on the roster. Nice problem to have.
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Agree 100%.
 
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