'18 FL WR Jacob Copeland (Florida signee)

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RiseToTheTop said:
according to Hubbs we arent gonna sign anyone else. 18 man class. We are done. But coaches steele continue to recruit.


in all seriousness though it def seems like he is not as plugged in with this staff and it makes sense. They havent been here very long.
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Could be this staff does not like goofballs.
 
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Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
 
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JacketVol said:
Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
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lol
 
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JacketVol said:
Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
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JacketVol said:
Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
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It's like that?
 
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JacketVol said:
Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
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It's a nice thought knowing that these local media guys who start rumors and seemingly have stoke the fire on bad issues the last 5-8 years have no idea what's going on bc Pruitt doesn't tell them ****, and they can't handle it. I like that the staff keeps everything quiet.
 
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RiseToTheTop said:
according to Hubbs we arent gonna sign anyone else. 18 man class. We are done. But coaches steele continue to recruit.


in all seriousness though it def seems like he is not as plugged in with this staff and it makes sense. They havent been here very long.
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Hubbs is fishing by putting out negative press and waiting on a coach to call him out on it. Ridiculous to think we are not going to sign anyone else and sit on a log and say "oh, well".
 
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i doubt the staff has any relationship with anyone in the media. they've been on the job for about 7 or so weeks and virtually all of it has been spent elsewhere, either recruiting, or finishing their previous job. that's not the media's fault.

add to that, the recruiting board got scrapped and re done. so most of what anyone in the media thought about knowing about ut recruiting, basically had to start over with both prospects and the coaches doing the recruiting.

i'm sure that's been frustrating.

in the end, you get out of it, what you put in. all of these guys are using very imperfect information to form an OPINION on what they think will happen. they try to make it as informed an opinion as they can, but none of them are right all the time, good or bad.
 
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JacketVol said:
Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
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This seems a little far-fetched.
 
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JacketVol said:
Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
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Reaching with short arms, IMO.
 
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LaagerVol said:
This seems a little far-fetched.
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Yes and part of the reason for the post. But he got very defensive when things got sideways with Gruden on how he had built this for his family ect. Being a business owner and having a family, I actually get it. I never called him lazy but the info has been all over the place and it has to be frustrating for them when in the past, they had all the inside goods and when Hubbs said it then it was the gospel. Don’t think this staff or AD will be as transparent. That makes Hubbs frustrated.
 
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JacketVol said:
Yes and part of the reason for the post. But he got very defensive when things got sideways with Gruden on how he had built this for his family ect. Being a business owner and having a family, I actually get it. I never called him lazy but the info has been all over the place and it has to be frustrating for them when in the past, they had all the inside goods and when Hubbs said it then it was the gospel. Don’t think this staff or AD will be as transparent. That makes Hubbs frustrated.
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I do think he has been frustrated recently.
 
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JacketVol said:
Hubbs is pissed because these coaches do not talk and are professional in their recruiting which in turn, will make his business dry up. You can see why he is so negative toward them and everything UT presently. He may have to go out and make it in the real world.
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I applaud Pruitt and his staff for keeping recruiting quiet. It’s the Art of War. Saban doesn’t tell anyone outside the staff anything either. I enjoy recruiting news as much as the next person, but there’s a new Sherriff in town...Aight? 😎

I assume the only way all the recruiting services will get info now is if they get it from the players.....Hubbs and his crew are getting significant negative feedback from the mis-information they’ve been publishing recently.
 
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Hmmm.... Knew he was short, but never realized how much like a ventriloquist's dummy Saban looks.
 
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Evergrenevol said:
I applaud Pruitt and his staff for keeping recruiting quiet. It’s the Art of War. Saban doesn’t tell anyone outside the staff anything either. I enjoy recruiting news as much as the next person, but there’s a new Sherriff in town...Aight? 😎

I assume the only way all the recruiting services will get info now is if they get it from the players.....Hubbs and his crew are getting significant negative feedback from the mis-information they’ve been publishing recently.
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Nailed it
 
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Of course Hubbs doesn't know anything. Our coaches probably don't know anything for sure. Not convinced Copeland even knows who he's gonna choose yet.

It's a little much to demand that anyone be able to predict the future.
 
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There's more to Escambia's Copeland than meets the eye

Despite being known as one of the top high school football players in the nation, the 6-foot-1, 191-pound Pensacola News Journal Offensive Player of the Year is often quickly judged based on what he expresses on his social media accounts. But that does not paint the full picture of what he stands for.

Sure, he makes it clear that he loves the attention that comes with the recruiting process that has earned him 32 offers, including Florida, Alabama and Tennessee — the three schools he says he'll choose from on National Signing Day next Wednesday, when the nation will get to watch his decision on ESPN.

And he doesn't lack for confidence.

In the week of practice leading up to the Under Armour All-America game on Jan. 4, he stated publicly that he was "burning every defender that stepped in front of him."

On social media, it's not uncommon for him to do a little self-glossing ... even though he almost always backs it up. He has great footwork and likes to talk about it. He has incredible speed and, hey, you probably knew this already, but if you didn't he'll let you know that you can't catch him.

If you just see this stuff, it's not hard to interpret this as some type of arrogance, and to assume that Copeland falls into that "me-first" category of athlete.

What we know now, though, for sure, is that's just not true at all. Because under the surface is an athlete — a young man — who continually shows there is much more to him than any of that stuff.

He's selfless. He loves his friends and teammates. And he's not unafraid to pump somebody else up when the attention is on him.

The most obvious way that Copeland has shown his selfless nature has been his dogged determination when it comes to using the attention he's received on the recruiting trail and trying to bring other area players into the spotlight.



A great example is West Florida High wide receiver Keyshawn Helton, a 5-9, 175-pound playmaker that is likely the most underrated receiver to come through this area since two-time NFL pro bowl selection Doug Baldwin of the Seattle Seahawks – a Gulf Breeze High graduate who went on to play for Stanford.

Helton might be undersized by definition but his great skill, hands, speed, route running and leadership ability is something everyone in this area has known about for years. Watch him play once, and you know. He's .

However, he has primarily stayed under the radar in terms of recruitment. Friday, he was finally recognized and labeled with a three-star rating by 247Sports after having zero stars throughout his prep career.

Helton and Copeland have a tight relationship, and Copeland credited his friend for being worthy of multiple offers to Power Five conference schools even before the start of their senior seasons.

And when Copeland had the ear of the coaches from all over the country who recruited him over the last two years — especially lately — he finds a way to work his friend into the conversation.

It helps that Helton, once those same coaches cue up the film (assuming Copeland doesn't do it right then), is nothing short of a revelation. As a senior, the All-Area pick helped lead West Florida to the state semifinals for the first time in school history, with 59 catches for 793 yards and 14 touchdowns.

But, and this isn't a knock on these schools at all, his collegiate attention up until the last month or so has been primarily mid-major programs, with nine offers that include Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan and Kent State.

All that changed recently, and even if some of it has to do with schools now being able to look more at players who may have gone under the radar after early signing day in December whittled the field of prospects down ... it's been pretty cool to watch Copeland play hype man as schools like Tennessee and Florida State have started to come around on Helton.

Both schools have made in-home visits to Helton in the last month, and he'll take an official visit to Florida State this weekend.

Copeland doesn't just have Helton's back, though.

Thursday, Copeland was hanging out with teammate and sophomore linebacker Frank Peasant, another All-Area pick, when Copeland received a phone call from Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Peasant, 6-1 and 190 pounds, led Escambia with 71 tackles, forced five turnovers, scored two defensive touchdowns in 2017. Several area coaches believe Peasant will be swimming in a pool of offers by the time he is a senior.

Pruitt was simply checking up on Copeland after visiting him at Escambia on Wednesday, but within the first minute of the conversation, Copeland asked Pruitt: “Why haven’t you offered Frank yet?”

Fair question.

And within an hour, Peasant announced on Twitter that he'd been offered by Tennessee — a mega-leap forward in the recruiting process.

Copeland doesn't just have Helton's back, though.

Thursday, Copeland was hanging out with teammate and sophomore linebacker Frank Peasant, another All-Area pick, when Copeland received a phone call from Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Peasant, 6-1 and 190 pounds, led Escambia with 71 tackles, forced five turnovers, scored two defensive touchdowns in 2017. Several area coaches believe Peasant will be swimming in a pool of offers by the time he is a senior.

Pruitt was simply checking up on Copeland after visiting him at Escambia on Wednesday, but within the first minute of the conversation, Copeland asked Pruitt: “Why haven’t you offered Frank yet?”

Fair question.

And within an hour, Peasant announced on Twitter that he'd been offered by Tennessee — a mega-leap forward in the recruiting process.
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-- Pensacola News Journal

Achatz: Don't mistake Copeland's confidence for arrogance
 
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