'24 CO OL Gage Ginther (Tennessee commit)

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Kid at least had SEC offers, and some BG12 offers. Makes more sense. But why take either this early? Im still lost.

Makes me feel like they dont have a ton of confidence in their ability to close.
 
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Weezer said:
The majority of OL shouldn't be expected to come to campus and be starters, so in that sense, the majority are "projects". For both the OL and the DL, a year in a college weight room, with a strength coach and nutritionists and whatever else, is extremely beneficial. Truly, all players have to be developed and coached up, but I think line players is where that development and coaching are needed the most.
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This!!!
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Kid at least had SEC offers, and some BG12 offers. Makes more sense. But why take either this early? Im still lost.

Makes me feel like they dont have a ton of confidence in their ability to close.
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Or, they view these guys much more highly than you therefore they are willing to accept their commitments right now?
 
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Jackcrevol said:
When we're in on so many big time 4 and 5 stars? Our needs seem more immediate.
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So, what's the narrative we should get in line with? "The staff is in on a lot of 5 stars, but took a commitment from a three star"?

What's the fear? That we're in on 5 stars? That the coaches aren't smart enough to subscribe to the rankings? That they aren't good evaluators?

Walk us through this, please.
 
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vols 30 said:
This guy has a pretty good offer list for people to label him a "project" 🤔

He's the #1 player out of Colorado? At least top 3? That sounds a little better than a project
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Came to say this. Offer list quality and where he is located (bfe for major CFB)...suggests a rising discovered player.

He already has 5 Blueblood offers...50% of bluebloods...let's be real...he's on the come up
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Kid at least had SEC offers, and some BG12 offers. Makes more sense. But why take either this early? Im still lost.

Makes me feel like they dont have a ton of confidence in their ability to close.
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Go watch his highlights. There's a play where this kid is making blocks on all 3 levels and he is motoring down the field in the process. This kid is tenacious. Being able to secure a recruit that is fourth or fifth on your board (which means they value him more than a lot of current 4 stars) this early is a win.
 
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Devo182 said:
Came to say this. Offer list quality and where he is located (bfe for major CFB)...suggests a rising discovered player.

He already has 4 Blueblood offers...let's be real...he's on the come up
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There's this attitude that rankings are pretty flawless and there is no room for talent that hasn't been "discovered" yet. It seems to create a huge dilemma in people's heads. "We're in on 5 stars. The coaches like this 3 star as well. <something, something, something> The sky is falling."

Let's break that down.

  1. We're in on 4-5 stars. Good thing.
  2. The coaches like this guy a lot. Noting point one, probably a good thing as well.

Panic to give == 0 at this point.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
There's this attitude that rankings are pretty flawless and there is no room for talent that hasn't been "discovered" yet. It seems to create a huge dilemma in people's heads. "We're in on 5 stars. The coaches like this 3 star as well. <something, something, something> The sky is falling."

Let's break that down.

  1. We're in on 4-5 stars. Good thing.
  2. The coaches like this guy a lot. Noting point one, probably a good thing as well.

Panic to give == 0 at this point.
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Agree, though my only point of question, which started about 2016(?) or so is based on our huge number of offers these days. Pruitt turned it up a few notches and Heupel seems to have a similar philosophy of offering 400-500 kids, rather than the old 100 or 150...just weakens the connection a bit in my mind.

No idea what their philosophy is on taking commits or pushing some off though, so that's another thing. Iirc I almost want to say Bishop was pushed off for a bit...or delayed...but could be wrong. If that's the case...and we are willing to delay some non-commitables/lesser commitables(?) at the time...then taking a commit this early eases said question to degree.
 
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TrippieRedd said:
I’d try this dude at Center
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Per the kid and confirmed my Callahan, they’re recruiting him as a RT. But RC says he could slide inside at this level.

Between him and Perry, hopefully we got us our RT of the future. Get a blue chip tackle to hold down the left side. And Ronan as center.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
So, what's the narrative we should get in line with? "The staff is in on a lot of 5 stars, but took a commitment from a three star"?

What's the fear? That we're in on 5 stars? That the coaches aren't smart enough to subscribe to the rankings? That they aren't good evaluators?

Walk us through this, please.
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Narrative is that we are in on a lot of higher rated prospects. Why take these commits now?

And that we cant close with the big timers. At least thats how I took AP's tweet.
 
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