Eddrick Loften.....

#79
#79
lofen is the one strike out or foul ball that i think dooley recruited,anytime a kid doesnt make grades and decides he is not going to go to school to get smarter.he must be crazy if he thougt that after not qualifying that he could go home and do nothing and expect to make it this time.let him go.mark this one down as a bad get.
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#80
#80
volfan414life said:
lofen is the one strike out or foul ball that i think dooley recruited,anytime a kid doesnt make grades and decides he is not going to go to school to get smarter.he must be crazy if he thougt that after not qualifying that he could go home and do nothing and expect to make it this time.let him go.mark this one down as a bad get.
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Disagree on this. I think Loften makes it in and has a great career in orange.
 
#86
#86
volfan414life said:
lofen is the one strike out or foul ball that i think dooley recruited,anytime a kid doesnt make grades and decides he is not going to go to school to get smarter.he must be crazy if he thougt that after not qualifying that he could go home and do nothing and expect to make it this time.let him go.mark this one down as a bad get.
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I know it's a technicality at this point but Loften wasn't a guy that Dooley targeted, he was being recruited by CLK and actually commited to Tennessee because of his relationship to Willie Mack Garza. Very shortly after Loften committed to Tennessee Garza bolted to USC.
 
#87
#87
... and Loften de committed when CLK & Mack bolted, and Dooley went and re-recruited Loften to bring him back into the fold.
 
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I4Jay said:
... and Loften de committed when CLK & Mack bolted, and Dooley went and re-recruited Loften to bring him back into the fold.
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Dang I don't remember any of his Pre-Dooley recruitment. I just remember when he committed (again apparently) it seemed out of left field as a replacement for Ahmad Dixon
 
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#90
#90
He wasnt a replacement for Dixon. we wanted Both guys and were recruiting both equally as hard.
 
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I4Jay said:
... and Loften de committed when CLK & Mack bolted, and Dooley went and re-recruited Loften to bring him back into the fold.
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wrong.........Loften never decommitted from Tennessee. When CLK hired Garza from Tennessee (they didn't leave at the same time) Loften planned a visit to USC but he never went. We didn't offer Loften until Jan 2010 and he signed in Feb.
Dooley may have closed the deal when he was trying to keep the class together but the point is this wasn't a "Dooley recruit" that didn't make it into school it was CLK's. Not in anyway saying Loften is a bad guy just that he wasn't a player that Dooley recruited from start to finish.
 
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#92
#92
ur right it was just rumors of him decommitting but he then was sold to remain by who else.... coach Dooley....

and to top it off, Dooley signed him to two different classes. but I guess he wasnt really a Dooley guy
 
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#93
Jay, I think Dunlap is just pointing out that Dooley didn't originally target Lofton for recruitment, in reference to an earlier post that he was Dooley's only "strike out", as all his recruits have made it in.
 
#94
#94
I understand and my point is, no one forced Dooley to re-recruit him. Dooley def. wanted Loften and still does

If Dooley didnt want Loften, he wouldnt have allowed him to sign in the 2nd class
 
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I4Jay said:
I understand and my point is, no one forced Dooley to re-recruit him. Dooley def. wanted Loften and still does

If Dooley didnt want Loften, he wouldnt have allowed him to sign in the 2nd class
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no doubt he wants him here pretty bad. he re-signed him again this year. he could've easily said no to Loften and cut him loose like he did Marcques Dixon if he didn't want him.
 
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#96
Yes M. Dixon is a great example. and my bad, thats what I meant , Dooley's 2nd recruiting class.
 
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#97
I know what you guys mean and I agree, Dooley definitely wants Loften. The question is, should the fact he didn't get in last year, be held as an example of mis-evaluation by Dooley (considering his philosophy of "low risk - high reward"). My point was, no it shouldn't because Dooley did not originally evaluate and select him for recruitment. When Dooley got here in the eleventh hour, he was left with limited options, and just wanted to retain as much of the fruit of the previous staffs labor as possible. Had he been here a year earlier, and evaluated Loften from the start, he may not have persued him at all, due to his academics. So Dooley's track record for signing qualifiers is unblemished IMO.
 
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Morpheus said:
I know what you guys mean and I agree, Dooley definitely wants Loften. The question is, should the fact he didn't get in last year, be held as an example of mis-evaluation by Dooley (considering his philosophy of "low risk - high reward"). My point was, no it shouldn't because Dooley did not originally evaluate and select him for recruitment. When Dooley got here in the eleventh hour, he was left with limited options, and just wanted to retain as much of the fruit of the previous staffs labor as possible. Had he been here a year earlier, and evaluated Loften from the start, he may not have persued him at all, due to his academics. So Dooley's track record for signing qualifiers is unblemished IMO.
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What about that juco DT last year?...was it Brown?
 
#99
#99
Dooley has said that he may have to take risks on a couple guys for every class. Playing risk/reward to an extent but not making a living at it. So every year, expect there to be a few "projects" in the mix if they have huge potential upsides. Dooley also said that the bulk of our class, year in and year out, will be made up of high-character/low risk guys.
 
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gnm53108 said:
What about that juco DT last year?...was it Brown?
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Same situation as Loften. Evaluated and recruited by Kiffin, but kept by Dooley due to limited options and critical need. We had plenty of ships to give and holes to fill, but no time to recruit replacements. At least there was an outside chance of them getting in, which was better than leaving the slots vacant.
 
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