'20 FL WR Malachi Wideman (Tennessee signee)

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Wideman makes playing sports look effortless — whether it be leaping up to snag a 50-50 pass from a defensive back or gliding through the air on the way to another poster-worthy dunk — but his journey to get to this point hasn’t been as easy. After attending Riverview for three years, Wideman and his family were worried about him getting off track before it was time to move on to college.

At Riverview he was skipping some classes, his grades were slipping and according to Angela, he was in grave danger of not being NCAA eligible due to his academics. “Mal is a very, very perceptive and intelligent kid,” Ivey said. “He’s more than capable of doing well in the classroom. Mal struggled with attendance after basketball season, though. We had several very lengthy discussions about where he was academically.”

That’s where Adrian McPherson — the first high school athlete to win Florida’s Mr. Football and Mr. Basketball awards — stepped into the picture. Not many people can relate to Wideman and what he can do athletically, but if anyone can, it is McPherson. Shortly after his junior year, Wideman moved in with McPherson in Venice.
Wideman's future has arrived
 
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butchna said:
So is regulation of a fanbase’s happiness...didn’t stop that ole college try!
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As said before, I have no influence nor try to have any on anyone’s happiness.
My BS meter does influence me to question some that seem to stray from reality.
Posters that had their orange colored glasses on and said we reeled in every target we were really going after this year, or the FL St guy that called UT Basketball and Football dumpster fires both triggered it
 
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kamoshika said:
From sanguine this morning...

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I expect Malachi Wideman to sign with FSU football. Tennessee is a dumpster fire in both basketball and football. Oregon is clear across the country and it’s rare for Florida kids to go that far. Ole Miss has a new head coach that doesn’t have the best reputation and their basketball team is terrible. Wideman has had the longest relationship with wide receiver coach Ron Dugans and FSU basketball coach Leonard Hamilton. I think he stays committed and signs with FSU.
FSU football: Chop Chat’s National Signing Day Predictions 2020

To salty this afternoon...

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FSU football signed 17 of its 18 commits during the early signing period in December. Four-star wide receiver Malachi Wideman was the lone exception and now we know why. The two-star (sic) athlete stayed ‘committed’ to the Noles while choosing to visit the likes of Washington State, Oregon, Ole Miss and Tennessee.

There was some hope he might stick with the Noles as he and his family kept things close to the vest. Ultimately he chose to sign with Tennessee where both football and basketball programs are fairly terrible. The reasoning doesn’t make much sense other than maybe he figured he would get more playing time at Tennessee in terms of basketball? He was only rated a three-star basketball recruit and was mostly known for his incredible in-game dunks. Whether or not he could be a impact player at somewhere like FSU remained to be seen.

...However, if you’re going to lose a player, wide receiver is a position most young players are not going to be impact players at for a while it at all. The bust rate is extremely high, and the fact Wideman was going attempt to play two sports in college means the probability of him not becoming an impact player is even higher.
FSU football: Reaction to Malachi Wideman flipping to Tennessee
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GVol1966 said:
As said before, I have no influence nor try to have any on anyone’s happiness.
My BS meter does influence me to question some that seem to stray from reality.
Posters that had their orange colored glasses on and said we reeled in every target we were really going after this year, or the FL St guy that called UT Basketball and Football dumpster fires both triggered it
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Room for disagreement...I’ll allow it.
 
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GVol1966 said:
As said before, I have no influence nor try to have any on anyone’s happiness.
My BS meter does influence me to question some that seem to stray from reality.
Posters that had their orange colored glasses on and said we reeled in every target we were really going after this year, or the FL St guy that called UT Basketball and Football dumpster fires both triggered it
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What do you not understand? Literally nobody said what you just posted.

People are saying we went 7 for 7 with targets deciding on ESD and today.
 
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kamoshika said:
From sanguine this morning...

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I expect Malachi Wideman to sign with FSU football. Tennessee is a dumpster fire in both basketball and football. Oregon is clear across the country and it’s rare for Florida kids to go that far. Ole Miss has a new head coach that doesn’t have the best reputation and their basketball team is terrible. Wideman has had the longest relationship with wide receiver coach Ron Dugans and FSU basketball coach Leonard Hamilton. I think he stays committed and signs with FSU.
FSU football: Chop Chat’s National Signing Day Predictions 2020

To salty this afternoon...

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FSU football signed 17 of its 18 commits during the early signing period in December. Four-star wide receiver Malachi Wideman was the lone exception and now we know why. The two-star (sic) athlete stayed ‘committed’ to the Noles while choosing to visit the likes of Washington State, Oregon, Ole Miss and Tennessee.

There was some hope he might stick with the Noles as he and his family kept things close to the vest. Ultimately he chose to sign with Tennessee where both football and basketball programs are fairly terrible. The reasoning doesn’t make much sense other than maybe he figured he would get more playing time at Tennessee in terms of basketball? He was only rated a three-star basketball recruit and was mostly known for his incredible in-game dunks. Whether or not he could be a impact player at somewhere like FSU remained to be seen.

...However, if you’re going to lose a player, wide receiver is a position most young players are not going to be impact players at for a while it at all. The bust rate is extremely high, and the fact Wideman was going attempt to play two sports in college means the probability of him not becoming an impact player is even higher.
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Kelvin Hunt is what we call uninformed. That’s pretty rich calling us a dumpster fire after that shitshow of an era, aka the Willie Taggert wins the lottery experience. Also, I’m pretty sure FSU has never achieved a #1 ranking in basketball, which is where we were a year ago at this time.

He saw the faxes rolling into today and was...
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GVol1966 said:
As said before, I have no influence nor try to have any on anyone’s happiness.
My BS meter does influence me to question some that seem to stray from reality.
Posters that had their orange colored glasses on and said we reeled in every target we were really going after this year, or the FL St guy that called UT Basketball and Football dumpster fires both triggered it
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Is this new? I think I've NEVER heard this before? 🤔

Good job, man! Not only do you detect bullsh*t, like some kind of Sherlock Holmes...your sense of phrasing is utterly and fantastically original!

"Orange colored glasses" 😂😂😂
That's great! And, it had to be YOU, dude...NO ONE ELSE could have thought that up! 👍
 
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SugarCC said:
Is this new? I think I've NEVER heard this before? 🤔

Good job, man! Not only do you detect bullsh*t, like some kind of Sherlock Holmes...your sense of phrasing is utterly and fantastically original!

"Orange colored glasses" 😂😂😂
That's great! And, it had to be YOU, dude...NO ONE ELSE could have thought that up! 👍
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Thanks you made my day! Wouldn’t of meant much coming from anyone else, but you, wow!
 
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Allstate said:
There are many more answers than your question. If Kevin Mayes and that offensive line remains somewhat healthy, JG could grow more, Brian Mauer could develop, or H Bailey learns enough, and the defense is quite stingy. It's just great to see, this thing grow!!
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Kevin might have arthritis at this point, let’s just hope he’s shown his sons his techniques.
 
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