'20 GA ATH Arik Gilbert (LSU commit)

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MarcoVol said:
Sounds like UT just needs to offer free clean pee and he’s ours
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And find someone to go to class for him and by the time 2022 rolls around, maybe he will be around to play a few games... maybe. ;)

I'm assuming under the current rules the earliest he could play other than Juco is 2022. He probably wasn't playing at LSU until 2022 as things were going, hence, the show.

I thought he had a good solid year as a freshman but most of his catches were at split end more than TE position for sure. I thought LSU did better down the end without him and Marshall, not to imply they were better without them. He should have went to school for a year and pulled all this next year, than he could have played two full years and opted out his junior year.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
And find someone to go to class for him and by the time 2022 rolls around, maybe he will be around to play a few games... maybe. ;)

I'm assuming under the current rules the earliest he could play other than Juco is 2022. He probably wasn't playing at LSU until 2022 as things were going, hence, the show.

I thought he had a good solid year as a freshman but most of his catches were at split end more than TE position for sure. I thought LSU did better down the end without him and Marshall, not to imply they were better without them. He should have went to school for a year and pulled all this next year, than he could have played two full years and opted out his junior year.
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Why would "pulled all this next year" have helped if what you're saying is true. Not saying that his issues are made up at all because there is too much smoke (no pun intended), but wouldn't LSU have had the same issues that everyone else is having?
 
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LSU-SIU said:
And find someone to go to class for him and by the time 2022 rolls around, maybe he will be around to play a few games... maybe. ;)

I'm assuming under the current rules the earliest he could play other than Juco is 2022. He probably wasn't playing at LSU until 2022 as things were going, hence, the show.

I thought he had a good solid year as a freshman but most of his catches were at split end more than TE position for sure. I thought LSU did better down the end without him and Marshall, not to imply they were better without them. He should have went to school for a year and pulled all this next year, than he could have played two full years and opted out his junior year.
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You post like you're 100% in the know on his situation.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
No.

Probably looking at Juco, if anything at this point. 50/50 he never plays major college ball again. One and done at best in 2022, if he decided to go to class and a school doesn't care about smoking.
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Hilarious if you think this number is accurate lol.
 
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How hard is it to go to school for 3 years before you get paid mega millions? Let alone all he had to do was roll out of bed and log into a computer. I’ll never understand some decisions. Rivals Farrell made a juco comment in article today. Seems like lot of smoke on the academics part and lungs
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
How hard is it to go to school for 3 years before you get paid mega millions? Let alone all he had to do was roll out of bed and log into a computer. I’ll never understand some decisions. Rivals Farrell made a juco comment in article today. Seems like lot of smoke on the academics part and lungs
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The "rolling out of bed and logging into a computer" might be the problem. If he had to get up and go to a classroom where coaches could check on him he might have done better. Also, a lot of online classes take a high level of personal responsibility. When I took online classes I hated them.
 
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johnfnkelly said:
Hilarious if you think this number is accurate lol.
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As the rules stands now the earliest he will be playing is 2022 absent Juco, and that is if he finds a school that allows him to smoke and he actually decides to go to class. I would actually say my number is on the safe side. He literally doesn't want to be at school. He didn't opt out, he opted out after he was suspended, realistically he wasn't playing at LSU till 2022.

There isn't much to the story, he doesn't want to actually be at school.
 
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pierce60 said:
The "rolling out of bed and logging into a computer" might be the problem. If he had to get up and go to a classroom where coaches could check on him he might have done better. Also, a lot of online classes take a high level of personal responsibility. When I took online classes I hated them.
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I get it but if that is what is standing between you and millions knowings it’s for 2 and half years then you probably would have sucked it up
 
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LSU-SIU said:
As the rules stands now the earliest he will be playing is 2022 absent Juco, and that is if he finds a school that allows him to smoke and he actually decides to go to class. I would actually say my number is on the safe side. He literally doesn't want to be at school. He didn't opt out, he opted out after he was suspended, realistically he wasn't playing at LSU till 2022.

There isn't much to the story, he doesn't want to actually be at school.
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Did he tell you this? You're making this kid seem like some lazy pothead. You have no idea what's going on his head. A few failed drug tests as a freshman isn't enough evidence to suggest quitting the grass will be an issue, which you imply would. He had a bad semester in an online covid year. I can't tell you how many friends I have that performed poorly academically because of their inability to adjust in the past year. It's weird you're going to opposing team's boards to discuss this man's situation when you have 0 first hand information, and if you did, it's not really your business to discuss.
 
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johnfnkelly said:
Did he tell you this? You're making this kid seem like some lazy pothead. You have no idea what's going on his head. A few failed drug tests as a freshman isn't enough evidence to suggest quitting the grass will be an issue, which you imply would. He had a bad semester in an online covid year. I can't tell you how many friends I have that performed poorly academically because of their inability to adjust in the past year. It's weird you're going to opposing team's boards to discuss this man's situation when you have 0 first hand information, and if you did, it's not really your business to discuss.
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So... I smoke and I don't go to class after multiple attempts would make me someone that doesn't want to go to school, this really isn't that hard.

A few failed drug tests as a freshman isn't enough evidence to suggest quitting the grass will be an issue, which you imply would.
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I would say its already an issue as it was one of two reasons why suspension and not opt was going on. Not sure what your point is, obviously its a problem.

I can't tell you how many friends I have that performed poorly academically because of their inability to adjust in the past year.
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Its not really that difficult, if you don't go to class... well, you don't have a good shot at anything. Again, not sure what your point is.

It's weird you're going to opposing team's boards to discuss this man's situation when you have 0 first hand information, and if you did, it's not really your business to discuss.
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I have no idea what this even means, the board is the board... its not restricted to any particular team. You are in a thread talking about a recruit.... you don't have to be here if the discussion is not in your wheelhouse. I mean none of this is your business.

Unless the rules change, he won't be playing anywhere but juco for a long time i.e. 2022 at best... good chance... this was it at that stage major college.

Not sure why you are all uptight about... none of this is secret. Let me guess... you think he opted out of the season? :D:D:D Actions sometimes have consequence, it certainly isn't any secret what I have said.

I guess anything is possible, which is why I hedge my percentage... at the end of the day though he has a long way to go. Florida probably broke additional bad news to him and he doesn't want to face the consequences. (I have no information on the Florida stuff, just guessing based on history.)
 
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LSU-SIU said:
I would say its already an issue as it was one of two reasons why suspension and not opt was going on. Not sure what your point is, obviously its a problem.
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You're assuming this problem is going to persist on to his next school. You don't actually know anything.

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Its not really that difficult, if you don't go to class... well, you don't have a good shot at anything. Again, not sure what your point is.
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My point is that you can't judge a kid by how he adjusts in a covid year. I don't know why that's such a difficult concept to grasp. You go your whole life learning in class, to having to attend college level cources exclusively online. It's not easy.

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I have no idea what this even means, the board is the board... its not restricted to any particular team. You are in a thread talking about a recruit.... you don't have to be here if the discussion is not in your wheelhouse. I mean none of this is your business.
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I'm not the one spreading unsubstantiated rumors.
 
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johnfnkelly said:
You're assuming this problem is going to persist on to his next school. You don't actually know anything.
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You're assuming he is going to change his life around, your assumption takes the biggest leap.

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My point is that you can't judge a kid by how he adjusts in a covid year. I don't know why that's such a difficult concept to grasp. You go your whole life learning in class, to having to attend college level cources exclusively online. It's not easy.
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Yet, that is exactly what you are doing, you are judging the kid and saying he is going to change. That is judging and assuming something outside the norm is going to change. You are also assuming he was going to class. (Hint)

I'm not the one spreading unsubstantiated rumors.
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The school can't and won't disclose the information, but all of us already knew before he was suspended that this wasn't going well. For the record, I see nothing wrong with him smoking or not wanting to go to school.... I don't even think the kid is bad.

Now he is on to his third school. <---------



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johnfnkelly said:
From a mental health POV, this last fall semester was the toughest semester of school i've ever endured. I don't blame any kid that struggled.
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If the only problem was him "struggling" in school for a semester then I would guess he's probably still at LSU. Plenty of students struggled last year and are still at their schools. Something more is going on than simply struggling academically during COVID.
 
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pierce60 said:
If the only problem was him "struggling" in school for a semester then I would guess he's probably still at LSU. Plenty of students struggled last year and are still at their schools. Something more is going on than simply struggling academically during COVID.
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My belief is something is going behind the scenes which has resulted him struggling in school. Whatever it is, it isn't our business. I just don't like this kid being painted as a lazy entitled student when he's clearly going through something.
 
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johnfnkelly said:
From a mental health POV, this last fall semester was the toughest semester of school i've ever endured. I don't blame any kid that struggled.
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Again, I don't know what the point of all your posts are. He isn't at LSU because he was kicked off the team, although it was getting to that point... he isn't at LSU because he didn't think he needed to face the consequences of his actions. (see my prior post) My guess is a another dose of reality hit him in the face at Florida.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
Again, I don't know what the point of all your posts are. He isn't at LSU because he was kicked off the team, although it was getting to that point... he isn't at LSU because he didn't think he needed to face the consequences of his actions. (see my prior post) My guess is a another dose of reality hit him in the face at Florida.
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You sure do a lot of talking for just guessing. Maybe just stop.
 
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