BigBadVol
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why isn’t Lang, Sham, Satterwhite or Max Anderson playing? Because they’re behind guys that were already here that GE developed. Nichols couldn’t beat cooper and he wanted to play so he left. GE recruited Campbell, Karic, Johnson and they’ve all taken steps forward. Do they count less than high school kids? He recruited Heard here too. I guess the transfer portal doesn’t count?Elarbee recruited Addison Nichols who never could quite get on the field here. Transferred to Arkansas and became their starting center. Until he got hurt. Point being, we have yet to see a kid he's recruited from high school make a difference on the OL. Our current OL is made up of two guys he inherited (Cooper & Sprags) and three guys we pulled from the transfer portal. We need to see guys like Sham and Lang and Warren develop and get serious playing time.
Southwest and Allegiant both fly direct from Eugene to Las Vegas it's a little under 2 hours. Prices are occasionally as low as $60 but typically around $100.If you're OK flying Allegiant, you can routinely catch round-trip direct flights to Knoxville and back for $250, and oftentimes, less. Even if Las Vegas to Eugene has a direct flight, it's doubtful that it's significantly cheaper, if any, than $250.
Yes, I checked with Allegiant after posting. It's about half the cost, which is still only $125/person difference. If it's just mom and dad coming, that's really nothing. Now, if you're flying a family of 8, or something, then that adds up.Southwest and Allegiant both fly direct from Eugene to Las Vegas it's a little under 2 hours. Prices are occasionally as low as $60 but typically around $100.
I would actually worry if the OL sucked with Elarbee as coach and they don't. He even coached up the 2021 OL with very few bodies on the roster into a serviceable group. It doesn't really matter to me if the guys playing are HS croots or portal acquisitions as long as they are getting the job done.It’s year 4 and none of the starting OL are Elarbee recruits. What more is there to elaborate on?
I agree. I concluded in 2021 that he was a hell of a coach and it’s going to take a lot to change my mind. That’s why I said in the post previous to the one you replied to that he was too good of a coach to let go.I would actually worry if the OL sucked with Elarbee as coach and they don't. He even coached up the 2021 OL with very few bodies on the roster into a serviceable group. It doesn't really matter to me if the guys playing are HS croots or portal acquisitions as long as they are getting the job done.
agreed, and if you really look at it, this year's class and last year's class just don't suck. sure, i would rather have kept Doug in this class.....but he isn't in it because of Ellerbe.I would actually worry if the OL sucked with Elarbee as coach and they don't. He even coached up the 2021 OL with very few bodies on the roster into a serviceable group. It doesn't really matter to me if the guys playing are HS croots or portal acquisitions as long as they are getting the job done.
So sounds like this is a recruit that has NIL as the top priority. That is not all that unusual right now. It doesn't make the recruit evil or mean he wouldn't fit in once he gets to school. But it does connect some dots to why he committed so fast and why he flipped. The whole Elarbee sucks and recruiting is way overblown. He is a stronger development coach than recruiter, for sure. But our recruiting on the OL has been phenomenal last class and this one so far. The NIL-Elarbee combination is working out well.An outsider's perspective:
-Alabama On3
We should scour country for OL starters on non power four teams or second teamers on power four teams that want to start and earn some NIL money. Nico really will need that next year.CGE catches a lot of crap but he’s doing a good job rebuilding the OL room. There just isn’t that many 5* OT bodies in the world these days & until Tennessee got away from the NCAA issues, they were not a player in that pool. Now that’s behind them, the OL room is improving but it takes time. The ‘24 & ‘25 classes are strong.
Good. I would not give a big NIL deal to a high school offensive lineman unless it's someone like David Sanders. Save the money to be used on portal guys and roster retention. Why risk it on developmental high school recruits when you can use it on players who have tape vs D1 athletes?Hubbs said in a radio interview he doesn't expect Utu to be pursued further.
We can live with that in this day and age!View attachment 681244This is what a great Insider on the board posted on Glen, good solid OL coach but doesn’t relate great with kids.