Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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LA Vol said:
Isn't Henderson the player who was ineligible for part of his SR season due to grades? IIRC, Oklahoma and other schools passed on him because he was unlikely to qualify. Black's another one who seemed like a JUCO candidate. UF gambled and took them both.
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If OU passes, then there's a high probability that the kid wouldn't qualify.
 
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LA Vol said:
Isn't Henderson the player who was ineligible for part of his SR season due to grades? IIRC, Oklahoma and other schools passed on him because he was unlikely to qualify. Black's another one who seemed like a JUCO candidate. UF gambled and took them both.
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If neither make it this UF 2019 class might actually be ranked outside the Top 20.
 
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Chuckie said:
For those of us on the other side of those calls, why don't y'all take your lists and shove 'em!

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Haha I know that feel, and I completely agree. About 80% of my incoming calls are spam and a waste of time. In the past 5 years, I've done almost no "cold-calling" per se where you pick up a phone and call a prospect in hope of starting a business relationship. There are so many more effective ways to grow a business via digital strategies. Why would I waste my time calling 80 people a day on the phone when I could email 20,000 people. And as opposed to using the phone, you have analytics that allow you to track and segment your targets by their digital footprints. That allows you to further refine your marketing efforts, and digitally push your prospects down the virtual sales funnel until they make a purchase.
 
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So two girls go to athletes dorm at 2 AM. One has admittedly consensual sex and then when roommates walk in on them, she says stop he doesn't so it becomes rape at that point.

Nothing good happens after midnight
 
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One of the things that's seeming to come out of this for me is maybe a little more trust in Pruitt's recruiting critical factors. It doesn't mean he's never going to have a problem with a kid (see Kenny George Jr) but some Florida fans are saying Copeland raised their eyebrows during his recruitment regarding the type of character he has. I think Pruitt may be the sort that tells you how it's going to be and that doesn't sit well with some actual 5-star hearts. So I'm not sure we missed on Cade Mays, Rakim Jarrett, and others. I mean maybe he just isn't going to lie to the and tell them what they want to hear just to get their LOI and what he does tell some of them, maybe those with a bit of an entitled attitude, is enough to piss them off so you see them trolling us on social media in revenge. I don't know if any of that's true but I do think he has a commitment to establishing what he considers the right culture in his program. jmo.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
One of the things that's seeming to come out of this for me is maybe a little more trust in Pruitt's recruiting critical factors. It doesn't mean he's never going to have a problem with a kid (see Kenny George Jr) but some Florida fans are saying Copeland raised their eyebrows during his recruitment regarding the type of character he has. I think Pruitt may be the sort that tells you how it's going to be and that doesn't sit well with some actual 5-star hearts. So I'm not sure we missed on Cade Mays, Rakim Jarrett, and others. I mean maybe he just isn't going to lie to the and tell them what they want to hear just to get their LOI and what he does tell some of them, maybe those with a bit of an entitled attitude, is enough to piss them off so you see them trolling us on social media in revenge. I don't know if any of that's true but I do think he has a commitment to establishing what he considers the right culture in his program. jmo.
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We read several kids praise Pruitt for telling them what they still need to work on, no matter how good they are.
I think if a kid doesn't mention that at all after a visit, then suddenly goes cold on us, there's a good chance they're all about the praise.

Edit: And that's a great way to weed them out imo.
 
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The state of Florida has very open public records laws. I'd bet that some FOIA requests around the topic of football athlete housing at UF would yield an interesting timeline.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
One of the things that's seeming to come out of this for me is maybe a little more trust in Pruitt's recruiting critical factors. It doesn't mean he's never going to have a problem with a kid (see Kenny George Jr) but some Florida fans are saying Copeland raised their eyebrows during his recruitment regarding the type of character he has. I think Pruitt may be the sort that tells you how it's going to be and that doesn't sit well with some actual 5-star hearts. So I'm not sure we missed on Cade Mays, Rakim Jarrett, and others. I mean maybe he just isn't going to lie to the and tell them what they want to hear just to get their LOI and what he does tell some of them, maybe those with a bit of an entitled attitude, is enough to piss them off so you see them trolling us on social media in revenge. I don't know if any of that's true but I do think he has a commitment to establishing what he considers the right culture in his program. jmo.
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i think you're probably on to something. in the assessment/eval process, you kinda wanna see how thick the skin is. and if something you do to help guage "fit" from a personality, character or whatever standpoint, as standard practice, is enough to run a guy off, then you got your answer. the ones that respond to it, have a shot at fitting in if they measure up in other areas as well.

obviously a lot goes in to that, more than just attitude, character or physical ability, as each being a stand alone. you have to have a combination of all of it.

and to me, and i said this about a year ago, you either have a standard, or you don't. and while your recruiting board may start off one way, it may end up another....for a lot of reasons obviously...but one of those being who didn't cut the mustard....in any one of those categories....

that doesn't mean every guy we don't get is because pruitt made it that way, but it does mean that not every player that decides to go elsewhere is a "loss" to the staff. sometimes it's just weeding guys out. no different than wanting a marginal guy you've not seen yet to come camp.

i would say that most any of these good coaches are always evaluating. i doubt pruitt is any different. you have to have coaches that know what is expected in those arenas as well.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
One of the things that's seeming to come out of this for me is maybe a little more trust in Pruitt's recruiting critical factors. It doesn't mean he's never going to have a problem with a kid (see Kenny George Jr) but some Florida fans are saying Copeland raised their eyebrows during his recruitment regarding the type of character he has. I think Pruitt may be the sort that tells you how it's going to be and that doesn't sit well with some actual 5-star hearts. So I'm not sure we missed on Cade Mays, Rakim Jarrett, and others. I mean maybe he just isn't going to lie to the and tell them what they want to hear just to get their LOI and what he does tell some of them, maybe those with a bit of an entitled attitude, is enough to piss them off so you see them trolling us on social media in revenge. I don't know if any of that's true but I do think he has a commitment to establishing what he considers the right culture in his program. jmo.
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Good point except we did in fact miss on Cade. He’d be an entrenched starter here.
 
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I think Cade wanted to use the opportunity he was given with football to get away from home. I don't fault him at all, especially after the entire staff he had rapport with was sent packing.


I just hope his brother is a superior talent and comes to the hill.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
I think Cade wanted to use the opportunity he was given with football to get away from home. I don't fault him at all, especially after the entire staff he had rapport with was sent packing.


I just hope his brother is a superior talent and comes to the hill.
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Did I see somewhere that you still play ncaa14?
If so do you update your rosters
 
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