2014 Graveyard Thread

[peterlemon]

Originally Posted by ShutTheSuccop

Then start using the freaking ignore function on SGF and quit stirring the pot. You add nothing other than criticism and jealousy and it is annoying to read. If you continue to feel the need to criticize someone who tries to provide info on teenager's wishes, college recruiting is not for you. I wish that c2 would ban people who only criticize other payees from posting in the PG

Yeah, preach on brother! Ban everybody who disagrees with your opinion.

[Ace Dilcock]

If Dabo was handling the recruitment of these guys, I guarantee that he would have gotten four - five commitments before they left campus. That is because he would have done the "We are family" cult brainwashing thingy/time share closing pitch hard sell on them. The same guys would have gotten away from the upstate and started thinking. "Gee, that place is in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do. If they are family, why is there no diversity and why do they have to talk so much about it so much to convince people? If they are really elite in football and academics, why doesn't anyone outside of their campus consider them to be elite? Why did the guy with the funny looking ears and name act so goofy and try to be a cheerleader?"

We do it the right way - we tell kids to go home and think about it before they commit, maybe even look around a little. It is a fact that we have fewer decommits than Clemson because of this approach. I think SGF is right - we probably did have some recruits ready to commit, and they may have even silently committed to the staff. Give it a few days, and some good news will start to filter out.

[HeadCockFan]

Speculation is a hell of a drug.

[CockTail]

BOT: Looking around at other SEC E schools, most only have about 4 commits at this point. I would be disappointed if we did not pick up a few over the next couple of weeks. SC is a treasure trove of talent this year, and I would expect us to lock some of these low hanging fruit early.

If we have kids that have dreamed of playing here, why wouldn't we lock them down early and get them to help recruit others. This recruiting class will be monumental for the continued success of this program. We need to bring in the next Clowney, Marcus, ect. The stars are aligned, we have the talent in our back yard, SOS should simply put on his best Bob Barker suit and udder the phrase: "Come on Down"

[BornCocky'86]

Originally Posted by ShutTheSuccop

Then you two should start using the freaking ignore function on SGF and quit stirring the pot. You add nothing other than criticism and jealousy and it is annoying to read. If you continue to feel the need to criticize someone who tries to provide info on teenager's wishes, college recruiting is not for you. I wish that c2 would ban people who only criticize other payees from posting in the PG

Jealousy? Payees?

Their opinion is worth just as much as yours

Shutthesuccup

[jayceecock]

If I recall, I believe we only had one commit on Junior Day last year and that was Gerald Turner.

Timing was interesting for this year's junior day. I don't think we ever had one days before NSD.

With so many recruits picking us as their clear leader, I really thought we may have a couple early commits, especially after looking at the list of 30+ recruits with offers coming into town.

We are hosting two more Junior days in the spring. Great time to get more recruits to the campus, take in spring practices and scrimmage game.

[IrishCoach]

Probably taking three next year. I know Davison, Googer, and Berrios are popular names, but it seems like a few other interesting names are involved such as Bone, Ford, and Barbour. I'm sure there are some other names out there too. Which three are we highest on?

[gotrice?]

I would think we are highest on Davidson and Berrios. Davidson is just the best of the group and Berrios is a perfect slot WR. Then we are most likely going with a larger WR and I think currently we favor Googer or Bone. Personally I prefer Googer because he has about 30-35 pounds on Bone currently so he is much more college ready based on that.

[gin house]

Originally Posted by peterlemon

I'm sorry, I have just noticed that his "tidbits" are wrong quite a bit.

I dont know SGF but he is right sometimes as well. His "tidbits" could be what he hears from his source but nothing is concrete with these kids, their minds are like the wind. I wouldnt call him out as i think he likes to help inform us with what he knows but his "tidbits" are better than yours, ive never seen you post any? Nobody is going to get them all, nobody.

[FloydTheBarber]

Bone provides us with a big target that we lack

[COCKDIESEL]

SGF gets plenty of stuff right. He'll Tony morell, Chris Clark, ic shrubert all miss so give the guy a break. Or if you don't like his posts block him so you can't see, but stop clogging up threads. I bet some of you guys thought The Analyst was legit.

[gotrice?]

Originally Posted by FloydTheBarber

Bone provides us with a big target that we lack

Googer is 6'4 210 while Bone is 6'5 175 according to 247 so they both provide a big target but Googer seems to have a more college ready body.

[gotrice?]

Just thought I would bump this thread since 247 has us in his top 6 along with Alabama, FSU, Michigan, Ohio St, and VT. Since he is a 5 star prospect I figured people may want to talk about him a bit more with that being the case.

[HeadCockFan]

Originally Posted by FloydTheBarber

Bone provides us with a big target that we lack

There is a good joke to be had here, but I'm pulling up lame.

[jayceecock]

Junior said two, possibly three max.

[MillerTime843]

Originally Posted by HeadCockFan

There is a good joke to be had here, but I'm pulling up lame.

Hahahaha

[usc1]

in the top group for 3 of the top 11 prospects. not bad

[cockypanther]

Originally Posted by ShutTheSuccop

Then you two should start using the freaking ignore function on SGF and quit stirring the pot. You add nothing other than criticism and jealousy and it is annoying to read. If you continue to feel the need to criticize someone who tries to provide info on teenager's wishes, college recruiting is not for you.

+1

I tend to ignore what peterlemon says because he never seems to bring anything useful to the table.

[b381l]

Originally Posted by jayceecock

Junior said two, possibly three max.

Exactly. We don't have enough spots to take 3 WR......depends on how the rest of the class is going. To take the 3rd one, he's going to need to be very good. Actually, I'm feeling pretty good about our WR this year. Think K Smith is going to be the big WR we need, and Byrd, Jones and Roland will all be improved.

[b381l]

Quite frankly, I'm very happy that we improved/helped our position with many of the guys yesterday. Out of the +30, seemed like we are the leader for at least half of them, and I think we have another JR day coming up in March. I would much prefer that they look around early before committing to us because they are far less likely to decommit later in the year if they do that. I wish the NCAA would establish a rule that a kid couldn't commit until after their junior year.

There's a good reason why we're winning now, and it all starts with recruiting the right kids and recruiting the right way.