Heard rumors of a WR transfer we may be getting anything to it?
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Heard rumors of a WR transfer we may be getting anything to it?
TSUN receivers jumping ship***
Ari Gold mentioned this possibility a few days ago in the recruiting thread. No idea if you guys are talking about the same person.
We are trying hard to get one. Boy do we need it
Coach,Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
Who & what is most to blame for our current WR situation?
When we got Bear & Fred, I really thought we were headed in the right direction at that position, but it's incredible how bad our personnel is at that position.
To make matters more interesting, Oklahoma State, who recruits near the same level we do, currently has the best receiving core in the country. How does Oklahoma State attract these guys & we can't?
Well, the coach who was responsible for bagging Fred, was only here for 1 year.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
T. Boone PickensQuote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
I don't really agree with the move to bring in a transfer.
You get a one year merc who will take valuable experience from young guys like Todd and Couch. What does it say about our recruiting and coaching if a guy can come in and beat out all our guys with just one summer and fall camp? Usually transfers don't really help that much anyway.
Whatever the problem is, it spans multiple coaching staffs. We haven't had a WR drafted in 21 years. And it could easily be 22 if no one takes a late round flyer on Ross. For all the talk about lack of OL draftees, this fact gets conveniently ignored.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
Depends on whether or not it's a grad transfer. A regular transfer wouldnt be able to play this year anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reason2succeed
I don't think he factors in like you think he does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs
We recruit better than Oklahoma State at most other positions on the field, so it's odd to me when they happen to recruit dramatically better at one position.
Good point. Hadn't thought of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by HSVDawg
Is this a serious post?Quote:
Originally Posted by Reason2succeed
What possible reason could there be for us to NOT be always trying to improve the talent on the roster? Especially when we only are gonna have, at most, 79 guys on scholarship when fall camp starts as of right now?
Mullen's strategy of finding grinders that aren't afraid to work hard and compete doesn't always jive with the thought process of elite receivers.
Having Justin Blackmon and dez Bryant to point to doesn't hurt Oklahoma states recruiting of wideouts
I thought Brewster's role in signing Fred was more legend than fact - that it was more Les Koenning and a family connection that got Fred on board.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
This all day. WR's are the biggest divas on the planetQuote:
Originally Posted by shoeless joe
Just look in the NFL and the biggest prima donnas are at WR. Look at Dez, Desean Jackson, Beckham Jr., Cooks, Crabtree, and a ton from the past. A lot have that just throw me the ball attitude. Mullen doesn't typically like those type of players. JRob is about the only guy we have had like that and he started for 1 year before leaving. It also didn't seem to bother Mullen that he left early when we obviously didn't have the talent behind him to replace his production.Quote:
Originally Posted by shoeless joe
Couch and Todd are not good enough to win football games for us this Fall. We need a ready to play transfer. College players understand it's a competition every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reason2succeed
Brewster helped but Koenning closed that signatureQuote:
Originally Posted by DancingRabbit
Hmm....I vaguely remember that, now that you say it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DancingRabbit
Unless they make some big jump over the summer, they look about another year away from being a good SEC WR. Couch looks the part but he didn't show it in the spring game. Our DBs pretty much dominated those 2. Todd looks like he needs another year in the weight room.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
Well I guess it was a problem for Croom, Sherrill, and Felker too then. By my count, 2 WR total were drafted from those 3 coaches + Mullen put together, and one of those two was a transfer (Olanda Truitt).Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
ETA: Correction, apparently we had some others drafted that I wasn't aware of. 4 others drafted between 1987 and 1993. Then after Moulds we just hit the huge drop-off that we are still in. So, in Sherrill's last 7 years, all of Croom's 5 years, and the entire current Mullen era to date, we have not had a single WR drafted.
Isn't Oklahoma St. the school we snatched Ross from as he was originally committed to them?
Yes and it shows what type of talent he had since he is basically leaving with almost every receiving record at MSU. He did benefit from Dak though.Quote:
Originally Posted by KentuckyDawg13
I think we're a day late and a dollar short. There have been some viable transfers but we didn't get in the game. Should be no surprise to anyone that has followed recruiting the past 8 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Random Poster
Mullen seems to have changed some things so hopefully we are going in the right direction with recruiting.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
I agree with that. I'm just very upset with our roster at the WR position. It's going to hold this team back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
If this potential transfer is good enough to consistently demand enough attention to keep Gray from being smothered, he's worth bringing in. Not sure we have that right now and our outside passing game could be nonexistent and Gray wasted without it.
Well, they're apparently recruiting and developing WR better than every other program in the country, too, so it may be more a sign that they are extremely good at it than that we are extremely bad at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
They also air it out like crazy and are known for good QB play and great WR play. That is a huge help in recruiting the next batch.
Bandaids usually don't work very well. Where are we getting a receiver from this late in the process? I'll believe it when I see it.
Correct. Brewster had a bigger hand in getting Gray, from my understanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by DancingRabbit
Well, our offense totally and completely sucked for most of those years, so it's not a big surprise. We also had no QB drafted during that time frame. Our WR play has improved quite a bit the last several years, and that, along with suddenly attractive QBs and a better offense, should hopefully allow WR recruiting to open up more.Quote:
Originally Posted by HSVDawg
But we're still seen as a run-based offense at a time when a ton of programs are airing it out all over the place. Auburn had Coates and Louis drafted recently but before that they had a big gap as well, and they haven't had nearly the number of WR you might expect for a program that recruits like they do and puts up the offense they do...largely because they're also seen as a run-based offense.
NO TRANSFERS FROM TSUN.... NO NOT ONE....
Our receiver woes are a curse. The length of the curse is one year for each time Jerry Rice drove through Starkville on his way to Itta Bena.
I was being halfway serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
I agree. F$#U* everyone of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mimi's Babies
I know Devonta Jason committed to Kansas but are we still on him? I wonder what our chances are with him since Key is here.Quote:
Originally Posted by GTHOM
The only thing I know is that he's not going to Kansas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs
Robert Foster?