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Is he?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Because people have an overinflated view of Arnett as the DC. It's as simple as that. A lot of people got this "he's one of us" mindset stuck in their head and can't let it go.Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog7
He fielded the following defenses:
2020: Total Defense Ranking: 57th. Gave up 28.1 PPG
2021: Total Defense Ranking: 62nd. Gave up 25.9 PPG
2022: Total Defense Ranking: 40th. Gave up 23.1 PPG.
He had ONE defense ranked 40th. The rest were not top 50. That is an average DC.
You also have to remember that those defenses had: Martin Emerson, Emmanuel Forbes, Jett Johnson, Nathaniel Watson, Shawn Preston Jr, Jalen Green, Jackie Matthews, Jaden Crumedy, Errol Thompson, Tyrus Wheat, and I could go on but you get the picture. Those teams had guys that could start on other SEC teams. We had MAYBE two that could start for another SEC team this year and MULTIPLE who couldn't start for a G5 team.
I don't think he is. I have some pretty good reason to believe he is not.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
Excellent news. I?m scared we?re gonna somehow end up keeping him. Dont understand why we don?t just make the move now but trying to be patientQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
...and he inherited ALL of that talent. He didn't recruit a single impact player until Isaac Smith.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
There's no reason to. You can still hire someone else with him on staff. Just because Lebby hasn't gotten in front of a microphone and said, "Guys, David Turner 17 sucks at his job and I'm canning his ass" doesn't mean he thinks he's doing a good job. He doesn't. He's not happy with Turner. He didn't want him to begin with but it was pushed on him by boosters who JUST HAD TO HAVE the great recruiting maestro David Turner who one time kind of helped recruit Jeffrey Simmons.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
DT Sheffield in the portal from North Texas. Originally from Corinth and went NWCC for two years. Had a hell of a year for North Texas. 66 catches/822 yds/11 TDs. Look for us to be a player.
Landyn Watson from Marshall will be visiting some time this week. LB with 66 tackles on the year.
Reports say Craver is in the portal.
I talked about that being a possibility. I got some info over the weekend and this morning that made me feel better, but was always kind of 50/50 on him.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
he is iffy
Craver is a loss because he was a contributor but receivers want to play in this offense. And I know Mario Craver may hate to hear it, but there's 450 Mario Craver's out there and about 150 in the portal. This offense will always attract receiver talent. Craver also has some growing up to do. Maybe he has a change of heart, but if not you move on and go get Sheffield from UNT and Anderson from Oklahoma and roll.
Raion Strader was just offered. CB out of Miami(OH). I'm extremely high on him. He would be a Day 1 starter for us.
Certainly a loss, but Coleman is the one you CAN’T lose. Craver is much more replaceable.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
We have Coleman locked up. Again, things change but I feel confident in saying Kevin Coleman is locked in. He has a really good NIL deal right now. And he also has done the transfer thing and it didn't work out. He knows a good spot when he sees it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brobi-wan
Me too, he will have options but an upgrade from PollockQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Just so it's out there, Rosebowl is reporting that Coleman's reps are sniffing around to see what his value is. Does not mean he's in the portal though. Goes against what I have heard for weeks on end, but just wanted to keep everyone updated on all sides. I'm still not very worried about Coleman.
Reginald Hughes, Edge rusher from Jax State but we may move to LB, picked up an offer. Fmr OM signee out of Tunica. Went nuts at Jax State this year. 83 tackles, 4.5 sacks
Clev Lubin, LB from Coastal Carolina, also picked up an offer. 43 tackles, 9.5 sacks on the year.
Malik Charles from West Georgia looks like a player.
I think we will probably kick him to EDGE but he has really good size. Impressive offer sheet so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
That?s what he played in the clips I saw. He was in the standup rusher position that they had Branden Jennings at this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Dude looks like a problem coming off the edge. Good size and speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Lee is in the portal.
Are we trying to keep JJ H at all? He seemed to really want to be here out of HS. Just wondering what the rumor is on his transfer decision.
I think playing time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brobi-wan
Just makes no sense (to me) to go start some where new in a whole new system if it's just playing time. New relationships, new trust to build.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Unless he sees himself getting buried or something and is open to whatever gets him on the field some where.
He was definitely doing a lot of recruiting of other players during his recruiting process. Seemed all dawg.
What happens when you get hurt and then don?t show up to practice?add on top getting paid this is the type player you get.Quote:
Originally Posted by StateDawg44
There's zero doubt the current system does nothing to bring out the best in players.Quote:
Originally Posted by BankerDog
Seeing that Arkansas DT Nico DaVillier is expected to visit
He is a true edge guy. Would be a really solid pickup for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
There is a chance Zxavian Harris jumps into the portal. We would be interested if he does.
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David Blay, DT from La Tech, has been offered.
Not sure where you're looking but Arnett only once had total defense worse than 39th and that was #51 in '20. In '21 and '22 our total defense was #36 and #39. The ppg I was looking at other than '20 were a little higher however (around 1 point or so). His defense was solid, not great but my point before was more so in response to Confucious that said a DC with experience wouldn't have been any better than Hutzler which I think is wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Edit: Btw whoever bad repped my post and left that comment in my box reading comprehension must be hard. I didn't bring up the topic just responding to it.
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Another portal entrant, Eric Taylor. I am not lying when I say this, the last two staffs may have been some of the worst talent evaluators we've ever had by a mile.
One thing all of these portal entries also show is how our on3 or 247 and their membership numbers help our recruiting ranking. Every year we are ranked between 20-35 and that is largely because we have so many members on those sites.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I remember in the old genespage days where Steve would just admit that he would "talk to the rankings guys" and get our two stars bumped up to 3 stars and would push for our solid 3 star guys to get bumped up to 4 stars. Every year this happens.
Tab Hinton, the LB from Hattiesburg was a low 3 star and Steve was pushing him to be a 4 star player and this happens all the time. I guess I'm just tired of his bullshit.
That happens with every player though. That's why it's called the Bama bump. Look no further than Bray Hubbard(who ended up being a really good player). But he was a low 3 star when he committed to us, he gets a Bama offer and is a mid 4 star the next day.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
Also why Dan actually recruited higher than the actual rankings we got because of bias against our name. He evaluated extremely well. Heck, Freeze had no clue really about evaluating in the 3 star pool. It's why he had to ride our offer coattails and try to flip them.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve