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Trey carter
What happened with him? Friday it seemed we would get him now I'm reading on message boards we won't.
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Wednesday will be here before you know it.
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Originally Posted by
I seen it dawg
Wednesday will be here before you know it.
I hope so. Recruiting season in football shortens my life or drives me crazy.
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Closing the deal is not our strong suit so why would you be surprised if true?
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Originally Posted by
maroonmania
Closing the deal is not our strong suit so why would you be surprised if true?
Nothing surprises me in recruiting anymore
Last edited by msstate7; 02-02-2014 at 09:48 AM.
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Will Coleman's trip to asu is suddenly becoming more and more worrisome to me
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Originally Posted by
maroonmania
Closing the deal is not our strong suit so why would you be surprised if true?
Tell that to Benny Brown, Richie Brown, Fred Ross and Chris Jones. We have certainly gotten better at it from when Mullen got here and those 4 right there over the last two years prove that.
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So met, you got any good news from this weekend? Think we finish strong or with a thud?
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Originally Posted by
msstate7
So met, you got any good news from this weekend? Think we finish strong or with a thud?
Because getting Tee right now when we didn't even know he was available a few days ago is finishing with a thud? This is an elite player. Be happy we are closing with him in the group.
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I wish everyone wouldn't freak out at the first hint of bad news.
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I think it's going to be a good finish. I think Shepherd and Gray are two we definitely get. The big question here is the DL. We've got Carter, OJ, Griffin, and Harris left on the board. I have to think we would take Carter and Griffin first if they decide they want to commit. No grade casualty there and both are solid players, and both are different players. One DE the other DT. If one of those decide not to go to MSU, what do we do about OJ? Is he gonna stay with Bama? Will he possibly look around more? I have to think if he decides not to go to Bama then he comes to us. But if we only get 1 of those 3 mentioned, then I think Harris is on board. I'm not terribly sure how committable his offer is right now with the number and quality of the DL we have left on the board, but I think he wants to stay in state.
Gonna be an interesting signing day though. It could be badass or it could be underwhelming. But think about the fact that underwhelming would be only getting Harris, Gray, Shepherd, and maybe Jenkins, then compare that to previous closes and that's still probably our best close ever.
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Originally Posted by
HancockCountyDog
I wish everyone wouldn't freak out at the first hint of bad news.
No kidding or at least get excited about getting an elite player or quit buying the perception that we can't close or get elite kids.
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Originally Posted by
Really Clark?
Because getting Tee right now when we didn't even know he was available a few days ago is finishing with a thud? This is an elite player. Be happy we are closing with him in the group.
Where did I say we were finishing with a thud? I asked a question and you responded to it like I made a statement. Settle down...
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Originally Posted by
MetEdDawg
Tell that to Benny Brown, Richie Brown, Fred Ross and Chris Jones. We have certainly gotten better at it from when Mullen got here and those 4 right there over the last two years prove that.
In all fairness, those guys were commits we all hung on too. We aren't the best at bringing in big time commits late. Even Fred was a well known commodity long before he committed.
That said, I have no clue how we finish and every year is different.
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Originally Posted by
Political Hack
In all fairness, those guys were commits we all hung on too. We aren't the best at bringing in big time commits late. Even Fred was a well known commodity long before he committed.
That said, I have no clue how we finish and every year is different.
You are kidding right? Benny and Richie both announced their decision on signing day and to my knowledge never once committed to us during the process until signing day. We knew they were very interested, but Richie could have gone to OM or Tennessee and Benny could have gone to Auburn. Those are battles we won on signing day. And just because Fred Ross was a commodity that was well known doesn't mean it wasn't a get for us on signing day. We knew he was interested and there was a good chance he would flip, but are we really going to discount what Mullen did in getting Fred Ross because it was well known he would probably flip? I sure as hell won't.
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Originally Posted by
MetEdDawg
I think it's going to be a good finish. I think Shepherd and Gray are two we definitely get. The big question here is the DL. We've got Carter, OJ, Griffin, and Harris left on the board. I have to think we would take Carter and Griffin first if they decide they want to commit. No grade casualty there and both are solid players, and both are different players. One DE the other DT. If one of those decide not to go to MSU, what do we do about OJ? Is he gonna stay with Bama? Will he possibly look around more? I have to think if he decides not to go to Bama then he comes to us. But if we only get 1 of those 3 mentioned, then I think Harris is on board. I'm not terribly sure how committable his offer is right now with the number and quality of the DL we have left on the board, but I think he wants to stay in state.
Gonna be an interesting signing day though. It could be badass or it could be underwhelming. But think about the fact that underwhelming would be only getting Harris, Gray, Shepherd, and maybe Jenkins, then compare that to previous closes and that's still probably our best close ever.
What about Cory Thomas? I'm hearing different things right now.
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Thomas has been almost dead silent during this entire process so it's hard to get a read on the situation. I think he's highly underrated and would be a great get for us. But it just seems like nobody knows what the hell is going on with him. If I had to guess I would say he won't be part of our class, but honestly I have no idea and I would think there aren't but a handful of people who actually do know what will happen with him.
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Even if we only end up with Tee, Gray, Harris it's not a thud so why ask that. It paints a reception that we never get anyone late or elite, but like met said the last two years proves that's not the case. Trying to take the pulse of these kids every 15 min will drive you crazy. Half of these kids don't know what they are going to do right now. It's a long way to Wednesday and I guarantee things will change a dozen times before then. Not mention that there will be something stated by some site guy that will try to put everyone in a frenzy. The only thing I can guarantee is someone will not like our finish no matter who we get because they have invested into that mindset no matter what and there will be someone that will be convenienced that this is the most underrated class ever assembled and will make the case it's really a top 5 class. The truth is somewhere in the middle just celebrate who we do end up with.
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I may be a minority, but I don't want to sneak in during the middle of the night and try to buy recruits right before NSD, that's not where we need to be as a program. Mullen has been building a class for 6 months after more than year to scope out the 2014 class, now we're at the 11th hour and most of the pieces are in place. If we finish with 5 guys including Tee, JT, two DL types and a project OL that needs some development I'm happy with it. Some kid that you bought and paid for and doesn't want to be here come summer doesn't help you at all anyway.
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Originally Posted by
Really Clark?
Even if we only end up with Tee, Gray, Harris it's not a thud so why ask that. It paints a reception that we never get anyone late or elite, but like met said the last two years proves that's not the case. Trying to take the pulse of these kids every 15 min will drive you crazy. Half of these kids don't know what they are going to do right now. It's a long way to Wednesday and I guarantee things will change a dozen times before then. Not mention that there will be something stated by some site guy that will try to put everyone in a frenzy. The only thing I can guarantee is someone will not like our finish no matter who we get because they have invested into that mindset no matter what and there will be someone that will be convenienced that this is the most underrated class ever assembled and will make the case it's really a top 5 class. The truth is somewhere in the middle just celebrate who we do end up with.
Well last I checked we only have 2 guarantees -- nick fitz and j. Johnson. You just stated its a long way till wed, so I shouldn't have to tell you don't take any kid for granted. Every team has a chance of ending with a thud and we certainly can too.
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