Carvin Johnson's Coach On Rivals: Repost

I lived in Dallas during his tenure there. 100% knucklehead. Thanks for the referral though, please be on your way before we have a Deion Sanders/Dez Bryant situation.

Also, Steltz was not the fastest guy (tough as nails) so I wish he would have said at least same speed, not slower.

Thanks, great info. I am learning great speed is not great if you can't or don't make the proper read in a timely fashion.

Um, what is PacMan's ties to Michigan? I'm curious why he was calling Rich Rod about Carvin.

"n fact, the LSU recruiting coordinator called school today asking if he dropped the ball on this to which our head coach replied "yes". "

Well I really hope this is true. There were (already) calls to WTKA about RR recruiting guys who weren't top recruits , I think one guy called in to complain he's "recruiting walk ons". Whatever.

The proof will be in teh pudding. RR has what, 4-5 more openings in this class? he needs to get 4-5 more DB's or at least 2-3 more and a couple of LB's.

I don't have enough points to post something bigger, but I took a look at recruiting rankings 2002-2007. Across Rivals and Scout, LC averaged a top 10 class (10.2 average rank - 8.7 the last 3 years) with an average of 3.54 stars (what should be the more important number). RR's average WVU class was ranked 40.5 (40.5!!!) with average stars of 2.49.

Over that time, LC won 56 games and RR won... 57 (by winning one more bowl game than LC during that span). By 2002, LC had an established program. 2002 was RR's second year at WVU. One could argue his teams had better records after Miami and VT left the Big East, but those were also leaner years at Miami and VT and might not have negatively impacted RR's strongest teams.

Match up each of LC's and RR's teams head-to-head, or put WVU in the Big Ten, and I don't see RR's team taking much of a hit vs. the records they achieved - but that's all for speculation.

We should, however, be able to agree rankings don't mean everything. I'm far less concerned about getting the guys the services say we should have than of giving the man time - he knows what he's doing.

thanks for compiling these quotes Brian. when it comes to signing safeties in particular, I'm with coach rod and the 'bird in hand' philosophy.
for no particular reason outside of curiosity do we know if coach rod recruited carvin or was it another coach (robinson, gibson, etc.)?

Yikes!

I've got nothing bad to say about the kid, but as far as sales pitches go, telling me he's not as big or fast as Craig Steltz is a pretty shitty sales job.

after hearing from his coach and a coach that played against him I am really starting to come around on this kid. He just might be that prime example of a get not wanting to go out and flaunt himself in front of scouts or coaches, let his play speak for itself.

As for the Pac-man relationship, Adam Jones was a good player for RR and he did not start screwing up is life and career until he got into the NFL. Either RR was able to control Jones (and Henry for that matter) or keep everything hidden. But in todays media, I think he was able to control him.

MAKE IT RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

some talk yesterday as to whether this coach was really a coach. Is everyone now satisfied that he actually is? I sounds so but I haven't been here for a day and wanted to confirm. thanks.

Look, every coach that's quoted in these things always has great things to say about their player. In this case, we have an opposing coach which is good, but all this is basically rationalizing. Did we really need to reach what a coach had to say about Lamar Woodley or Charles Woodson?

Anyone else notice that in his first note, Carvin's coach twice described Johnson as "tremendous?"

Just wondering, for anyone who pays attention to Louisiana football, do any of their coaches, perchance, fit the following description:

• Has a craggy scary face with jowels of destruction
• Has his players learn a new word out of the dictionary each day
• Wears wrinkled khakis and
• Has been caught multiple times with a Hemingway or Emerson book under his clipboard
• Has a younger Aussie friend who hangs around starting fights, and looks vaguely familiar
• Owns a retriever he calls "Coop" or "Cooper"
• Seems to have flashbacks when encountering people in sleeveless overgarments

I think I might know that guy!!!

Putting aside the fact that Pacman Jones got kicked out of the NFL twice and was suspended in college we shouldn't forget how talented he was. He dominated in the league and was the best defender on a stacked Titans team (Bullock, Haynesworth, Vanderbosch). The fact that he raved about Carvin and went out of his way to call RRod (which also tells you that he still has a positive view of RRod) tells me this kid is SPECIAL!

By the way.... does anyone know what is up with Adam Jones?

Its a fluff piece.

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