Surprises??
smart
Good for Murphy. I wouldn't want to go somewhere knowing I'm a tag along with the guy UM really wanted. Maryland wants him for who HE is. Best move for him. I never liked those package deals.
No packages
I don't really believe that RR offers scholarships to one player just to get a friend b/c they claim to be a package
I do believe RR looks for synergies on teams where they can offer multiple prospects b/c it's more efficient and maybe more effective, but I'd be surprised if RR is just giving away scholarships to unwanted players. The same was said about Witty last year to get Denard and RR seemed to be working pretty hard to get Witty enrolled just recently (even if it didn't plan out).
I dont think any player is worth two scholarship
And I think most college coaches would agree: the second player in the package has to have at least a certain amount of upside in order to make the package work.
Though, Murphy was a solid 3* DE recruit - we probably wouldn't have recruited him alone, but he's not entirely useless, either.
I have wondered how often
I have wondered how often this happens in regard to recruiting players from a specific school one year in order to increase the chances of a landing a top-notch talent from that same school the next year. For example, how much influence did the recruitment of Braxton Miller have on our decision to offer scholarships to the Talbott brothers?
With Murphy off the table and
With Murphy off the table and a scholarship freed-up, that could be a good thing. I know the coaches are on the road right now beating the bushes and trying to lock down recruits. I would love to see some big surprises (positive ones).
Waiter, I'll have the...
...Wizard Hat Special, with a tall, cold glass of Snake Oil to wash it down.
"One man. Goodbye! Hello Heisman!"
Just my opinion, but...
I always thought of snake oil as a "warm and slightly bitter, yet comforting" feeling, kind of like good bourbon; not so much "cold" or "on the rocks". ;)
The reason for the world, is to make us long for HOME.
Good point, but...
...like a lot of other things, I'll take it any way I can get it. :)
"One man. Goodbye! Hello Heisman!"
That was kind of predictable
Hilarious how one poster tried to tell me how dumb my opinion was that Murphy and Grimes may not be a package deal after all.
Or
The more cynical alternative is that we don't land Grimes either and they go to Maryland as package.
On yesterday's show Ira said Sam's gut-feeling was not as strong as it was previously (re: Grimes), Brian replied that he wasn't as worried b/c of Tom VH's recent conversation with Grimes. I'd like to hear Sam elaborate on Grimes, I'm not sure what exactly has changed but I'm concerned/interested.
Potential surprises?
I think Kinnard and Ash are both concerns to qualify, I wonder if that is one of the surprises?
that's not the type
of surprise that mr. webb would talk about on air. it's more likely that one of those two would "de-commit" if they didn't qualify
So is a "de-commit" a possible surprise
Or does Webb only deal with positive surprises? I don't listen to him regularly.
After last year...
After last year's signing day Decommits, I'm not sure if a decommit would be a huge surprise unless of course it was someone who's been on-board for awhile and no word leaked out beforehand about said person even wavering or having trouble qualifying. Perhaps I'm being optimistic and thinking surprises might be a good thing, hopefully a surprise commit or two.
save some schoolies
i dont know about you guys, but if we cant get the guys we want, i dont think we should settle for lesser guys. we could save a couple scholarships for guys like mcreynolds, evans, tanner, depriest, hollowell, and the other studs that i know we are in on.
is anyone else creeped out about
men referring to younger men as "studs?"
our package is our package, and it’s pretty big. - Greg Mattison, Bowl Practice Presser Tr. 12-13-11.
Kind of...
You're right it kind of does sound creepy in this context. Sorta feels like we should be at the horse track and discussing purchasing/selling stud horses over our fourth mint julep or something.
Surprises..
The surprises usually seem to balance themselves out. Some decommit from UM, and some decommit from other programs to attend UM. I'm pretty sure this class will come in close to "right on the numbers" no matter what surprises we get between now and signing day.
Michael Taylor
Here's to hoping Michael Taylor is one of those surprises.
Let's hope that the surprises are for the good, not the bad.