Cornwell to Bama
Just to be clear, this is the same David Cornwell that our staff passed over for Speight?
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/938839…
For the record, I'm happy with Speight. Borges got his man and he personally evaluated both QB's. I have to admit though I was surprised to read ESPN had Cornwell ranked as its #1 pocket passer in the class.
I'm happy with Speight. Borges got his man and he evaluated both QB's. I have to admit though I was surprised to read ESPN had Cornwell ranked as its #1 pocket passer in the class.
Rough week for VT. I think he just visited Loeffler and Co.
Not sure about the passed over comment. Not wasting time on kids from distant lands, who are showing questionable interest, is not a bad thing. (Not saying that was the case here. I don't know).
I will say I am very happy with the QB chart.....
He showed much more than "questionable interest" in Michigan, as I recall. Regardless, our caoches got the guy they wanted. I'm happy with that.
You really think Oklahoma is so much more distant than Virginia?
My point was that Michigan does not need to waste time and resources in middle of nowhere Oklahoma on a QB they were not convinced wanted to become a Michigan man. It seems they were not sold on him, nor he on them. The fact that he is now going to Alabama does not change those facts. Michgan has no reason to suffer QB envy over a high school kid.
Current QB depth envy is an entirely different subject....
I'll just leave this here... Not suggesting that's happening in this case but I'm just sick of hearing about how great Bama is.
It's the SEC. Motto: If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.
I get your premise, but it's tough to view that article as completely credible, what with the reference to "Flunker" instead of Fluker in the article.
It's an old story and that's not the site that broke it. That's just the link that popped up at the bottom of a page I was looking at today, coincidentally around the time this thread was created. I 100% believe the article.
We didn't pass on him. He didn't commit and we moved on.
Wrong? Didn't he never even get an offer?
No, he did not ever get an offer.
/grammar police
We ain't never no need your damn yankee grammer round these here parts
No how!
Invoke authority properly by spelling the authority's name correctly.
So, what will it do to my football cred if I mention that William Shakespeare also regularly used double negatives?
Come on, you need to do better than that if you're going to throw out a claim like this. Provide at least one or two specifics and/or a link that provides information.
The day Speight committed, Cornwell tweeted that he had learned not to get caught up in the recruiting process, and to commit when he found a staff and school he liked.
I think Michigan, the day before Speight committed, asked Cornwell to commit, and he said he wasn't ready. So Michigan went to option #2.
You don't have to be a detective to figure this one out. Cornwell appears to be the better prospect, and we know Michigan had been pursuing him. But this staff's QB policy is not to offer until the kid is ready to accept. So when Cornwell said he wasn't ready to commit, we offered Speight, who jumped on it.
That was how they handled this class, where there isn't a whole ton of huge prospects. We've already floated and offer out to Josh Rosen for the next class, and people expect to see more out to some of the highly touted QB's in that next class.
Here is my take on the QB position this year: Hoke loves Morris, but knows he needs time to develop. He didn't want to bring in a lot of competition early that might interfere with his development. Enter Speight, a talented QB, but someone who I don't see passing Morris on the depth chart. If Cornwell was in this class we would already be talking Morris vs. Cornwell. Speight is perfect for his role and what we needed from a qb in this class.
At least I hope Hoke wouldn't set his sights on a less talented player for the benefit of an upperclassman. If you decide to use a scholarship, you should find the best player for that position. If he happens to out-compete the kid you brought in last year, then that's a good problem to have. Reminds me of how Joe Paterno seemed to let his apparent loyalty to Anthony Morelli keep Daryll Clark as a backup when many thought that was a mistake.
Instead of "Overrated" I wish there was an "Are You Serious?" option.
Frankly, just a plain STUPID, LAME, or HEADupARSE choice would be satisfying at times.
In addition to Alabama, Cornwell had offers from Arkansas, Auburn, Indiana, Kansas, Miami (FL), Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Tennessee, Tulsa, Virginia Tech and Washington State - this is per Rivals. A wide and varied slate of offers indeed.
In his junior year, he was 191 for 338 on passes, good for a 57% completion percentage. He passed for 2,742 and 27 TDs, and rushed for 755 yards and 6 TDs on 128 carries.
I kind of wonder what, if any, effect Cornwell's offer sheet had on UM's decision to offer Speight instead. It was widely-reported that Borges wanted whichever QB he picked to commit immediately (though the reason for that was never made clear). Cornwell, given the options available to him, might have been less likely to do that--which may have tipped the scale to Speight.
Remember when Guitterez was the heir apparent? Word coming out of camp is what you have to listen to. It was pretty obvious Carr was going to have to make a rough decision regardless of injury to Matt or not. When players are being asked for comparisons and say things such as, "Matt is good......don't get me wrong........there are just some things that Chad can do that the others can't...........he can make all the passes, etc.," the writing is pretty much on the wall. They were saying the same things about trying to tackle Breaston his freshman year while RSing. Damn, it would have been nice to have an OC who understood a little about spreading people about then, just for a change of pace. ^And if Speight does prove to be the qb, remember who the record setter is, and he seemed to have his feet planted in concrete at times. Also, there's a gentleman LC almost lost due to his love affair for Drew that turned out to be pretty damn good but probably can't crack 5.3 in the forty. If people have pocket awareness, they'll be fine with the prospects these guys will be coaching up for the foreseeable future.
They had that Tyrone Prothro guy, but he was brutally injured.
lighting up our secondary as soon as Countess got sidelined. And you're right about the turnovers; 30TDs and 3INTs is a pretty impressive year.
Just my opinion.
O'l number 10 can't catch a break.
Calm down Brent.
does it really matter? Shanes the qb after DG leaves anyway. I think our next big qb commit comes next year or even the year after.