October 23rd, 2015 at 9:41 PM ^
Gary seems to be non-existent.
October 23rd, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
He just can't carry that weight for 4 quarters.
October 24th, 2015 at 9:52 AM ^
At 10 PM last night when I checked...
Paramus, NJ 47 degree and 52% humidity
Bradenton, FL 75 degrees and 72% humidity.
I would guess that the temperature at kickoff was close to 85 degrees, I'd bet that is the warmest kickoff temperature Paramus has had all year....and is mild for what IMG is accustomed to. Obviously this has to do with conditioning...but it is hard to prepare for weather you have not been exposoed to.
October 23rd, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
He just can't carry that weight for 4 quarters.
October 23rd, 2015 at 9:47 PM ^
Is that common for an elite DL recruit?
October 23rd, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
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October 24th, 2015 at 9:54 AM ^
He certainly does not look like the best player in the country at this moment. He does not even look like the best player in this game. Paramus #5, Nauta, Kaindoh all look better.
October 23rd, 2015 at 9:46 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2015 at 9:50 PM ^
Too soon.
October 23rd, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2015 at 10:37 PM ^
He was likely the exception to that rule, esp on those 199 yd runbacks his senior year in HS.
October 23rd, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2015 at 10:47 PM ^
I just want to see one runback by him like that this season so I can watchon on espn over and over. Minnesota seems like a good candidate for such a run back.
October 23rd, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^
up back in the day. Just rememebered I had this one last week. Upvote me to get me to the precious 100 where I can then myself get voting rights. It only took me a week to go from zero to 92.
October 23rd, 2015 at 10:42 PM ^
So maybe some truth to take the mid 4 star who has a hell of a motor and you can coach him up. Guys putting in extra time week in and week out, pratice after practice, weight room after weight room pay off off over 4 yrs.
From my experience in other sports its a lot of headache and often not successful teaching motor to anyone. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt - sometimes it takes that come to jesus moment, and sometimes even that doesnt change someone other than for a few weeks.
Generally either a kid is driven and self motivated or not. A coach can only do so much; he can't be over his shoulder the other 7 months of the year when winners are usually working and slackers are not. Peoples Jones sounds hell motivated - I wonder if he takes drives off. I expect Peppers was not a guy taking drives off in high school.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/247-donovan-peoples-jones-freak-athlete-stu…
October 24th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^
is that he gets doubled every game, knows he's going to go to college for free, probably already knows where he is going...so what is in it for him to have motor EVERY play. I wouldn't be concerned about his motor if he came here....if he doesn't bring it every play for Harbaugh, his ass will be on the bench! He definitely has intangibles, I thought he he looked explosively quick...looks like he needs a S&C program to help him but that' s not unusual...
October 24th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
I dunno, if I had JIM FREAKING HARBAUGH who flew in just to watch me from the sidelines, I be full-go all game and sleep in tomorrow.
But that's just me.
October 24th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
This was the best opponent he will face all year and as guy said below JH is in stands. If you cant get up for that I have worries about you.
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October 23rd, 2015 at 11:49 PM ^
Just saw a picture on Facebook from the game tonight - Mark Messner was there with Harbaugh. I think Messner lives in the area now. Talk about a defensive lineman with a motor.
October 24th, 2015 at 7:15 AM ^
I live across the street from IMG, so I had to go right? Had to do my part to represent. Wife is out of town so I had to round of the 3 kiddos, get our Michigan gear on and head to the game. Michigan was so well represented with at least 100-150. Didn't see more than 3 from any other school.
Harbaugh was taking pics and shaking hands right before kickoff - very gracious for sure. He took a pic with my boys which was really cool. For the 1st half he split time on both sidelines. Halftime and 3rd qtr, he sat in the bleachers with his wife. Almost surreal to think about one of the most popular football coaches on the planet just sitting in the bleachers for a Friday night football game. It is so important for him to be there to continue to build those relationships with both of these programs.
Started watching Gary closely mid-way thru 1st qtr. His getoff is off the chart. He looks to be in good shape and man is he super quick. There was some mention in other comments about his motor - I'll defend him a bit here. He played every defensive snap and spent most of the night rushing Patterson. That is asking alot of a kid to be able to bring it every play. From what I saw, I am not worried about his motor. He is a flat out beast. College conditioning will be far greater than what he gets in H.S.
IMG is impressive and has major D1 talent all over the field. The Jr. DE Kaindoh we are recruting is an impressive looking cat. He looks the part of a big time DE. Some comments earlier mentioned the Paramus QB looking better than Shae Patterson. I couldn't disagree more with that. Patterson is very good. He looks like he has all the tools to support his lofty ranking. Nauta had a quiet night, but certainly a very smooth natural looking TE.
Also the first time I had to pay to park at a H.S. football game! It is quite a facility that needs to be paid for I suppose.
October 24th, 2015 at 7:50 AM ^
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October 24th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
I have never been to a school where you did not have to pay to park. The proceed do not necessarily go to athletics, at our school the ROTC handles the parking lot and receives to proceeds from it as well.
October 24th, 2015 at 10:22 AM ^
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October 24th, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^
Yep that was me. I don't know if the other big time head coaches sit in the bleachers with the rest of the common folk. I thought that was really cool. Can't picture Nick Saban or Urb hanging in the bleachers.
I would also think the recruits took notice just looking in the crowd. Lots of maize and blue littered throughout.
October 24th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
That's impressive. Your first post and you've been on the site for 4 years.