freejs

December 16th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^

at least in winter. 

The older I get, the more I have come to accept the difference. I hate winter here in NYC, except when it snows, but we are lightweights when it comes to putting up with difficult winters. Every time I start to really complain, I check out the weather in the midwest, and realize we are in the peewee leagues of harsh winters. 

New York is right in between mid-Atlantic and Northeastern. 

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JonnyHintz

December 16th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^

I'm not saying the winters are the same, just that Wilson is from an area that's also very cold and snowy. So I doubt he was all that shocked and miserable in 30 degrees and snow flurries. That's the type of winter weather I'm sure he's accustomed to. Nothing about the weather he experienced on his visit is something he isn't getting in NYC in winter.

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JonnyHintz

December 16th, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^

No, you're making assumptions. I never said he liked that kind of weather. Just that he's used to it and probably wasn't all that shocked or miserable. Does he prefer the weather down south? Probably. But this isn't a kid from Miami experiencing his first 30 degree day with snow flurries. I don't think he expected a mid-November game to be sunny and 75. He's from NYC. It gets cold in NYC and it snows plenty there too. All I'm saying is having grown up in a similar climate, I'm sure he knew well ahead of time how cold and snowy happens a lot in winter here.

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Kinda Blue

December 16th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^

We've hired coaches of elite recruits.  It has an impact.  People the kids feel comfortable with end up in the program with the top recruit.  Family members probably support having a coach who helped get the kid to that point at their university.  It's permissible and impactful.  

We probably don't need to escalte the bagman comments or comparing it to Treadwell.  We got beat for this recruit.  We wish him well and move on to the next.  

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Fab and Fresh

December 18th, 2016 at 6:22 PM ^

You didn't imply that our staff was already full from hiring other recruits coaches. You only said "too bad our staff was full thus we couldn't hire his coaches and get his commitment"or something to that effect. You seemed to hit Georgia with a fair amount of snark while letting Michigan off the hook. That's how it read to me (and apparently others as well).



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Real and Spectacular

December 16th, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^

I was kind of mocked on here for being concerned about a couple of late crystal balls and a bunch of Georgia Twitter follows, but those things seem to matter. Looks like we got quite a few insiders around here who missed on this one. This doesn't seem to make sense given all the data. Very odd.

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Blue_In_Texas

December 16th, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^

This is kind of a huge recruiting loss. I think after last night he was our biggest target left on the board. Hard to be upset after getting DPJ, but this sucks a lot. 

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TrueBlue2003

December 16th, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^

RB isn't nearly the need that OT is for us right now.  Plus, running backs are commodities that are far less differentiated.  There's a reason so many OTs go in the top 10 in the NFL draft and RBs rarely ever do anymore.  RBs depend on the OL.  A good RB will have a much more difficult time making any old OL look good, but a good OL can make any old RB look very good.  OL comes first, everything else follows.

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Rabbit21

December 16th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^

Linemen need a lot of technique and work on awareness of what to do in order to be college ready.  Wilson has good size, but the technique and assignment aspect is one in which he needs some experience, he's not college ready, but has a high ceiling.  

In other words I doubt he would have helped next year.

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Zarniwoop

December 16th, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^

Wow did that kid pass up an opportunity.

Good luck to him.

Georgia comes out of nowhere late to inexplicably nab him. Bagmen gonna bag man.

Our OLine depth is a fucking catastrophe if we don't land Filiaga.

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1VaBlue1

December 16th, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^

Not sure why he'd choose a 7-5 team with a second year head coach after a fly-by visit.  Whatever, young man, good luck to you there.  Enjoy the anonymity a mediocre team in the mediocre SEC East will bring you.

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oriental andrew

December 16th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^

The fact is that Georgia is a very good program - if not on par with the likes of Alabama, Michigan, osu, and USC, at least not more than a step behind. They always recruit well. In the last 15 years, they've had a top 12 recruiting class every year (Top 10 except for one year at #11 and another year at #12) per the 247 composite. 

Michigan, by contrast, has had years ranked 14, 17, 20, 26, and 37. The point is that they've consistently recruited as well as or better than Michigan since 2001. 

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TheTeamTheTeam…

December 16th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^

Yeah this one hurt...he was probably the one OL recruit I felt best about. He was one I had an eye on to possibly start for us next year at LT, If Grant was ready by the start of the year than at RT

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TheTeamTheTeam…

December 16th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^

To Ben fair, we also read that Kalis was one of the most college ready o-line recruits ever seen and that wasn't quite accurate. Nearly all O-Line are at least 1-2 year projects before they flourish. But due to his recruiting profile and our needs at OT, he was probably on the short list to lock down a tackle spot for next year if he committed to Michigan.

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