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Recruit Update: "The Finisher" picks Georgia
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Recruit Update: "The Finisher" picks Georgia


May 23, 2012, 1:09 PM

 
"The Finisher" picks Georgia

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Well there's yet another OL target lost


May 23, 2012, 1:12 PM

Great, just great.

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Re: Well there's yet another OL target lost


May 23, 2012, 1:31 PM

WHY, WHY, WHY, can`t we ever get these top O/L???? we can get plenty of W/R`s and other small guys but the guys we need to be competitive O/L and D/L just can not get..we do a little better on D/L but our O/L recruiting is just plain pitiful...IMHO this is our and Dabo`s biggest failure!!!!!!!



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Goes back before Dabo


May 23, 2012, 1:33 PM

We haven't had a truly good O-line in about 15 years.

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Which unfortunately leads to why we have issues getting them***


May 23, 2012, 1:37 PM



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I thought moving Fat Brad to and admin role


May 23, 2012, 1:39 PM

would help, but it doesn't seem to have helped at all.

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Re: I thought moving Fat Brad to and admin role


May 23, 2012, 1:41 PM

It predates Brad Scott - Rich Rod started the problem

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May 23, 2012, 1:47 PM

Interesting that Rich Rod and Joey Batson came in at the same time, and the OLine went downhill at the same time. I'm an anti-Batson guy, but maybe some of the Blame that has been placed on him actually resides with RichRod. Still no excuse for the shape some of our current linemen are in though, IMO.

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May 23, 2012, 1:42 PM [ in reply to Goes back before Dabo ]

uh...the group with roman fry dustin fry and nathan bennet were pretty darn tough

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Just their senior year.***


May 23, 2012, 1:47 PM



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Re: Just their senior year.***


May 23, 2012, 1:56 PM

Not true...we were strong their junior as well

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Re: Just their senior year.***


May 23, 2012, 2:13 PM

That would still only be 2 of the last 15 years or so.

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Re: Just their senior year.***


May 23, 2012, 2:15 PM

ha not arguing that at all..I think we still need to give coach caldwell longer than one year...I think we are on the right track with him. IMO if he can turn a walkon TE into a very very solid LT in less than a year then hes gonna get this turned arround.

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Re: Just their senior year.***


May 23, 2012, 2:27 PM

I agree with that and am a Caldwell fan, but you gotta get at least 3 or 4 guys on campus every year if you want any semblance of depth.

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Re: Just their senior year.***


May 23, 2012, 2:31 PM

I think we will...we dont have a lot of room this year and I actually like some of the potential we have with guys like beasley,norton,guilermo,region,davis,gore,battle, Now hes gotta get it out of them and get them all in especially beasley, davis and region who have a lot of potential

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Region will be awesome


May 23, 2012, 2:39 PM

if he can lose like 40 pounds

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Re: Region will be awesome


May 23, 2012, 4:21 PM

He will or he will be back in bama playin at north alabama

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SHOCKER!!!!


May 24, 2012, 10:20 AM [ in reply to Re: Well there's yet another OL target lost ]

No brainer like he was ever getting out of UGA country

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Get use to it


May 23, 2012, 1:41 PM [ in reply to Well there's yet another OL target lost ]

we are gonna struggle this year in recruiting

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May 12, 2014, 7:05 PM [ in reply to Well there's yet another OL target lost ]

Well, bummer. I wanted this kid bad. Getting Crowder will lesson the sting A LOT. We better go full force after this guy. He is a must must must have now.

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FFFFUUUU***


May 23, 2012, 1:13 PM



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May 23, 2012, 1:35 PM

Yeah we need one or two good OL in this class but we have four freshman OL in the fold one will start in 2013(Jay). So let not go crazy but yes we lack in the 2013 class in Ol and Dl at this point.

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Feb 27, 2019, 10:21 AM

It's my belief that you need at least 3 OL in every class, because it normally takes longer to get these kids ready to start.

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May 23, 2012, 1:40 PM [ in reply to Re: Re: Well there's yet another OL target lost ]

Remember when Tommy Bowen and Rich Rod came in. Ran all our O-Line down to 250-260 "so they could run"? We then got the tag that we did not care if our O-Line ever made it to the NFL, they were going to always be undersized. I know the father of one 4-star O-line in hs that went to Tenn. rather than Clemson because of this. He said all opposing coaches were using that against us. So we have the rep of not producing NFL lines. It is still biting us.
One reason I was so opposed to re-hiring Rich Rod (among others).

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Rich Rod didn't "downsize" the line...


May 23, 2012, 5:23 PM

Rich Rod didn't "downsize" the offensive line we just didn't have anyone left in 1999. Here were the OL starters in 1999:



LT 77 MATT BUTLER 6-4 296 *Sr.
LG 71 COREY HULSEY 6-6 335 Jr.
C 73 JASON GAMBLE 6-3 300 *Sr.
RG 74 BRENT BANASIEWICZ 6-3 302 *Gr.
RT 70 HOLLAND POSTELL 6-6 293 *Sr.


Four seniors and a guy that left early (Hulsey). In addition, Neely Page, whom the coaches had high hopes for, injured his back and had to quit. So, the line was smaller in 1999 because there was no one left. Kyle Young was practically the only guy in the pipeline and he immediately became the starting center. TJ Watkins was a freshman tight-end in 1998 and was moved to the line. Theo Mougros was a DL in 1998 and he was moved to guard. Neither of the two was all that big but they were instantly starters on the OL because they could fill a jersey. John McDermott, a guy who was mostly home-schooled and played very little football before he got here was suddenly a starter at OT. Here's the starters in 1999:



LT 61 AKIL SMITH 6-4 270 So.
LG 73 T.J. WATKINS 6-3 252 *So.
C 59 KYLE YOUNG 6-3 255 *So.
RG 60 THEO MOUGROS 6-2 260 *Jr.
RT 67 JOHN McDERMOTT 6-6 270 *Jr.


They were lighter than previous years but much of that was due to youth and the desperation to fill out a depth chart. It's true that Bowden and Rich Rod said they wanted mobile, quick guys on the offensive line. They also said they wanted them to be big, mobile quick guys. They just had to make due with what they had. You can ask Dabo or any other coach in the country and I'm sure they'd tell you they want the big, mobile, quick guys on the offensive line as well. Getting them has always been the problem.


-Moon

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Re: Rich Rod didn't "downsize" the line...


May 23, 2012, 6:59 PM

They were limited yet played pretty tough, thanks to Ron West. Then when he got Dustin Fry, Roman Fry and Nathan Bennet here they did well, even as freshmen in 03.

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May 23, 2012, 1:53 PM [ in reply to Re: Re: Well there's yet another OL target lost ]

I think we need to bring in about 4 OL in every class. Need to develop as much depth as possible. One will usually not pan out. Another will possibly get injured JK Jay. So it never hurts to recruit about 4 OL a year.

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May 23, 2012, 2:16 PM

Man the jk jay injury set us back...also there were couple others who turned out to be busts that came bout same time he did if memory serves me

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May 23, 2012, 1:46 PM

The kid from south aiken ? 2009 class?

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So he went to his instate school. Probably grew up a dawg


May 23, 2012, 2:09 PM

fan. Nothing to see here.

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The definition of awesome!


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May 23, 2012, 2:20 PM

Kid from ac flora was a bust took a pic with the money name sliped my mind.

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May 23, 2012, 2:20 PM

Kenith page

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May 23, 2012, 2:26 PM

yeah that was him...IMO also was david smith,matt sanders, and even though mcclain started a lot he was also

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May 23, 2012, 2:27 PM

Oh and wilson norris

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McClain only started


May 23, 2012, 2:29 PM [ in reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Well there's yet another OL target lost ]

because he's one of Dabo's 'Bama boys, I like much of what Dabo has done as a coach, but he definitely plays favorites.

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Not suprised. Beating UGA is very tough in their own state***


May 23, 2012, 2:43 PM



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Re: Not suprised. Beating UGA is very tough in their own state***


May 23, 2012, 4:30 PM

Yep it is. Always has been. But only last few years is it now being considered. Before it was called an excuse for not working hard enough.

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Who is the 3rd center on our board, since we've missed out


May 23, 2012, 3:53 PM

on our top 2?

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May 23, 2012, 4:16 PM

Hopefully Guillermo will work out over the next 4 years and we can miss out this year.

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May 23, 2012, 4:21 PM

true but we gotta bring one in this year because freeman is a sr

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May 23, 2012, 8:11 PM

Not necessarily, we have Guillermo and Norton. We just need more (hopefully talented) bodies for the line.

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May 23, 2012, 8:15 PM

Nortons gonna end up at gaurd if guilermo is ready nxt year...both will be to good to sit on the bench

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May 23, 2012, 8:21 PM

Cloy was our backup center starting at guard for at least 2 years.

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May 24, 2012, 8:30 AM

hats true but youd also like to be able to have another guy to move into center so you dont have to pull your starter out at gaurd...but thats why you recruit guys inside who can do both gaurd and center

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Well. Glad that's.... finished.***


May 24, 2012, 8:22 AM



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