re: Dexter Blackmon commits..

quote:

---

You forgot a few keep people that had heard of Blackmon before yesterday--Les Miles and his coaching staff, who saw him firsthand at camp, just like they did Matthieu. And Miles and his staff could give a rat's arse about stars or public perception. And coaches that think for themselves and make decisions based upon firsthand knowledge is, by the way, a good thing.

---

like i said, i dont have an opiion since i have sseen zero film on him. at this point i trust the staff but i dont see anything exceptional about him size wise or offer wise to make me happy about this

I said above that one sleeper that comes to mind is Lafell. A3-star recruit who had film that you could look at say -- wow that guy can catch and he's pretty fast for a tall skinny guy.

But this is really unbelievable.

MIles has been a fantastic recruiter. Fantastic.

But, so has Stovall, Dinardo, Arnsparger, Hallman, Archer and Saban. The cupboard has never been bare.

And most of those guys didn't have an academic center to do it with.

No one should ever get a pat on the back for recruiting well here. It's almost automatic.

Last year Miles passed on Sentimore who apparently wanted to come here and who alleged grades issues did not prevent him from going to Alabama. There should be only one reason for us to sign a recruit and that is because he is the best player at that position, (character, grades etc. factored) available to us. Hard to believe that Blackmon is that guy given the exhaustive saturation of whispers, media, rumors etc. If he, is then fine.
But I worry that a lot of Miles selections look like the recruiting equivalent of executing a fake field goal against Steve Spurrier. (It appears we lost both Pratt and Michaels for hopes of sricking it to Saban on Trent Richardson).

Miles should be praised for running Jimbo out of town, hiring Crowton, recognizing immediately that the co-DCs were a disaster and hiring Chavis, and the overall administration of the team, the famous press conference and many more things...oh, the national championship, that's right.

Maybe he is crazy like a fox.

In my mind his supposedly wacky calls on the field have all been justified, if not by their results, then by the actual probabilities and the other benefits of playing aggressively

I can't justify this at all. (We're really not going to recruit Broussard or any of the other DLs???)

As with stocks, or anything else, I trust the index far more than one person's opinion or theory. Hope it works out.

I keep reading that the recruiting services have like 5000 player profiles and the fact that they didn't have one on Blackmon means that he came out of absolutely nowhere.

Seriously, though, there are only, at most, 3000 freshmen who get FBS (Div-IA) scholarships every year (120 schools times 25 each). Dexter Blackmon already had a scholarship offer from Troy, which meant that he was going to play FBS football.

So why didn't he have a profile on Rivals, Scout, or ESPN?

quote:

---

with the very few spots we have left its just confusing

---

my position

Especially after two other camps result in no interest, which is completely unlike all the comparisons being Tyrann

quote:

---

you can't justify this take with our '11 class, it's a weak DL class but benay pryor is a damn good player who can play inside/outside so I don't see why this guy was offered so early

---

What makes you say Pryer is a damn good player? There's no more film on Pryer than there is on this guy.

quote:

---

no i'm talking about hidden gems

hidden gems are usually lower-ranked because they don't get exposure, which often means other big schools aren't recruiting them

---

SFP, can Pep Levingston qualify as a "hidden gem"? Just curious bc I just thought of him.

quote:

---

What makes you say Pryer is a damn good player? There's no more film on Pryer than there is on this guy.

---

ok then lets take measurables,

Blackmon: 6'2" 265lbs 4.9

Pryer: 6'5" 285lbs 4.8

both are hybrid line players

and im going by reports on pryer's ability from pay site scouts which they have none of on blackmon.

quote:

---

ok then lets take measurables,

Blackmon: 6'2" 246lbs 4.9

Pryer: 6'5" 285lbs 4.8

both are hybrid line players

and im going by reports on pryer's ability from pay site scouts which they have none of on blackmon.

---

Big doesn't necessarily mean good, I bet that 40 time for Pryer is bogus. I only know of one actual person who saw Pryer play in HS and has commented on him, and he wasn't impressed (yes, it was Pkit ). Neither Shipp nor Scike (not that I'd listen to Scike, his rankins suck), have ever really commented on Pryer.

Quickness off the ball could be a difference btw the two of them. Who knows. I've just been stating for months though that people were assuming too much that Pryer was any good and would be in the class. Just bc Malveto liked him doesn't mean that Haley would.

quote:

---

I'm withholding judgment on Blackmon until mrgreen weighs in

---

this is what the safe money is doing.

why not byran jones instead? hmmmm..



this is definetely a head scratcher...