re: Jardin Gilbert CB

I started a post about a week ago. A friend of mines who follows Miami said Manny talked about the ncaa giving extra scholarships this year. I haven't heard it anywhere else so who knows

I think cregg is a great technical coach. That's not a question

Can he recruit at an elite level
Anthony bradford was 370 pounds as a recruit.

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Can he recruit at an elite level

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so far, no... he has not recruited at a high level. As far as a technical coach he did very well with what he recruited and/or was given.

Part of what needs to change is overall strategy. You've posted similar and I've posted about this before: Once you've got your targets or bare minimum "fill in" with OTs and play them at OG until developed. If you are following that strategy you don't recruit a Martinez. The overall way of approaching "3 years of OL" every year needs to change.

Resources needs to change too. A huge % of the recruiting budget will go into a stud RB and QB (or two). We need to be devoting the resources to recruit TWO of the top OTs every year from all over the country. Yes, that will take away travel and other resources from other nation wide recruits. But pick your poison. You want to build up depth with 3 ready to go, SEC level OTs on the team year after year you are going to have to recruit 2 top OTs every year.

I'd say he's somewhere between "good" and "very good". Without a doubt you need a very good 5 in the SEC. But the OTs will define that best 5. It's the nature of the beast. Getting Dumervil last year was great. We needed 2 of him.

Getting Dumervil was a big step improvement over the previous year. We struck out on OTs. Even though I think Perry has a lot of potential, it will take years to realize it fully.

So, as far as recruiting we went from strikeout on OTs to Home Run (Dumervil) the next year. Prior to that it was Grimes recruiting (Grimes left in Dec '17 just prior to ESD for the 2018 class). So if we get Leigh and Dellinger? That's a home run and a triple in his 3rd class.

Kind of hard to argue with development plus recruiting getting better year over year.

The story isn't over. But like many of his OL, Cregg is making progress in his recruiting every year. And the idea that it is bad if an OL isn't starting by his 2nd year is a knock on Cregg is retarded. If recruiting doesn't improve we will be starting guys their 2nd year before they are ready all over the place and it will be very ugly.

So good recruiting, with a good volume of 4-5 OL a year defines longer development and a better 5. If you recruit well, with volume, guys will have to wait longer. The only way to get insta-starters every year AND recruit 4-5 every year means your starters from the previous year are benched. It doesn't add up and stems from knee-jerk reactions from people who have never seen a freshman OT go against a Jr. DL.

And there is one other aspect of coaching that gets missed... the "offseason coaching". If you want to be a good coach at the Div-I level you will find a way to break the offseason coaching rules. This is where the S&C staff and analysts come in. You make sure the S&C coaches know what you want worked on as a priority. You devise a drill schedule, coach the analyst or trainer on how to run it, and make sure your OT gets off the couch and goes and does it. If he doesn't, you make sure you know where that put him in the pecking order. It's the OL version of 7X7's or juggs machine.

I thought Grimes sucked in this aspect. I know he sucked actually. That's why in game 2 every year Grimes was still trying to figure who his best 5 were while Wisc is sacking our QB. Now, the jury is still out on Cregg here. We had our 5 last year with Ingram waiting on a TX DA. Players like Cush came into the fall ready to work on being an OL, not trying to become an OL. But then there's Kardell and Martinez. So can't quite tell yet.

The OL coach is not the only person that recruits OL. He has some responsibility for it, but not solely.

He’s certainly responsible for their scouting and their development.

But position coaches don’t just recruit their position.

Current jrs, sophs, frosh and incoming recruits are taken into account towards the 85 number. Current srs will be allowed back even if numbers total more than 85. Only the current srs are allowed as "extras" towards the 85. Biggest trickle down is how class numbers for 22 are affected. Many schools may be forced to take smaller than traditional classes for a year, maybe 2. Not really that difficult or as "landscape altering" as some proclaim. In reality it's only 1 year where teams will have more than 85. No need to make any wholesale changes to how numbers are counted. But it's the NCAA so you never know what to expect.

Can a senior who decides to return because of covid transfer for his extra senior year. That should be something to look at.