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Honestly. I think I would be just fine with just one TE with Washington and let the rest play out with that mock.
@SoFL_Dawg Jalen Carter has been showin a little bit of love to Bama and the barn a couple of Instagram stories. Is he all Dawg still and just having fun or is there any substance to this?
I believe Arik is a must have from watching his tape in highschool and at the opening he’s just different. Faster then linebackers and more wiggle then people give him credit. I’d have to find a spot on the field for him if I were a coach. No matter what he wants to play. He’s the tightend that will go vertical over bama and outrun dbs. Washington is the bigger sit catch and get 15 yards. Also if you get upset with a highschool kid wanting to play a certain position that he would excel at you need to rethink your priorities. He’s 18 let him try it out then if it doesn’t work move him to tightend. He would be an elite player at both positions.
I'm not questioning what's best for him, I'm just asking why does it bother that he won't listen to what's being told to him from "our" staff. IF UTjr tells him he can play WR, I highly doubt they would say that without a basis however do we truly believe they said he is a WR or that they would like to motion him into a receiver set / split him out wide and we have exaggerated that to him being sold as a WR. These are professionals at the end of the day and they will not get far if proven otherwise. My best guess from our staff and any other staff is he's being sold on being a Travis Kelce type who puts their hand in the dirt but acts like a WR who was Top 10 in receiving yards in 2018.
@SoFL_Dawg I’d take off a TE or only take 3 WRs
Agreed! These coaches are smart enough they would camp him at WR (if he feels strongly about it) and at that point let him figure out if he would really fit as a TE or WR based on results (which most would agree is TE). Easiest way for what you all want him to learn. If he's entertaining the idea of WR like what's either been exaggerated or truly told then he must have some kind of basis of why HE or his camp thinks it's a possibility. I'm not disputing your opinions just offering an alternative view to what "could" be happening vs us just believing he wants to be a straight up WR without his camp putting any thought to it.
Gilbert would be nice and I’d hate to see an instate kid that talented go elsewhere, but I wouldn’t blame him. He’s an 18(?) year old kid.
He hasn’t gone to Tennessee yet but as much as he’s feeling the love from the Dawgs, they don’t have the time to make him feel like the most important player on the board like the Viles can.
Think about it, Pruitt takes a kid out of Georgia that UGA wanted...that was long considered a lock to the Dawgs and would be a take for most teams in the country.
Damn right he’s being promised whatever he wants to hear. Kirby has the luxury of not having to play that game, but Pruitt needs results ASAP.
If he ends up going to Tennessee at least it wouldn’t be to a playoff team. Though I’d probably stop lurking Volnation for a few lol.
And Milton continues to be my favorite open commit. Wonder how long it’s gonna be before we get the final update on Ringo?
Jermaine Burton transfers back to Calabasas HS after being at IMG for a short period of time
Wow...he just doesn’t GAS about his transcripts or whatever getting flagged I guess.
The thing with Arik is he wants to catch the ball and make plays. I don’t think he’s sold on being an actual TE even if it’s split out. I don’t think he likes the idea of blocking. So what happens when you take him he tries WR doesn’t get the results and doesn’t see the field but doesn’t want to move to TE? To me this recruitment has portal written all over it if he indeed comes to UGA. If we had the clout Bama or Clemson does I think we could make him see the light but we’re not there yet. I mean he runs a 4.8 who thinks he’s going to be able to get separation on SEC DBs?
Bama and Clemson dont have "that clout" either. Saban may do whatever to get a kid there but he usually allows them to choose their path to the playing field. And Dabo has always allowed the same. He has a lot of history of scouting guys and allowing them to work up. If he thinks hes a WR instead of a Flex TE then allow it. It may be elsewhere but I doubt Kirby would lie to get him in the class.
If Gilbert doesn’t like the idea of blocking, he won’t like playing WR at UGA.
OT but where do you get your info on snaps? I've been looking everywhere for somewhere that tracks snaps
Umm they’re the last 4 national champions and Saban is the goat they absolutely have the clout to say to him “your best position is TE, if you want to play on Sunday and win a championship here it is”. Where did I say anything about lying to him? I actually think Clemson would be the best place for him but he still won’t play receiver he’d be a flex TE there too. The more I read and hear the more I think it would work out better for him and UGA if he went elsewhere but that’s just my opinion.
I agree I don’t think he’s going to see what he wants out of our offense and that’ll be the proverbial straw.
Are you sure Tennessee wouldn't do that? Because they already did that with a guy we were after 2 years ago. Kid was told he'd be a WR, Pruitt stuck him at safety...
We are past the days of trying to figure out where a kid needs to be. We are looking for specific tools and want those tools in specific areas. Gilbert would and should be making big money on defense, he wantes to be a WR. He doesn't have the break away speed for WR and was told by us he'd be used as a Flex, he is still flirting with other schools. It is disingenuous for our staff to lie and say he can be somewhere he really can't. This is why we shouldn't just except him in and let the cards fall. He'd be portal bound before the season started.
I haven’t heard anything to suggest that he’s wavering.
Target number for TE is 5. That’s also why we took a grad transfer this year. TEs would see the field faster and make an impact sooner than BJ. Necessary component of run game.
WRs are needed. We have 2 that exhaust eligibility, another likely to declare, another who can’t get on field because he’s not physical enough, another who can’t catch, and 3 True freshmen. Again the needs here outweigh the needs in the OLB room. Not to mention the skill set these WRs bring are not matched by any other players in program. We have guys that do what BJ does. That’s not true across the WR room.
Just food for thought.