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Hey scooter,,, pretty sure Dell landed Milton and back in the day fields. Think he is doing just fine. We rolled the dice on “the best” but when competency overshadows character , it’s always only a matter of time before it falls. Having Antonio Brown in the room is not something we want. It’s a blessing. Even if we miss on another elite RB because of how all this played out, we still got Milton. That is a win.
1) Chaney
2) Tank
3) Robinson
4) Lloyd
5) EJ Smith
6) Clayton
So you think Dell is starting to fail as a recruiter ?
Dell traveled to Houston to recruit Evans. LOL. No way he uses a bye weekend to just “gather evidence” if we are going to pass on him. The coaches were already aware of the situation.
Maybe. Dell absolutely wants the talent. He absolutely met with staff there too. Evans was absolutely suspended and he absolutely did something to earn it. We’ll see as we never know in recruiting. I’d temper expectations here and I was one of the first to say UGA and Evans chatter was real. Hate to see it but is what it is.
The thing I don’t really understand is, why on one of your two bye weeks during the season do you send your best recruiter to find out about a situation you can find out all about by just making a phone call.
If you really needed to hear it face to face could you not send one of our lesser recruiters like Scott Fountain?
I’m sure the UGA coaches have known every detail of the situation from the get go, so they didn’t decide to pass on Evans last night. This was a choice made with input from the entire staff. So again questioning why waist your best recruiter to tell a kid thanks, but no thanks
I’m curious to hear what your solution to this problem, as you outline it, is?
I don’t think you can put a price on first hand viewing. He probably wanted to see how Evans interacted with coaches and teammates in person rather than hearing a filtered version from someone who actually was there.
Woah... if Robinson is a real option then please can I get greedy! I’d love to land him
Robinson is locked in on Texas.
@SoFL_Dawg Thanks for the post on Evans. Really good stuff when you are able to provide it.
Is it possible Dell was down to talk to the kid and get eyes on the situation himself, rather than shut it down?
I wouldn’t blame the staff for shutting this down, just curious.
All this means to me is the ESD Kirby special is gonna be a running back this year. We should know not to doubt this staff on the trail.
You send your best recruiter to tell the recruit that the staff is not taking him and why. Not saying this happens every time with all recruits, but this was a special circumstance. That's why we have one of the best staffs in the CFB. Dell did the right thing by telling Evans in person. To not do so in person would have been a **** move in my opinion.
No way we get Bijon
Absolutely possible. As I said, in the OP, there hadn’t been a confirmation that we’ve moved on from Evans. But 3 sources, 2 of which who drive all my info and another who’s closer to the ground there all believe we’re moving on.
As more chatter emerges and different circles begin to pull out the same info, I thought it best to go ahead and get in front of this. Been sitting on this for 3 weeks. What I didn’t mention is that initially NSHS coaches tried to kick him off the team completely. It’s just an incredibly difficult thing to come back from, especially considering how UGA moved on swiftly from J. Robinson and R. Powers when things went south. You can add Leonard Manuel to that list as well. We’re no longer at a talent deficit, going to have to check all boxes for staff.
Guys, all I said was that we’re trying to earn a OV for Bijan. If he visits, we have a puncher’s chance. So far we have not earned that visit.
Yep, especially at the running back position. I hate to hear this. I hope Evans is beginning to realize the consequences of his actions, and that he will grow from it.
Thanks for sharing the info!
The way it works out if we only take 1 this year we could enter 2021 with just 2 running backs plus 2 2021 freshman which again only makes 4. That’s to thin 2 years in a row. In that scenario I’m assuming James Cook and Zeus go pro after 2020.
Evans wanted to have a surprise announcement..... we’d definitely be surprised now
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