Georgia Tech's Top Recruit a QB Promptly De-Commits

[Stallion]

I'm going to bet decommits from the majority of the QBs and WRs and probably a RB or so

[KnuckleStang]

Why would the RB's decommit. Not being a wisea$$, just curious.

[BleedingRed+Blue]

Wisea$$!

The QB is waiting to see who SMU's new coach is so he can be a Mustang.

[Stallion]

I've said this about 10 times already. Because a veerbone RB never gets more than about 10-12 carries a game. I've watched the recruiting game for 30 years. You can't recruit the top talent running a veer bone. The great RBs want to be spotlighted in either an I-Formation where they carry the ball 25-30 times a game or a pro-style spread offense where he get the ball either running or catching and showcase their skills for the NFL. Its called Spotlighting-they want to be the MAN(even though they ain't 40)

[KnuckleStang]

I've said this about 10 times already. Because a veerbone RB never gets more than about 10-12 carries a game. I've watched the recruiting game for 30 years. You can't recruit the top talent running a veer bone. The great RBs want to be spotlighted in either an I-Formation where they carry the ball 25-30 times a game or a pro-style spread offense where he get the ball either running or catching and showcase their skills for the NFL. Its called Spotlighting-they want to be the MAN(even though they ain't 40)

Very true, we can't all be Gundy, but it seems that PJ's system has never had a problem gaining many, many yards. So if it's not the running backs, who's racking up all those yards in this offense, and why does that make him unattractive to the NFL?

[OC Mustang]

Two words: Adrian Peterson

[KnuckleStang]

Two words: Adrian Peterson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVLoFWZA7s

Yes, it's clear this guy was a horrible recruit.

[expony18]

Two words: Adrian Peterson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVLoFWZA7s

Yes, it's clear this guy was a horrible recruit.

he should have scored....

[Eagle01]

Two words: Adrian Peterson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVLoFWZA7s

Yes, it's clear this guy was a horrible recruit.

Georgia Southern lucked into Peterson, honestly. He has a severe stuttering problem which, for some reason, scared bigger schools away. His brother, Mike, played at Florida is is a linebacker in the NFL as well.

[SMUer]

like Darren Sprouls!?!...f*ck JUCO we need to be recruiting from DISD speech therapy programs

[perunapower]

Two words: Adrian Peterson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVLoFWZA7s

Yes, it's clear this guy was a horrible recruit.

he should have scored....

TWSS.

[Pony Soup]

Two words: Adrian Peterson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVLoFWZA7s

Yes, it's clear this guy was a horrible recruit.

he should have scored....

TWSS.

Well executed.

[OC Mustang]

Bravo...A+ on set-up, and A on content.

[perunapower]

Thank you, thank you. I have to thank expony on the assist. Perfectly placed.

[Stallion]

Hey here's a quote from my good buddy Gary Gibbs on why Paul Johnson will have trouble recruiting to the veerbone and discussing "spotlighting" in recruiting.. And to Dwan who I'm sure is lurking-Gary Gibbs was not only interviewed by the Dallas Cowboys for their head coaching job but also by the San Diego Chargers last year. More highly qualified than just about any one on our list we are likely to get.


The predecessors to Johnson's triple option, after all, did not die for lack of production.

The veer, to which the triple option is generally traced back to in the mid- 1960s, and a primary successor, the wishbone, faded by the late '80s and '90s as they came to be considered too boring, and as rules changes began to favor passing.

Former Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs, who helped usher the 'bone out of the Sooners' playbook, said years ago, "If you're a wide receiver, do you want to come to a school to be a blocker, or do you want to catch passes? Does a running back want to be a lead blocker for the quarterback, or get the ball 25 times?"