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If we are crafting this thread for his friends and family, spelling his name correctly would be clutch also.

It really was a pretty harmless observation by him. I am pretty sure his friends and family are aware that he has no other offers, it shouldn't be some big shock to them. It's like when people tell me that I am a [deleted], I don't get mad because I am fully aware of it.

goldenstang wrote:It really was a pretty harmless observation by him. I am pretty sure his friends and family are aware that he has no other offers, it shouldn't be some big shock to them. It's like when people tell me that I am a [deleted], I don't get mad because I am fully aware of it.

Aware that you are an [deleted] or that people think that you are an [deleted]?

Ha both I suppose.

PerunaPunch wrote:6'1, 225 lb. DE/LB who also seems to have played some WR in high school.
Sounds like he may be fairly young, as he was a 16-year-old his junior year in HS.



Played varsity ball his sophomore and junior years.
1st Team All-District 5A as a junior
MVP for linebackers at the National Underclassmen Combine
Nominated to attend U.S. Army Combine / All-American Football Game
Looking to major in sports management / business management

Not bad! Thanks for the update, PPunch.

Very impressive in the video, especially the way he repeatedly split double-teams to get in to the backfield. Also liked the second play on the tape, when he stood up an offensive tackle (from Carter HS, I think), shed his blocker and made the tackle in the backfield. That's something some guys just seem to "have."

Welcome aboard, Roderick!

Looks like he played all along the D Line at Skyline. I wonder if he plays LB for SMU.

SMUer wrote:

Looks pretty athletic, easily makes the biggest push play after play on the Skyline DL.

He reminds me of N. Suh with the way he plays, hopefully he can do that at the college level.

I always find it revealing when someone responds to a fact (zero offers) and a rather mild observation (probably not a piped piper) with an attack.

Most on here are Republicans who probably get rather p*ssed when the MSM uses this tactic on their conservative beliefs.

SoCal_Pony wrote:I always find it revealing when someone responds to a fact (zero offers) and a rather mild observation (probably not a piped piper) with an attack.

Most on here are Republicans who probably get rather p*ssed when the MSM uses this tactic on their conservative beliefs.

When you're right, pound the facts. When you're wrong, you pound the table.

some on this board seem to think our coaches are just too lazy to go after 4 and 5 star kids...or could it be they are realistic enough to know after putting out feelers or making an intial contact that their chances are slim to none and they need to move on?

I find it hard to believe our coaching staff would not pursue 4 and 5 star kids who show interest in SMU, but we've got work to do to become a more attractive option for those guys.

This staff has done a pretty good job finding guys who fit our systems and can compete at the D-1 level. We may never know (if these guys remain firm in their commitments) but would be interesting to know what BCS schools take a closer look and contact them to gauge their interest in their school just because SMU has offered.

What we are saying-is that the staff is too old, too out of touch with the high school scene, too few quality recruiting contacts and not diverse enough to get commits even if they waited on the front doorstep of every single Top 150 player in the State of Texas and waited for Momma to come home from work every day. They are not good recruiters-some may be decent evaluators but if you expect these guys to OUT-recruit quality teams for top recruits then you can forget it. Its not like this wasn't predicted long before it happened. June's staff is about a decade older than just about every comparable recruiting staff in this part of the country.. Is it really asking too much for SMU to have a good shot at maybe 10 -20 Texas Top 150 players. I can't name a single Texas Top 100 kid that it appears based on reports that we have a definite good shot out. Texas Top 150-not too many of them either. Really? Too much to ask? From a school going to a National profile Conference after 3 straight bowl games? Larry Brown has been he a month and hires the exact type of staff necessary to recruit well. We may not get them but there is at least a buzz from a large number of recruits indicating they are very interested. There is no buzz at all from top Texas Foootball recruits. Really?

The Q wrote:

PerunaPunch wrote:6'1, 225 lb. DE/LB who also seems to have played some WR in high school.
Sounds like he may be fairly young, as he was a 16-year-old his junior year in HS.



Played varsity ball his sophomore and junior years.
1st Team All-District 5A as a junior
MVP for linebackers at the National Underclassmen Combine
Nominated to attend U.S. Army Combine / All-American Football Game
Looking to major in sports management / business management

Not bad! Thanks for the update, PPunch.

Very impressive in the video, especially the way he repeatedly split double-teams to get in to the backfield. Also liked the second play on the tape, when he stood up an offensive tackle (from Carter HS, I think), shed his blocker and made the tackle in the backfield. That's something some guys just seem to "have."

Welcome aboard, Roderick!

A lot meaner in the pads than in the sweater.....

Welcome to you and your family to a great school and football program.

Stallion wrote:What we are saying-is that the staff is too old, too out of touch with the high school scene, too few quality recruiting contacts and not diverse enough to get commits even if they waited on the front doorstep of every single Top 150 player in the State of Texas and waited for Momma to come home from work every day. They are not good recruiters-some may be decent evaluators but if you expect these guys to OUT-recruit quality teams for top recruits then you can forget it. Its not like this wasn't predicted long before it happened. June's staff is about a decade older than just about every comparable recruiting staff in this part of the country.. Is it really asking too much for SMU to have a good shot at maybe 10 -20 Texas Top 150 players. I can't name a single Texas Top 100 kid that it appears based on reports that we have a definite good shot out. Texas Top 150-not too many of them either. Really? Too much to ask? From a school going to a National profile Conference after 3 straight bowl games? Larry Brown has been he a month and hires the exact type of staff necessary to recruit well. We may not get them but there is at least a buzz from a large number of recruits indicating they are very interested. There is no buzz at all from top Texas Foootball recruits. Really?

So that's the goal? Buzz with no signatures? I'll defer to the staff that found and landed Zach Line, Ja'Gared Davis, Taylor Reed, Darius Johnson, Kenneth Acker, JR Richardson, etc.

Fresh wrote:Really?

So that's the goal? Buzz with no signatures? I'll defer to the staff that found and landed Zach Line, Ja'Gared Davis, Taylor Reed, Darius Johnson, Kenneth Acker, JR Richardson, etc.[/quote]

You do realize the guys that landed JG Davis & Taylor Reed (Hundley) and JR Richardson & Darius Johnson (Reinebold) are no longer on the staff? No one is saying the staff can't evaluate talent, because they do a pretty good job of that. But for every JG, T Reed and Z Line there are BJ Lee's, Robert Parkers, Marcus hollifield's, Zach Boyd's...

ClickClack wrote:

Fresh wrote:Really?

So that's the goal? Buzz with no signatures? I'll defer to the staff that found and landed Zach Line, Ja'Gared Davis, Taylor Reed, Darius Johnson, Kenneth Acker, JR Richardson, etc.

Clickclack: You do realize the guys that landed JG Davis & Taylor Reed (Hundley) and JR Richardson & Darius Johnson (Reinebold) are no longer on the staff? No one is saying the staff can't evaluate talent, because they do a pretty good job of that. But for every JG, T Reed and Z Line there are BJ Lee's, Robert Parkers, Marcus hollifield's, Zach Boyd's...[/quote]

Me: Well said Clickclack.