If you had to speculate, would there be any recruits on the board that you think this would have the most impact upon ( UF vs. UA, of course ) ?
The thing is, Players who are looking to enroll in Jan... Might not want to wait til December for FSU to make their hire... so, That's where Bama, Auburn, Miss state, and others comes in...
He's cooked after Crab-legs Winston leaves........:cool2:Jimbo got fired too?? I guess since he can't win any big games.
Hopefully with Old Bay Seasoning and a side of melted butter...He's cooked after Crab-legs Winston leaves........:cool2:
Not really, given the lack of any firm developments at Florida. No one is going to be able to say anything particularly enlightening on these guys until Florida actually has a hire in place, and I think we are probably 4-10 days away from that.Any latest words on those commits
That makes a ton of sense. I really do believe he'll have them competing, which is good for the SEC (especially the East).We'll be getting some actual sense of this shortly, but if McElwain is the guy -- and that certainly looks to be all but a done deal at this point -- my instinct tells me that it could make it fairly tough for 'Bama with a lot of these guys.
FWIW, I never really thought McElwain was all of that great of a recruiter, so I don't think that hurts us, but with that said I do think it's fair to say that he will run an Alabama-esque program in Gainesville, with similar schemes and program mentality. For someone out there who thinks, "I really like what Alabama is doing and I want to be part of that," but would otherwise like to stay a little closer to home, I think McElwain can give them a viable alternative in Gainesville. That could obviously apply to kids like Jefferson and Cowart. Likewise, for kids who would seemingly otherwise want to go to Florida but in general really likes the way Alabama does business, this makes Florida a much more attractive destination. You may be able to include Adonis Thomas under that penumbra.
Maybe that's right, maybe that's wrong, we'll see. Like I said, just the raw instinct on my part, and I'm not claiming any special insight at this point. We'll just have to pay close attention to recruit reaction in the next several days.
Reasonable point, but I'm not so sure a recruit's thought process generally operates in that way. Probably a good set of considerations for a coach to pitch to a prospect, but whether that pitch is successful is going to come down to the coach's skill as a recruiter.We'll be getting some actual sense of this shortly, but if McElwain is the guy -- and that certainly looks to be all but a done deal at this point -- my instinct tells me that it could make it fairly tough for 'Bama with a lot of these guys.
FWIW, I never really thought McElwain was all of that great of a recruiter, so I don't think that hurts us, but with that said I do think it's fair to say that he will run an Alabama-esque program in Gainesville, with similar schemes and program mentality. For someone out there who thinks, "I really like what Alabama is doing and I want to be part of that," but would otherwise like to stay a little closer to home, I think McElwain can give them a viable alternative in Gainesville. That could obviously apply to kids like Jefferson and Cowart. Likewise, for kids who would seemingly otherwise want to go to Florida but in general really likes the way Alabama does business, this makes Florida a much more attractive destination. You may be able to include Adonis Thomas under that penumbra.
Maybe that's right, maybe that's wrong, we'll see. Like I said, just the raw instinct on my part, and I'm not claiming any special insight at this point. We'll just have to pay close attention to recruit reaction in the next several days.