Logan Smothers
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I am no quarterback coach and I understand McCaffery and Smothers are in different classes but to this untrained eye Smothers looks like a great dual threat quarterback of the future.
I hope we can keep him, its a long time until December 2019 when he will sign as part of the 2020 class.
I hope we can keep him, its a long time until December 2019 when he will sign as part of the 2020 class.
Gotta keep Smothers. Really good prospect for this system.
does mississippi still have men going around carrying deep, deep bags?
They get caught right now and they’re in deep, deep trouble..
You all worry too much.
He can redshirt, come out and play after AM declares after Year 3.
GBR
P.S. My timeline might be off, but it's Tuesday, so you get the drift...
Frost needs to step-up the QB recruiting, but nobody wants to play behind AM right now, he's that good.
Could always "Out-Pirate" a transfer...
Frost needs to step-up the QB recruiting, but nobody wants to play behind AM right now, he's that good.
Could always "Out-Pirate" a transfer...
What is wrong with the current QB recruiting? McCaffery is committed and so is Smothers.
Just like we did with all the D linemen after Suh?
Could you cut it out for once? Your constant stream of negativity is really getting old. You seem to take some kind of perverse joy out of always being the negative one. If the entire fanbase had your attitude, we'd shut the program down because we can't ever seem to do anything right and never have anything to look forward to. It's just doom and gloom 24/7 from you. and I for one have had it. Sometimes I wonder why you even bother following a program that you can't ever seem to find anything to be optimistic about-except to pump up yourself as the "smart, knowledgeable one", who isn't afraid to "tell it like it is."
Yes, things are exactly the same now as then.
Do you really think that Frost's staff sucks as badly at recruiting as Carl and Bo did? Carl especially was a GINORMOUS liability on the recruiting trail. Can you imagine that dipsh## in somebody's living room? I would rather let an Old English Sheepdog full of cockle burrs and sheep manure in my living room than Carl Pelini.
In a sense, we're comparing apples and oranges anyway. With Suh, we had a different coach who recruited him than the one who was supposed to capitalize on his success. With Frost, we have the same coach who recruited AM and will try to capitalize on his success. But don't expect Mr. Negativity to acknowledge that.
I’d take Carl on the in-home only if the mom was single and had loose morals. And had a drinking problem.
Smothers is FAST. I think T-Mart might have him beat in terms of long speed with that long stride, but Smothers’ acceleration is something else
I think McCaffrey could end up playing WR at the college level. He's not going to beat out Martinez, so it will be hard to keep him on the bench for 3 years. Then you have Smothers coming up behind him.
I certainly hope both McCaffrey and Smothers stick around for the duration of their college careers, but odds are against it. It's just the way it is in college athletics these days, especially for the QB position. When a QB realizes that he is not going to be the starter, they move on. Gebbia, O'brien, Bush, Stanton, Carnes, Green. All moved on. Hopefully the problem will not be as bad as we move forward with a stable coaching staff, but we can still probably expect to lose half of our QB recruits before they graduate.
My guess is McCaffery is going to be used as a WR if it becomes clear that he isn't needed as a b/u in his redshirt freshman year. Then if Smothers is the real deal and depending on future recruits, he might be moved there permanently if playing QB isn't a make or break deal for him. Coaches may have recruited him with this in mind knowing how good AM is and what they have with Smothers.
Then again, I could be totally wrong.
Then again, I could be totally wrong.
When I watched Smothers' film my immediate thought was, "His recruitment is going to heat up a LOT." Tremendous find by the staff, they got him when nobody else really recognized how good he is.
I expected him to look good running and throw a duck of a ball, but he's really freaking good. I came away from watching his highlights like, "Why isn't everyone on this kid?"
Love that we got him first, that's the best NU can do. Kid looks like a hell of a dual threat QB and everyone is gonna want him, now we have to keep him.
I expected him to look good running and throw a duck of a ball, but he's really freaking good. I came away from watching his highlights like, "Why isn't everyone on this kid?"
Love that we got him first, that's the best NU can do. Kid looks like a hell of a dual threat QB and everyone is gonna want him, now we have to keep him.
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This is how I want McCaffrey used. Start developing him at QB but get him on the field in a WR/RB role as soon as you can. He certainly should have the football smarts for it coming from an NFL family. I think he could be a hell of a safety but I doubt he'll go for that.
If we are ever going to be nationally relevant again most (not some) of the kids that end up signing with us are also going to have other top 10 programs recruiting them heavily.
NO! We have seen far too many times out starting QB get injured the past few years. We need serviceable back ups. Let’s see what we can do with him at QB for 1yr
Agree .. but highly recruited QBs don’t come to schools to be serviceable backups and maybe play if the starter gets injured. There is going to be a great deal of turnover in that position nationally. Most kids are looking to be able to compete for starting job at a minimum year 2 in the program - and when I say compete I mean starting fall camp on equal footing with the other QBs in the room - not being given lip service about the opportunity to beat out a multi year starter that is putting up huge numbers.
Challenging to recruit a high profile qb when you have a freshman already lighting it up looking at 3 more years. Good problem to have.
All kids want early playing time, that is more difficult to manage at QB than any other position where #2 on the depth chart may rarely see the field.
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It also helps if kids are honest with themselves. Some players are given the keys to an offense well before they are ready and it really stunts their growth as a player. We were lucky that Martinez was both mentally and physically ready to compete for the job, but some kids just are not ready for big time football as a freshman or sophomore.
To be fair to SoFL it's almost 2:00 PM ET so probably not awake yet. Get ready for some hard hitting posts in about 4 hours
Negativity police, na
As Ron White says, you can't fix this stuff.
To Frost and Verduzco's credit, they have stayed ahead of QB recruiting
We have Verduzco out helping recruit other positions. When was the last time that we have recruited the position this well and had our QB coach out recruiting other positions? Saying that Carl and company uncovered an athlete that played QB in Martinez isn't on the same level as what Frost and Co are doing
Frost has recruited this position well dating back to his days at Oregon.
Blueprint meets execution is a beautiful thing.
A discussion about the D line and what we have currently versus the blueprint going forward for the front seven, now that would be a worthwhile discussion. Benning talked about this for a while this morning. Getting the d line/front 7 up to par along with this QB development is how you build for championships and sustainable success on a national level and back to relevance.