Frankie Tinilau to Portal

[JHallCanes]

Too bad. Saw him get some reps earlier in the year and he looked like he could be something down the road

We will always have the memory of him plowing over Georgia Tech fans though

 

[flips]

Still wouldn't consider him a miss yet
Even if/when SJ takes over at C having quality depth is important

That's fair.

 

[Calinative]

Every questionable commit is the next Cooper. Except Cooper is the only Cooper and it has been 4 years.

Well for every copper you're losing 1/5 starting spots for 3 years+. The more entrenched starters the more you lose guys because the less PT there is. Cooper/Mauigoa will be starting here 3yrs now. Bell was a half time starter this yr and looks like he will be next yr and perhaps the year after as well. McCoy and Rodriguez have been developing and are likely to be starter quality. And then maybe Samson and/or Kinsler can take the next step... Or we lose 1/both of them too... That's just how it works

An anez Cooper hit as a 3 star OLineman who starts 3 years is a major hit. That is "worth" like 4 misses at OLine lol.

 

[P-Tizzle]

Well for every copper you're losing 1/5 starting spots for 3 years+. The more entrenched starters the more you lose guys because the less PT there is. Cooper/Mauigoa will be starting here 3yrs now. Bell was a half time starter this yr and looks like he will be next yr and perhaps the year after as well. McCoy and Rodriguez have been developing and are likely to be starter quality. And then maybe Samson and/or Kinsler can take the next step... Or we lose 1/both of them too... That's just how it works

An anez Cooper hit as a 3 star OLineman who starts 3 years is a major hit. That is "worth" like 4 misses at OLine lol.

We aren’t allowed to talk about Mario’s good evals.

 

[AUcane]

That’ll be the two projects at tackle this cycle in a couple of years

Arguably almost 10 OL projects in the last 3 cycles.

 

[tdjones34]

Arguably almost 10 OL projects in the last 3 cycles.

Is that uncommon?
1st team i looked at was Oregon
12 3 star or lower OL past 3 classes

 

[lauderdaleballer]

Tired of wasting space in HS classes on projects. Gone are the days of stashing away players with potential for 2-3 years. Should only sign guys ready to contribute right away, and save the rest of the money and resources for the portal.

Then the portal guys who don’t play will dip. No matter what there will always be transfers. Some kids don’t think they’re projects.

 

[lauderdaleballer]

No, fsu ended up where they are because instead of doing what they were doing before which was taking portal players who were the best player or one of the top 3 best players on their respective teams they decided to take high potential players who contributed nothing to their respective teams.

Exactly! Along with recruiting overrated players.

 

[miami305]

I'm guessing FIU with Pata for 1 or 2 years of playing time. comes back to MIAMI for 1 starting good way to get some playing time. It's like send to development league to get snaps and the year you come back dominate and get a big pay day

 

[Calinative]

Arguably almost 10 OL projects in the last 3 cycles.

Mario probably wants to hit like two 5star OTs ever 3-4 years would be my guess.

The rest high don't have to be super highly rated, just great builds that have potential.

 

[NZ Cane]

That’ll be the two projects at tackle this cycle in a couple of years

That's the thing, projects aren't willing to stick around and develop nowadays...

All these kids just going to bounce before we get any sort of payoff.

 

[JohnnyYoung]

Another 3 star special from the OL gurus

Not sure that one is fair yet. In this day and age it makes more sense to go get g5 reps.

Twenty years ago he goes to post grad at Fork Union and comes here then still redshirts to see how it shakes out.

Not saying he’s a dude or was going to be due to the staph, just saying it makes sense given the landscape in my mind. Doesn’t mean his ultimate title is jag; he wasn't cracking the two-deep here now.

 

[#1cane]

Didnt we just sign a bunch of 3 stars?

We had a zero star that was ok.

 

[jmiller]

If you haven’t noticed the best players aren’t in the portal anymore at the same rate they were before. Highschool recruiting and development is king

Sure but there's still alot of good players who were big time contributers on their team even if they werent the best player. If high-school recruiting and development is king than transfer portal recruitment is queen. Just take a look at the teams in the playoffs

 

[Groz73Cane]

I think there is room for projects especially at OL given the roster size expansion coming soon. FYI, we just signed 2 projects in this past OL class

Good point. And it’s especially relevant to OL in regards to size/strengh, technique and footworks a given, but 18 yr olds gonna grow some. Physically and mentally. The key is measuring a kids intangibles, maturity and work ethic for instance.

 

[BeastMode]

 

[ageezy]

the portal changes things ...

 

[skeeter]

This certainly is an understatement.

Only slightly…But make no mistake it's you…you way, that are the great gatekeeper for the other side of the pendulum.

Imagine being that worried about being the gatekeeper on a message board

 

[dolpterry]

Too many projects on this team especially on the OL.

Not naming names but we have some coaches that are projects

 

[90scane]

Francavilla (x),

Are you saying he is a flop? Kid could be our starting center in another year.