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Leonard Manuel Decommits

nvlahos said:
more bad news, but its April

Someone tell me how Alabama's 2018 class looked last year in April (I think they had like 3-4 commits)

It's all about how you play on the field and finish in recruiting
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Yeah, unfortunately we are not Bama.
In fact last year the majority of our class were committed at this point because we can't play the game that Bama/UGA/OSU play during the final months of the recruiting cycle. Ugly truth.
 
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TaylorCaneOrDie said:
The completion of the IPF and beating the breaks off LSU would really help right now.
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not worried about a kid 2 years out cause these S.Fla. kids will flip 4-5 times by 2020 BUT what all these de-commitments do is give other schools firepower to recruit against us.

Very easy for Little Willie or Mullet to tell a kid" why you want to go to Miami? Every one trying to get away from there."

THAT'S the problem I see with all these de-commitments.
 
I’m sure it’s been mentioned but just another reason to not accept commitments that far out.

I think a few more kids are on the way out soon . Brown and Pierre seem like it’s inevitable.
 
KWConch said:
not worried about a kid 2 years out cause these S.Fla. kids will flip 4-5 times by 2020 BUT what all these de-commitments do is give other schools firepower to recruit against us.

Very easy for Little Willie or Mullet to tell a kid" why you want to go to Miami? Every one trying to get away from there."

THAT'S the problem I see with all these de-commitments.
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Manuel plays at Vanguard which isn't South Florida by any means.
 
I remember how bad Bama was doing all last cycle lol. They went into the early signing period without much all year. Then BOOM! Al Golden had early success and his classes blew up the other way. We will be fine but it sucks for sure. He acted very solid.
 
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GodsMan said:
I remember how bad Bama was doing all last cycle lol. They went into the early signing period without much all year. Then BOOM! Al Golden had early success and his classes blew up the other way. We will be fine but it sucks for sure. He acted very solid.
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Do you think we are like Bama?
 
M3N said:
I’m sure it’s been mentioned but just another reason to not accept commitments that far out.

I think a few more kids are on the way out soon . Brown and Pierre seem like it’s inevitable.
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yep, have a bad feeling here too And what's up with Cam Williams? He didn't show on Saturday. Isn't he a teammate of Te'Coury Couch?
 
Not to downplay the situation or anything but I’ve always felt that Manuel would grow into a TE at some point. He’s a stud regardless, two-sport star. I think Miami will be fine though.
 
Cane from Italy said:
Yeah, unfortunately we are not Bama.
In fact last year the majority of our class were committed at this point because we can't play the game that Bama/UGA/OSU play during the final months of the recruiting cycle. Ugly truth.
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Not the truth at all. Such prisoners of the moment. Those schools can close hard bc they have been the most successful programs recently and yeah, they drop some $EC bags and will get their share of recruits for it but we have already shown we can pull our fair share also. We already recruiting pretty strong as it is.

Just bc last year's class was built early does not mean we can't have the opposite this year and still be successful. We could have a lot of late commits. And we absolutely will close the 19 cycle strong if we have a strong season. Idk how anyone can think winning doesn't HELP recruiting. Especially for us, bc we can't play the bag game. Tbh I think those schools are worried about us if they are going after our guys so hard in April. They are worried what might happen later in the cycle. The jury is still out on us on if we can consistently win. That is exactly what they are telling the players right now most likely. We do that for a second year in a row, we will close the gap even further. We have plenty to sell recruits.

"I'm not looking for the best players, I'm looking for the right players." H. Brooks
 
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Hoyacane1620 said:
yep, have a bad feeling here too And what's up with Cam Williams? He didn't show on Saturday. Isn't he a teammate of Te'Coury Couch?
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I like Williams. Gonna be a good player. But he’s already wavering and it’s his second commitment.
 
classiccane12 said:
Not the truth at all. Such prisoners of the moment. Those schools can close hard bc they have been the most successful programs recently and yeah, they drop some $EC bags and will get their share of recruits for it but we have already shown we can pull our fair share also. We already recruiting pretty strong as it is.

Just bc last year's class was built early does not mean we can't have the opposite this year and still be successful. We could have a lot of late commits. And we absolutely will close the 19 cycle strong if we have a strong season. Idk how anyone can think winning doesn't HELP recruiting. Especially for us, bc we can't play the bag game. Tbh I think those schools are worried about us if they are going after our guys so hard in April. They are worried what might happen later in the cycle. The jury is still out on us on if we can consistently win. That is exactly what they are telling the players right now most likely. We do that for a second year in a row, we will close the gap even further. We have plenty to sell recruits.

"I'm not looking for the best players, I'm looking for the right players." H. Brooks
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Only problem is we haven’t closed strong in awhile
 
1% chance he recommits, it's a big loss but we're situated in the part of the state the provides the whole country with skill positions. Move on and get some.
 
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This that Al Golden bull****, what's going on at the Crib. This is crazy, all that momentum from last year, this is what we getting, come on cuz. **** it Canes 4 Life
 
IF ever the time comes that I really start worrying today about a decommitment of a possible recruit two years down the road......... That will be the time that I'll know for certain that I really have waaaaaay too much free time on my hands.

Just too many things that can happen between now and then
 
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Maybe he's all that, but he, and the rest of his class, have a lot of growing yet do (physically, emotionally, intellectually). Let's not confuse precocious ability with flat out ability.

Reminds me of people who placed future bets on the 2 year old horse racing champion, who will probably be the 6th choice in the derby.
 
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