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Mike Marshall, OG, Norland '21

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Saw Norland play 2 games last year, 1 vs a horrible Belen team, and the Oline was not impressive. I obviously focused on Walker but even he was underwhelming. Lets see how this kid does in camp and maybe he takes a leap his senior year.
 
Nothing against Marshall (I think he's a worthy recruit, not sure of offer yet, but we are gonna need 5-6 OL for sure)

But I guess it's not possible for us to just recruit or "watch" a local kid anymore? They are automatically "offered?"
 
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skeeter said:
Nothing against Marshall (I think he's a worthy recruit, not sure of offer yet, but we are gonna need 5-6 OL for sure)

But I guess it's not possible for us to just recruit or "watch" a local kid anymore? They are automatically "offered?"
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Sad, but no. Kids want the respect of an "offer." Nothing to do with this kid, but I don't mind throwing all these offers out as long as the bar for committing is raised (no other OVs or Top 5/10s, etc.).

When local kids have been dropped for one reason or another, my perception is the blow back has been minimal (since behind the scenes everyone knows why albeit grades, maturity, $$$, or lack of progression). So better to have a strategy where they feel they got the initial respect.
 
shwarma5 said:
Sad, but no. Kids want the respect of an "offer." Nothing to do with this kid, but I don't mind throwing all these offers out as long as the bar for committing is raised (no other OVs or Top 5/10s, etc.).

When local kids have been dropped for one reason or another, my perception is the blow back has been minimal (since behind the scenes everyone knows why albeit grades, maturity, $$$, or lack of progression). So better to have a strategy where they feel they got the initial respect.
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Fair enough. Well said.
 
skeeter said:
Nothing against Marshall (I think he's a worthy recruit, not sure of offer yet, but we are gonna need 5-6 OL for sure)

But I guess it's not possible for us to just recruit or "watch" a local kid anymore? They are automatically "offered?"
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This is better than the alternative, such as ignoring local OL until schools like LSU and Clemson offer.
 
Zach Smith from OSU was saying on his podcast that they always told the recruits if OSU offered, it just meant they are interested. Outside of that, it means next to nothing. He said they would do it first, so he could play the card to the recruit that they were there first and now the other colleges/rival schools are just offering because OSU did. He said that was his favorite thing to do to get the kid on your side that you saw their talent first. This could essentially be what we are doing here.
 
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On another note...I def understand why Isaiah Walker was a top priority for this class...And that most of his recruitment is projection, and even based on that he's a miss and this class would look better with him him in it. BUT...Man on this tape, he looked like a turnstile on a few plays. Maybe it was how fast he put on weight in the last year, and he's just catching up with his body. But I may be thinking more RT than LT with him.

Just saying. Obviously has his positives as a prospect this year.
 
skeeter said:
On another note...I def understand why Isaiah Walker was a top priority for this class...And that most of his recruitment is projection, and even based on that he's a miss and this class would look better with him him in it. BUT...Man on this tape, he looked like a turnstile on a few plays. Maybe it was how fast he put on weight in the last year, and he's just catching up with his body. But I may be thinking more RT than LT with him.

Just saying. Obviously has his positives as a prospect this year.
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in my opinion rivers is better than Walker. Always felt that way. Wouldve loved Walker though as well in the class
 
gogeta4 said:
in my opinion rivers is better than Walker. Always felt that way. Wouldve loved Walker though as well in the class
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I'm sticking with Dumerville too, jmo...I understand the projection, but part of that was that Walker may be a LT. I'm not sure I'm seeing that on some of those senior plays with conincide his weight gain you know. The kid was literally listed at 240 like 16-17 months ago. Up to 280s i believe?

Obviously no one grades out at 100 every game, I'm sure he pancaked or stonewalled a lot of kids too, just saying...There were 3-4 plays on there I was like **** he looked slow or got flat out whooped there. Glad you said it too, I know you got a strong OL opinion...And we both agree would have loved him in this class. Just tapering my disappointment a little.
 
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