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RVACane said:
The hype comes from school sources who I’m sure are praising certain guys for whatever reason and it goes like you said, pointedly where the board runs with it. It’s rough because when these kids don’t dominate or if they are simply average, they’re savaged on here for being busts because of unfair expectations they didn’t even create.
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It’s why I roll my eyes every time someone relates a HS recruit or freshman to a legend
 
@DMoney you’re my dog and all but the term Greentree All American exists for a reason.

If Juan Manaya is making strides, great. I hope he becomes an All American. I just take weight room hype with a grain of salt. Remember when Logan Sagopolu broke every weight room record and then proceeded to never play a snap and transfer to Washington to be a backup nose tackle?
 
DTP said:
@DMoney you’re my dog and all but the term Greentree All American exists for a reason.
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It exists because fans get mad when the team does bad after a hopeful August.

On an individual basis, the players who play best in practice are usually the good players who end up in the NFL. Look at the most hyped players from last year's practices. Those are the guys who played well in games.

There are certainly guys who fit the Greentree All-American category- Darnell Jenkins, Lance Leggett as a freshman, Jaden Harris to an extent this year- but the guys who consistently perform on Greentree are usually the guys who perform on the field.
 
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DMoney said:
It exists because people get mad when the team does bad after the fanbase gets excited in August.

On an individual basis, the players who play best in practice are usually the good players who end up in the NFL. There are certainly guys who fit the Greentree All-American category- Darnell Jenkins, Lance Leggett as a freshman, Jaden Harris to an extent this year- but the guys who consistently perform on Greentree are usually the guys who perform on the field.
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You said it best , you play how you practice 🙌.

X was the example I wish all would emulate.
 
gaslight GIF by The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
 
RVACane said:
Just my 2 cents on this. It’s the boy that cried wolf story with these reports, if I’m being objective and fair, notwithstanding d$ being the owner of CIS, and me being his freely ordained servant. We’ve heard this year after year. It’s how the term “Greentree All-American” was born. The phenomena is real.

Now that said, there’s a mixed bag… sometimes these reports turn out to be right or right in part, like with Lofton this past year, and with Anez Cooper and KJ Osborn previously, but then there’s instances like Emory, Jacurri, Jeff Garcia, even Jadais Richard I think. These reports should be put in context for everyone at this point - where we just wait and see when and how they play.
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Lofton is a solid example. Being portrayed as a step below Reggie Bush or Travis Hunter impact and then catching 9 passes and having 1 TD.
 
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JamesQuall said:
Holy falsehood Batman!

I would not say you are the ones crowning these players. You bring us the news of players that are being spoken of highly. Any player (usually freshman or newer player) that has any positive news creates a swarm of CiS poRsters comparing them to legends saying they will be the next Testaverde, Irvin(g), Gore, Sean Taylor, Sapp, etc only for the buzz to be nothing more than poRsters living off of high school highlight reels thinking that they will do the same or better in college, hyping the player to levels no one can live up to and then ****ting on them (even making them lose confidence and play worse as a result).

Again, you're not to blame for the Greentree All-American thing but to say it's false is WILD.
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This has gone beyond “hey I ran into a guy and he said dude looks good” relaying information to a clear voice of the Hecht putting out what the staff wants out there. And that has ratcheted up to 11 under Mario. It is likely what allows the access.

It’s all good, but people are right to call it out.
 
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MedleyCane said:
Dan Stubbs, a very good DE during the 1980s, was from Red Bank, NJ.
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DS was a huge human being, if you wanted a photo of a beast DS would be it .
If my viejo serves me he played with 49ers with another Cane beast Kevin ***an .

These two on the same D was frightening.

Your showing your age well on this post 🥸, like me in knowing this 😎
 
GOCANES05 said:
DS was a huge human being, if you wanted a photo of a beast DS would be it .
If my viejo serves me he played with 49ers with another Cane beast Kevin ***an .

These two on the same D was frightening.

Your showing your age well on this post 🥸, like me in knowing this 😎
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True story.
I've been following UM since the 1970s.
It's been a long strange trip following the Canes.
Lol.
Seriously, New Jersey is a state that I think we have under recruited a bit.
But the Big10 has become a formidable recruiting obstacle like the SEC has become with Texas.
 
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