RB situation

[ball915]

Push the "less mileage on you as a RB" card. You take less of a beating sharing carries!! Besides, most running backs are getting 3rd round money now-a-days.

hard to sell that with the egos on these kids as they are used to being made out to be the savior of their high schools program

Only RB that could have that mindset would be D.Williams..all our other RB commits/prospects are from powerhouse schools or schools that are stacked with talent already

(JC @ WestministerChristian, tons of ATH's on that team..Walton, plays for the number one team in the nation last year and Scarlett plays for a team who churns out D1 prospects like TheU produces pro bowl players)

just as bad as everyone swings from their nuts for being on a good football team. agree with the point about Williams as he will be used in multiple ways.

 

[grover]

Pete, there was talk at one point that Cronk would make a good DB. Is that completely off the table now? Is he like Rudolph where even mentioning that is a third rail?

 

[dycane]

You cannot recruit with a fear that you may **** off someone's buddy. Now, of course, there is the caveat that you must be forthright -- and I think that is almost limited to not pulling a scholarship. Things are fluid in the recruiting game. And even if a corch says that the team will only take X players at a certain position, if an opportunity later arises (that did not exist at the time the corch made that representation) to add a very talented player at that position, then the staff must act for the greater good.

 

[Fountain of Canes]

I can see Cronkite leaving and Williams leaving giving us Scarlett and Walton.

 

[bobbydigius]

I can see Cronkite leaving and Williams leaving giving us Scarlett and Walton.

We need some work horses, that is all I know. Personally out of the 4, Cronkite is the least impressive, he is still a stud but I think the others are just better. Cronkite is a talent that helps and would contribute at any program, but he isnt a difference maker. The other 3 have difference maker potential. Like another poster stated, I think it was maurice, Cronk is like Mike James, a kid you would have on your roster any chance you get but not a difference maker. You recruit all four til the end and then sort it out, cause as someone else pointed out we almost lost Yearby last year and did lose Powell, and they were EEs......

 

[Republicane]

I'm not wild about this staff trying to handle a dynamic situation like this with so many moving parts. I could see them bungling this and ending up with just Walton or none of the above and some unknown plan J kid.

 

[cowboycane]

I'm not wild about this staff trying to handle a dynamic situation like this with so many moving parts. I could see them bungling this and ending up with just Walton or none of the above and some unknown plan J kid.

Also a fair concern. But one fire at a time.

 

[CINCYCANESFAN]

I can see Cronkite leaving and Williams leaving giving us Scarlett and Walton.

We need some work horses, that is all I know. Personally out of the 4, Cronkite is the least impressive, he is still a stud but I think the others are just better. Cronkite is a talent that helps and would contribute at any program, but he isnt a difference maker. The other 3 have difference maker potential. Like another poster stated, I think it was maurice, Cronk is like Mike James, a kid you would have on your roster any chance you get but not a difference maker. You recruit all four til the end and then sort it out, cause as someone else pointed out we almost lost Yearby last year and did lose Powell, and they were EEs......

lol cronkrite is a the top between the four RB

 

[cp7705]

If a talent like Scarlett wants to come aboard, you gotta get him. If that ruffles feathers for Cronk, then it really sucks. ****, it cant hurt us at this point with JJ and Irvin becuase they didnt commit when he came either. So I think we have enough angles at those two where we will be fine if Cronk does end up choosing somewhere else.

 

[Lingo]

We seem to forget that Williams and Cronk committed on the same day, but Cronk was a silent and was waiting till around this time to announce it, I agree with the fact that we should RS Walton let him get a year of S&C seeing that he's only around 179 currently while Dex is 192 and Cronk is 196. Williams right now is more of a offensive weapon would play the role that Harvin played at UF which the coaches told him, Cronk is more of true running back a one cut back that fits a zone blocking/running scheme that we run, IF Walton does reclassify which isn't official as of yet he would stay seeing as been committed longer than the two of em and is from a pipeline school. As it seems Williams, Scarlett and Walton seem fine with the Canes bringing in three backs, I would love that trio and also would love the trio of Williams, Scarlett and Cronk, if we were to get three of em as it stands Scarlett is more of a 2 down back seeing that he can't really catch, Cronk would be a 3 down back and Williams would play just about every where on the field. At the end of the day this will all work itself out, we don't know what the coaches are doing or saying to the families of the kids and to the kids themselves.

 

[bobbydigius]

I can see Cronkite leaving and Williams leaving giving us Scarlett and Walton.

We need some work horses, that is all I know. Personally out of the 4, Cronkite is the least impressive, he is still a stud but I think the others are just better. Cronkite is a talent that helps and would contribute at any program, but he isnt a difference maker. The other 3 have difference maker potential. Like another poster stated, I think it was maurice, Cronk is like Mike James, a kid you would have on your roster any chance you get but not a difference maker. You recruit all four til the end and then sort it out, cause as someone else pointed out we almost lost Yearby last year and did lose Powell, and they were EEs......

lol cronkrite is a the top between the four RB

Strongly disagree, and obviously the staff agrees or there would be no worries about Cronkite bouncing because we are recruiting too many.

 

[Lingo]

I can see Cronkite leaving and Williams leaving giving us Scarlett and Walton.

We need some work horses, that is all I know. Personally out of the 4, Cronkite is the least impressive, he is still a stud but I think the others are just better. Cronkite is a talent that helps and would contribute at any program, but he isnt a difference maker. The other 3 have difference maker potential. Like another poster stated, I think it was maurice, Cronk is like Mike James, a kid you would have on your roster any chance you get but not a difference maker. You recruit all four til the end and then sort it out, cause as someone else pointed out we almost lost Yearby last year and did lose Powell, and they were EEs......

lol cronkrite is a the top between the four RB

Strongly disagree, and obviously the staff agrees or there would be no worries about Cronkite bouncing because we are recruiting too many.

Cronk would be 3rd or 4th between the four RBs

 

[motorcitycane]

Scarlett is that deal. Y'all boys trippin.

He went from #3 RB to like #12 because he was committed to FAU. That dude is still a top 5 RB in 2015. and yes the 2015 RB class is weak AF.

There is hardly one kid in the 2015 RB class that would have been ranked in the top 10 in 2013 or 2014.

 

[Lingo]

Scarlett is that deal. Y'all boys trippin.

He went from #3 RB to like #12 because he was committed to FAU. That dude is still a top 5 RB in 2015. and yes the 2015 RB class is weak AF.

There is hardly one kid in the 2015 RB class that would have been ranked in the top 10 in 2013 or 2014.

He doesn't camp either factors into it oo

 

[maurice3p]

Scarlett is that deal. Y'all boys trippin.

He went from #3 RB to like #12 because he was committed to FAU. That dude is still a top 5 RB in 2015. and yes the 2015 RB class is weak AF.

There is hardly one kid in the 2015 RB class that would have been ranked in the top 10 in 2013 or 2014.

Scarlett doesn't have vision & he doesn't have any moves. He's stiff. His ceiling isn't high. He's already developed for the most part. He's good in HS but wait until he hits college, he runs into his own lineman. He bounces runs outside too much and doesn't find the holes well.

I think he will be like James Wilder Jr. Great HS player but when they hit college, their technique will be exposed.

He has good size and speed but that's it.

Walton will be better than him & Dexter too, they have more tools. Just wait and see....

 

[bransuperpower]

I think SR year we will know all we need to about Scarlett. he will be playing big boy ball down in SoFla and not those cupcake teams in 2A. JC can always move to DB if he gets buried on the Depth Chart. I want to see Williams take over games with all of those physical attributes. Walton is solid just get him on campus

 

[Canesfan1899]

Cronkite is an athlete, want the kid in this class, but as much of a circus his recruitment has been you don't pass on a J. Scarlett.

 

[campobello cane]

can we just all agree that no matter which one we lose, 95% of canes fans will say that one was the g.o.a.t.... never happy with what we got just always obsessed with the ones that got away... from what I've seen most have Cronkite the lowest rated of the 4 ( like that lil bit of difference wud really make or break us) but if he is the one that leaves there will be 100 threads about how he will be the greatest rb ever & smash every record at another school & the guys we got are garbage... happens every year... smdh

 

[rustywalkedaway]

Nobody would come if we had Duke and Sony?

You mean with a depth chart like Georgia's (although we would still not be as good as Georgia's)?

Strong programs can pull even with depth. We just aren't strong yet.

 

[umcane4life]

I can see Cronkite leaving and Williams leaving giving us Scarlett and Walton.

We need some work horses, that is all I know. Personally out of the 4, Cronkite is the least impressive, he is still a stud but I think the others are just better. Cronkite is a talent that helps and would contribute at any program, but he isnt a difference maker. The other 3 have difference maker potential. Like another poster stated, I think it was maurice, Cronk is like Mike James, a kid you would have on your roster any chance you get but not a difference maker. You recruit all four til the end and then sort it out, cause as someone else pointed out we almost lost Yearby last year and did lose Powell, and they were EEs......

I don't get why people are dismissing Cronkite... kid averaged 11.8 yds per carry last year. That's almost a yard more per carry than Cook and Cronkite split carries with Tim Irvin in the backfield.