The f¨ck? Helpful was not the way I was expecting to see this go. This place never stops surprising me.
They know I'm just a pathetic (degenerate) old man. Actually, I asked a relatively reasonable questioin from people more familiar with camps and drills. It seems obvious to me that one-on-one drills, whether WR-DB or OL-DL provide certain advantages to certain positions. I wanted to seek more expert opinions.
I'm careful though when I ask an opinion. A month or so ago a friend who used to play for UM decades ago told me about a LB he was coaching in a HS in the mid-Atlantic area. He had sent the kid's name down to the school, the only player whose name he had ever sent down in decades. The other was his son, who ended up at a different school and then ten years in the NFL. UM showed no interest in his son--just didn't fit from what I could see.
The current prospect looked very good on HUDL but since we haven't heard anything from UM I suspect they've already been focused on a small group of OLBs for months. I decided not to bring the current guy up on this board because I knew it would be inviting a lot of nasty comments and abuse, if only because that's what people do--especially if not a Florida player. Please don't ask me for the name of my friend or his son (who is out of the NFL now) or the name of the current HS player my friend wanted to bring to UM's attention. I suspect the kid will end up at a school in the mid-Atlantic area. Right now, I think he's underrated and under the radar.
I'm just guessing UM is not interested because my friend has not gotten back to me with any news. The kid is being followed by a bunch of ACC schools and MD and some from the Big East on his twitter. For all I know UM might show interest, but everything I read suggests they have a small number of targets at OLB and not that many slots left. (Although it seems like Richt is going through some "exit interviews" right now. No telling how many slots open up.).
These days we have the luxury of being super-selective. Even during JJ's first years we were reaching on some kids, hoping they had identified coachabiliy and upside. They guessed wrong on a lot of kids the first couple of years. JJ's first two years were not nearly as good as many would like to think they were.
