Sunny Odogwu

[LuCane]

Haven't seen enough of him to provide a substantive comment. For those who say he won't, any explanation or rationale?

Darling is playing Tackle, but my hope was that he'd eventually slide inside and be a monster there. We have issues at G. As weird as it is to say, Denver Kirkland was a legitimate miss. When Feliciano graduates, we don't have anyone on the interior who's proven to be an impact guy. And, I'm an Isidora guy, but mainly because he has great feet and balance, as he hasn't shown us anything in game action yet.

It is weird to say a highly rated recruit, at a position of need, in our backyard, at a pipeline school, coached by a former cane staffer with kids who went through the U is a miss? No way.

Perhaps overlooked is a more appropriate description. And, maybe weird fits because most said Gall (and his enthusiasm) would fill in for that miss. I disagreed and thought Kirkland would eventually be an NFL guard. Not sure if that will come true, but he hasn't quite disappointed over there yet.

Right now, here's our possible Interior OL of the future:

Hunter Wells
Alex Gall
Danny Isidora
Nick Linder
Trevor Darling (???? that's what I'd do)

We needed someone else from that 2013 class to be able to play G and be an impact guy. Next year's OL scares me a bit.

(Maybe I'm missing someone?)

 

[callmetrip]

Haven't seen enough of him to provide a substantive comment. For those who say he won't, any explanation or rationale?

Darling is playing Tackle, but my hope was that he'd eventually slide inside and be a monster there. We have issues at G. As weird as it is to say, Denver Kirkland was a legitimate miss. When Feliciano graduates, we don't have anyone on the interior who's proven to be an impact guy. And, I'm an Isidora guy, but mainly because he has great feet and balance, as he hasn't shown us anything in game action yet.

It is weird to say a highly rated recruit, at a position of need, in our backyard, at a pipeline school, coached by a former cane staffer with kids who went through the U is a miss? No way.

I love a snarky post. Kudos.

 

[Odin]

Haven't seen enough of him to provide a substantive comment. For those who say he won't, any explanation or rationale?

Darling is playing Tackle, but my hope was that he'd eventually slide inside and be a monster there. We have issues at G. As weird as it is to say, Denver Kirkland was a legitimate miss. When Feliciano graduates, we don't have anyone on the interior who's proven to be an impact guy. And, I'm an Isidora guy, but mainly because he has great feet and balance, as he hasn't shown us anything in game action yet.

It is weird to say a highly rated recruit, at a position of need, in our backyard, at a pipeline school, coached by a former cane staffer with kids who went through the U is a miss? No way.

Perhaps overlooked is a more appropriate description. And, maybe weird fits because most said Gall (and his enthusiasm) would fill in for that miss. I disagreed and thought Kirkland would eventually be an NFL guard. Not sure if that will come true, but he hasn't quite disappointed over there yet.

Right now, here's our possible Interior OL of the future:

Hunter Wells
Alex Gall
Danny Isidora
Nick Linder
Trevor Darling (???? that's what I'd do)

We needed someone else from that 2013 class to be able to play G and be an impact guy. Next year's OL scares me a bit.

(Maybe I'm missing someone?)

Based on practice reports Joe Brown might be player and major steal.

 

[Neil]

no

Peter Ariz, do you mean "no" as in not this year, or "no" as in not in his entire UM career?

 

[bigpurk45]

Haven't seen enough of him to provide a substantive comment. For those who say he won't, any explanation or rationale?

Darling is playing Tackle, but my hope was that he'd eventually slide inside and be a monster there. We have issues at G. As weird as it is to say, Denver Kirkland was a legitimate miss. When Feliciano graduates, we don't have anyone on the interior who's proven to be an impact guy. And, I'm an Isidora guy, but mainly because he has great feet and balance, as he hasn't shown us anything in game action yet.

It is weird to say a highly rated recruit, at a position of need, in our backyard, at a pipeline school, coached by a former cane staffer with kids who went through the U is a miss? No way.

Perhaps overlooked is a more appropriate description. And, maybe weird fits because most said Gall (and his enthusiasm) would fill in for that miss. I disagreed and thought Kirkland would eventually be an NFL guard. Not sure if that will come true, but he hasn't quite disappointed over there yet.

Right now, here's our possible Interior OL of the future:

Hunter Wells
Alex Gall
Danny Isidora
Nick Linder
Trevor Darling (???? that's what I'd do)

We needed someone else from that 2013 class to be able to play G and be an impact guy. Next year's OL scares me a bit.

(Maybe I'm missing someone?)

da fuq

McDermott
Gall/Wells
Linder
Isadora
Darling/Gadbois

 

[LuCane]

Haven't seen enough of him to provide a substantive comment. For those who say he won't, any explanation or rationale?

Darling is playing Tackle, but my hope was that he'd eventually slide inside and be a monster there. We have issues at G. As weird as it is to say, Denver Kirkland was a legitimate miss. When Feliciano graduates, we don't have anyone on the interior who's proven to be an impact guy. And, I'm an Isidora guy, but mainly because he has great feet and balance, as he hasn't shown us anything in game action yet.

It is weird to say a highly rated recruit, at a position of need, in our backyard, at a pipeline school, coached by a former cane staffer with kids who went through the U is a miss? No way.

Perhaps overlooked is a more appropriate description. And, maybe weird fits because most said Gall (and his enthusiasm) would fill in for that miss. I disagreed and thought Kirkland would eventually be an NFL guard. Not sure if that will come true, but he hasn't quite disappointed over there yet.

Right now, here's our possible Interior OL of the future:

Hunter Wells
Alex Gall
Danny Isidora
Nick Linder
Trevor Darling (???? that's what I'd do)

We needed someone else from that 2013 class to be able to play G and be an impact guy. Next year's OL scares me a bit.

(Maybe I'm missing someone?)

da fuq

McDermott
Gall/Wells
Linder
Isadora
Darling/Gadbois

Give it another swing.

 

[supacane]

Gall will be a beast I think. Golden said he was good with the starters and 6 and 7 so we'll see. OL usually take a few years to develop tho its not that easy to just play early

 

[Sandman211]

Was a project from jump street, let's give this savage some time to mature on the field before saying he'll never play here.

Exactly. He's a RS freshman. He's got a few more years to develop.

He needs more time like King,Ricardo Williams,Perry or Hoilett needed more time.They could be here for 10 years and still could not get on the field,just hope they get their degrees and move along.

Is that your personal assessment? Or are you going off of those who have scouted him, coached him, etc? If it's your personal assessment...I could give two fks.

 

[Odin]

Was a project from jump street, let's give this savage some time to mature on the field before saying he'll never play here.

Exactly. He's a RS freshman. He's got a few more years to develop.

He needs more time like King,Ricardo Williams,Perry or Hoilett needed more time.They could be here for 10 years and still could not get on the field,just hope they get their degrees and move along.

Is that your personal assessment? Or are you going off of those who have scouted him, coached him, etc? If it's your personal assessment...I could give two fks.

No.

 

[rsa coral gables]

i am concerned about this year's OL, not time to worry yet about next year's.

i think the left side and C are good, but very concerned about the right side. not many starts over there!

 

[Notsince1985]

Can he play kicker?

 

[BoroCane83]

too much sunshine. He needs to change his name to Cloudy Odogwu and he'll get some PT.

 

[TheSwagger1]

Haven't seen enough of him to provide a substantive comment. For those who say he won't, any explanation or rationale?

Darling is playing Tackle, but my hope was that he'd eventually slide inside and be a monster there. We have issues at G. As weird as it is to say, Denver Kirkland was a legitimate miss. When Feliciano graduates, we don't have anyone on the interior who's proven to be an impact guy. And, I'm an Isidora guy, but mainly because he has great feet and balance, as he hasn't shown us anything in game action yet.

It is weird to say a highly rated recruit, at a position of need, in our backyard, at a pipeline school, coached by a former cane staffer with kids who went through the U is a miss? No way.

Perhaps overlooked is a more appropriate description. And, maybe weird fits because most said Gall (and his enthusiasm) would fill in for that miss. I disagreed and thought Kirkland would eventually be an NFL guard. Not sure if that will come true, but he hasn't quite disappointed over there yet.

Right now, here's our possible Interior OL of the future:

Hunter Wells
Alex Gall
Danny Isidora
Nick Linder
Trevor Darling (???? that's what I'd do)

We needed someone else from that 2013 class to be able to play G and be an impact guy. Next year's OL scares me a bit.

(Maybe I'm missing someone?)

Well, it will be refreshing to go into a season without DT being our biggest worry for the first time in the Golden era, so there's that. Unfortunately I'm not convinced that will be because DT has actually gotten any better.

 

[TheMatador]

Haven't seen enough of him to provide a substantive comment. For those who say he won't, any explanation or rationale?

Darling is playing Tackle, but my hope was that he'd eventually slide inside and be a monster there. We have issues at G. As weird as it is to say, Denver Kirkland was a legitimate miss. When Feliciano graduates, we don't have anyone on the interior who's proven to be an impact guy. And, I'm an Isidora guy, but mainly because he has great feet and balance, as he hasn't shown us anything in game action yet.

It is weird to say a highly rated recruit, at a position of need, in our backyard, at a pipeline school, coached by a former cane staffer with kids who went through the U is a miss? No way.

I know you won't believe this, but I said it back then, I had heard that there was a serious question as to whether Kirkland really had a "commitable" offer.

I heard it from a person who told me more recently that there were severe academic issues with Valentine, and that was probably the main reason he didn't come to the U, while everybody else was saying it was scheme, it was money, it was Genron, etc. Turned out my source was right. I don't know right now what his connection is to the athletic department, but I know that, for many years, he knew the recruiting staff very well...very well. So, my friend might have been right about Valentine, and he might also have been right about Kirkland.

Instead, everybody wants to say, and believe, that not getting Kirkland it was an out and out miss by the staff. I'm just not so sure that it was. Maybe it was, but maybe it wasn't.

Still, maybe given the apparently thin depth, whether it was a miss or a decision not to offer, the staff might have blown it. They'll never admit it. They'll never tell you the real story with Kirkland or Valentine, either, for that matter.