I'm all for that! Do we have pictures? ;-)
Randoo
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:27 PM
Subject: [gatortalk] Re: The next 127 days...
From what I have been reading - your analysis is about right on.
Although the numbers were down last year - the quality was very good. We
should be signing the same high quality - and more players this year.
In many ways - the Gators now have a revolving door at most positions.
Most positions on defense - any of the first or second string could start
with little to no drop off. Give them yet another year - and it becomes a toss
up as to who to start.
Okay so this is one out of 127 days - what do we do for the other 126 days?
I KNOW !!!
Why don't we rank the incoming cheerleaders - and estimate which cheerleaders
go pro!
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Subject: [gatortalk] The next 127 days...
From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, April 30, 2009 2:08 pm
To: [email protected]
Woo hoo, we are only 27 days away from the countdown!
I don't follow recruiting all that closely, but a couple of times a year I
dive in to see where we are and how we are doing. Now seemed like a good time
with the stories on captain underpants heading off to dogpoop U. and the glass
is always half-full outlook that the Miamuh paper gives us, that and the snow
has finally melted.
The recruiting class we just signed had an average ranking from the 3 major
services of 12.33 (ESPN #5, Scout #21, Rivals #11). The low rankings can be
attributed almost entirely to a small recruiting class. The Scout and Rivals
give you more points the more players you sign, ESPN scores by average rank of
player. For example, Scout had us at #21, but with an average player rank of
3.81 stars which was the 3rd best in the country, Rivals had us at #11, with an
average star rank of3.94 for #1 in the country. ESPN doesn't use stars, rather
they use their Top 150 rankings. We had 8 of the top 150 and that was good for
5th in the country and they ranked us 5th. This all follows on the heels of
2007 where we had the consensus #1 recruiting class and 2008 with a composite
ranking of 6th. So, we are a very stocked talented team and are still on track
to bring in another top class.
In 2007 UF signed 27 players, in 2008 22 and in 2009 16. For the 2010
class it looks like we will be signing 24-27 players. Although the NCAA rules
state you can have 85 players on scholarship and can sign a maximum of 25 in
any given year, we can over sign if we can get some early entrants to count
against last year (that is what we did in 2007).
We currently have 82 on scholarship and have 15 seniors so that leaves us
with a minimum of 18 scholarships for this year, assuming no one leaves early
and there is no other attrition due to injuries, grades, transfers, etc. In a
normal year, we can expect 3-5 players to leave and 2-3 leave to go pro. I
don't think this year is any different and we will lose 5-8 players allowing us
to sign 23-26 for the class of 2010.
Given that, we already have 12 players committed for 2010 and 9 of the 12
are ESPN 150 recruits! What our needs are are anybodies guess, but we will have
a greater need at the non-skill positions this year, depending on who goes
early.
My breakdown for 2010 looks like this:
QB - Have Brantley and Reed returning - need to sign 1 or 2 more -
currently have Trey Burton committed
RB - Have Moody, Rainey, Demps & Gillisee returning - probably need 2 more
- no commits this is a major need for a top flight RB (only 2 of 25 on top 150
watch list have verbaled)
FB - Have Wilks and Pridemore - probably need 1 - no commits yet (need one
for class separation)
TE - Have Hernandez, Parks returning - Need 2-3 more - Have 2 commits
(Hernandez is a good candidate to go pro)
WR - We have Williams, Thompson, Wilson, Debose, Hines, Hammond & Lawrence
returning - need 2-3 more - no commits, but this will be a hard spot given the
4 FR in the class last year, also not many of the WRs on the 150 watch list
have committed (7 of 43)
OL - We have 17 returning OL with only the Pouncey's with a shot at leaving
early, we will still sign 2-3 more and already have 2 verbals
DT - Have Sanders, Antwine, Marsh, Herbert, Howard, Hunter and Brown
returning - need 2-3 more - have 1 verbal - potential for early entry from this
position too.
DE - Have Dunlap, Trattou, Lemens, Cunningham, Johnson, Okine & Green
returning - need 3-4 more - no verbals - likely that 1 or 2 go pro
LB - Have 8 returning , but will still need 2 more - have 1 verbal
CB - Will have 6 returning Jenkins, Haden, J Jenkins, Brown, Bushell, Evans
- Need 2-3 more - have 2 verbals - Haden a likely early entrant to NFL
S - Will have Wright, Black, Hill and Finley returning - need 4 more - have
4 verbals - With a big year Wright might go early
K/P - Will have Henry and Sturgis back - needs 0-1 - Not sure they will
give a scholly to a kicker
Based on the projected needs above, we will sign 23 - 30. I don't think we
get near 30, but 25 or 26 is a good bet.
So now we can start pining over 17 and 18 year old HS men, praise them when
they tell us they had a great visit to UF and question their a) intelligence,
b) ethics, c) morals or d) all of the above when they commit elsewhere. Next I
will evaluate the 2013 draft prospects for our incoming freshmen class, not.
Ken K.
MNGator
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