VT_Football_Fan
Be strong.
BTW he put up new highlights from this season. 3 days old.
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He is mean and a finisher (so was Jake Grove) and that is something that you cannot coach into a player.
Happy with the guys we got, but we had at least 19 OL offers and landed 3. The 3 we landed were all offered pretty late iirc, so to a point i think you have to say we "settled".
EDIT: i dont think our coaches are lazy or whatever, we had no problem identifying and offering top linemen, we just got to do a better job of landing them.
Zack Goins will probably get an offer and be a hokie
Hopefully a typo and he is 285...speaking of goins...i saw that jake is listed at just 258 lbs, dropping weight from during his recruitment. hes going to seriously bulk up if he has a shot.
Hopefully a typo and he is 285...
and TAE .. most of my statements were more sarcastic than anything. I know that our coaches aren't lazy. I think they're getting what they can get and making the most of what they get .. but your statement:
I think you also have to ask yourself how many of the other 12 OLs we offered actually gave us a realistic chance to sign.
is exactly my point. What about VT is so unattractive for so many OL recruits? We run a fairly balanced offense and are committed to the run. What more could a lineman want? There's something missing and you won't convince me otherwise. When UVA can consistently recruit that position much better than us (even in the Groh era), there's something missing. You can't only measure success by how many of these OL are in the NFL, the but difference is pretty glaring. Not badmouthing or beating up anyone .. They sure as hell know what they're doing a LOT more than most of us could .. it's just my opinion.
the difference is that uva has had 2 offensive linemen drafted in the top 10 in the nfl draft in recent seasons, and brandon albert mid-first round. we had duane brown late first, but that is it aside from some late round guys. that is something to consider and im sure that offensive linemen consider that as well.
The Northeast is a great place for us to try to recruit OL and would be much easier than going farther south IMO.
Shouldn't Goins be on the top 30 for Virginia in 2013? I thought he was a stud.