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Yeah.... what WR wouldnt want to come to UF and get 500 yards receiving and barely get to play until their final year when the could have gone to Bammer, LSU or Clemson and gotten 1200-1800 yards a year.
And what RB doesnt want to sit and watch the QB take at least half of the carries and most of the scores?
What QB doesnt want to come here and be the primary back. And even if you are as immobile but as accurate passing as Trash, knowing Douchebag will call 30 option runs a game compared to 39 passes (on average).
You're right. I can't figure out why no elite kids wants to play in this offense.
Maybe its just me.
As GBM pointed out, kids aren't routinely getting those yards at every school but UF. But really that's irrelevant. The second point of my post was that we're not insisting that we land those kids. So they're going elsewhere, namely to rivals. How many 4-5* WRs have gone to uga in recent years? Their top producers were Pickens and Jackson, at 513 and 514 yards respectively. Lsu's stable of receivers from 2019 were already there before Brady changed their O. And between Swain, Jefferson, Toney and Pitts, we have a much more attractive overall resume than several other schools that are recruiting better. It's more a case of what J pointed out. We're just not a staff of recruiters, and definitely not closers.
Btw, in 2018, the RB combination of JS, Perine, Davis and Pierce rushed the ball 347 times to Franks and Jones 128(may also include sacks and scrambles which would skew things further). They also combined for 14 scores to Franks' 7.
To your last point, as a general rule of thumb, I always assume it's you.
Even if you're not a proponent of the scheme, there are plenty of kids that are smaller, faster players who could fit a Toney type role. As I said, it may not be perfect for the traditional NFL type WRs, but the idea that we've just rammed a QB head first every play until Trask emerged is wrong. I'm not suggesting that kids should be lining up to play here, and I recognize that we have negatives to contend with as far as the commitment from the top. But I'm surprised we aren't getting more traction than we are. You hate Mullen, and I can respect that. But as I said, offensive players are going to places like uga where outside of RB they've been a terrible offense to play in.