Recruiting 2023 Recruiting Thread: 4* OT Caden Jones completes the class

[Homer J]

Dredging up old posts to criticize and insult fellow posters is not what this site is all about. Never has been.

That’s a great way to get new members…

 

[LagoonGator68]

 

[Homer J]

from a poster on 247:

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AND,
We are about to shed our lowest rated commit

 

[LagoonGator68]

 

[ThreatMatrix]

 

[LongTooth]

Already wildly backtracking, eh?

Not really. There’s good things on the trail but familiar shortcomings that are worrying.

DB and WR recruiting is much improved. It’s great to see.

But OL, interior DL, and LB recruiting are sadly and frustratingly still stuck in neutral. This has got to change if this program is going to return to the top of the sport.

There are some successes to certainly celebrate and some all too familiar holes in key areas that have yet to be shored up. I want to see the same sort of positive momentum we see at WR and DB recruiting to emerge at other positions that have been woefully recruited relative to our rivals and it just hasn’t happened yet.

 

[TN G8tr]

from a poster on 247:

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Hmmmm. That's a little perspective for ya.

 

[MertzJay26]

Who dis and how do we get him to commit?

 

[Theologator]

I was told on this thread that no one is seeing the new facility because it’s not open.

 

[GatorJ]

Best news of the night is that that the Miami insiders were reporting that Dijon was leaving late tonight to Miami to see them on Saturday. And Dijon just told On3 that he’s not going to Miami. He’s staying this weekend at UF.

 

[LongTooth]

Best news of the night is that that the Miami insiders were reporting that Dijon was leaving late tonight to Miami to see them on Saturday. And Dijon just told On3 that he’s not going to Miami. He’s staying this weekend at UF.

Raymond is on fire.

Let’s clone him and have him recruit LB and DL too.

 

[soflagator]

Doesn't really bother me. Believe it or not alot of the local kids don't like uf oddly and it's not like it's hard to find a rb.

Very accurate. There’s always been a huge contrarian presence in Gville since I was a kid. I’ve heard it attributed to everything from Spurrier and some of his recruiting(or not recruiting), to the fact that Ward won a title with fsu and the belief that UF would never allow a black QB, to some of the former greats not getting preferential treatment of their kids(Kelsey in recent years for example).

Whether I agree or not, it’s why I’ve said UF should never have empty seats or unsold tickets leading up to a game. There are a ton of kids in Gainesville that would love to go to that game but don’t have tickets and feel it’s out of reach. I give away tix and/or arrange for a kid, or group of small kids, to go to a game every year. It’s not that hard, and it would help to keep rekindle the Gator brand with kids who live within 15 minutes of BHG but who feel disenfranchised with the University.

 

[GatorKen714]

When this is over, I'll be settling a lot of scores. Every dumb post will be brought to the forefront, and there are hundreds of them.

That would be in January when kids actually sign a letter of commitment, right...

 

[aka]

Best news of the night is that that the Miami insiders were reporting that Dijon was leaving late tonight to Miami to see them on Saturday. And Dijon just told On3 that he’s not going to Miami. He’s staying this weekend at UF.

On3 had switched their prediction for him yesterday.
Florida recruiting insider predicts Dijon Johnson will flip to Gators

 

[abefroman]

Two excellent new 4 star additions at key positions, can’t wait for Saturday and Sunday

 

[abefroman]

Over/under on staff members diving into the pool?

 

[LongTooth]

Precisely. BN was touted as an organization guru with a vision who could get it done on the trail. He embraced that expectation openly.

As of now WR and DB recruiting are hanging with the best. They seem to have their relationships developed…..

But one look at Bama’s and UGA’s hauls at OL, DT, and LB last year and this year is beyond sobering. They are LOADED in the trenches and second level of defense. UGA pulled a five star DT out of Bradenton, FL last year for Christ sakes. Each cycle we spend failing to reel in our share of elite players at these positions the way it seems we are once again doing on the edges offensively and defensively is another year we spend chasing our rivals because we can’t close the talent gap in key areas.

Stokes saved our blushes at qb this cycle, Webb is a great addition at RB, but one OL commit barely cracks the top 400 nationally and the other falls at 603rd. And we have a group of DEs committed who I like, but zero DTs and zero LBs. If people care about beating the dawgs, and they do, take a look at their DL, LB, and OL rosters, as well as how many of our DT targets lean UGA, and tell me you are satisfied with how things are going outside of WR and DB….

 

[LagoonGator68]

Precisely. BN was touted as an organization guru with a vision who could get it done on the trail. He embraced that expectation openly.

As of now WR and DB recruiting are hanging with the best. They seem to have their relationships developed…..

But one look at Bama’s and UGA’s hauls at OL, DT, and LB last year and this year is beyond sobering. They are LOADED in the trenches and second level of defense. UGA pulled a five star DT out of Bradenton, FL last year for Christ sakes. Each cycle we spend failing to reel in our share of elite players at these positions the way it seems we are once again doing on the edges offensively and defensively is another year we spend chasing our rivals because we can’t close the talent gap in key areas.

Stokes saved our blushes at qb this cycle, Webb is a great addition at RB, but one OL commit barely cracks the top 400 nationally and the other falls at 603rd. And we have a group of DEs committed who I like, but zero DTs and zero LBs. If people care about beating the dawgs, and they do, take a look at their DL, LB, and OL rosters, as well as how many of our DT targets lean UGA, and tell me you are satisfied with how things are going outside of WR and DB….