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re: Why is it that Texas Tech Can't Recruit Better Talent?

Posted on 11/2/08 at 1:45 pm to
Posted by LSUfoosball
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 1:45 pm to
texas tech is a prime example of what a good football coach can do. LSU on the other hand is not.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 1:51 pm to
lol
Posted by Bad Cat
Painted Post, NY
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 1:52 pm to
Lack of tradition. If and when he leaves, Tech goes back to being Tech.
Posted by grif82
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 1:58 pm to
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texas tech is a prime example of what a good football coach can do. LSU on the other hand is not.



frick you foosball....go play in traffic!!!
Posted by Born to be a Tiger
Somewhere lost in Texas
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:05 pm to
His size is the only draw back for an NFL everydown RB. TT would show that he can catch the ball on a regular bases as well as being the feature RB. Anyway Lache asked me last sprig what college offenses he would fit in with that would give him the best chance to make it to the next level. Lache only had like two catches and that was a ? about him being able to catch and run routes. LynxCat mentioned most of the ones we talked about.

Lester, I always like your and LynxCat's input so keep up the good work guys.





(root beer for all)




Posted by Aktig
Alaska/Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
2190 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:08 pm to
Lubbock is a hard sell. Add the fact that Tech was an also ran until.....now. I am sure some heads will turn and kids will give them a harder look, but there isn't many BCS schools in a worse location than Lubbock. Wazzou would be close.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:10 pm to
tell him to go to Florida, not Texas Tech if he wants to be used that way.
Posted by Born to be a Tiger
Somewhere lost in Texas
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:17 pm to
You are right about the hard sell. I know a kid that just laughed at me when I was telling him about what a great offense Tech had and he should look at them as well.
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25099 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:21 pm to
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tell him to go to Florida, not Texas Tech if he wants to be used that way.


Agreed.

Problem for LS is Demps is a TRUE freshman and already fills the role that LS would fit.

I can objectively say that LSU offers one of the best situations if LS were to come. Scott and Keiland won't be around anymore, with Richard Murphy having a year until he graduates, so that shouldn't be much of a factor. Trindon won't be there anymore either.

Ford, Pratt, and Ridley are COMPLETELY different styles of backs from LS.

Every touch that Murphy and Trindon get right now would go to LS as far as I am concerned.

Not to mention you will have Russell Shepard running the zone-read with LS. << That is indefensible as far as I am concerned.
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:23 pm to
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tell him to go to Florida, not Texas Tech if he wants to be used that way.


Besides the fact Florida is very young at RB (2 freshmen) why in the world would you want to play him every year???
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:24 pm to
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Problem for LS is Demps is a TRUE freshman and already fills the role that LS would fit.



demps would be a Junior when Lache is a FR.


im not saying LSU would be a bad fit either.
Posted by Born to be a Tiger
Somewhere lost in Texas
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 2:27 pm to
Lynxcat were you a fly on my wall last spring. That sounds to close to what was said.

Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 11/2/08 at 3:08 pm to
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Anyway Lache asked me last sprig what college offenses he would fit in with that would give him the best chance to make it to the next level.

you do know that LSU runs the spread and spread option a lot, right?
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25099 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 3:21 pm to
quote:

demps would be a Junior when Lache is a FR.


Very true. Not sure who UF has taken at RB in the 2009 class. I'll need to check up on that.

ETA: UF 2009 RB

Just watched his film. He's veryyy similar to a Demps/Rainey style back.

Definitely a "speed back." He's the only RB commit UF has at this point in time.
This post was edited on 11/2/08 at 3:27 pm
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25099 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 3:22 pm to
quote:

Lynxcat were you a fly on my wall last spring. That sounds to close to what was said.


Nope. Just giving you some observations.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
470974 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 3:42 pm to
lache on UF = :cry:
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
62028 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 6:32 pm to
quote:

What other team could offer more than that?


WV and Michigan
Posted by bringonusc
Katy, TX
Member since Aug 2007
3788 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 8:33 pm to
quote:

crabtree was a 4 star athlete

#16 athlete in the country, #22 overall in texas


Best athlete in the country, IMHO.
Posted by tigereye58
Member since Jan 2007
2848 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 8:35 pm to
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Funny thing is, with their shitty recruiting, they still have a better QB than we do.


Your an idiot.

The guy is a senior in his third year starting. You can't compare him in his third year to Lee in his first as a red shirt freshman.

You also forget that our last 2 QB's are in the NFL and the one that should be playing now was kicked off the team, something most of us agreed on knowing the consequences.

Harrell redshirted his first year, played sparingly in his RSFR year and was successful as a Sophmore. He got better as he got older and more playing time. Lee hasn't had the luxary of getting "used" to things in his RSFR year. He has been thrown into things. I don't fault him near as much as I do the Seniors on this team and the new Dual DC we have.
Posted by amort24
Houston
Member since Jan 2008
8 posts
Posted on 11/2/08 at 10:04 pm to
Obviously you have never been there. They are not deep in football tradition, there stadium is the size of a large texas 5A football stadium and its Lubbock. They have a great football team this year, but will continue to have problems recruiting againt the big boys of the conference. Leach finds players that fit his system, not necessarly elite blue chips, he has sigend something like 40 2*'s over the past 5 years. Might be a little biased, I can't stand their school or their fans. I think as you find more and more teams gravitate towards the spread in the big 12 and texas highschool football, tech will find its rightful place as bottom dwellers of the big 12.
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