Where oh where is the top offensive recruiting?
by I-Town-Stomp-803-Z on Nov 19, 2008 8:39 AM EST
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PrintThree safety recruits and one athlete who will most likley be converted to safety when he arrives at So Car.
These round out the top four recruits. Now I am grateful that they have 4 top end recruits, but why are they for the same position from the same class?
I am very aware of athletes being able to decommit, but come on four safeties. I know they have some mediocre talent at offense coming in, but why are no TOP WR or RB recruits commiting to South Carolina. Is the recruiting staff not going after these guys hard enough? They obviously are going to have great depth at Safety in the future which I am all for, but what about the offense?
In my opinion they need at least two top 150 offensive recruits. Am I the only one who thinks this? Where is the offensive talent? Isn't it the offense that is hurting? Garcia or Smelly, whoever it will be in the future, needs offensive weapons around him.
If South Carolina is going to be successful, they need TOP recruits on both sides of the ball.
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Chicken and the egg and other thoughts
For starters, a top ranked high-octane defense is going to attract the better defensive recruits. Not having a productive offense hurts our recruiting for offense. Its a chicken and the egg paradox, but in general, we should be able to pull in some better offensive recruits.
Second, I’d hold off on worring to much about not getting some highly touted offensive recruits. We stand pretty nicely for the #2 RB in the country and already have a commitment from a 4 star RB. It also looks like we are in good shape for a 4 star OL and a 3 star WR that our coaches really like (Remember that Rice and Kenny were 3 star recruits).
Finnally, we have had some highly recruited OL commitments over the last couple of years. Some of the kids haven’t worked out for various reasons, and others aren’t coming along as quickly as some of us as fans would like. But its also a lot more difficult to come in as a freshman and make an impact in the trenches. Alabama’s success aside.
#2 RB in the nation.
I hope So Car do get Trent Richardson that would be a step in the right direction for Top offensive recruits. Hopefully he won’t be impressed with Alabama’s record. If they do get him hopefully he will live up to the hype.
by I-Town-Stomp-803-Z on Nov 19, 2008 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
WR recruits?
I share your frustration, but good luck recruiting WRs to a team that has had … um … limited success in getting them the ball.
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Time to Set Priorities in South Carolina
In the first quarter of today’s contest against Clemson — a team that plays in a second tier conference, with fewer resources than USC — we see the same mistakes made on the field by previous coaches and players in past decades, ad nausem.
Any Gamecock fan knows that Chris Smelley is not a viable quarterback; unforced interceptions today, and at Florida, have driven the point home. So, the blame has to fall solely on the “Old Ball Coach”.
This farce illustrates a tragic fact: our priorities in this state are misplaced, as the state’s flagship universities lavish millions on football and basketball coaches, with unemployment climbing above 8 %.
The state government and its public universities are in serious financial trouble, and the nation is facing a prolonged recession, possibly an economic depression. Clemson is furloughing employees one week’s pay, to avoid bankruptcy. But, IPTAY backers and Terry Don Phillips want to go out and “spend millions” on a new football coach.
No doubt, USC will be facing similar cutbacks in the coming weeks.
Thus, “Carolina-Clemson”, whether it’s a century-old tradition or not, is an insult to the hard-working taxpayers of South Carolina in a time of economic uncertainty.
Personally, I’m wary of the “Redneck Clemson” football fans, and how they seemingly inject their self worth into the success, or failure, of their football team. It’s time to pull the plug on this, and soon, in light of the economic downturn.
Reality bites: if USC can’t do any better than this, then it’s time to for the University to permanently examine its priorities. As sports is a luxury, it needs to forever take a back seat to the academic mission of both universities, and the universities should focus on generating employment for future generations of South Carolinians.
Why you're wrong
1) Football provides an opportunity to get into college for many students who otherwise wouldn’t. Let’s face it, a lot of these kids come from poor families and don’t make the kinds of grades that you need for a merit-based scholarship. This is part of the university’s outreach mission — to find different ways of providing an education to the students from the state. Quibble all you want with how much these kids get out of college given the responsibility of college athletics, but I’m certain it’s better than no college at all.
2) All of the athletic department’s funding comes from private donors or other sources aside from the university. I get sick of people talking about whether things like football games are really something the taxpayers should be paying for — because they aren’t, or any funding is very neglible. And if you think Jerry the Booster is going to donate as much for an art museum or a rare manuscripts collection as he does for the new stadium, I’ve got some land on the South Carolina coast I can sell you at a great price.
3) In fact, the Athletics Department has previously given money to the University to help handle budget cuts in the past. So getting rid of athletics, or scaling it back, could actually hurt the academic side’s finances, not help.
4) And, finally, college is supposed to be about more than cramming as much knowledge as possible into someone’s head. Why is the athletics department any more or less worthy of a place on campus than The Gamecock, Student Government or any other non-academic activity? College is a whole-life experience or it’s a waste of money. And then the taxpayers aren’t getting much of a deal at all.
Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.
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