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Nick Ford -- what happened?

TTJ
TTJ Member Posts: 4,827
in The Fisching Hole (Recruiting)
Last I'd heard, he was a rare human who UW wanted at OT but who preferred to play DT.

Okay, fine. UW was also still scrambling for DLs in the final week. So why not Ford? If he's rare enough that UW preferred him at OT above Kirkland and Norgaard, why wouldn't we like him at DL at least as well as Tryon and Lolohea?

Even if you're not going to pull a DL-to-OT bait-and-switch (which is probably what UU has in mind), isn't Ford a guy who could have actually helped Malloe's DL and filled the Marlon void?

The 85-scholly limit shouldn't be a big problem, given how many greyshirt candidates are coming in. I don't get it.
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  • 89ute
    89ute Member Posts: 2,486
    Of course neither of us have the luxury of asking our respective coaches what the fuck is going on, but the Utah staff moves guys around all the time. Whitt is genuine about letting a guy compete for whatever position he wants. Long, long history of this. I'm sure Nick knows he's going to get a legitimate shot at defense. If he's truly a better fit for OT he will naturally end up there.

    Since I can only guess, I think it's a philosophy difference between Whitt and Pete. Whitt is willing to let a guy "waste" reps and Pete isn't?
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  • HHBruh
    HHBruh Member Posts: 518
    is Strausser a white supremacist?


    Too much stereotype!?
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  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,641
    He told the coaches he was going to play DL in college.

    The coaches hadn't evaluated him as a DL prospect, only OL. Hence, he did not have an offer as a D Lineman.

    He picked a school that said he could play DL.
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  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    89ute said:

    Of course neither of us have the luxury of asking our respective coaches what the fuck is going on, but the Utah staff moves guys around all the time. Whitt is genuine about letting a guy compete for whatever position he wants. Long, long history of this. I'm sure Nick knows he's going to get a legitimate shot at defense. If he's truly a better fit for OT he will naturally end up there.

    Since I can only guess, I think it's a philosophy difference between Whitt and Pete. Whitt is willing to let a guy "waste" reps and Pete isn't?

    Every time a kid wants to play a position you don't want him to play, if you want him, you have him come in and play that position. If you don't want him, just drop him.

    And - @bananasnblondes - at least that's what Scott says!
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  • TurdBomber
    TurdBomber Member Posts: 20,056 Standard Supporter
    DugtheDoog said:

    Dennis_DeYoung said:

    Under Straußer, when's the last time we got a black OL that had other P5 offers?

    Always about the blacks?
    Always. It's DDY for Chrissakes.
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  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,587
    Adrian Klemm was fired in mid Jan so Jaxson Kirkland soon became available. They must have liked Kirkland more and didn't have room for Ford after Kirkland (legacy too) said I do.
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