Jeremiah Martin, 2018 4* BUCK, San Bernardino (Cajon), CA (OFFERED 9/27)
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If we don't take him the scholarship will be handed to a walk-on anyways. I'd rather have more raw talent under scholarship than another try hard. The only recruiting class this will have an impact on is this upcoming '22 class. Given how recruiting has gone under Lake, there's an 81% chance Jimmy will waste it on a low 3* MWC level player so I have no problem with taking Martin now.
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Imagine thinking he's still going to be here next year.1to392831weretaken said:Unpopular opinion: Don't want.
I am more excited about the Texas Tech WR transfer than a guy who's had three years to try doing something on the field but hasn't. If he had more than two years of eligibility remaining, I might be for it, but this is going to be a take that we regret in a few years. I know "We're Full°" is the joke around here, but, like all good jokes, there's a little truth behind it. There's room to take Martin now, but it's going to seem awfully stupid having him on the roster next year as a senior 3rd stringer and watching a 12 man class come in.
Martin, as a third year player, was the backup at edge, mostly dropping into zone coverage on his side of the field. When the starter went down with injury, they trusted him so much that, instead of bumping him up, they shuffled the whole defense around, moved the guy from the other side over, and played a different base defense. With both of those guys back, he was looking at being 3rd string as a junior (a fourth year junior thanks to COVID '20).
This is A&M's Amandre Williams or Myles Rice. And We're Full°.
And, frankly, I can look past a guy shitting on Washington to go chase an SEC bag if he's going to come in and make a difference (Toot Toot), but if not, you made your bed, so go sleep in it. And fuck yourself.
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It may feel like only yesterday that yung @RhythmicSlappingDawg offed himself after TAMU Bruce Wayne'd us for Martin, but it's actually been so long ago that Martin's attendance at a UW basketball game was seriously considered a strong reason he would pick UW.
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The depth chart at OLB without Martin is still pretty thin. At a min this shores that up. There's plenty of reason to hope that a guy with his size and athletic ability can figure it out. He doesn't quite fit the categories of guys like Miles Rice, who was never a high end athlete, or Amandre Williams who wasn't never big enough to play OLB in this system.
I think the room thing is kind of a joke. There's always dead weight that can be cut. Maybe Martin will be that, but worst case scenario is that he's one piece of dead weight for two years. No big risk. -
dnc said:
It may feel like only yesterday that yung @RhythmicSlappingDawg offed himself after TAMU Bruce Wayne'd us for Martin, but it's actually been so long ago that Martin's attendance at a UW basketball game was seriously considered a strong reason he would pick UW.
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So let me unpack the logic here:
1.) Washington can develop players, but A&M can't. Which is to say A&M just rolls the best athlete out on the field. This is why Martin can suck there but be good here, so we should want him.
2.) We want Martin with two years of "development" time remaining over some 18 year old MWC kid with five years to develop.
I'm now going to hold my breath until one of you guys figures out why these two arguments are logically contradictory.
Ah, fuck it, I don't want to die: If Martin is so physically talented that we should want him over the "MWC guy," why is he third on the depth (sounds like it was going to get worse with the younger guys coming in, too) on a team that doesn't develop and just rolls out the most talented guy at each position?
And if Washington's relative development prowess is their advantage, why take a guy who has little time left to develop vs. a guy with five years of potential?
Including the '21 class, there are eight scholarship OLB and nine ILB (some with flexibility) on the roster. In '22 the OLB will drop by at least two, but add whoever they bring in that class. Those numbers are juuuust fine. I'll take a '22 OLB with five years to play over a '22 senior who hasn't done shit.
And I don't mind at all giving that scholarship to a walk-on. Typically, walk-ons get scholarships when they earn it on the field. Eleven times out of ten, I take Ulofoshio or Bowman or the starting field goal kicker over A&M's third string junior.
This kind of TBS ball-gargling has 8-5 written all over it. Earn it on the fucking field. This guy didn't; an under-the-radar '22 kid (if that's what it would end up being) at least might. -
I’m hearing that Kyler Murray sucks because he got benched at A&M!
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As a junior? And was he third string and looking like dropping further?backthepack said:I’m hearing that Kyler Murray sucks because he got benched at A&M!
This isn't Kyler Murray, this is Tate Martell.
Edit: Also, Murray didn't get benched. It was the opposite. As a true freshman, he beat out the starter late in the season to finish the season out as the starter. He posted pretty good numbers in three starts as a true freshman. He did shit on the fucking field. -
First of all, to clarify, Martin should have three years of eligibility left given the covid freebie.1to392831weretaken said:So let me unpack the logic here:
1.) Washington can develop players, but A&M can't. Which is to say A&M just rolls the best athlete out on the field. This is why Martin can suck there but be good here, so we should want him.
2.) We want Martin with two years of "development" time remaining over some 18 year old MWC kid with five years to develop.
I'm now going to hold my breath until one of you guys figures out why these two arguments are logically contradictory.
Ah, fuck it, I don't want to die: If Martin is so physically talented that we should want him over the "MWC guy," why is he third on the depth (sounds like it was going to get worse with the younger guys coming in, too) on a team that doesn't develop and just rolls out the most talented guy at each position?
And if Washington's relative development prowess is their advantage, why take a guy who has little time left to develop vs. a guy with five years of potential?
Including the '21 class, there are eight scholarship OLB and nine ILB (some with flexibility) on the roster. In '22 the OLB will drop by at least two, but add whoever they bring in that class. Those numbers are juuuust fine. I'll take a '22 OLB with five years to play over a '22 senior who hasn't done shit.
And I don't mind at all giving that scholarship to a walk-on. Typically, walk-ons get scholarships when they earn it on the field. Eleven times out of ten, I take Ulofoshio or Bowman or the starting field goal kicker over A&M's third string junior.
This kind of TBS ball-gargling has 8-5 written all over it. Earn it on the fucking field. This guy didn't; an under-the-radar '22 kid (if that's what it would end up being) at least might.
Also your take here is just dumb.
1) No one is making this assumption. No one is making any assumptions. What has been borne out time and time again is that some players simply excel with a change of scenery. Amandre Williams and Bryce Sterk are actually good examples of that as they went on and had good careers at MSU. Or look at Milo Eifler if you want a P5 example. There's plenty of precedent of high-ceiling players sucking at their first school and going on to find success elsewhere.
2) We don't want Martin "over" any one player. Your "I take Ulofoshio/Bowman over Martin" example is exceedingly stupid since that's not the tradeoff. I'd also take Jeremiah Martin over Draco Bynum. Which is an equally stupid comparison because it's also not the tradeoff. What matters is that we have the room so fucking get him in. Worry about the numbers later. Not to mention that the numbers appear to be even less of a concern in Jimmy Lake's program since we seemingly don't ever hit the 85 limit anyways without gifting a scholarship to a walk-on.
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I too hate adding big athletic guys to our DL depth! We should be giving those scholarships to walk-on DL instead!1to392831weretaken said:
As a junior? And was he third string and looking like dropping further?backthepack said:I’m hearing that Kyler Murray sucks because he got benched at A&M!
This isn't Kyler Murray, this is Tate Martell.
Edit: Also, Murray didn't get benched. It was the opposite. As a true freshman, he beat out the starter late in the season to finish the season out as the starter. He posted pretty good numbers in three starts as a true freshman. He did shit on the fucking field.
