Gee Scott Jr, 4* 2020 WR, Bellevue (Eastside Catholic), WA (Offered 6/19)
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That's what UW will imply without any specifics and the Scotts aren't gonna argue. There's no way UW offered without negotiating this beforehand.1to392831weretaken said:
Only if something changed in a way that explains the offer. Otherwise, it just makes the program look hypocritical.GreenRiverGatorz said:
I don't accept for a second that #2 is true. This would absolutely help with optics and relationships.1to392831weretaken said:My assumptions/understanding:
1.) This kid, according to 247FS, is the #2 player in the state, a top-70 player overall in the country, a top-15 receiver in the country, and he's right in UW's backyard. That an offer came this late is not random, "different evaluation," or any of that bullshit. There was something--or somethings--that caused the Washington staff to pass on this kid or he'd have had an offer a year ago.
2.) The lack of offer, justified or not, has stirred up bad blood between UW and Gee and possibly a few other targets. This damage is done and cannot be unseen.
3.) There is a less than 0% chance that he decommits from Ohio State and takes Washington up on their offer.
If all of these things are true, is this offer strategically beneficial? I'm struggling to see the benefit at this point.
Looking at it as ghetto block diagrams:
[reason for lack of offer] [no offer] [conflict with recruits] ---> time ---> [no change] [no offer] ["we're a principled program sticking to our guns"]
[reason for lack of offer] [no offer] [conflict with recruits] ---> time ---> [no change] [offer] ["never mind, we were just kidding about that whole 'OKG' thing"]
[reason for lack of offer] [no offer] [conflict with recruits] ---> time ---> [reason for lack of offer corrected] [offer] ["anybody can be OKG if they're dedicated enough"]
One of those three is not like the other, and it's not a good look to the other 90+% of the prospects that the program is trying to attract with BFL and OKG and all that bullshit. Unfortunately, it's impossible to know which of these three scenarios it is without knowing the source of the original conflict and the (hopefully) resolution to that concern. And I doubt either of these things nuggets are something that the staff is going to be offering up to recruits, hence the struggle to see the benefit of this. -
Huffman is the Scott’s shill. Gee Sr. once tweeted that every recruiting analyst in Washington sucks except Huffman. It’s not a big deal that he reported it.
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He's going to lose twenty pounds, decommit from Ohio, and decide to stay closer to home in South Carolina.
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Smalls' parents are liking every reply to Tracy's tweet defending Savvy's status as the best recruit in state. Though, if their likes on tweeter are anything to go by, his folks remain doogs.Neighbor2972 said:Lmao this is going to be fun
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To Gee Sr: Yo baby, you ever had your asshole licked by a fat man in an overcoat?
To Gee Jr: Please?!? -
you see...that's the thing... recruiting is very fucking complex... there is zero upside to being involved in recruiting b/c it always gets personal for someone. best to just tune in after signing day.fosterworth said:
Smalls' parents are liking every reply to Tracy's tweet defending Savvy's status as the best recruit in state. Though, if their likes on tweeter are anything to go by, his folks remain doogs.Neighbor2972 said:Lmao this is going to be fun
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He's since retweeted Huffman and Ford's tweets.dnc said:I don't take it as good news that Huffman is announcing this rather than Gee Jr or Sr, butt we shall see.
Also put this, probably unrelated, tweet out earlier today:
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Maybe this is much less complicated than we are all making it. UW didn't offer. Feelings were hurt. Something changed. UW offered.
Gee is a fucking baller is all I know and I'd love to see him pissing purple and shitting gold. -
He has steadily improved as a player and matured past the diva stuff. I think both needed to occur for him to earn this offer. He's a team guy now. Nobody's perfect. Sometimes you gotta give a kid some time to figure it out. These are teenagers still growing into their bodies that have rapidly changed in recent years and are also dealing with raging hormones. They are far from finished products and some need more time than others. I love this offer! Petersen has some ballz on him to hold off on offering such a highly rated in-state kid until seeing what he wants to see from him.
