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Tuli and Gaines
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If we are lucky enough to score the commitment of Tuli this next week the DL room goes from a position of "meh" to a position of optimism. Greg Gaines helped to make this all possible by coming back for his fifth year. With his decision to return we may have enough depth to redshirt both Taki and Tuli. GG as a redshirt freshman was a revelation after a year of technique building and Rhino Cum and I would expect the same from the Twin T's. Barring injuries we could go with a rotation of GG, Levi, JJ, RBowman, Bronson and JP next year. Would that be elite/ideal? No. Would the Twin T's help talent and depth next year? Yes, absolutely. But I feel that with our last year of Browning running the show you bite the bullet, stock pile your talent, take your 9-11 win year and prepare for a bright future with the winner of our QB competition in 2019.
If we are lucky enough to score the commitment of Tuli this next week the DL room goes from a position of "meh" to a position of optimism. Greg Gaines helped to make this all possible by coming back for his fifth year. With his decision to return we may have enough depth to redshirt both Taki and Tuli. GG as a redshirt freshman was a revelation after a year of technique building and Rhino Cum and I would expect the same from the Twin T's. Barring injuries we could go with a rotation of GG, Levi, JJ, RBowman, Bronson and JP next year. Would that be elite/ideal? No. Would the Twin T's help talent and depth next year? Yes, absolutely. But I feel that with our last year of Browning running the show you bite the bullet, stock pile your talent, take your 9-11 win year and prepare for a bright future with the winner of our QB competition in 2019.
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After next year Gaines, Johnson, and Bowman are all gone which means you only have Levi, a couple of walk-ons/try-hards (hopefully Bronson becomes a contributor and maybe Potoa'e moves inside), and the guys coming in this year (along with any true freshman) for 2019. That is WAY too thin on the DL...you have to get at least Taimani and Tuli PT in 2018 just to get them ready because they will be heavily depended on the following year. Liu and Bynum will both need a couple years before they can be counted on.
And lets hope Levi doesn't go too nuts to the point he could go pro early...
2019 DL class could be crazy chinteresting as well.
I'm guessing Tuli would play but if we had a fortunate year injury wise I could see him redshirting too.
With Tuli, best case scenario for Taimani is he's on the Levi path. Redshirt year, solid contributor as a RS Frosh, major contributor/possible starter as RS Soph.
If you're expecting him to be a starter by 2019 I think you're going to be disappointed. If he is a starter in 2019 you're going to be very disappointed. He's super raw for the position.
This is why Tremblay would have been a perfect fit. Gaines coming back basically bought us one more year of solid DL depth and shrunk the scary window from two years to one, but 2019 is still going to be scary at DL unless Bronson is legit or we can find a JUCO who can play right away.
2020 and beyond look very good.
I think you're overrating the significance of scrimmage mop-up experience especially for DT/NT. More important is getting them physically ready. Mentally it is the least complicated position on the field.
The mop up is only a small part of it...its the practice repetitions when you are in the 2-deeps that makes the biggest difference. Its why if you have somebody you are going to be counting on (starting or first guy off the bench) in year 2 you would like to get them as much experience in year 1 as possible.
Either way it will be chinteresting...
But no, Levi isn't leaving earlier than Vea did.
More than enough talent at that position to think that the drop off in production with Vita leaving isn’t going to be huge.
But even if you say he is a co-starter same difference. And he will only be a rs-soph.
I suppose it's possible he leaves after 2019- who knows that is a long ways away.
Go look at the depth after next year...on the DL ignoring this class it literally is only:
Levi (4*)
Josiah Bronson (walkon)
Jason Scrempos (medically retiring soon?)
Jared Pulu (walkon)
Maybe Potoa'e moves over, but that is still incredibly thin for a group we played 6 deep this year. Tuli and Taimani are both playing a ton in 2019 (unless you think Liu and Bynum are passing them up)...redshirting them knowing you are going to depend on them the next year just seems nuts to me.
Plus playing them allows you to balance your roster out classwise...if you redshirt them along with Liu and Bynum and you have 4 guys in the same class in basically the same position.