Cooper McDonald, 2020 3* LB, Justin (Northwest), TX (Committed)
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The coaches should have waited to see his Senior film before taking his commitment.DoogCourics said:
I’m willing to LIPO and withhold judgment until after the senior season hudl comes out.Swaye said:Also, not impressed. It's July and we are taking some try hard from Texas? I'm fine with this offer in November when all the top guys have told the dynamic duo of Kwat and Shitbird to fuck off, but Plan B guys in July is a bad look. At least it's not Plan C? FML
Herbig and Botelho were major fuck ups. We? got beat out for guys that should have been easy gets. Let’s just get that out of the way first and foremost.
As for this kid, his ranking doesn’t bother me. I think it’s actually pretty low and Wiltfong mentioned it should be higher. Likely .85 or .86. That would be right in line with Ah You and Tuputala, who we all love. The ranking doesn’t mean shit. The tape does.
His Junior tape isn’t amazing. But he has good size that matches what has been recruited at ILB the last two classes with guys like Sirmon/Calvert/Tuputala/Heimuli, hits like a truck and dudes go down quick, he has decent quickness and speed, and has a nose for turnovers and takes them to the house when he gets them.
This is not Clemson and Bama Level. Obviously. I wanted Herbig and Botelho. I want Smalls and Banks. But this kid was identified early. He committed the July before his Senior year, not January after it.
We didn’t hate Tafisi, Tuputala, or Ah You because their ranking sucked.
I’m waiting until his senior film comes out. If he hasn’t improved or doesn’t wow me, I’ll shit on him then. -
They offered him forever ago. Whatever they saw, they liked enough to offer along with a handful of high ranked 4 star guys. He is a pretty extreme outlier in terms of our OLB offers. We'll see if it was the right call.StrongArmCobra said:
The coaches should have waited to see his Senior film before taking his commitment.DoogCourics said:
I’m willing to LIPO and withhold judgment until after the senior season hudl comes out.Swaye said:Also, not impressed. It's July and we are taking some try hard from Texas? I'm fine with this offer in November when all the top guys have told the dynamic duo of Kwat and Shitbird to fuck off, but Plan B guys in July is a bad look. At least it's not Plan C? FML
Herbig and Botelho were major fuck ups. We? got beat out for guys that should have been easy gets. Let’s just get that out of the way first and foremost.
As for this kid, his ranking doesn’t bother me. I think it’s actually pretty low and Wiltfong mentioned it should be higher. Likely .85 or .86. That would be right in line with Ah You and Tuputala, who we all love. The ranking doesn’t mean shit. The tape does.
His Junior tape isn’t amazing. But he has good size that matches what has been recruited at ILB the last two classes with guys like Sirmon/Calvert/Tuputala/Heimuli, hits like a truck and dudes go down quick, he has decent quickness and speed, and has a nose for turnovers and takes them to the house when he gets them.
This is not Clemson and Bama Level. Obviously. I wanted Herbig and Botelho. I want Smalls and Banks. But this kid was identified early. He committed the July before his Senior year, not January after it.
We didn’t hate Tafisi, Tuputala, or Ah You because their ranking sucked.
I’m waiting until his senior film comes out. If he hasn’t improved or doesn’t wow me, I’ll shit on him then. -
The doogs are out to play. Grade on process. Not on “stars”. We had two guys higher than him who had been on campus with a teammate coming here. They committed to Midwest schools without giving UDUB an official visit. This kid isn’t as good as those kids and those kids weren’t as hard to land as Elias Ricks, Kelee Ringo, etc.NLdawg said:
Tiring, isn’t it? Slow strategy white kid from Texas with less than 4 stars next to his name. Therefore we hate him.CallMeBigErn said:
Way to toe that party line. Don't think you strayed an inch.Beno4Life said:
What's Gregory's contract status? Someone mentioned on Twitter replacing him with Gerald Alexander. Talk about a boner. Can he coach special teams?Fear_Boner said:Too much “but he’s a bigger BBK” talk. I hated BBK for a long time. We need to address the @LaMichael_Corleone question directly on EVERY recruit: Will this kid level up the program so we can beat the elite? This God fearing kid ain’t McMillan or Murao. We need to ditch Gregory and replace him with someone who can do better (and make K better).
God I hope he and Paopap and Boner get canned sooner than later.
“Did you fuck the two hot chicks you were talking with at the club?”
“No but wait till you see the third option that I met a few weeks later. She’s not as hot but her personality is so chill” - Losers. -
Kid is a dawg now so will support him, hopefully coaches get their shit together on a recruiting trail
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I hate myself and want to die, so today's level of TBS angst is very comforting.
Not going to talk about his talent level, as it seems like others have it more than covered. I'll LIPO I guess. Good for you, Cooper.
I'd be interested to see, if he blows up his senior year and TX schools or OU come sniffing around, if Pete could hold onto him. Typically these kids seem to just flirt with us until, say, UT offers, but Pete has fewer decommits than just about everyone but Dabo. IWIWBI
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If we're gonna bash fucking the third option I'm out.LaMichael_Corleone said:
The doogs are out to play. Grade on process. Not on “stars”. We had two guys higher than him who had been on campus with a teammate coming here. They committed to Midwest schools without giving UDUB an official visit. This kid isn’t as good as those kids and those kids weren’t as hard to land as Elias Ricks, Kelee Ringo, etc.NLdawg said:
Tiring, isn’t it? Slow strategy white kid from Texas with less than 4 stars next to his name. Therefore we hate him.CallMeBigErn said:
Way to toe that party line. Don't think you strayed an inch.Beno4Life said:
What's Gregory's contract status? Someone mentioned on Twitter replacing him with Gerald Alexander. Talk about a boner. Can he coach special teams?Fear_Boner said:Too much “but he’s a bigger BBK” talk. I hated BBK for a long time. We need to address the @LaMichael_Corleone question directly on EVERY recruit: Will this kid level up the program so we can beat the elite? This God fearing kid ain’t McMillan or Murao. We need to ditch Gregory and replace him with someone who can do better (and make K better).
God I hope he and Paopap and Boner get canned sooner than later.
“Did you fuck the two hot chicks you were talking with at the club?”
“No but wait till you see the third option that I met a few weeks later. She’s not as hot but her personality is so chill” - Losers. -
He's going to be playing ILB for his high school senior year.
https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/prep-football/article233059372.html -
Lake called plays in the Fiesta Bowl and called them all last year... This doesn't make sense.guntlove said:Kwat is an evil genius coordinator who is fucking drowning in recruiting. Drowning. And for whatever reason, Pete seems content to just watch him gurgle. Super frustrating, considering we couldn't get off the field on third down in the Fiesta Bowl, then had to watch Haskins throw all over us in the Rose Bowl. We need a fucking pass rush.
Gregory and Kwat have been atrocious in recruiting this year... it will continue to hold us back until Pete decides to do something about it.
Also, the sack rate was good until last season. 1 bad (and it was bad) season in 5. -
It's been bad since Kikaha left.TacoSoup said:
Lake called plays in the Fiesta Bowl and called them all last year... This doesn't make sense.guntlove said:Kwat is an evil genius coordinator who is fucking drowning in recruiting. Drowning. And for whatever reason, Pete seems content to just watch him gurgle. Super frustrating, considering we couldn't get off the field on third down in the Fiesta Bowl, then had to watch Haskins throw all over us in the Rose Bowl. We need a fucking pass rush.
Gregory and Kwat have been atrocious in recruiting this year... it will continue to hold us back until Pete decides to do something about it.
Also, the sack rate was good until last season. 1 bad (and it was bad) season in 5. -
Let’s call a spade a spade here. We followed the process. We targeted botehlo and herbig. We whiffed and that should be harshly evaluated and criticized. The process dictated pursuit of the next guys on the board. McDonald fell in that slot. We targeted him, crooted him, got him. That’s the process, that’s what we’ve always done under Pete.LaMichael_Corleone said:
The doogs are out to play. Grade on process. Not on “stars”. We had two guys higher than him who had been on campus with a teammate coming here. They committed to Midwest schools without giving UDUB an official visit. This kid isn’t as good as those kids and those kids weren’t as hard to land as Elias Ricks, Kelee Ringo, etc.NLdawg said:
Tiring, isn’t it? Slow strategy white kid from Texas with less than 4 stars next to his name. Therefore we hate him.CallMeBigErn said:
Way to toe that party line. Don't think you strayed an inch.Beno4Life said:
What's Gregory's contract status? Someone mentioned on Twitter replacing him with Gerald Alexander. Talk about a boner. Can he coach special teams?Fear_Boner said:Too much “but he’s a bigger BBK” talk. I hated BBK for a long time. We need to address the @LaMichael_Corleone question directly on EVERY recruit: Will this kid level up the program so we can beat the elite? This God fearing kid ain’t McMillan or Murao. We need to ditch Gregory and replace him with someone who can do better (and make K better).
God I hope he and Paopap and Boner get canned sooner than later.
“Did you fuck the two hot chicks you were talking with at the club?”
“No but wait till you see the third option that I met a few weeks later. She’s not as hot but her personality is so chill” - Losers.
If you think the kid isn’t good and not worthy of an offer, fine. Just say that and time will tell. Otherwise, let’s not create straw man arguments about process and timing when, in fact, the process was followed to a T, albeit without the top end results we wanted.
