Priorities for 2017
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I'd expect a class that is roughly the size of this year's class when you factor in transfers, medical retirements, and players leaving early for the NFL
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I'm sure this has been proven false already. Pete would have taken 20 this year if he could have...I can see multiple couches sold this spring , starting with CooperHuskyClaws said:We only have 11 seniors (probably 9 or 10 when the season starts) and are currently at 86 scholarships. So it's safe to assume 10 spots available right now for the 2017 class.
Since I don't expect attrition to be nearly as high under Petersen, I bet we don't take more than 15 guys.
3 OL, 2 WR, 1 QB, 1 DT, and 1 CB (already committed) are guaranteed minimums.
That leaves a maximum of 7 scholarships leftover. We're definitely going to have a couple of positions that we won't be able to address.
The good news is that I expect us to have a couple of 10+ win seasons leading into the 2018 and 2019 classes which should be 20+ scholarships each. -
This year we will finally see some attrition from Pete's recruits, most likely at the d line and cb. Both position groups have a ton of young guys and there won't be enough spots to fit everyone.
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doogsinparadise said:
More beef, fewer white slappies, fewer midgets.
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Agree, but only because there are only 5 Sark recruits left on the that would have a meaningful impact on 2017 if they left this year. The way I figure that is that the 11 seniors have no impact on 2017 since their scholarships will be free by the end of the year and 6/11 of Sark's juniors are starters.bananasnblondes said:This year we will finally see some attrition from Pete's recruits, most likely at the d line and cb. Both position groups have a ton of young guys and there won't be enough spots to fit everyone.
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I hope we don't become pussified if/when we get some good WR's. The scary thing is we know Petersen would prefer to air it out. He likes balance like Sark did. Saban and Meyer aren't getting giddy about the passing game finally overshadowing the run game (actual quote after Arizona). We won't ever hear Petersen say anything about being stubborn with the pass, even though they are certainly stubborn with bubble screens that never work.
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Why do you hate the Lindy package stubbornnessRoadDawg55 said:I hope we don't become pussified if/when we get some good WR's. The scary thing is we know Petersen would prefer to air it out. He likes balance like Sark did. Saban and Meyer aren't getting giddy about the passing game finally overshadowing the run game (actual quote after Arizona). We won't ever hear Petersen say anything about being stubborn with the pass, even though they are certainly stubborn with bubble screens that never work.
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I like to say that Urban Meyer doesn't give a shit about the passing game while blacking out the fact that Urban started Cardale Jones because of his abilities in the passing game ahead of JT Barrett and his obvious advantages in the running game ... that's what I like to do.RoadDawg55 said:I hope we don't become pussified if/when we get some good WR's. The scary thing is we know Petersen would prefer to air it out. He likes balance like Sark did. Saban and Meyer aren't getting giddy about the passing game finally overshadowing the run game (actual quote after Arizona). We won't ever hear Petersen say anything about being stubborn with the pass, even though they are certainly stubborn with bubble screens that never work.
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Saban also gives a shit about his passing game. Way to completely miss the point though.Tequilla said:
I like to say that Urban Meyer doesn't give a shit about the passing game while blacking out the fact that Urban started Cardale Jones because of his abilities in the passing game ahead of JT Barrett and his obvious advantages in the running game ... that's what I like to do.RoadDawg55 said:I hope we don't become pussified if/when we get some good WR's. The scary thing is we know Petersen would prefer to air it out. He likes balance like Sark did. Saban and Meyer aren't getting giddy about the passing game finally overshadowing the run game (actual quote after Arizona). We won't ever hear Petersen say anything about being stubborn with the pass, even though they are certainly stubborn with bubble screens that never work.
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Way to deflect since you know you've stepped in your own shit ...RoadDawg55 said:
Saban also gives a shit about his passing game. Way to completely miss the point though.Tequilla said:
I like to say that Urban Meyer doesn't give a shit about the passing game while blacking out the fact that Urban started Cardale Jones because of his abilities in the passing game ahead of JT Barrett and his obvious advantages in the running game ... that's what I like to do.RoadDawg55 said:I hope we don't become pussified if/when we get some good WR's. The scary thing is we know Petersen would prefer to air it out. He likes balance like Sark did. Saban and Meyer aren't getting giddy about the passing game finally overshadowing the run game (actual quote after Arizona). We won't ever hear Petersen say anything about being stubborn with the pass, even though they are certainly stubborn with bubble screens that never work.
You aren't sold on Petersen so you'll go after any little thing that you can ...
There's plenty of things that you can go after him that are legit on ... but criticizing him for wanting to have balance on offense isn't one of them. As the passing game caught up at the end of the year, the offense was obviously far better.
