Nick Ford (2017, OL, Cali) Offered
RARE HUMAN. I love this kid as we discussed a few weeks ago. Hope it's not too late with him.
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Yess
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Well if we have offered him 18 times we must be serious
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I must admit I am confused about why he wasn't offered sooner. Unlike most OL prospects, he has versatility. He looks like he has the potential to be a decent DT as well. Not on the level that our top targets are, but that still has some option value. Most OLs who don't pan out aren't capable of contributing anywhere else. This guy is.
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Hopefully this finally kills all the Foster hope
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Strong, plays with some hate in his heart. Guard?
Not the best offer list.
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Nick-Ford-96310/RecruitInterests -
His offer list is generally low end Pac-12 and below. Having only watched his highlights, I don't really see why he isn't a bit better regarded than that.GrundleStiltzkin said:Strong, plays with some hate in his heart. Guard?
Not the best offer list.
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Nick-Ford-96310/RecruitInterests
If this was a typical late Sark offer, I'd assume the guy has terrible grades, a shit attitude, or takes tons of plays off. Or all of the above! But Petersen doesn't offer guys like that. So I am a bit nonplussed. -
There is some risk in taking a raw athlete like this who is new to the position. Devon Burleson was a similar situation, albeit less polished than Ford. This kid has a ton of athleticism, which you can't teach. The things he needs work on are teachable things, which is Strausse's area of strengthAIRWOLF said:I must admit I am confused about why he wasn't offered sooner. Unlike most OL prospects, he has versatility. He looks like he has the potential to be a decent DT as well. Not on the level that our top targets are, but that still has some option value. Most OLs who don't pan out aren't capable of contributing anywhere else. This guy is.
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He has nice quickness for OL, might a little slow for defense and pad level is a little high.AIRWOLF said:I must admit I am confused about why he wasn't offered sooner. Unlike most OL prospects, he has versatility. He looks like he has the potential to be a decent DT as well. Not on the level that our top targets are, but that still has some option value. Most OLs who don't pan out aren't capable of contributing anywhere else. This guy is.
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One thing to remember is that as a junior he was like 6-2 and sucked. He's grown really quickly.AIRWOLF said:
His offer list is generally low end Pac-12 and below. Having only watched his highlights, I don't really see why he isn't a bit better regarded than that.GrundleStiltzkin said:Strong, plays with some hate in his heart. Guard?
Not the best offer list.
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Nick-Ford-96310/RecruitInterests
If this was a typical late Sark offer, I'd assume the guy has terrible grades, a shit attitude, or takes tons of plays off. Or all of the above! But Petersen doesn't offer guys like that. So I am a bit nonplussed.
I fucking love him.
I think if you are just going on senior tape, he's a 4-star kid.
Unlike our buttfucked OL recruiting, though, a lot of top tier P12 schools had a bunch of great players they were on or had committed prior to the season.
Would I rather have the class we SHOULD'VE had? Fozzy, AVT and Henry? Of course.
But these aren't fucking Coleman Shelton asswipes. These are the kind of kids big time schools take when they don't get their front line guys: rare humans with rare physical ability.
If we can coach worth a shit on the OL (we probably can) guys like Norgaard and Ford hit more often than miss and people are like "where the fuck did this guy come from?" -
Per BBK and Nick Harris, if you fucking love Ford, that means I should fucking hate him.
Ok I kid, I kid.
Reading between the lines with some of these offers, it sounds like Vea is probably gone too.Dennis_DeYoung said:
One thing to remember is that as a junior he was like 6-2 and sucked. He's grown really quickly.AIRWOLF said:
His offer list is generally low end Pac-12 and below. Having only watched his highlights, I don't really see why he isn't a bit better regarded than that.GrundleStiltzkin said:Strong, plays with some hate in his heart. Guard?
Not the best offer list.
http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Nick-Ford-96310/RecruitInterests
If this was a typical late Sark offer, I'd assume the guy has terrible grades, a shit attitude, or takes tons of plays off. Or all of the above! But Petersen doesn't offer guys like that. So I am a bit nonplussed.
I fucking love him.
I think if you are just going on senior tape, he's a 4-star kid.
Unlike our buttfucked OL recruiting, though, a lot of top tier P12 schools had a bunch of great players they were on or had committed prior to the season.
Would I rather have the class we SHOULD'VE had? Fozzy, AVT and Henry? Of course.
But these aren't fucking Coleman Shelton asswipes. These are the kind of kids big time schools take when they don't get their front line guys: rare humans with rare physical ability.
If we can coach worth a shit on the OL (we probably can) guys like Norgaard and Ford hit more often than miss and people are like "where the fuck did this guy come from?"
