Gee Scott Jr, 4* 2020 WR, Bellevue (Eastside Catholic), WA (Offered 6/19)

is the dad looking for handouts or what is his problem again

lots of football dads are type A personalities but this one seems particularly unhinged. disappointing because his kid is a stud and would make a great player for us in a town that would embrace him and love him the rest of his life

tread lightly, gee

There’s a reason why the saying keep your friends close and your enemies closer exists

Dennis_DeYoung said:

There's a great post on dawgman (rarity, but it happens) detailing the issues with Gee:

Basically his dad hates the UW. Again, this doesn't surprise me as his dad is a loser victim shitball. I'm sure he hates the slow strategy stuff and everything I complain about as 'tone deaf' he takes as a total insult to all black people. I fucking hate Gee Sr. Anyway, Gee Sr is the reason we haven't offered and Gee Jr would be a Dawg if we did (duh). Gee Sr wants his kid to go to SC and Notre Dame because he's a fag.

Anyway, reality or not, AGAIN there is a perception amongst local black people that the UW doesn't like them for whatever reason. AGAIN, this perception was ignored by Pete and seeing Jimmy Lake at Heir yesterday is a good sign that they at least recognize this.

We fucked up the Tre'Shaun recruitment and this shit is going to bite us in the fucking ass if we aren't careful. Do I wish that all parents were normal, rational people? Do I wish that people didn't get sensitive about stupid shit?

Yes.

But the reality is the reality.

We should never lose a big time kid in the area... white people are not really sensitive to this stuff, but trust me... the black community in SEA fucking hates UW. And all this 'we aren't racist, we just love Harleys, hate Rollses and we want kids who do it the right way, and we kicked Marcus Peters and Azeem Victor off the team even though Skinny has an online vid of him passed out on the ground' doesn't help.

It is what it is. Whether we like it or not.

Read this earlier and confirmed with someone I work with who's deeply connected to the Seattle youth/HS football scene.

DoogCourics said:

WeakarmCobra said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Who gives a living shit whether he is nice or mean?

When I was his age I was in jail for robbing people, selling drugs and other general thuggery. I was as much of an asshole as you can imagine.

Still am, in fact.

Let's fucking offer this kid.

I would still offer 17 year old Aaron Hernandez. So what he needed 1 or 6 body bags while at Florida

Didn't commit homicide until after college. Seems legit to me!

Dude you don’t just start killing people execution style, he had practice

Dennis_DeYoung said:

WeakarmCobra said:

DoogCourics said:

WeakarmCobra said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Who gives a living shit whether he is nice or mean?

When I was his age I was in jail for robbing people, selling drugs and other general thuggery. I was as much of an asshole as you can imagine.

Still am, in fact.

Let's fucking offer this kid.

I would still offer 17 year old Aaron Hernandez. So what he needed 1 or 6 body bags while at Florida

Didn't commit homicide until after college. Seems legit to me!

Dude you don’t just start killing people execution style, he had practice

I CARE ABOUT THE GAMES. LET'S WIN THE GAMES.

I pick my friends based on whether they are likely to kill people over stupid bullshit or not. Football players I care about how they play football.

Yup, but it is a bonus when they kill too

Dennis_DeYoung said:

WeakarmCobra said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

WeakarmCobra said:

DoogCourics said:

WeakarmCobra said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Who gives a living shit whether he is nice or mean?

When I was his age I was in jail for robbing people, selling drugs and other general thuggery. I was as much of an asshole as you can imagine.

Still am, in fact.

Let's fucking offer this kid.

I would still offer 17 year old Aaron Hernandez. So what he needed 1 or 6 body bags while at Florida

Didn't commit homicide until after college. Seems legit to me!

Dude you don’t just start killing people execution style, he had practice

I CARE ABOUT THE GAMES. LET'S WIN THE GAMES.

I pick my friends based on whether they are likely to kill people over stupid bullshit or not. Football players I care about how they play football.

Yup, but it is a bonus when they kill too

Are you new here? Goes without saying.

Knew hear*

DDY and I had a solid discussion on the topic of UW’s perception amongst the AA community in Seattle and the angles to it are really interesting when you think about it

The perception is that UW is elitist and out of touch ...

UW IS ELITIST ... and guess what, THEY SHOULD BE given the quality of the University, it’s standing, etc. As an alum, you should want UW to have a high standing because it has implications on your perceived quality ... the whole guilty by association thing. It’s also why we look down at Wazzu and Oregon because they are everything that we aren’t (small bs big town, strong academics vs piss poor, party vs commuter schools, etc)

For those that don’t identify with UW, UW feels as distant to them as Stanford or the Ivy League. It’s not fast vs slow strategy per se, but it’s just different perceptions, etc

The beauty of Pete and OKGs is that it perfectly aligns to what UW is. We’re essentially recruiting individuals that will thrive at UW.

The challenge that Pete will face going forward is how to incorporate guys that don’t look like the cookie cutter OKG but have the elite talent needed to win. And in saying this, that’s not just from a player perspective but what comes with them from a family perspective.

From the sounds of it if you buy the rumors, it sounds like Jr understands what is expected at UW and is aggressively pursuing an offer. You could argue that going to UW may unlock even more potential in Jr as he merged the fast and slow strategy (always best when you combine the best elements of both). But Sr is very clearly fast strategy as fuck and has haterade in his blood. Can Pete and those that help to mitigate these types of situations get Sr to calm down enough for Jr to earn his coveted offer? Or does Sr continue to project and try to live his life through his son like many fathers can fall into a trap of doing?

As with all of this stuff, go too far in one direction and you open yourself up as UW has very likely done at a pretty decent level. On the other, it’s also a strategy that has resulted in strong performance both on/off the field. It’s all about finding that balance and constantly working on strengthening your weakness while highlighting and cultivating its strengths.

Quietcowskee said:

It’s funny that Grinolds’ initial criticism of Pete’s ability to recruit “guys with an edge” was actually spot on.

Or just an “edge” player. S/O to @Passion ..., where ya at my edge loving negha!!!

WeakarmCobra said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

WeakarmCobra said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

WeakarmCobra said:

DoogCourics said:

WeakarmCobra said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Who gives a living shit whether he is nice or mean?

When I was his age I was in jail for robbing people, selling drugs and other general thuggery. I was as much of an asshole as you can imagine.

Still am, in fact.

Let's fucking offer this kid.

I would still offer 17 year old Aaron Hernandez. So what he needed 1 or 6 body bags while at Florida

Didn't commit homicide until after college. Seems legit to me!

Dude you don’t just start killing people execution style, he had practice

I CARE ABOUT THE GAMES. LET'S WIN THE GAMES.

I pick my friends based on whether they are likely to kill people over stupid bullshit or not. Football players I care about how they play football.

Yup, but it is a bonus when they kill too

Are you new here? Goes without saying.

Knew hear*

*gnu here