Kyle Ford, 4* 2019 WR, Anaheim (Servite), CA (Offered 5/21/17)
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Kind of seems like a lot of recruitments we've seen the last few years ...
UW isn't the school that kids thought would be best for them but they find out it checks off all the marks that they are looking for.
However, there's this acceptance period that they all have to go through to get to that point and that includes getting that one last look at the pretty girl that they thought that they'd end up with and realize that it just doesn't complete them the way that UW does.
Still way too much could go either way to the point that it's far from a guarantee that it can be concluded going to UW ... but the commentary is as positive as you can get for someone that is still to take an official to USC. -
The Athletic did a big piece on Ford and his recruitment. This was my favorite part:
Ever since I was a kid, honestly. No matter what it was — video games, in the backyard with my dad — I’d be talking smack. My cousins, to this day, will say, ‘You were talking smack to me in a video game when you were 5 years old.’ So that’s basically what it was. It started there,” he said on this late November day with a large brace on his right leg — the result of a season-ending ACL tear he suffered two months prior — and a Washington Huskies hat on his head.
Basically says he is down to two west coast schools. Tea leaves suggest UW and SC. -
He was a Plan C for Oregon. They moved on.Woof said:The Athletic did a big piece on Ford and his recruitment. This was my favorite part:
Ever since I was a kid, honestly. No matter what it was — video games, in the backyard with my dad — I’d be talking smack. My cousins, to this day, will say, ‘You were talking smack to me in a video game when you were 5 years old.’ So that’s basically what it was. It started there,” he said on this late November day with a large brace on his right leg — the result of a season-ending ACL tear he suffered two months prior — and a Washington Huskies hat on his head.
Basically says he is down to two west coast schools. Tea leaves suggest UW and SC. -
You know you just ruined my day and maybe even the rest of my life right?Woof said:The Athletic did a big piece on Ford and his recruitment. This was my favorite part:
Ever since I was a kid, honestly. No matter what it was — video games, in the backyard with my dad — I’d be talking smack. My cousins, to this day, will say, ‘You were talking smack to me in a video game when you were 5 years old.’ So that’s basically what it was. It started there,” he said on this late November day with a large brace on his right leg — the result of a season-ending ACL tear he suffered two months prior — and a Washington Huskies hat on his head.
Basically says he is down to two west coast schools. Tea leaves suggest UW and SC. -
When talking about what’s important in his decision, playing time and the relationships with people are important, as those are the people he will be spending the next 3 years with.
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We? are fucked. It’ll take him three year just to learn the offense.Thebourbinator said:When talking about what’s important in his decision, playing time and the relationships with people are important, as those are the people he will be spending the next 3 years with.
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We are and have always been and will always be fucked. Fucked. Fucked. Fucked. BUT he said the coaches for the next 3 years are basically your parents. I could say that’s a good thing for us but instead let’s play a game of good parent bad parent.Rubberfist said:
We? are fucked. It’ll take him three year just to learn the offense.Thebourbinator said:When talking about what’s important in his decision, playing time and the relationships with people are important, as those are the people he will be spending the next 3 years with.
Peterman vs Clay “Looks like a Penis” Helton
Bush vs KKKliff
Lubick the Vegan vs A nonexistent coach
And the hardest ones because they look like his actual parents (if you don’t believe me look it up)
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That’s my biggest gripe with Petersen. You’re a college coach, so there are limitations as to how long you can get these players. It takes time for them to fully understand your offense and play at full speed comfortably within it. I forget if it was Harris or someone else that said the offensive gameplay was too complicated against Cal which led to confusion and inability to play without second guessing everything. You can’t count on having 4 year starters in your offense all the time, and need to develop the players physically while also providing them tools to step in be successful when they are called upon to see play time, and part of that is simplifying the offense!Rubberfist said:
We? are fucked. It’ll take him three year just to learn the offense.Thebourbinator said:When talking about what’s important in his decision, playing time and the relationships with people are important, as those are the people he will be spending the next 3 years with.
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I agree with this 100% but I think this notion is a little overblown. I don’t think for a second if playing time is a priority for him that he won’t see the field especially with how physically matured he is. Ty Jones saw the field too much as a true freshman. Ford is one of the best high school route runners I’ve seen. If Aaron Fuller can play as a true freshman than Kyle Ford can easily.Thebourbinator said:
That’s my biggest gripe with Petersen. You’re a college coach, so there are limitations as to how long you can get these players. It takes time for them to fully understand your offense and play at full speed comfortably within it. I forget if it was Harris or someone else that said the offensive gameplay was too complicated against Cal which led to confusion and inability to play without second guessing everything. You can’t count on having 4 year starters in your offense all the time, and need to develop the players physically while also providing them tools to step in be successful when they are called upon to see play time, and part of that is simplifying the offense!Rubberfist said:
We? are fucked. It’ll take him three year just to learn the offense.Thebourbinator said:When talking about what’s important in his decision, playing time and the relationships with people are important, as those are the people he will be spending the next 3 years with.
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This sounds like the Mike Leach playbookThebourbinator said:
That’s my biggest gripe with Petersen. You’re a college coach, so there are limitations as to how long you can get these players. It takes time for them to fully understand your offense and play at full speed comfortably within it. I forget if it was Harris or someone else that said the offensive gameplay was too complicated against Cal which led to confusion and inability to play without second guessing everything. You can’t count on having 4 year starters in your offense all the time, and need to develop the players physically while also providing them tools to step in be successful when they are called upon to see play time, and part of that is simplifying the offense!Rubberfist said:
We? are fucked. It’ll take him three year just to learn the offense.Thebourbinator said:When talking about what’s important in his decision, playing time and the relationships with people are important, as those are the people he will be spending the next 3 years with.
