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  1. 11 minutes ago, mantis toboggan said:

    Based on Miller’s quick acceptance after the visit and a  inside poster on here saying it’s always been Texas #1 for Miller i am convinced we could have had him whenever we wanted. Waiting for Gatson tells me they had him higher. 
     

    in short to your comment, which is generally true, in this case there was no risk of losing miller has t dad wanted him. 

    Last sentence is jacked up and can’t edit. 
     

    mean to say - no risk of losing Miller.  Can’t recall if the gibberish after that. 

  2. 15 minutes ago, Getafix said:

     

    Based on $9.95ers and people on here, here's how I believe things stood and events transpire.

    Board:

    1. Blue

    2. Miller

    3. Gatson

    4. Jones

    (Citizen likely in the vicinity of Miller, but let's not worry about him.)

    Sequence of events:

    1. Blue committed.

    2. Conversations stalled with Miller (likely influenced by Bama's professed interest in him, and his not wanting to settle for a "#2 RB" spot at Texas).  

    3.  We moved to Gatson, and thought he was jumping on board.

    4.  We told Jones we were done (because we had Gatson). 

    5. Except we didn't have Gatson;  he committed to USC.

    6. So at this point = we had Blue, weren't talking to Miller, had "missed" on Gatson, and had told Jones to move on.

    7. So for our second RB spot, we would need to identify #5 on our board.  And there were names being throw around.

    8. Meanwhile, Drayton and Sark decided to give it one more shot with Miller.  He was interested.  And here we are.

     

    So ... did we "miss" on Gatson?  Sure.  Did we have Miller rated higher?  Sure.

    Q.E.D.

     

     

     

     

    Good post and all could be correct. My issue is with point 2. He is obviously fine being rb2 in this class. Also not sure how the Alabama other rb commits play in time wise. But as stated above from another poster in here ( see Miller commit thread) Texas has always been miller’s first choice. 
     

    again we all hate on ketch and other 9.95ers. He is a harm to the program and a total shit head but that doesn’t mean what he is reporting (that they had gatson higher on the board) wrong.
     

    anyway this is my last post on the matter. Appreciate the counter points. 

  3. 15 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

    Ok, last thing (as long as we agree on #2, because that was the point in the first place). 

    I don’t know about this situation specifically but you have to balance a lot of shit in recruiting and a lot of it is outside of your control. If a player is setting their own timeline and you’ve identified him as a take you might have to accept their commitment when you can get it. Maybe that means missing on a different player you’d rather have because you are skeptical about how good your chances are of actually closing once he’s ready. Is that guy good enough to wait on and risk it? What are your options if you let it ride and miss on both of them? There are a lot of moving parts and it’s more complicated than “I took playerA’s verbal in June because he’s the top player on the board”.  

    Based on Miller’s quick acceptance after the visit and a  inside poster on here saying it’s always been Texas #1 for Miller i am convinced we could have had him whenever we wanted. Waiting for Gatson tells me they had him higher. 
     

    in short to your comment, which is generally true, in this case there was no risk of losing miller has t dad wanted him. 

  4. I think it’s pretty clear that had they not been misinformed about Gatson being on board Miller would have never made it in. I’m not sure how that can be interpreted any other way than they prioritized Gatson over Miller. 

    yes Westcott is a cunt
     

     

  5. 15 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    Not to give Wescott any credit (broken clock), but Gerry confirmed the Gatson stuff, by the way. Someone on the staff (not Drayton) erroneously thought we were getting Gatson and told Sark/Flood he was in. The staff managed to turn around the mistake in an impressive way.

    @UncleSonny

  6. Care to share the other narratives that the timeline support?  
     

    going occam's razor on this one. 
     

    and just saw your latest post on offer and re offer. Agreed that would be in Miller’s court. 

  7. 5 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

    Oh well if Ketch and Wescott said it. Any word from Looch or Finebaum? 

    I don't know if anybody specifically knows Drayton's board but it's pretty universal consensus that Miller is a better prospect than Gatson.

    Thanks for those facts. 

    Wouldn’t bringing Gaston in first and offering and waiting for him to commit before you bring in Miller tell you who is higher on the board?

     

    and to be clear I don’t care one way or the other. Absolutely thrilled with the Miller commit. Just saying that the timeline supports the narrative that Texas /draytons first choice was Gatson. 

     

  8. 13 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    "After missing on De'Anthony Gatson"

     

    It’s a plausible narrative and from what I can tell mostly likely correct. Fat Ketch (also a shit stain) says the same. If you have other facts please share.

    Have heard Gatson was higher on draytons rb board as well  

    What is clear from the outside is that after the Gatson visit to Austin many had him as a silent commit. Jones told we are full. TCU buddy transfers to USC and Gatson also visits out west. Carrington and USC are all very confident of a recruiting victory and a commitment date is set. Announcement does not go Texas’ way and we immediately bring in Miller for a visit and he commits right after. 
     
     

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  9. 3 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    It's the closest they get to a bluechip/national championship halo effect.

    Also he still has a national rep as a QB whisperer for some reason.

    Honest question here. Mond seemed to improve. 3rd round pick, 66 overall for him surprised me, still. Any credit due to cuck face deserved for this?

  10. 20 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Both guys are human garbage. Liucci runs a corrupt extension of the ATM athletic department. He's a propagandist that would make Joseph Goebbels proud. Geoff Ketchum has done more damage to UT athletics than anyone this side of Chris Plonsky and Steve Patterson over the last 20 years. 

    Any examples you would like to share? I imagine this goes beyond publishing info that should stay silent for the time being such as a commit or coaching hire.

  11. 24 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    Dustin's leaving?  Where is he going?  Probably the only guy on that site that has integrity. Ketch will never admit it now, but he's a sjw who has been miserable ever since charlie showed how awful he was.  Doesn't care whether we win or lose, it's just a cash cow for him.

    “Five Tool, one of the premier baseball outlets in the country and one of the biggest brands in amateur baseball” per his goodbye column. 

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