The House of Blue

I don't know why Todd is so certain this kid is being recruited to play the Sam in our scheme. Todd, you make a lot of posts about certain subjects (scheme, film, position etc.) as if they were fact, when it's not clear to any of us what position he's been offered (if he has a committable offer) to play at UK.

If his listed speed is correct, it's just as likely he's been offered to play Safety.

And as Josh said, low rankings can be (but aren't always) a function of lack of evaluation rather than a lack of talent. He may not have camped, or may not have started until his senior year. There may not be a ton of film on this kid outside of what sits in his coaches' offices.

Here's the deal, if this kid has an offer and commits, he has done so after evaluation by the UK coaches at camp or after film study. Their evaluation is that he is a player. Rivals, Scout, ESPN, and 247 have done virtually no evaluation on this kid (or Meyers, or Boynton, for that matter) and yet you're willing to take the word over a group of non-coaches who have not evaluated the kid over a group of professional coaches that have.

He didn't camp at uk.

Agreed. I know they can make mistakes, but I trust our coaches evaluations. I just can't see them making a big reach this early when scholly's are so limited. Especially a reach that is based soley on trying to get other kids commitments. If our staff gave him a commitable offer, they believe he can play at this level, and they are in a much better position to know than us.

You are 100% dead on but when you watch this kid on film do you really think he looks like a Miles Nash, Rayfield Dixon??? I do not. Dixon is much better. Nash is WAY better. I'm sorry but I don't see it. Dixon is quick, plays strong and has a great motor. Also a much better build... Man I do not see it, I wish I could... Go watch Rayfields video and compare it to this kid, it's not even close...

Dixon and Nash play different positions. Battle is projected to play safety. Both Nash and Dixon are projected to play OLB. This comparison doesn't work on any level.

Todd, at a certain point you have to accept that no-one values your talent evaluation abilities or predictions for positions above those of actual football coaches. Especially not when you start assigning positions to potential players who will clearly play different positions. I get that you like Bloomfield, Dawkins, and Canady as football players, but your assessment of their abilities is not as important to fans as that of coaches and the evaluation services.

Mike Cassity is recruiting Battle. Whether he has seen him in in camp (which Minter says is not the case), in person on a visit (which I believe happened), or on tape, Cassity is in a much better position to evaluate his talent level and projected position than you are.

I will trust Coach Cassity and Coach Minter on this one IMO they know what they need to make our D work the way they want it to. They had to have seen something they liked about him or no way would he have a committable offer. Surly

Guys, a 2 star/ borderline 3 star in Florida is still better than a 3 star in Kentucky. All day. I don't think those who have lived in Kentucky their entire lives realize just how different of a world it is down here. As a born and raised 26 year vet of the state having watched over a decade of high school football in numerous counties, I can tell you that the top 200 best players in florida are as good as the top 5 in Kentucky. The next 200 are as good as the next 25 best players in Kentucky. Fact of the matter is, Louisville has sent more players to the NFL because they recruited Florida harder than Kentucky. It was a mistake on our part that we never found the right recruiters for the area, and it is something that I have not understood for decades. That has been righted.

A note on Battle - he played backup quarterback for the majority of his football life, and just switched to defense in his junior year. He had never worked out in the weight room for defense, but is now. He's 6'3" and has a great athletic base. It's a projection, no doubt, but the coaching staff saw something. I'll trust that something.

And that's the type of kid Joker likes. Good kid that can play some football.

Just saw on twitter that Internicola committed to Rutgers; but if he can get the others, that's still a good haul.

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Did Internicola commit somewhere today?

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I was hoping this commit would land us his two fairly highly rated teammates Moore and Internicola. Now I'm not even sure why those two were mentioned coming to school with him since they both look to be committed or committing elsewhere the day after. I love this kids size for the safety position though. I hope he's sort of like Roark in that he loves contact. We might have seen with Roark a body type with a type of mentality that really fit what Minter wants in a safety. Neloms is kind of similar to that as well. I guess it remains to be seen if this kid has the mentality.