4 star portal RB coming to town!!
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EJ Barthell was hired November 29, 2022. Ajay Allen left April 30, 2023....
Former players who watched practice said Ajay was half assing practice. Good back who for whatever reason got his panties in a wad.
That's what I heard. Also heard that AA didn't like EJ calling him out during drills. Not saying its true, just what I heard/read.
Hope it goes well. IMO, RB was the biggest shortcoming in this years recruiting/portal class.
What is a coach supposed to do? Let him give half effort and never say anything? Ajay here for Applewhite and nothing else.
If the coach wants any credibility in his room he's gotta call out any slacking.
One season, I had two good players, really good, and I let them slack and miss practices when they were "hurt" because I needed them for the games.
It ruined the season for me, I hated it and we sucked that year.
Who was the big RB we had who transferred to Montana or Montana State. We couldn’t tackle him in the spring game but he never played so he left. Similar size and speed.
My guess is PT. He was the two time Mississippi HS POY and ran for almost 5K in those two seasons. He probably thought he would come in and start and I’m sure Oregon promised him the moon to get him.
Why does anyone leave anything?
They are either sick of it, bored with it, or think there is something better out there.
They are either sick of it, bored with it, or think there is something better out there.
Left metaphorically. He went thru the motions in spring ball then left.
Depth chart. I think think they burned his redshirt too as a frosh (not sure if that factored in)
Ok. So he was not good enough to beat out those ahead of him on the depth chart. This is what I wanted to know. His high ranking out of high school may not have panned-out on the college level.
Don't know for sure but it appears that way. Oregon has a better RB room than we do currently.
True freshman last year. He and the other true freshman both had very similar number of touches and yards. Jr, soph, jr ahead of them
Knows Malcolm Hartzog too fwiw
So climbing uphill against talented veterans and with another talented freshman. He might be really good then but wants a clearer path to being the top dog in the RB room. Good to know
Oregon is loaded. Anybody who plays at all for them is talented.
The last RB we got from Miss was pretty damn good.....Brandon Jackson.
Looks pretty quick and moves well for a big RB.
As I mentioned in another thread, if people spend all their time hating on Satterfield and Coach Raiola, it prevents them from taking a hard look at the running back recruiting/coaching. After this year the assistant coach's two year contracts are due. I know Barthel has been with Rhule a long time. But if Rhule truly believes he owes winning football to people in Ainsworth and elsewhere who put their trust in him....it may be time to get a better RB coach.
To be fair, we had some awful RB injuries and he got a redshirt freshman playing at a pretty high level. He had Lacy committed and we lost him to the SEC. Our failing to get bowl eligible made it pretty easy to negatively recruit against us. After Lacey decommitted they didn’t have a plan B they felt was an upgrade to the room so they decided to go after a portal guy.
In this run he reminded me a ton of DeWayne McBride the UAB back that Minnesota drafted in round 7. He was a great college back. Just not quite enough juice for the next level.
This guy's HS film looks really good. He's not as proven as some of the other RB's in the portal and not exactly easy to see where his ceiling actually is at this point. If he comes here, I think he plays a bunch. Not sure if he'd be our best back or not... If you wanted to know my opinion, you could have just asked.
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He was a true freshman. Any true freshman that gets playing time and contributes, let alone on a top 10 team, is a positive sign.
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Correll Buckholter was another.
I don't need to know your opinion. You're a pompous ass and you've laid down the posts to prove it.
Random thought-
pretty sure it was Tre Bryant (but maybe someone else?) put out his highlight film and his first play was showing pass protection. Coach Riley was instantly smitten over that, and I’d have to agree it would show a HS kid who “gets it.”
Too bad Tre’s career didn’t work out.
*I tried to look up Tre’s hudl film and they got junior highlights on lockdown.
pretty sure it was Tre Bryant (but maybe someone else?) put out his highlight film and his first play was showing pass protection. Coach Riley was instantly smitten over that, and I’d have to agree it would show a HS kid who “gets it.”
Too bad Tre’s career didn’t work out.
*I tried to look up Tre’s hudl film and they got junior highlights on lockdown.
Agree on Tre's career not working out. Tre was a warrior. He was hurt a lot and still played. Respected the hell out of him and Rahmir reminds me of him a lot.
Explain in the post where I was a pompous ass? I'd like to know if you have evidence.
Grrrrrrr. Why do I fall for this EVERY time?!!!!>>>>>!!!!
Maybe when you said you knew more than everyone else on the board?
First thing that came to mind. Fumbles? Curious enough to check H.S. stats. Jr./ Sr. Years, 28 games played, 662 carries, 9 fumbles, 5 lost. That's 1 fumble every 3 games, 1 lost possession every 5.5 games. That's where I start and end after last season and everybody else can take it from there. Hope those numbers hold in college if he ends up here. Maybe better would be nice too.
