I think that both Austin Wilson and Mitch Kimble are going to have to prove themselves, and what's great is that they both will get that opportunity. I fully understood the hype we created for Zach Allen because he was doing his thing against some of the best competition in the country. It's just so tough for any of us to project Wilson & Kimble onto the college scene.
Obviously both past and present coaching felt the need for another QB. If we are to trust their instincts on this, then whether or not we are talking about AW or MK, does it really matter? Otherwise, since this is a relatively small class, they would have just stayed with AW. Does that mean MK is the man, no. AW, the same answer, no. MK is getting a little love for one simple reason, he came out of no where in our recruiting at a time we needed a break, and then he got a boost in ratings. I don't take this as a knock on AW at all, but a pat on the back for our staff, and a little boost for a young man that no major school wanted up until a few weeks ago.
The point was simply that noone knows how good someone is until they play. If Cam was a 4 star, that's fine. I got the notion that it wasn't a forgone conclusion he would be named the starter from all of the SEC sports talk I'm constantly inundated with where I live. That still means there were 5 stars that he ended up better than. I'm not suggesting our recruits are that good, just that noone really knows yet how good they are. Don't get your panties in a wad
Another reason that I'm excited about this outstanding class thus far is tha with the exceptioin of STs every position is covered as far as I can see.Both sides of the ball:E
We have to find a way to hold on to Edwards and Brown. They are both future all conference type players.
Ok, Newton was a bad example. Manziel wasn't. Maybe your friends at Auburn knew Cam was going to start before he got on campus. The local sports talk guys in Knoxville were surprised he was as good as he was. Was everyone nationally expecting him to be a heisman contender? Was he the highest ranked quarterback in his class coming out of highschool (scout had him the 14th)? How about Manziel? He was a three star and ranked 22. Did anyone have him winning the heisman as a redshirt freshman? Take a little more time to understand what I was saying instead just picking apart what was a bad example. The other example was just fine. The point I was making in my original post was that noone knows how good our QB recruits are going to be until they get on campus and play. Many of us see rankings and assume ZA was going to better than anyone we have coming in. That may be true, but it may not be true. As someone else said, it's a crapshoot.
