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Message: [QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 2485793, member: 485"] I haven't noticed that HCDB pockets scholarships. When he had roster issues, he has used several to hit the juco market or to take grad transfers. It was an effort to get immediate help. Shafer did not do much of that in 2014 or 2015. Under Shafer, SU rolled out 200 scholarship offers every cycle, starting with the guys who had the metrics every coach would want. And, as it turned out, taking some of those big heart/shorter players was the best option he had after the others did not want to come here. I agree, of course, that Dino wants rangier players, stouter players -- and the point is that he is able to close the deal with more of these. Some exceptions -- Riley, keeping Moe Neal in the fold (Shafer recruit, but part of Dino's 2016 class), Nykeim Johnson -- but you can see that Dino is adding stout linebackers and taller DBs. Next cycle he needs to land some of the big DTs who turned us down this round. [/QUOTE]