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Message: [QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 526780, member: 229"] Tom - awesome report, thank you. [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia]A couple of additional player comments I picked up from the press conference:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][B]Josh Kirkland[/B] – they were watching film on other players at Butler CC and while watching these tapes they couldn’t help but notice another kid kept making plays all over the field. That kid was Kirkland. So they went out to Butler and actually watched him practice in person. They believe they’ve got a steal here. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][B]Marquez Hodge[/B] – they were down in Florida this past May scouting when they noticed Marquez. Watched him play in person. Loved him. Ran a 48 sec 400m which Shafer said is flying.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][B]Isaiah Johnson[/B] – they invited him up to the Maritime camp and didn’t think he was going to be there because of bad traffic. Shafer said he was watching the d-lineman and left the drill. Went to watch DB’s or something. Came back and notice some new kid just blowing by people. The new kid was Johnson. He seemed thrilled. They knew they wanted to offer him and the impression I got was the camp sealed the deal – sounds like they were really impressed with this kid.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][B]Corey Winfield[/B] – Said when you see him run he looks slow but is actually pulling away from people. He’s a glider. They seemed to really like the prospects of Corey’s play making ability. Said his vertical is the highest he’s ever seen outside of Rob Moore’s.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][B]McDonald notes[/B]:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia]Said he needs to communicate on Twitter, Facebook or Skype because that’s how the kids communicate nowadays. Made an interesting comment about twitter – to paraphrase – “to get the fans engaged” in the program. Obviously, that is exactly what happened. Look at how engaged we became over his twitter feed. Great job by him. The man gets it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][B]Thoughts[/B]:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Georgia]***Seems like this event could get back to the old days with Coach P. When Shafer mentioned several times to “go watch the film” I thought it would be really awesome if he qued up some film and showed the people in attendance just what he was talking about. Break down some of the film and point out things they like about it – like Estime at CB. Is it because he reads plays and jumps routes or does he have great hips and is able to turn and run with ease?[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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