Live draft blog: Waiting for Stephen Hill
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atlxman
April 27th, 2012
12:15 am
just because players were not there doesn’t mean they were not invited. all those lineman that were drafted tonight were ahead on most of the nil teams boards that i read. glenn will get drafted tomorrow and will make a good chunk of change.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:15 am
@ WnE….nobody has been “fawning” over Roddy Jones or anybody else. But we had to PRY IT OUT OF YOU even to get you to acknowledge him. And you STILL haven’t addressed the FACT that he is a PRIME EXAMPLE of what a STUDENT ATHLETE should be.
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:16 am
“I like Roddy Jones but I don’t see the need to fawn all over him like you guys do.”
No, you prefer fawning over (cross-trained!!!) Malcolm Mitchell!
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:17 am
SS…and Roddy was a Gailey recruit so WnE should like him that much more
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:17 am
“all those lineman that were drafted tonight were ahead on most of the nil teams boards that i read.”
Wouldn’t Richt’s pro-style offense (which it isn’t) have prevented other players being ranked above him?
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:18 am
@ atlxman……similarly if Hill gets drafted tomorrow night, which at least according to all the reports over the past few weeks will happen, then he will make a big chunk of change too. So what’s your point?
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:18 am
@ FLJ…..GOOD point
atlxman
April 27th, 2012
12:21 am
wasn’t hill supposed to be drafted in the top 10 tonight? thats what all the people said….except the coaches know better. dude had no shot getting drafted in the first rd..just like UZZI will be lucky to get drafted in the 4th.
he lost in 2010 because he didn’t have a gaily recruited running back …this year his team won 8 in very weak acc div. and most likely lose 5 or more this year
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:22 am
atlxman, how do you think Grantham is going to embarrass UGA on TV again this year? You know he will, no matter how good you think his defense is. He is a loose cannon, and before it’s all over I would be willing to bet that Richt fires him.
WnE
April 27th, 2012
12:22 am
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FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:06 am
atlxman…
Omoregie Uzzi will be drafted in the top 3 rounds next year, and Will Jackson probably the year after that. Of course in your mind that’s an impossibility…
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You are way off Supersize!
Neither of those guys will go in the 1st 3-rounds of the NFL draft.
IN order for a OG to go in the early they have to be exceptional and HUGE like that Stanford & Wisc. guy, those guys were like 6-5 320+lbs.
Uzzi might be big for a GT OL, but he is small for even a college OG, and Jackson is even smaller.
Jackson won’t be drafted AT ALL, and Uzzi will probably be a 6th or 7th round draft pick.
Not many 6-3 300lb. injury prone OGs get drafted in the top-3 rounds of the draft.
The last 2 3rd round OGs of the falcons, were Blaylock at 6-3 330 lbs. out of Texas and he was a consensus 1st Team A-A, and Mike Johnson out of Bama and he goes 6-5 320lbs. and also made some A-A teams.
Uzzi is smaller than those guys and has had less reps at pass-blocking coming out of college under game situations.
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:23 am
“wasn’t hill supposed to be drafted in the top 10 tonight? thats what all the people said….”
Show me ONE person who said that not named atlxman or Wne.
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:23 am
“he lost in 2010 because he didn’t have a gaily recruited running back …this year his team won 8 in very weak acc div. and most likely lose 5 or more this year”
He didn’t have a CPJ recruited RB either…but hey I’ll save you from any unnecessary fact-checking…which would have enlightened you on where SH was really expected to go
atlxman
April 27th, 2012
12:24 am
hill is a top 10 receiver but because he played in pj offense he dropped out of the 1st rd..big difference in top 10 money vs being drafted in the 2nd which he will most likely be a 3rd rd pick anyways.
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:25 am
“he lost in 2010 because he didn’t have a gaily recruited running back …”
Yeah, because it’s not like Allen ran for 1,300 yards or anything.
5150 UOAD
April 27th, 2012
12:25 am
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FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:26 am
He was actually a Bobby Petrino recruited RB…poor guy
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:26 am
“which he will most likely be a 3rd rd pick anyways.”
Care to put your money where your mouth is?
atlxman
April 27th, 2012
12:26 am
fl jacket..yes he did..they just couldn’t beat out allen who was a transfer who played for petrino in a pro style offense as well…
5150 UOAD
April 27th, 2012
12:26 am
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Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:27 am
atlxman, CPJ didn’t have a Gailey-recruited back starting at B-back in 2001 either. Anthony Allen transferred from Louisville in 2008 and redshirted under NCAA rules. Although 2010 was not a great season, it wasn’t because of Allen, who had a banner year.
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:27 am
“hill is a top 10 receiver but because he played in pj offense he dropped out of the 1st rd”
No, it’s because 10 WRs haven’t been chosen yet
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:27 am
“fl jacket..yes he did..they just couldn’t beat out allen who was a transfer who played for petrino in a pro style offense as well…”
Relevance?
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:29 am
GS…this isn’t even GOOD trolling
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:29 am
Allen transferred from a “pro-style” offense at Louisville to Tech KNOWING ahead of time what kind of offense CPJ was going to run. It didn’t seem to matter to him that he would not be in a “pro-style” offense, or he wouldn’t have made the transfer.
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:31 am
I mean, at this point I’m just confused, FLJ. I mean, I know atlxman and WnE aren’t particularly bright, but I’d be embarrassed if I was producing the kind of work they are right now.
5150 UOAD
April 27th, 2012
12:33 am
AtlASKMan……….O Charles was the #3 best TE has he been drafter coming out as a Junior? Hill was considered a 4th round pick before the Combine. He showed he is better than that. NFL teams are HOPING he would go later so he has moved higher on their draft boards but I an SURE you understand how Filling HOLES works in the NFL. SOME YEARS ARE QB/WR heavy and some years are O-Line/D-line heavy. The Board VALUE means HOW and WHO a team should pick. I know you understand that right?
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:33 am
@ George……and to think that I actually gave atlxman for having some intelligence. The atlxman who was posting on here yestahday must have been somebody else using his name.
WnE
April 27th, 2012
12:34 am
That’s a lot of profanity 5150, to hint at that much profanity is a bannable offense IMHO!
You are not representing GT very well, young man!
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:35 am
SS…it was his older brother
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:35 am
@ WnE…….UOAD, in spite of the implied profanity, represents Georgia Tech far better than you ever have or will.
atlxman
April 27th, 2012
12:35 am
no..it didn’t matter that he was not in a pro style offense but he also didn’t know until it was too late that it would cost him millions as well. dwyer got drafted in the 7th rd. just about every draft board had him late 2nd or early 3rd but that didn’t happen ..again because of pj offense.
allen trusted pj and it backfired. although he ran for a ton of yards, that didn’t seem to matter much the nil scouts
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:35 am
@ FLJ……either that or it was HER older brother. lol
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:36 am
Yeah, you should definitely retract that, SS!
“You are not representing GT very well, young man!”
Says the expert on the subject. However, since you think the profanity is a bannable offense, I’m okay with that.
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:36 am
“You are not representing GT very well, young man!”
WnE…
So this does matter to you yet ambivalent towards Roddy Jones?
5150 UOAD
April 27th, 2012
12:37 am
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Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:37 am
ahhhh, once again the ignorance…..Dwyer didn’t get drafted as high as expected because he got out of shape AFTER the season and displayed an apparently bad work ethic. Under CPJ, he was disciplined and lean. As soon as he decided to go early, he apparently let himself go. That is not conjecture, that is FACT.
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:37 am
“no..it didn’t matter that he was not in a pro style offense but he also didn’t know until it was too late that it would cost him millions as well. dwyer got drafted in the 7th rd. just about every draft board had him late 2nd or early 3rd but that didn’t happen ..again because of pj offense.
allen trusted pj and it backfired. although he ran for a ton of yards, that didn’t seem to matter much the nil scouts”
Just a piece of advice, atlxman: I’d be really careful about imputing professional success for RBs to the system they played in while in college. You don’t know the statistics for Richt-recruited backs, but I do. If I were you, I’d stop immediately.
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:38 am
“no..it didn’t matter that he was not in a pro style offense but he also didn’t know until it was too late that it would cost him millions as well. dwyer got drafted in the 7th rd. just about every draft board had him late 2nd or early 3rd but that didn’t happen ..again because of pj offense.”
Had NOTHING to do with failing a drug test or being out of shape…
atlxman
April 27th, 2012
12:38 am
SS.. the facts are there for you. your just too much of a blind homer to see that. do you not agree that S.Hill should have been drafted in the top 20 or at least the 1st rd?
5150 UOAD
April 27th, 2012
12:38 am
I Love me some WnE
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:38 am
“allen trusted pj and it backfired. although he ran for a ton of yards, that didn’t seem to matter much the nil scouts”
More stuff being pulled out of your backside.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:39 am
@ UOAD…..to some extent WnE is right. Clean it up some. I know we all have those sentiments, but let it go.
GTBob
April 27th, 2012
12:40 am
hill is a top 10 receiver but because he played in pj offense he dropped out of the 1st rd
Oh give me a break. The guy was a 3-4 star recruit out of high school and barely missed the first round of the NFL draft. Marlon Brown was a 5 star and went to a pro style offense. When is he going to get drafted?
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:40 am
GS…if only we’d have recruited Caleb King or Washaun Ealy…
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:41 am
“Had NOTHING to do with failing a drug test or being out of shape…”
The medication was for ADD, I think.
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:41 am
They operate in a fact-free zone, GTBob.
atlxman
April 27th, 2012
12:42 am
SS… dwyer was told to put on weight by PJ himself his last year there so he could handle being hit every play. when the season was over dwyer had to try and lose it. which he did. those fact your talking about are just rumors and lame excuses your using trying to bail PJ out. his offense simply does not bode well for his players to get drafted high.
FL Jacket
April 27th, 2012
12:42 am
It’s a “Mo Spin Zone” with them!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 27th, 2012
12:42 am
atlxman, frankly, I don’t even like pro ball and almost never even watch any games. I have no idea where Hill should be drafted. I only know what Ken and others have been reporting over the past couple of months, and it has been said several times that apparently Hill had improved his chances so as toe a POSSIBLE first round choice, or at worst an early second round choice. I was disappointed tonight that he didn’t get drafted, but that was disappointment for him, since playing in the NFL is his choice. Since so few WR’s were drafted tonight, I would say that he is probably still in pretty good company.
George Stein
April 27th, 2012
12:43 am
atlxman, got a deal for you. If Stephen Hill is drafted in the 2nd round tomorrow, you don’t post ever again on a Tech blog. Deal? You seem awfully sure he won’t be.