Julio vs. Rueben

rolltide0692

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I dont think there was a receiver as good as Jones, Green or Brown either this year. But we got two receivers this year, Bowman and Norwood, who are kinda in the mold of JJ. Big, strong, physical receivers that are very talented
 

Airborne Tider

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I don't think our receiver corps. really could have played out better than it did on signing day. Picking up Kelly and Bell was the best thing that happened on offense as far as uncommited players go. Bell supposedly runs a 4.3 if that's true, once he gets to BAMA and puts about 20-25 pounds on him, improve his footwork, stick him in the slot and that right there is a weapon son. Kelly and Bowman have arms the size of my upper torso, throw em' out wide, and that's a dang good complement to JJ. We'll be just fine.
Bell does run a 4.3. A 4.38 if I remember correctly, Saban really wanted him and he really wanted to be here. He almost bowed to state pressure but luckily we pulled him out. Bowman if he qualifies may be the second best receiver on the team. He is awesome. Averaged over 30 yards per catch his senior year and burned Darren Myles a couple times in the GHSA playoffs. Kelly is injured and needs some polishing but his upside is huge and he is a great athlete.

Of course, I'm surprised rivals didn't drop him to a 4 star as soon as he said he was a Tiger. :)
HA. No, no. Thats Scouts that lowers players when they commit to Bama. Get it right. ;)


I dont think there was a receiver as good as Jones, Green or Brown either this year. But we got two receivers this year, Bowman and Norwood, who are kinda in the mold of JJ. Big, strong, physical receivers that are very talented
Bowman is a lot like Julio but probably a step faster. Norwood is not nearly as physical as those two but he is much more elusive and has as good of hands as anyone. Just ask Alasippi he's the resident expert on the Mississippi kids.
 

CullmanTide

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Julio is a beast, I don't know if RR will be even close to having his performance.

But in the last month, you guys had 37 pages devoted to him, y'all must have thought pretty highly of him at one point.

Of course, I'm surprised rivals didn't drop him to a 4 star as soon as he said he was a Tiger. :)
We would have been thrilled to get Randle. LSU got a great player and I can't wait to see him play. The Alabama-LSU rivalry will be fun to watch for years to come.
 

LSU63

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The biggest question to me is, when he steps up to college ball, will he be able to be as physical as JJ?

Man, for a true freshman, he's muoy mucho. (much man)
 

Hal Bennett

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I think that all four of the receivers referred to here -- I'm speaking of Julio, A. J. Green, Deandre Brown, and Reuben Randle -- are great receivers, all coming out of the South within two years. I wanted Brown and I wanted Randle, as well as Julio -- Green committed early to Georgia, so I never got into him much.

I read an article last year I consider worthy about receivers like this. The idea was that 6' 3"-6' 5" athletes who can run and jump used to concentrate upon basketball, but that now they have discovered that they can make tons of money becoming football wide receivers with their height and skills.

As a matter of fact, I was privileged to ask Foley's Coach Todd Watson how it was that he came to put Julio at wide receiver. I knew that Julio had been a running back in junior high football at Foley. Coach Watson answered that when he and his staff arrived at Foley -- he had been on Rush Propst's staff at Hoover, where they had run the Spread Offense -- "We knew we were going to run the Spread Offense at Foley, and when we looked at Julio we thought, 'He might be pretty good at wide receiver.' "

I'm not going to derogate Reuben Randle now that he has chosen LSU over us. I believe he is everything that I thought he was, and probably more. Have you really looked at his tapes? And how many of these guys have you seen that can play WR his soph and junior years, on two state championship teams yet, then drop that position his senior year and put up numbers, including passing numbers, like he did this year at quarterback? This guy has class, and he is the real deal.

I wanted him at Bama because I wonder if there has ever been two receivers on the same college team like he and Julio might have been, one on one side, and one on the other side. Alas, it was not to be!

Now, here is what an ex-LSU football player said a couple or three years ago on an LSU post-game radio show, comparing the practices of Les Miles' against those of Saban's. He said that with Saban it was all about efficiency and getting things done quickly in practice, whereas Miles' practices were more of a lot of standing around, etc. WE know now what Saban's "coaching them up" is about -- weight-lifting, near boot-camp practices, player development, "the Process."

So, I just wonder if this great high school prospect, Reuben Randle, made the right choice. He seriously considered coming to Bama. Miles' 2008 team was mostly made up of his own recruits, the first time that this was the case, once most of Saban's players had departed. LSU went 7-5 in the regular season. My question is, can Miles really "coach 'em up" like Saban can? For that matter, is he a good game day coach? I haven't forgotten Miles' infamous risky offensive calls, which this season included at least six "pick-sixes" from one quarterback (Lee). Miles does seem to do better when he has a month to prepare for an opponent. Randall, you have made your choice. Blessings upon you. Wish you had come here.
 

bama_belle

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I think that all four of the receivers referred to here -- I'm speaking of Julio, A. J. Green, Deandre Brown, and Reuben Randle -- are great receivers, all coming out of the South within two years. I wanted Brown and I wanted Randle, as well as Julio -- Green committed early to Georgia, so I never got into him much.

I read an article last year I consider worthy about receivers like this. The idea was that 6' 3"-6' 5" athletes who can run and jump used to concentrate upon basketball, but that now they have discovered that they can make tons of money becoming football wide receivers with their height and skills.

As a matter of fact, I was privileged to ask Foley's Coach Todd Watson how it was that he came to put Julio at wide receiver. I knew that Julio had been a running back in junior high football at Foley. Coach Watson answered that when he and his staff arrived at Foley -- he had been on Rush Propst's staff at Hoover, where they had run the Spread Offense -- "We knew we were going to run the Spread Offense at Foley, and when we looked at Julio we thought, 'He might be pretty good at wide receiver.' "

I'm not going to derogate Reuben Randle now that he has chosen LSU over us. I believe he is everything that I thought he was, and probably more. Have you really looked at his tapes? And how many of these guys have you seen that can play WR his soph and junior years, on two state championship teams yet, then drop that position his senior year and put up numbers, including passing numbers, like he did this year at quarterback? This guy has class, and he is the real deal.

I wanted him at Bama because I wonder if there has ever been two receivers on the same college team like he and Julio might have been, one on one side, and one on the other side. Alas, it was not to be!

Now, here is what an ex-LSU football player said a couple or three years ago on an LSU post-game radio show, comparing the practices of Les Miles' against those of Saban's. He said that with Saban it was all about efficiency and getting things done quickly in practice, whereas Miles' practices were more of a lot of standing around, etc. WE know now what Saban's "coaching them up" is about -- weight-lifting, near boot-camp practices, player development, "the Process."

So, I just wonder if this great high school prospect, Reuben Randle, made the right choice. He seriously considered coming to Bama. Miles' 2008 team was mostly made up of his own recruits, the first time that this was the case, once most of Saban's players had departed. LSU went 7-5 in the regular season. My question is, can Miles really "coach 'em up" like Saban can? For that matter, is he a good game day coach? I haven't forgotten Miles' infamous risky offensive calls, which this season included at least six "pick-sixes" from one quarterback (Lee). Miles does seem to do better when he has a month to prepare for an opponent. Randall, you have made your choice. Blessings upon you. Wish you had come here.

Very good post. Good luck to JJ except against the good guys. :biggrin:
 

REBELZED

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In missing out on Randle, I think a lot of people have forgotten about Mike Bowman. I'll also go out on a limb and predict that after this coming season, they won't forget him again :)
 

glasscutter256

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I think RR is a classy guy as well. He will be a huge factor to deal with.

I do believe it is important to have different kinds of recievers to defend. That is why I like our 4 recievers in this class. Kenny Bell is the speedy slasher. Bowman is the tall jumper. KK is the deep threat (great concentration on the long ball). Norwood seems like the more physical reciever who'll run over db's. Different recievers match up better with certain db's. McElwain will find the mismatch and take advantage of it.
 

LSU63

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Now, here is what an ex-LSU football player said a couple or three years ago on an LSU post-game radio show, comparing the practices of Les Miles' against those of Saban's. He said that with Saban it was all about efficiency and getting things done quickly in practice, whereas Miles' practices were more of a lot of standing around, etc. WE know now what Saban's "coaching them up" is about -- weight-lifting, near boot-camp practices, player development, "the Process."
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What ex-player and when did he say this? Because quotes from Jimbo Fisher (after he left LSU) said Miles ran very efficent practices. I've been to both coaches practices and I can tell you, first hand, that this is bull.

I remember an LSU player saying that was the big difference between Dinardo and Curley Hallman, and maybe that's what you're thinking of.

I know Miles has his detractors, but this particular comment is dead wrong.
 

chris

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The only problem i've with lester,and i think he's a very,very good coach,is his teams seem to lack self-discipline ie: too many stewpid penalties. An example,i went to the Bama-Lsu game in '03,CNS there,and i was so impressed with how they went about things in a business like manner and not doing things to beat themselves. I was at the '07 game and that team,which i felt had a larger quantity of great athletes compared to '03 team,almost lost to a Bama team that it was 3 times better than! the reason;a bunch of dumb personal fouls and such kept us in the game. I watched several of their games that yr on tv and noticed the same. jmo,i could be wrong.
 

dWarriors88

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I think it'll be more fun watching Randle going against Kirkpatrick.
who was that corner out of last years class that Florida picked up? He was a True Freshman corner who lined up against Julio and they played in the Under Armour High School Senior bowl together, That corner did really good against Julio in that game. Well when they meet again, in the SEC CC game, Julio beat him most of the night! When asked about this that corner (or safety) said "It's harder to get into your stride as a defender as opposed to WR at this level", I dont recall his name, but I say all this because I think Randle will step in and maybe the first year do a little better than Kirkpatrick because that Florida corner was right! It really is harder (esp. in sabans defense) to learn it all right away!
 

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