Palmetto Proving Grounds

He had a mix of 3* ad 2* ratings. Regardless, point is, you shouldn't jump the gun on judging a recruit just because of his offer sheet or his star rating. If someone on the staff has confidence that he can get the job done in his career at USC, then trust their judgement. That's all I'll say, each of you has an opinion on the subject and that's awesome. Just be careful on dissing someone on here.

Thanks for the tidbit.

I thought the internet was off limits to certain people and was only accessible to special people.

Those kind of comments have been made about prospects on internet recruiting message boards since the day they
were invented in the 1990's. It's part of what they are and what they always have been, like it or not .... Welcome aboard.

I mean what is it going to help if a few Monday morning quarterbacks bash the judgement of the staff and berate a 16 year old kid's skillset? Is the staff gonna read the opinions of a few notorious know-it-alls and say, "Whoa guys we might have reached a little on that one. Looks like Euro and Al hate the kid's offer list. Let's call him tell him the bad news." Truth is everyone hear pays a few bucks to stay in the loop and voice their opinions freely but this site is not a democracy it's a benevolent dictatorship as it should be. If a mod has to take the time to post a warning in regards to my toxic opinion that tells me maybe it's not such a good idea to die on that hill. If my thoughts become detrimental to the view of our program in respect to recruits I will zip my hole and enjoy the spot insider info. The late Walter Martin once said, "Controversy for the sake of controversy is wrong but controversy for the sake of truth is divine." We don't know the full truth because we don't sit in the war room so bashing the guy and our staff so early in the process is to me, just wrong.

We are supposed to be better than that. I have said it before, and I am not speaking to you, but the recent, and I mean very brief and recent, success of our football program could be the worse thing that ever happened to us.

We have one, ONE 11 win season, and people start getting arrogant and entitled, like jawja and klimpson fans. Woodrow, who is a tater, is more complimentary of our staff and players than many USC fans on this board. Whether he is entirely genuine or not is debatable, but the facts are what they are. All of this constant questioning of the staff and their recruiting decisions depresses me. Questioning a kids ability, or a coaches recruitng decisions is going to change NOTHING. The people crying in their beers are going to have to live with the staff's decisions. I am terrified that we are going to lose a recruit because of the arrogance of a few of our fans.

Lets just welcome all recruits and let the chips fall where they may. We are going to have to live with them regardless. EVERY recruit offered by our staff this year looks beyond capable to me, especially this Camara kid.

BigGal is clueless. Even out of those players, Ko, Hampton, Stoney, both Lindsey's, and Meredith were solid contributors. Ko, stoney, and Jamon all signed nfl contracts.

I personally don't see what's wrong with questioning a recruit from Georgia with these type of offers. I agree we should never belittle anyone - including recruits/players - but you gotta wonder why GT and UGa are not even interested in him. I am not going to question a players ability but to me " offers " are what dictates a players real worth - not star rankings. With that said if the Coaches like him that is fine by me. Let's keep in mind though any Coach can miss on a prospect tho that is yet to be determined.

Eyeroll to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xnZ6g14WwY

Taylor didn't just jump out with these offers (I think Duke and Carolina were his biggest offers for a while). He had very similar ones as Camara at the early stages (aka: where we are right now)

Joe Tiller used to have to keep his Texas offers silent for a long time because Mack Brown purposely would wait until Purdue would offer to try and steal them away.

Maybe we've got some hunters and guys willing to do some film work instead of an eye test and a youtube highlight reel. If they say he is a perfect spur then I am excited. He looks like he is gonna grow into a 4-3 linebacker

Roll your eyes at what? I didn't provide the list. Only facts about those on the list. What exactly did I say that you take issue with?

Second, I haven't said a single negative thing about the kid, only questioned someone, that said they spoke to people in his area, to see if there was any indication on why those where his only offers. I guess that bothers you?

What would be an acceptable way to question an offer/commitment?

Again, I didn't provide the list. Maybe you should have rolled eyes at J Baker.

It did intrigue me that someone labeled a 'VERY good prospect' by those in his area only has the two offers he does. GA is a heavily recruited state. Sure, some are missed, and this kid may very well fit that bill. We could end up with a steal in Camara. We shall see, if he comes to USC.

I guess my point was that the list you are providing is that of the time of signing day. Not April 16th a year ahead, which is where we are now with Camara. He may very well have UGA and UF offers by that time. An early offer/relationship may help us stave off a late offer from one of those two

I am not sure what the complaint is. We aren't just accepting offers willy nilly from 1 and 2 star athletes.

This whole board is out of control right now about this.

Yeah the funny thing is we get in with an early offer and people complain They use to complain if we were late offeriing.If this guy ends up getting a lot of offers wouldn't we look like great? However it is usually the same ones always looking to stir the pot.
I pretty much agree with your opinion.