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Originally Posted by SparkyOSU
I disagree. RR has not been a really top notch recruiter. He has got his 'system' guys to fit his offense, but has never had a player drafted while at WVU. NOT ONE, that will not fly in the Big Ten. You have to have "next level' players AT LEAST on defense if not both sides of the ball.
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And Tressel was a Div I-AA coach and how he could recruit at Ohio State? RR will be able to recruit at Michigan a heck of alot better than West Virginia. The school will sell itself, really, who would WANT to go to West Virginia?
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Originally Posted by HailToMichigan
Say what??? Dee McCann, Pacman Jones, Chris Henry, Rasheed Marshall. To name a couple. Oh, and I bet some guys named White and Slaton make it somehow to the NFL.
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If I recall all those guys were high risk guys. That is how Devine got to West Virginia. RR was willing to take the risks with character guys to get talent.
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Originally Posted by buckeyeinfla
first off...WVU spread is centered around a RUNNING QB...that is the key to making it go...when white got hurt or they had to pass..it was tough...now...maybe he modifies it for the mallet but it was predicated on white's running ability....as for the 3-3-5....looks like FRESHMAN leshaun mccoy ran pretty well against it huh?
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Originally Posted by osugrad21
The WVU offense under White is based on his running ability...but that is not RR's only version of the offense. We've already discussed King and Dantzler at other schools...both were legit passing threats.
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Dang Grad, that is why I was going to say. RR has started non-running QBs before in his offense. It is like Tressel in that sense, you have a basic system and tweak the play calling to match your personel. I can't remember the guy at QB at WV when RR got there but he was not a running QB, so it was a much more passing oriented attack.
Back to the recruiting part a little bit. Now with a higher profile type job RR should be able to get his pick of dual threat QBs. While Pryor going to West Virginia was an option no one really thought he would do it. But adding the tradition of Michigan along with it will open alot more door for RR to get his type of QB in much faster. Hopefully it is too late in the game for Pryor to go to Michigan, but imagine next year's Pryor (whoever that player is) being top priority for RR and now he has a much better chance to land him.