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Tajh Boyd (official thread)

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OregonBuckeye;1392169; said:
True, but every year it seems like there's a recruiting first. We got Cameron Heyward late out of the south with offers from the premiere programs down there. Pryor was a hotshot QB with a media circus who waited till the last minute. Boyd isn't from the deep south. We didn't have to get him out of Florida or anything like that. I think there was reason for optimism.

Too bad. If Boyd was sold on Clemson itself and the coaches, I understand. But I get the feeling he never saw the big picture. He could've redshirted and recovered fully from his surgery here, got some significant PT his rFR year, and possibly become a 3-year starter at a premeire program. Pryor being here shouldn't have been that big of a deal. Oh well.
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There are always exceptions, but to respond to yours....

Cameron Heyward: JT always resonates with sons of former players, even those whose fathers did not attend Ohio State (Joe Laurinaitis, Terry Robiskie, Mike Boren, Eduardo Gonzalez, Walt Downing, to name a few). Heyward was a quiet, introspective kid who didn't seek out media attention. Also, Ohio State has had some recruiting success in Georgia, basically none in Virginia. Similar things can be said about Keith Wells (except that his father was not a former player, as far as I know).

Terrelle Pryor: Was an Ohio State "silent verbal" from November of 2007. He did not announce until after the end of his football and basketball seasons because he was afraid of negative repercussions from "fans" of certain in-state programs. His media circus was mostly generated by the media itself - Pryor never sent out conflicting reports in order to gin up interest in his recruitment, never made multiple verbals, never made controversial statements.

Derek Morris (class of 2002) was probably the best example of a kid who committed "against the trend", and we saw how that one turned out....

Some day Ohio State will land another kid who "breaks the trend" ... maybe Marlon Brown? (No, non inside info - Marlon has been handling the recruiting process in a very mature manner, and hasn't been sending any strong signals to anybody.)
 
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i'm not really surprised at all by this, it seemed like a constant in boyd's recruiting process was his desire for playing time, and there was a (very good) chance he wouldn't end up starting for two years. the truth is, he probably made the right call if that was really at the forefront of his considertions, and i wish him all the best at clemson. i also hope that we don't go sour grapes on this kid just because he didn't choose us.
 
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LordJeffBuck;1392179; said:
There are always exceptions, but to respond to yours....

Cameron Heyward: JT always resonates with sons of former players, even those whose fathers did not attend Ohio State (Joe Laurinaitis, Terry Robiskie, Mike Boren, Eduardo Gonzalez, Walt Downing, to name a few). Heyward was a quiet, introspective kid who didn't seek out media attention. Also, Ohio State has had some recruiting success in Georgia, basically none in Virginia. Similar things can be said about Keith Wells (except that his father was not a former player, as far as I know).

Terrelle Pryor: Was an Ohio State "silent verbal" from November of 2007. He did not announce until after the end of his football and basketball seasons because he was afraid of negative repercussions from "fans" of certain in-state programs. His media circus was mostly generated by the media itself - Pryor never sent out conflicting reports in order to gin up interest in his recruitment, never made multiple verbals, never made controversial statements.

Derrick Morris (class of 2002) was probably the best example of a kid who committed "against the trend", and we saw how that one turned out....

Some day Ohio State will land another kid who "breaks the trend" ... maybe Marlon Brown? (No, non inside info - Marlon has been handling the recruiting process in a very mature manner, and hasn't been sending any strong signals to anybody.)
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You are quite right about Boyd not being a natural "fit" at tOSU, and about JT playing well w/ former players-they know what they did/did not get from their college experiences, and, quite probably, see Tressel as someone who will treat their kid the way they themselves were-or wanted to be-treated by their coaches.
Also,in retrospect, it seems Boyd might have clashed w/ JT over the role of his parents-whenever a parent say they will relocate to where ever their son chooses to play-that sends out a red flag to me-they are either getting something-job,who knows what else, or, they see the kid as a meal ticket and don't want to let him out of their sight. I certainly applaud staying close to one's family as being part of the decision, but it seems fishy when the tail wags the dog.
Oh well, on to Devin Gardner, I hope my fellow St. X Bomber Tom O'Brien puts a pounding on Mr. Boyd when Clemson plays the Wolfpack........
 
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Electron Boy;1392180; said:
i'm not really surprised at all by this, it seemed like a constant in boyd's recruiting process was his desire for playing time, and there was a (very good) chance he wouldn't end up starting for two years. the truth is, he probably made the right call if that was really at the forefront of his considertions, and i wish him all the best at clemson. i also hope that we don't go sour grapes on this kid just because he didn't choose us.
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Considering most of the people I've seen that post here are rational human beings, this shouldn't be a problem.
 
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RocketBuckeye;1392186; said:
Considering most of the people I've seen that post here are rational human beings, this shouldn't be a problem.
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well, i meant in general, not every OSU fan is as rational as the people who post here.

Fortunately, Ohio State is so strong right now that we fans do not need to go "sour grapes" over losing any recruit.
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especially if we end up with gardner...
 
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Good luck to Taj at Clemson, but his commitment there made me remember something. What is going on with Willy Korn the suppossed super-recruit and QB star of the future that committed to Clemson a couple of years ago. I haven't heard anything about him since he was in high school.
 
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RocketBuckeye;1392186; said:
Considering most of the people I've seen that post here are rational human beings, this shouldn't be a problem.
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I just don't want to get banned, because if I wrote what I really thought... LOL

I have calmed down. Good luck to him. I hope they go undefeated and we meet them in the NC so we can say hello to the young man.
 
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I don't blame Boyd at all .Recruiting is a cut throat business you do what ever you got to do to get these top guys. Clemson sent there heavy hitter the guy that closes the deal in Billy Napier. The day before the announcement . JT sent bols .If you want to close the deal you send your closer .And anyone who thinks bols is it well .I got some lake front property in the desert if your interested .I bleed scarlet and gray .But if you wanna be big time then you gotta play like the rest. Clemson did in 2 weeks what we couldn't do in 2 months.I love JT but he recruits just like he coaches .He never goes for the jugular
 
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HOLLYWOODBUCK;1392202; said:
........But if you wanna be big time then you gotta play like the rest. Clemson did in 2 weeks what we couldn't do in 2 months.I love JT but he recruits just like he coaches .He never goes for the jugular
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Please tell me that you are kidding. You must be....right? JT might coach a bit conservatively, but the results have been damn good. He never goes for the jugular????? That is pure BS, I can think of several instances Holy Buckeye, Northwestern this year, the list could go on. "Big Time" How many recent years with a top 10 recruiting class? Come on.

Good luck to Boyd at Clemson.
 
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HOLLYWOODBUCK;1392202; said:
I don't blame Boyd at all .Recruiting is a cut throat business you do what ever you got to do to get these top guys. Clemson sent there heavy hitter the guy that closes the deal in Billy Napier. The day before the announcement . JT sent bols .If you want to close the deal you send your closer .And anyone who thinks bols is it well .I got some lake front property in the desert if your interested .I bleed scarlet and gray .But if you wanna be big time then you gotta play like the rest. Clemson did in 2 weeks what we couldn't do in 2 months.I love JT but he recruits just like he coaches .He never goes for the jugular
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Lake Havasu?! I'm interested!

Sucks that JT only managed to put together a top two or three recruiting class nationally six months before signing day, while getting the top two or three players out of Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
 
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BUCKYLE;1392215; said:
Lake Havasu?! I'm interested!

Sucks that JT only managed to put together a top two or three recruiting class nationally six months before signing day, while getting the top two or three players out of Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Seriously im tired of getting the players that want to be here... I want the ones that go elsewhere.... why cant Tress get them???
 
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