Quinton Powell

[MadduxFanII]

I'm usually not on board with taking shots at these kids, and consider myself "pro-player," but...dammit, Quinton, you can't complain about not having a scholarship any more. You had one! You were committed! If you wanted the scholarship so badly you shouldn't have bailed.

[Lawdog88]

Someone seems to be either misinformed, or just not listening.

Sounds like a good move for UF to have made his "decision" a little "easier."

[ETGator1]

Gator Bait! Next.

[1984Gator]

Originally Posted by Speedofsand

Of course its different. Every situation is different, like you going from something Powell said to saying his coach is pushing kids away from UF. Williams live in Cali, and always liked SC. Powell was a different situation, he talked himself out of a UF scholly. Its silly to wonder if CWM will ever recruit the school again. The next kid will be a different situation, like the next kid at Dwyer will hopefully be different than Clark & Christian and more like Elam.

Mainland is a powerhouse HS program that has turned out talent over the years but FSU has been the primary beneficiary. The school is run very poorly and athletes are give the red carpet treatment such that I would be concerned with character when recruiting from there. If the kid comes in and does everything asked of him then fine but I wouldn't bend over backward to accommodate him. We offered, he accepted and then he walked away. I'd pass on him!

[DieAGator]

I don't feel like QP's done anything "wrong" that we as fans should remember him for or feel marginalized because of. Recruiting is a tough game to play and staff's are constantly in meetings behind closed doors deciding if a player should or shouldn't have a future at their school, and under which conditions they would or would not bring them on board. So far I cannot tell that Powell had an unconditional, open offer to be a Gator. I think he's really talented(apparently) but he's really a tweener in my book. Yes, he might eventually carry 225lbs but that's likely a couple seasons away. And by then we'll have another eight- likely more physically ready- LBs on roster.

At this point I say if he can get on the sinking ship that is USC, god bless him and good luck.

Can someone refresh my memory... do we know exactly why he decommitted to begin with? Seems to me he felt some kind of pressure to try his luck back on the recruiting stage.

[LimeyGator]

Originally Posted by DieAGator

I don't feel like QP's done anything "wrong" that we as fans should remember him for or feel marginalized because of. Recruiting is a tough game to play and staff's are constantly in meetings behind closed doors deciding if a player should or shouldn't have a future at their school, and under which conditions they would or would not bring them on board. So far I cannot tell that Powell had an unconditional, open offer to be a Gator. I think he's really talented(apparently) but he's really a tweener in my book. Yes, he might eventually carry 225lbs but that's likely a couple seasons away. And by then we'll have another eight- likely more physically ready- LBs on roster.

At this point I say if he can get on the sinking ship that is USC, god bless him and good luck.

Can someone refresh my memory... do we know exactly why he decommitted to begin with? Seems to me he felt some kind of pressure to try his luck back on the recruiting stage.

He was committed! He had that very offer. He decided to look around on the same weekend that Rolin committed back in December, and all the articles I found cited an interest in "looking around". Scout said he wanted to do so as he'd "matured" during the process.

One quote attributed to Powell by Zach A was enlightening back, just a day or so before he said he would visit elsewhere and then promptly decommitted:

Powell couldn’t put a percentage on his commitment to the Gators, but he said it is solid and the coaches have talked to him about his decision.

“They’re fine with it, but they just let me know that they’re going to keep recruiting other linebackers because it wouldn’t fair if I changed my decision and they were left out to dry,” Powell said. “So we’re both working together and keeping each other updated on where things are at.”

Seems to me like if he'd stick by his plan, there was always a scholarship there for him. So it's really his loss...

[Speedofsand]

1984Gator, I pretty much said that in a later post. When they lost, they were poor losers. Wilson has improved the stadium behavior. Jury still out on character building, lots of large schools have troubled kids. Powell has never been in trouble like some other recruits, I'll just say again it looks like CWM didn't like how the last visit went.

[gator7_5]

Looks like he has skinny arms. He should go to the acc.