Quinton Powell

[ufovrfsu]

Have to think something happened yesterday and/or this morning to cause this. Between the official and unofficial visitors this weekend, and the in home visits Thursday night/Friday morning, we must have received at least a couple of firm commitments? Between the in homes with Ramsey and Bowers, plus the JC QB, Clark, and Bostick as visitors, I can realistically see each of them giving a verbal to the coaches. On the other hand, I can see see us getting only one or two of that group. BUT if we only felt good about one or two would we really tell Powell we no longer have any room?

[iam4uf]

Originally Posted by elvislisa

From QP's Twitter...

"Did that jus happen??? Cant trust nobody.. I hate them now straight up"

There better be a good reason we did this because it doesn't look good on the surface! With so many spots open I can't understand this one.

lol, QP de-commited from UF, so I have no more of an idea why he tweeted that than I do that you posted "it doesn't look good".

[rserina]

Just a weird situation. I liked Powell, but it stands to reason that decommitting puts both your offer and your relationship with the staff in the balance. Sometimes it works out, other times it doesn't. This one obviously looks bad for all involved, but it started because the kid rescinded his commitment in the first place. Fortunately, between Anzalone and Roth, we have covered ourselves a bit at the position.

[gator1986]

Originally Posted by rserina

Just a weird situation. I liked Powell, but it stands to reason that decommitting puts both your offer and your relationship with the staff in the balance. Sometimes it works out, other times it doesn't. This one obviously looks bad for all involved, but it started because the kid rescinded his commitment in the first place. Fortunately, between Anzalone and Roth, we have covered ourselves a bit at the position.

Correct, if you want in then don't commit. If you feel the need to just visit other places then do it, just don't de commit then take your visits, put everyone on edge and then all of sudden act like you cared and wanted in the whole time

[Ahab]

Or we may have gotten good news from a 2014 LB that we like more. No way of knowing the particulars.

[bleedorangeblue]

^^^^^
This. I have a hard time believing that we are going to fill the 7 or so remaining spots and not have room for Powell in this class.

[LimeyGator]

Someone needs to explain what "commitment" means to QP if he's upset at the way UF treated him...

[gator7_5]

Originally Posted by Ahab

Or we may have gotten good news from a 2014 LB that we like more. No way of knowing the particulars.

Agree. Hell, maybe CWM would rather give a walkon a ship next year than Powell for 4 yrs.

[Danielmaddie]

I have been hearing UF doesn't want to fill every remaining spot (7) for whatever reason the are only looking to take another 4-5 max. So I'm thinking Ramsey, Bostwick, Clark and Reed?

[elrongator]

Let's look at the facts:
1. Powell decommitted, that put his place at stake, not UF action
2. Muschamp is a straight shooter and every recruit we hear from has said this
3. UF has an awesome class and is in the process of closing it out
4. Powell isn't the only available recruit we were after
5. Room for EEs next year can be more valuable than even a 4* recruit if the position that recruit plays is well stocked.
6. We have no idea what Muschamp told him and for Powell to flip from committed to dancing around, to saying its a tough decision, to saying I hate them, shows just a glimpse of what he's been putting our coaches through...let alone his immaturity and ego.
7. We are going to have fun on NSD and from my sources, we look to be in for a fun day.
(ie we will keep what we have and add three more).

[gymgator]

Makes sense they want to hold back a few ships. We have 16 SRs next year, normal 2-4 transfers, medical/NFL, etc and then hold back 2-4 ships puts the class in the 20-25 range which is where a healthy program should be.

[GATORAZ]

Schools Powell has never been to are now in his top 4 lol. He was using UF as his fall back plan just in case Kiffin didnt have room for him. He also needs some other hats on the table for ESPNU. His new top 4....

Quinton Powell ‏@qpowe17
New top 4 #Miami #Oregon #USC #SouthCarolina

[AFCyberGator]

My guess is that the article above is correct:
- Quinton made the choice to decommit, and put his LOI in jeopardy.
- The Gator staff already has plenty of LBs where they do not need to waste too much time placating the ego of an 18-year old kid, regardless of how good he is.
- The Gators are already closing in on what they consider a complete class of 25 +/- a few flips to and from UF. They need to focus their energy on another DT (Jarran Reed or Jay-nard Bostwick), a DB (Jalen Ramsey), a backup QB (Tanner McEvoy), current soft commitments that are being targeted by rivals (Antonio Riles, Chris Thompson), and perhaps a surprise (Robert Nkemdiche is a long shot, but would be nice).

This is Quinton's first lesson in supply and demand. When there are other LBs in demand, he has less leverage, especially if Florida can find other supplies elsewhere that not only did not decommit, but did not insist on stringing out the decision until NSD. The coaches have lots of last minute visits, phone calls, and sales pitches to make to about a dozen other kids this weekend.

[Zanso]

@LukeStampini: Some chatter saying the Gators are in for a pretty impressive NSD. Trying to see if it's legit.

I really didn't expect us to get much on NSD, but maybe there's something going on we don't know about.

[Tebowism0823]

Originally Posted by LimeyGator

Someone needs to explain what "commitment" means to QP if he's upset at the way UF treated him...

Word!

[Tebowism0823]

Forget all the chatter about the other recruits, this recruit is the DIVA!

[gatorright]

Obviously we can only hear QP's side of it, but it reminds me of that OL with the long, funny name who ended up playing around until we said "see ya" and he bemoaned the evil Gators and ended up playing for refsu.

[MadduxFanII]

Originally Posted by gatorright

Obviously we can only hear QP's side of it, but it reminds me of that OL with the long, funny name who ended up playing around until we said "see ya" and he bemoaned the evil Gators and ended up playing for refsu.

I'm trying to remember who this might be. Zebrie Sanders, who was thought to be a UGA lock, got turned away because they didn't have the scholarships, turned to us, got pushed away because we didn't have the scholarships then ended up at FSU?

[Veritas]

Originally Posted by GATORAZ

Schools Powell has never been to are now in his top 4 lol. He was using UF as his fall back plan just in case Kiffin didnt have room for him. He also needs some other hats on the table for ESPNU. His new top 4....

Quinton Powell ‏@qpowe17
New top 4 #Miami #Oregon #USC #SouthCarolina

Yup. Powell has been a USC silent for a while, Muschamp knew it, and was not going to be used as simply a hat on a table.

[ETGator1]

Originally Posted by Veritas

Yup. Powell has been a USC silent for a while, Muschamp knew it, and was not going to be used as simply a hat on a table.

This.