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Discussion in 'Awesome Recruiting' started by tommyvee, Jan 6, 2022.

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  1. GatorGhost

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    I think there's pretty reasonable correlation there. Many times what keeps talented kids from living up to expectations is handling the pressure appropriately. They're young and dumb and don't realize how much more pressure and scrutiny is put on you when you act like a fool during recruiting and make thousands of rival fan enemies.

    Not many people can handle pressure like that and being "cocky" isn't enough when looking for the motivation to give 100% every day, when you get to college and you're behind to athletes as good or better than you, when you don't get immediate playing time and all your buddies and family are asking why and your excuse is blaming the coaches.

    Being a 5* is pressure enough, so it just makes sense the chances of it affecting them go up when they put a lot more pressure on them and make social media enemies.
     
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  2. DeepPurpleGator

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    ''I ate so many meatballs, the people there started looking like meatballs ... 'The first night I was OK with eating at the stadium. But when they told me we're going to eat there again, I was a little disappointed. I was like, `Take us to Red Lobster or something.' That's when I pretty much made up my mind. I can't live in a place that don't have any restaurants. What am I going to do — fly home to eat shrimp?''
     
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  3. tommyvee

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  4. bobbybaker86

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    Welp there goes that (2025)

     
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  5. Gatorrick22

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    Can you blame him, our "zone" defense made LSU's QB look like Patrick Mahomes.
     
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  6. ddrew91

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    Yea that was another one that was all gator until his CB to Lsu two days ago…
     
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  7. bobbybaker86

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    Jit was on campus bout 2000 times and still went LSU. Obviously we got a lot of time but still….
     
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  8. DeepPurpleGator

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    I LOL'd. :cool:
     
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  9. ddrew91

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    Yea. But if he reclassified and we’re all in on lagway.
     
  10. okcgator

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    Not just on campus but appeared to be pretty pro Gator and Nap on social media.
     
  11. 62gator

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    Long way until his signing day, but, really want(ed) to see him in O&B. Right in our backyard, again, smh.
     
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  13. ETGator

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    Thanks! What a relief to be seeing this kind of thing again!
     
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  14. ETGator

    ETGator Long-Time Gator Stuck In East Tennessee Moderator

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    I heard he was re-classifying to be a 2024.
     
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  15. bobbybaker86

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    yep he is
     
  16. 4RoswellGators

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    Since this is the Twitter thread...
    I think it's worth mentioning what Elon is doing at Twitter as a comparison to what Napier is doing in Gainesville.

    I've been involved in about 15 company rebuilds (taking over an underperforming business unit or branch) in my career. During my first rebuild I tried the nice guy approach and gave everyone the benefit of the doubt and let them stay. It took about nine months to figure out that didn't work. After rebuild #3 I realized it always ends the same way -- all previous leadership is fired and then 75% of the staff turns over in 12 months.

    After the purge was complete, it took an average of two years before the business unit was thriving. Yes, you could see improvement immediately but the desired results took about two years to achieve.

    Elon blew up the leadership in week one and got rid of 50% of the staff in week two.

    Napier kept very few leaders from the previous regime and I would expect about a 50% turnover in personnel by his one year anniversary.

    He has a plan. He has a system. He has the leadership necessary to pull it off. He just needs the personnel.
     
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  17. MCB51

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    Lots can change between now and 2025 lol
     
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  18. tarponbro

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    Who are you talking about? The tweets you post won't come through on my phone.
     
  19. MCB51

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    And you still may lol
     
  20. MCB51

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    Ok..lots of time between now and 2024
     
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