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Austin Simmons Commits to UF (Then Flips To Mississippi)

Discussion in 'Awesome Recruiting' started by candymanfromgc, Apr 3, 2023.

  1. gator_n_sc

    gator_n_sc GC Hall of Fame

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    Go to bed troll
     
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  2. tommyvee

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    I don’t have one. Just someone on TOS saying they are an insider with info.
     
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  3. Skink

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    Anybody can critique in hindsight. You ever work your ass off on something that didn’t turn out right?
     
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  4. Skink

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    So just keep throwing more money on the pile every time daddy ups the ante? You want to give this greedy family more than we settled with Lagway? It’s a miss alright but it’s their miss not ours.

    Think about it — a 25 kid who can reclassify to 23 indicates a value for academics. Ole Miss over UF? Not a chance. On top of that, he reclassifies to 23 so he can sit on the bench in Oxford instead of competing with Mertz for playing time this year in Gainesville? Nothing makes $en$e except the money. Big mistake and while greedy dad counts his winnings Austin will likely have buyer’s remorse. His loss not ours

    Turn the page and grab a top TE and a top DL out of Georgia — works for me
     
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  5. gatordadx2

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    NAILED IT!!!
     
  6. HisDoc

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    And Ole Miss has what, THREE QBs on the roster more highly rated than Austin?

    Disappointed to lose him. But honestly shocked Ole Miss could beat our deal, esp at a position where they have such a backlog and we have virtually nothing (today).
     
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  7. HisDoc

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    You are correct in your assessment. But this one does sting. We needed him...today. and he's from FL and has been ours for a while. Sucks that Lane could swoop in and steal him away with a fat NIL deal. Esp since, as you said, it'll be a while before he sees the field.
     
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  8. 62gator

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    No, but ask wing that question. Yes to OPHS though.
     
  9. HisDoc

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    At Middleburg or Ridgeview?

    If you were close, you may have knkwn Tippy Roberts...huge Gator fan and his JH principal who was like a mother to him. I knew Alan through a close friend from Middleburg, but i went to OPHS.
     
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  10. ETGator

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    Maybe it wasn't as much what the NIL part was as what the $$$ for daddy was?
     
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  11. 06GATORS08

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    It's a question based on an observation. Not everything has to be taken as an attack.
     
  12. HisDoc

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    Maybe...but whatever the specifics were, Ole Miss gave a better deal to what will be their 4th string QB than we apparently could/would to what would prob at least be our backup this year and possibly starter next year. Ole Miss. That should not happen.

    I don't buy the "Florida wanted Lagway" line. They have 3 more talented guys ahead of him in Oxford.
     
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  13. Wanne15

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    You look more whiny ass complainer than stupid. We all see the same things you do. We just aren’t so negative like a naggy ass woman.
     
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  14. ETGator

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    What about the "Florida's schedule is too tough" line? That was pretty telling. I want competitors and that jerk just threw his kid under the bus.

    Everyone should also remember, modern NIL has 2 parts: (1) regular NIL and (2) up-front "buy-off" $$$. Florida does as well as any program in the country now in #1, taking care of our kids who are Gators, but doesn't get into bidding wars for #2. Period. I also don't think Coach Napier puts a lot of time and worry into finding jobs for a daddy who has his hand out . . . no matter the position.
     
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  15. HisDoc

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    Yeah, that was weird. And seemed disingenuous, like the Lagway line.

    But I don't hink we're at a point where people will say the obvious - Ole Miss gave me a better deal!
     
  16. HisDoc

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    Isn't the #2 an NCAA violation, BTW?
     
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  17. ETGator

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    If you call it what it is . . . but so were McDonald's bags full of cash.
     
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  18. Wanne15

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    I don’t work for people who are too fixated on money. I’m kind of expensive and if they want a bid and are worried about how much it costs, they usually can’t afford me. Qbs are expensive too, but once the price is established, daddy can’t keep wanting more. Make a deal and both sides stick to it. Extra demands and back and forth is bs.
     
  19. Wanne15

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    Make a deal and stick with it. I don’t care if it’s $100 k or $13 mil. You don’t keep coming back for more. Shake a man’s hand and that’s the end of it.
     
  20. gator_n_sc

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    His daddy said it best, our schedule is brutal and if his son did play would probably get his ass handed to him as a freshman. Still can't believe he showed his cards amd showed such a weakness with that statement.
     
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