What a great picture in that article! DoWork, thanks for posting. Between yourself and AH and Moett you bring a great perspective to this board. Mods, can we make that his profile pic?
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'12 WA S Ma'ne Manaea (Signed to Idaho)
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bigbang2
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Parker Orms will make a very good safety, the problem is that he is being played at Corner. Manea runs 4.5 40 well going by his profile, is good speed for a safety, that is a lot of better than what we have currently with the exception of Kyle Washington.
bigbang2
blindslighted
Parker and Manea have a lot of things in common, they are both great all around players. Parker was all state on offense, the guy was unstoppable as a runner in HS.
Just saw this on the Rivals board. Ma'ne was selected as the player of the year for his area.
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Some great stuff in the article about his versatility and what his coach and other coaches had to say about him. Here's what he had to say about his commitment to CU (finally sounds rock solid):
Manaea will begin a new chapter in life when he reports to the University of Colorado in the summer. He orally committed to the Buffaloes in September and visited the Boulder campus in October. The trip affirmed his decision to attend school so far away from family and friends.
“Being out there for three days, I felt like I was already going to the school,” he said. “It was like the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. Everything came together.”
Manaea said he wants to play right away.
“My mindset is I’m going to come in and fight for my spot,” he said. “I’m going to play as a true freshman. There’s no redshirting me.
“Coach Greg Brown (CU defensive coordinator) told me once you sign on the dotted line, get the workout plan, come in here and work hard, there should be no reason why you can’t be in the games on Saturdays.”
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Some great stuff in the article about his versatility and what his coach and other coaches had to say about him. Here's what he had to say about his commitment to CU (finally sounds rock solid):
Manaea will begin a new chapter in life when he reports to the University of Colorado in the summer. He orally committed to the Buffaloes in September and visited the Boulder campus in October. The trip affirmed his decision to attend school so far away from family and friends.
“Being out there for three days, I felt like I was already going to the school,” he said. “It was like the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. Everything came together.”
Manaea said he wants to play right away.
“My mindset is I’m going to come in and fight for my spot,” he said. “I’m going to play as a true freshman. There’s no redshirting me.
“Coach Greg Brown (CU defensive coordinator) told me once you sign on the dotted line, get the workout plan, come in here and work hard, there should be no reason why you can’t be in the games on Saturdays.”
Why do the coaches want him to Gray-shirt? Did he get injured? Are we expecting big things to happen recruiting wise in the next few weeks that will push him out of a spot?
If we backed off on Jonavaughn and told Manaea that he should look at other opportunities if he doesn't want to grayshirt, the only explanation that makes any sense is that we have some really good players on the hook. It started with beating Nebraska and Michigan State for Mosley. Will be interesting to see who pops next.
Dam##t. Maybe related to the previous head injury? Does anyone know? Not good, when dback recruiting is fairly week for this cycle.
Hopefully the commits keep coming & we don't lose too many by signing day. You know you'll lose some, but it's still frustrating. I have a good feeling like we'll flip more than we lose.
Yuri, Crawley NYE fireworks
Those are just some long odds though, especially for Yuri, who nobody seems to have been able to get a good read on to this point.
It'd better be both, & if that's the case, the PAC 12 qbs might want to be careful.
I'm sure the coaches have a better idea of what's going on than we do.
I forgot about this. Yet, I'm hoping that I was right about landing some bigger fish.
The PAC 12 is already pass happy, then add Graham at ASU, Rich Rod at 'Zona and Leach at WSU and the imbalance shifts even more. I really like the strategy from our coaches. Focus on the defensive line and DB's. Couple a stout D with a pro set offense, and we can really win some games.
EDIT: ASU and AZ will run spreads, so not pass happy...
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I can understand a kid not wanting to grayshirt, kids want to play and play now.
In Ma'ne's case it might really help him. If he has had some head injury issues we keep hearing that the best thing is time to heal completely, this would give him a full year.
It would also give him a year to work out and build up for the college game. He would also have the advantage of getting a spring practice instead of just coming in to the summer team activities (without coaches) and then dropping right into fall camp.
It also makes adjusting to college itself easier coming in spring semester and not having to deal with everything at once.
With all that I can see how the kid looks at it as an insult, saying that he is not good enough that they want him right away or that he is a priority for them.
In Ma'ne's case it might really help him. If he has had some head injury issues we keep hearing that the best thing is time to heal completely, this would give him a full year.
It would also give him a year to work out and build up for the college game. He would also have the advantage of getting a spring practice instead of just coming in to the summer team activities (without coaches) and then dropping right into fall camp.
It also makes adjusting to college itself easier coming in spring semester and not having to deal with everything at once.
With all that I can see how the kid looks at it as an insult, saying that he is not good enough that they want him right away or that he is a priority for them.
It's not when we're talking about a DB (doesn't have to gain weight like a lineman) when he's not having to change positions (extra spring camp would make a difference then) and there's not an injury issue that a year off would change (like a knee surgery).
I wouldn't grayshirt if I was Manaea if there was any other offer I liked.
Correct.
No ****ing way!
AllStarBuffs
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honestly i don't like the idea of semi-pulling the offer after a guy has given us a commitment. I hope he was warned of the possibility up front, in which case all is well. Or to offer and then change to a greyshirt offer prior to a commitment is fine. But otherwise it sure isn't taking the high road, to say the least.