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2022 UConn Football Commit - Zion Turner (Miami Florida)

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Durks07 said:
Is it being too greedy to hope that Zion convinces one or more teammates from St. Thomas Aquinas to come north?
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Anthony Hankerson is a solid RB at StA that would be a great addition. Would be a nice steal from Temple who seems to be recruiting him hard.
 
kibblesnbits said:
Yup. He went to New Haven where he was a fairly ordinary player at D-2. He's a good exhibit that the correlation between stars and on-field college performance can be weak.

Nonetheless, this signing has me excited. Find a couple of good additions at OL and LB and I'll be, in the words of Alan Greenspan, "excessively exuberant." Unless we are going to play an LB-free defensive system I can't understand why we seem to have so much trouble recruiting a few.
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He was a BC ratings bump pump and dump. Got the rating with an offer, and pfffffffffft from there.
 
Turner became the first quarterback in St. Thomas Aquinas history to win three-straight state championships as the starting quarterback.

And his stat line for the night showed for it as well.

Turner went 10-of-13 passing for 102 yards and two touchdowns and also added 65 yards on the ground, 46 of that coming on a first down run that would set up his 21-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Hardge to put the Raiders up 35-7 with 5:50 left in the third quarter.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – While it was the first-ever appearance for the Tampa Bay Tech Titans in a state championship
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kibblesnbits said:
Yup. He went to New Haven where he was a fairly ordinary player at D-2. He's a good exhibit that the correlation between stars and on-field college performance can be weak.

Nonetheless, this signing has me excited. Find a couple of good additions at OL and LB and I'll be, in the words of Alan Greenspan, "excessively exuberant." Unless we are going to play an LB-free defensive system I can't understand why we seem to have so much trouble recruiting a few.
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Possibly the first Alan Greenspan quote in BY history.
 
kibblesnbits said:
Yup. He went to New Haven where he was a fairly ordinary player at D-2. He's a good exhibit that the correlation between stars and on-field college performance can be weak.

Nonetheless, this signing has me excited. Find a couple of good additions at OL and LB and I'll be, in the words of Alan Greenspan, "excessively exuberant." Unless we are going to play an LB-free defensive system I can't understand why we seem to have so much trouble recruiting a few.
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cohenzone said:
Possibly the first Alan Greenspan quote in BY history.
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Technically it was "irrational exuberance".

And reading and finding out that phraseology came to Greenspan while he was in a bath tub is weird on several levels and a visual I probably won't ever rid myself.


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Chin Diesel said:
Technically it was "irrational exuberance".

And reading and finding out that phraseology came to Greenspan while he was in a bath tub is weird on several levels and a visual I probably won't ever rid myself.


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The concept of irrational exuberance came to me in the bathtub one morning, Alan Greenspan recalled. On December 5, 1996, in what became a famous speech at the American Enterprise Institute,...
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What comes to you in the bath tub. Don’t answer.
 
I read this about him:

"Huge pickup. Kid won 3 state titles as a QB in Miami / South Florida area. Great foot quickness and general speed but the best asset is his throwing accuracy. Especially on short and medium throws, he puts the ball in the receivers hands in stride. Still a little raw and needs to learn to protect himself and the ball a bit, but a proven winner. Slightly undersized but that’s not a big deal in college like the NFL. He will excel in the pocket but also turn broken plays into positive yards with his feet."
 
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KingLurk said:
I read this about him:

"Huge pickup. Kid won 3 state titles as a QB in Miami / South Florida area. Great foot quickness and general speed but the best asset is his throwing accuracy. Especially on short and medium throws, he puts the ball in the receivers hands in stride. Still a little raw and needs to learn to protect himself and the ball a bit, but a proven winner. Slightly undersized but that’s not a big deal in college like the NFL. He will excel in the pocket but also turn broken plays into positive yards with his feet."
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When he decides to take off it happens really, really quickly. Would be nice if he doesn't have to do it too often but it's there for sure. It's hard to know if he jumps into the mix right away because the speed adjustment presents some risks to true freshmen QB's. Would prefer a year of practice but if he catches on quickly to the system the skills are there. Might need a little more strength to add zip on his passes but that should come. I remember Pindell at QB camps and it seemed to benefit him a bunch. He can totally make lemonade out of lemons on the pitch.
 
Jimdish255 said:
When he decides to take off it happens really, really quickly. Would be nice if he doesn't have to do it too often but it's there for sure. It's hard to know if he jumps into the mix right away because the speed adjustment presents some risks to true freshmen QB's. Would prefer a year of practice but if he catches on quickly to the system the skills are there. Might need a little more strength to add zip on his passes but that should come. I remember Pindell at QB camps and it seemed to benefit him a bunch. He can totally make lemonade out of lemons on the pitch.
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Some of most successful offenses outside of Orlovsky, were with Lorenzen, McCummings (relatively speaking at the time) and Pindell. And it was all because they were mobile QB's. It forces defenses to account for another runner usually freeing up someone in coverage or creating some space for running.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
Some of most successful offenses outside of Orlovsky, were with Lorenzen, McCummings (relatively speaking at the time) and Pindell. And it was all because they were mobile QB's. It forces defenses to account for another runner usually freeing up someone in coverage or creating some space for running.
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How you gonna do Bryant Sheriffs dirty like that?
 
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"In Florida, quarterbacks in the offseason participate in seven-on-seven tournaments looking to perfect their craft. The training has elevated the level play, and Florida has produced high stat producers on the collegiate level in the last 10 years. Since 2011 the likes of Teddy Bridgewater from 2011 to 2013 at Louisville, Geno Smith from 2011 and 2012 at West Virginia, and Rakeem Cato at Marshall from 2011 to 2014 and Lamar Jackson from 2015 to 2017 have all dazzled on the college level representing South Florida."

"As a Passer…
The dual-threat quarterback has developed into an efficient thrower of the football. Turner can throw it long, hitting his receivers in stride and add touch on the ball when needed on short and intermediate throws. Over the years he has limited the “bad throw” and makes the “smart throw” more often than not. Turner will go into his third year as a starter at the premier private school in South Florida, looking to win his third straight state title as a starter."

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DoctorWho85 said:
Some of most successful offenses outside of Orlovsky, were with Lorenzen, McCummings (relatively speaking at the time) and Pindell. And it was all because they were mobile QB's. It forces defenses to account for another runner usually freeing up someone in coverage or creating some space for running.
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We had a successful offense with Scott McCummings?
 
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mikedog10 said:
How you gonna do Bryant Sheriffs dirty like that?
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Was he considered a mobile QB like the three I mentioned? I think he was more of a passer that occasionally ran. But the last 6 or 7 years are being erased from my memory by Mora fairly quickly.
 
Waquoit said:
My first reaction is "Are you freakin' kidding me?"
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My first reaction was “Zion? If the war was over tomorrow, Zion is where the party would be.”

It kind of fits.
 
giddyup said:
Sick accuracy, live arm. Night and day better than anything we’ve seen.
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Man, he has a canon, is absolutely fearless about contact, and yet is smart enough to take a lot off the ball to make his option passes catchable. Granted he’s playing against highschoolers, but he looks better than any quarterback we’ve had in years. No disrespect to our guys.
 
cohenzone said:
Possibly the first Alan Greenspan quote in BY history.
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Nope. It is often vaguely impressive to see the references that are made on this board.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
Was he considered a mobile QB like the three I mentioned? I think he was more of a passer that occasionally ran. But the last 6 or 7 years are being erased from my memory by Mora fairly quickly.
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I’d say Bryant was more of a mobile Qb than McCummings was. McCummings was a RB playing Qb.
 
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