Deonte Sheffield headed to FSU

[noeynox]

If you went to Uconn, tweeting a player about going to Uconn is an NCAA violation. Maybe Kevin Negandhi is just trying to keep Uconn out of trouble.

Like I said I never have, but he could take his sanctimonious tone and shove it.

 

[Saab04]

Gonna be a long 4 years on the bench for that kid absent a bunch of injuries. Might get some special teams play at best.

Waste of talent if doesn't get to play.

 

[Stinger92860]

Gonna be a long 4 years on the bench for that kid absent a bunch of injuries. Might get some special teams play at best.

5 years as he probably redshirts

 

[businesslawyer]

I would not tweet at a kid, but who the he'll is Kevin Negandhi to say that? If you're on twitter with an unblocked account, people are going to tweet at you.

I think it's douchey, but so is Negandhi's tweet.

You're offended that someone posted asking for people to show personal respect and common decency notwithstanding that technology allows otherwise? Seriously?

 

[TouchdownHusky]

If he goes to FSU and if he's not good enough to play there (he may find out FSU coaches use the same recruiting pitch to attract a stsble fuul of RBs), his decision to go there as opposed to UConn will look very foolish. Good chance it does.

 

[hardcorehusky]

If he isn't on scholarship, I don't think he needs to redshirt if he transfers.

 

[noeynox]

You're offended that someone posted asking for people to show personal respect and common decency notwithstanding that technology allows otherwise? Seriously?

Who said anything about being offended???

I think his tweet is a douchey as people tweeting at kids. It's the type of thing people put out there to get likes.

Twitter alloys you to block and report people instantly.

I wouldn't personally tweet at kids, but I'm on twitter enough to see that these kids engage fans all the time.

To me that was a cornball tweet to get likes. Nothing about that says I'm offended.

 

[Timking124]

We keep talking about probabilities as if this kid hasn't beat the odds before. Whether he gets a scholarship or not, whether the he plays or not, he is a member of his dream school and a member of a top football program in the country.

 

[BlueDogs]

We keep talking about probabilities as if this kid hasn't beat the odds before. Whether he gets a scholarship or not, whether the he plays or not, he is a member of his dream school and a member of a top football program in the country.

Players like to play. No kid is happy sitting on the pine unless he really set his goal to be wearing a jersey. In reality he is delusional like most motivated players and thinks if he can just get a chance it will all fall into place. But the sad truth is he's going to be a scout team guy getting the crap kicked out of him pretending to be another player that does play on saturdays. Sad. But youth is wasted on the young, and experience and wisdom are wasted on those who no longer can. Maybe he catches a break and it works out, but the odds are not good.

 

[uconnbill]

I am sad he didn't come to UConn but I do wish him well on his uphill climb on a team that is full of very good running backs.

 

[Stinger92860]

If he isn't on scholarship, I don't think he needs to redshirt if he transfers.

He gets 5 to play 4

 

[Timking124]

Players like to play. No kid is happy sitting on the pine unless he really set his goal to be wearing a jersey. In reality he is delusional like most motivated players and thinks if he can just get a chance it will all fall into place. But the sad truth is he's going to be a scout team guy getting the crap kicked out of him pretending to be another player that does play on saturdays. Sad. But youth is wasted on the young, and experience and wisdom are wasted on those who no longer can. Maybe he catches a break and it works out, but the odds are not good.

Not delusional, he bet on himself. Football is a result game so if he out performs every player in practice he will see the field regardless. There have been numerous highly recruited athletics that have not panned out and plenty of walkons that have. It won't be easy, he knows that, but does have some control in the matter (the more he works the better his chances to see the field).

At worst you are right and he will have to make a decision whether to transfer.

 

[Chuck]

He gets 5 to play 4

Yes, but unlike a scholarship player that has to sit out a year if he transfers to another school (which counts as 1 of his 5), Stinger is saying that a non-scholarship player is eligible immediately like a grad transfer. I don't know if that's true (although it seems fair, the NCAA isn't generally fair), but that would mean that if he gets his butt kicked and realizes he'll never see the field, he can transfer to another school and have 4 years to play 4. A typical transfer loses a year if they redshirt and then transfer.

 

[2Infinity]

In the end, it seems he abandoned his "safe" plan of going to UConn or Ga Southern on scholarship, with PT a virtual certainty in the short run and decided to roll the dice, by betting on his ability. Because he can attend FSU as an in-state student, his costs will be greatly subsidized (tuition reduced by 70%). So giving himself a year to see if he can impress the coaches and crack the lineup, may not be such a bad gamble. Should it stretch into a second year w/o much progress though, then he'd be starting to sell himself short. Hopefully he has a similar plan in mind and sticks to it. The danger is, if he isn't making real progress toward seeing the field, that the FSU coaches string him along with false optimism, to ensure program depth, and he wastes his talent on the practice squad. Hoping he has a plan!

 

[kibblesnbits]

In the end, it seems he abandoned his "safe" plan of going to UConn or Ga Southern on scholarship, with PT a virtual certainty in the short run and decided to roll the dice, by betting on his ability. Because he can attend FSU as an in-state student, his costs will be greatly subsidized (tuition reduced by 70%). So giving himself a year to see if he can impress the coaches and crack the lineup, may not be such a bad gamble. Should it stretch into a second year w/o much progress though, then he'd be starting to sell himself short. Hopefully he has a similar plan in mind and sticks to it. The danger is, if he isn't making real progress toward seeing the field, that the FSU coaches string him along with false optimism, to ensure program depth, and he wastes his talent on the practice squad. Hoping he has a plan!

I doubt he's paying much. I'll bet the aid packages for walk-ons recommended by the FSU football coaching staff are pretty good.

 

[uconnbill]

I doubt he's paying much. I'll bet the aid packages for walk-ons recommended by the FSU football coaching staff are pretty good.

A lot of that is tied to if he is a POW or just a walk on. There is a difference and something anyone should take into account

 

[kibblesnbits]

A lot of that is tied to if he is a POW or just a walk on. There is a difference and something anyone should take into account

If he's a POW doesn't he get to go free under the Geneva Convention? No training table or athletic dorm though..........

 

[hardcorehusky]

Here is Jimbo Fisher's thoughts on recruiting and recruiting RB. Gives a clue to why Sheffield went there \:


Jimbo Fisher: 'I've never been around a great player that worried about that'

 

[TheDrifter75]

Here is Jimbo Fisher's thoughts on recruiting and recruiting RB. Gives a clue to why Sheffield went there \:


Jimbo Fisher: 'I've never been around a great player that worried about that'

Devonta Freeman never started a game before his senior year in hs. I would absolutely love to see the melt down on here if UConn recruited a guy no one knew about and had never started a game.

 

[junglehusky]

Players like to play. No kid is happy sitting on the pine unless he really set his goal to be wearing a jersey. In reality he is delusional like most motivated players and thinks if he can just get a chance it will all fall into place. But the sad truth is he's going to be a scout team guy getting the crap kicked out of him pretending to be another player that does play on saturdays. Sad. But youth is wasted on the young, and experience and wisdom are wasted on those who no longer can. Maybe he catches a break and it works out, but the odds are not good.

Let's say you are a 18 year old bball player. Would you rather be a walk-on for UConn MBB, in the Big East heyday when they were winning BE tourneys and going to the Final Four/NCAA championship, or would you rather be a scholarship player for, say, Colorado State or Central Michigan? I know which one I'd pick.

 

[Exit 4]

Let's say you are a 18 year old bball player. Would you rather be a walk-on for UConn MBB, in the Big East heyday when they were winning BE tourneys and going to the Final Four/NCAA championship, or would you rather be a scholarship player for, say, Colorado State or Central Michigan? I know which one I'd pick.

Darn you!

 

[BlueMAB]

Let's say you are a 18 year old bball player. Would you rather be a walk-on for UConn MBB, in the Big East heyday when they were winning BE tourneys and going to the Final Four/NCAA championship, or would you rather be a scholarship player for, say, Colorado State or Central Michigan? I know which one I'd pick.

No matter what you decide, there'd be some jerk on a message board pretending he knows better than you what you should do with your life.

 

[Drew]

Florida Board of Education provides free tuition and fees to all state universities for all students that meet certain criteria (3.0 and test scores? can't remember exactly). If he winds up having to pay his own way it still won't be anywhere near as much as it could be and he will be close to home and get to be at FSU for 4 years. Not a bad deal.

 

[2Infinity]

Florida Board of Education provides free tuition and fees to all state universities for all students that meet certain criteria (3.0 and test scores? can't remember exactly). If he winds up having to pay his own way it still won't be anywhere near as much as it could be and he will be close to home and get to be at FSU for 4 years. Not a bad deal.

Which works as long as...he get's to play! If he's not playing...then that's a lot of talent to be riding the pine as one of FSU's biggest fans.

 

[Exit 4]

Looking at the FSU roster, they have Donte listed as going on scholarship in January. Given his love for FSU, I don't think he is leaving even if he is riding the pine all four or five years.

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