BigAppleBuckeye;1305437 wrote:Would love to hear more about this Midstate, can you share the link/info? Will always be a Fickell fan for taking a bullet last year, but he is not the right fit for our D coordinator.
With jbook's approval to post from a pay site, here ya go.
Okay so I spoke with my 1 connection that I have shared info from before who is a Scout for Pennsylvania and the East Coast . He is also the same guy who did Robert Foster, and recently Marshon Lattimore, and Chris Worley’s tape.
Take this info for what its worth I just wanted to share the info with you guys that I was told. As I mention before if I get some inside info I will share with you unless told other wise, other than that I just bring you guys updates.
I was told that he is surprised that Ohio State is still so into Robert Foster. He said that knowing Foster personally, he is a different type of kid. I was told that he would be surprised if Foster can even get into Ohio State that’s why Pitt is always mentioned. He also said not only is Foster a gamble with his off the field antics but he is gamble on the field because Foster carries that “ I don’t give a f*ck attitude” when it comes to pushing himself on the field. See the latest antics where he got into a fight with his coach, and then he was kicked out of his game last night.
So Boarding House has hit on a couple of topics lately and from my guy who is not a member of our community hit home on a lot of things that have also been said on Boarding House.
My guy talks to Fickell the most out of anyone on the current staff based off their relationship from the Tressel regime. I was told that Fickell won’t come out and say it but he does not like Urban Meyer. Fickell and Meyer do not see eye to eye and internally Meyer is on Ficks ass.
It started when Meyer was first hired, because Meyer was grinding Fickell to go find him more speed and more talent. So with my guy being dialed into the Recruiting in the Western PA area Fick reached out to him to see what type of local talent they have in that area.
My guy told me he even bumped heads several times with Fickell because Fickell keeps looking for thumpers but my guy told him if they want to win big and compete with the SEC he needs to change his mentality when it comes to recruiting, and start looking at kids who are athletes, kid’s that have the fast twitch motion that can’t be taught. Sadly enough my guy said he also has strong relationships with the Notre Dame Staff and those are the type of kids they are recruiting on Defense and you can start to see the turnaround in Notre Dame’s program.
Like what Boarding House said conflict between staff is dialed down because they are winning, however Fickell and Meyer are not a good match. He said Fickell is stubborn, wants to play the safe odds, and is afraid of stepping out of his box. Meyer is the complete opposite and wants to attack, attack, attack, and doesn’t give a damn about playing it safe.
Here is some local recruiting info in the Western PA area that I was told:
Boarding House mentioned two names yesterday Dravon Henry and Jaleel Fields. I was told that Henry and Fields are very much interested in Ohio State. I was told that Henry is a legit lockdown Corner who is going to blow up. My guy said he spoke to Jaleel Fields father this week and Fields really wants to be a Buckeye. He doesn’t know if Ohio State will offer, but if he does Fields will be signed sealed and deliver.
I was told that he gave Fickell a heads up on a kid before he blew up and Fickell told him he wasn’t interested. That kid was WR Will Fuller who is having an outstanding year and has committed to Notre Dame. I was told that Fuller wanted an OSU offer and when Fickell told him he wasn’t interested he introduced Notre Dame to him and after the Penn State scandal Notre Dame offered right away and closed the deal.
I was told that S Monte Nicholson is a guy who looks good in camp circuits and 7 on 7 but is a tad bit over rated once the pads come on.
There was some interest from Ohio State on ATH Tyler Boyd and Boyd wanted to give OSU a hard look but I was told OSU let his camp know for now they are not going to do anything. I was told Ohio State is confident they will land James Quick or Tony Stevens with Shelton Gibson so they don’t go with Boyd because all of those guys trump him in talent.
If Ohio State uses Tavion Jacobs right in the slot he will cause headaches for opposing Big 10 defense and he is a kid a lot people don’t talk about but his speed is legit, but he needs to put on weight.
I was told that Mariotti will have to watch how they train Jalin Marshall. Marshall is **** diesel strong right now, and once this guy get’s into a real college Strength and Conditioning program he is going to get even bigger. Pound for Pound Marshall maybe one of the strongest kids on the roster after some legit training. I was told Marshall is strong right now that he will be able to handle carries coming out of the backfield, as well as being that Wild Card who can kill you in the slot. QB for Marshall is a pipe dream.
I was told that WR Marshon Lattimore will be the next Glenville Star at Ohio State on a National Level. This kid is as good as advertised and the scary thing is he doesn’t know what the hell he is doing. Once he actually is coached up and learns the game of football he is going to give you glimpses of Teddy Ginn.
Chris Worley has a switch that turns on once he is on the field. He said after cutting up film on Worley and watching full game tapes this kid plays football to inflict pain on people. He’s tough as nails and Meyer loves him because he absolutely tries to knock some one’s d!ck in the dirt. Saying Worley might not get all of the love from the recruiting rankings but he brings that nastiness that is missing from OSU Defense now.
