Cardwell

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Looks like he’s headed to Oregon. Wish he would’ve been a take for us

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Were we ever really in it for him? He’s a damn good looking back. Very unfortunate we appear to have missed.

Side note, I never worried about him going to Oregon since ballz claimed there wasn’t a chance on a prior thread. Believe he said notre dame was the leader, due to academics.

UW was his leader but he waited too long so they took Berry who they liked equally as much and then told Cardwell they were full. They are different backs. Cardwell is more finesse and might dance too much on actual game film but looks damn good dancing in his highlight reel. Berry is more of a no-nonsense, downhill bruiser who is rarely going to get caught dancing in the back field.

Poor kid waited too long. UW, USC, and Notre Dame were his top schools. He sat around and watched other backs commit to those schools. It’s a shame a legit recruit like that is just going to fall into Oregon’s lap. Oregon would have offered him much earlier had they thought they had a chance with him but they didn’t. Then they realized all his best options had dried up and swooped in with a late offer.

If I was the head coach at UW, I would have taken him as well as Berry just to prevent him from going to Oregon or any other conference opponent. Then let the competition play out and let the losers of the competition transfer out.

It will be interesting to see how their careers compare to each other. I have no doubt Carwell will instantly be the best RB on Oregon’s roster as a true Freshman whereas Berry has a lot more talent ahead of him coming into UW.

UW fans will see Cardwell having an early impact at Oregon and Berry either redshirting or only getting carries in garbage time at UW and they will bitch about it. I can see that coming already. It’s the script.

Cardwell is a really good TB …just not good enough to wait until February for.

Today’s College and NFL teams are less reliant on Bell Cow Running Backs. So the odds
of them chasing a RB until the final signing day are slim.

Even Najee Harris, who came back and removed a lot of doubt, may slip to the 2nd Round in the
Draft because many people feel like Zeke Elliott wasn’t worth his contract.

Biggins says he grew up a Chip Kelly/ Oregon fan, and there were rumors he was going to UCLA before he chose Oregon. It kinda seems like he just waited until he got the offer he wanted, and then went with it.

Anyway, moving on…

John Law wrote:

Biggins says he grew up a Chip Kelly/ Oregon fan, and there were rumors he was going to UCLA before he chose Oregon. It kinda seems like he just waited until he got the offer he wanted, and then went with it.

Anyway, moving on…

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If Oregon was the offer he wanted, they would have offered him a year ago. He’s the best RB on the West coast in this cycle. It’s not like they had any quality RB’s beating down their door. They had a tiny midget slot receiver as their RB commit prior to Cardwell. The kid just waited too long and all his top options dried up. He chose Oregon over Cal, UCLA, and Auburn without ever visiting Auburn. He fell into their lap and UW let it happen.

I prefer a recruiting strategy in which you not only get the players you need to be successful, but you also starve out your competition of players they need to be successful. UW didn’t NEED to take two RB’s in this class. But they could have if they wanted to starve out their competition.

Oregon won’t have as good of an O-line as UW will at any point in time that Cardwell is there. But having a likely star RB that can make something out of nothing will keep Oregon competitive in the run game while they figure out their QB situation. Really stupid move by UW not to continue to recruit that kid.

You said in another thread that you thought Oregon was ridiculous for offering late and expecting Cardwell to be excited about the offer. So I get that you have a lot invested in your thesis, because you kind of have egg on your face now. The reality is that he was probably never into UW, which is why he didn’t commit. It didn’t seem like Oregon had plans to take another RB in this class until they lost the kid from Mater Dei, but as soon as they offered, Cardwell delayed his commitment past the early signing day, and eventually chose the Ducks over some SEC and other Pac schools.

I agree, it will be interesting to see who has the better career between Berry and Cardwell. I don’t think it’s the coaches’ fault if Cardwell ends up better, though. It wasn’t a choice on their end, since only one guy actually wanted to commit.

John Law wrote:

You said in another thread that you thought Oregon was ridiculous for offering late and expecting Cardwell to be excited about the offer. So I get that you have a lot invested in your thesis, because you kind of have egg on your face now. The reality is that he was probably never into UW, which is why he didn’t commit. It didn’t seem like Oregon had plans to take another RB in this class until they lost the kid from Mater Dei, but as soon as they offered, Cardwell delayed his commitment past the early signing day, and eventually chose the Ducks over some SEC and other Pac schools.

I agree, it will be interesting to see who has the better career between Berry and Cardwell. I don’t think it’s the coaches’ fault if Cardwell ends up better, though. It wasn’t a choice on their end, since only one guy actually wanted to commit.

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There’s no egg on my face dude. UW pushed for his commitment in the Summer when they knew they were his leader. He wanted to wait longer and hopefully take visits. Being able to take visits never happened, UW took a commitment from Berry, and moved on.

Same thing with Notre Dame. They offered late in November and became his new leader. But he wanted to wait to visit them before committing. Then he lost his spot to another 4-star RB. Oregon offered after Notre Dame, at that time Notre Dame still had room for him and I said Notre Dame was his leader because they were. He fell into Oregon’s lap waiting too long to commit.

Had UW waited longer for him, he’d be going to UW and that’s a fact. Sorry if that hurts your quook feelings.

And there is probably a reason UW, USC, and Notre Dame were all fine taking other RB’s over him instead of waiting around for him to finally make a decision. For whatever reason, he wasn’t a “must get” recruit for any of them. I don’t know why, but I also don’t have access to his game film.

I think he’ll be a star true Freshman on an otherwise shitty Oregon team next season and given his indecisive personality, will probably look to transfer to a better program.

I don’t think anyone here thinks Cardwell is irreplaceable. That’s actually what makes your need to spin this so funny. You need the Huskies to have rejected him, rather than vice-versa. And then, you follow it up with the classic WDWHA argument that every homer fan uses. He picked another school. Just get over it and move on. If the coaches liked Berry just as much, then cool – everybody wins.

I’m not an expert on the Ducks playing rotation, but given that everyone is coming back, it seems doubtful that Cardwell will get many carries next year, unless there are a bunch of injuries. I was wondering what happened to Trey Benson who they signed last year out of Leach’s backyard. He looked pretty good coming out of HS, but it sounds like he sustained a pretty major injury. They also lost another RB to the transfer portal recently, so who knows, maybe there is space for Cardwell to get a few carries.

John Law wrote:

I don’t think anyone here thinks Cardwell is irreplaceable. That’s actually what makes your need to spin this so funny. You need the Huskies to have rejected him, rather than vice-versa. And then, you follow it up with the classic WDWHA argument that every homer fan uses. He picked another school. Just get over it and move on. If the coaches liked Berry just as much, then cool – everybody wins.

I’m not an expert on the Ducks playing rotation, but given that everyone is coming back, it seems doubtful that Cardwell will get many carries next year, unless there are a bunch of injuries. I was wondering what happened to Trey Benson who they signed last year out of Leach’s backyard. He looked pretty good coming out of HS, but it sounds like he sustained a pretty major injury. They also lost another RB to the transfer portal recently, so who knows, maybe there is space for Cardwell to get a few carries.

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I’m not spinning anything. Just spitting facts. UW didn’t reject Cardwell. They accepted a commitment from another RB and stuck with their plan to only take one RB in this class. Cardwell didn’t reject UW either, he just waited too long and lost his opportunity to commit to UW, as he did with his other top schools as well.

Oregon’s RB depth sucks. Benson sucks and Dollars sucks. Cardwell will pass them on the depth chart with ease.

Dollars looked pretty good vs. USC in the Pac 12 championship game. Beyond that, I couldn’t say. Benson has been injured. I guess we’ll see.

John Law wrote:

Dollars looked pretty good vs. USC in the Pac 12 championship game. Beyond that, I couldn’t say. Benson has been injured. I guess we’ll see.

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USC is soft. They struggled to beat Arizona. Every RB they played against looked good.

John Law wrote:

You said in another thread that you thought Oregon was ridiculous for offering late and expecting Cardwell to be excited about the offer. So I get that you have a lot invested in your thesis, because you kind of have egg on your face now. The reality is that he was probably never into UW, which is why he didn’t commit. It didn’t seem like Oregon had plans to take another RB in this class until they lost the kid from Mater Dei, but as soon as they offered, Cardwell delayed his commitment past the early signing day, and eventually chose the Ducks over some SEC and other Pac schools.

I agree, it will be interesting to see who has the better career between Berry and Cardwell. I don’t think it’s the coaches’ fault if Cardwell ends up better, though. It wasn’t a choice on their end, since only one guy actually wanted to commit.

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Ballz is never right on anything. Constantly wrong but he’ll move the goal post and shit post his way into making himself believe he was right all along. Only his alt account ever agrees with him.