{"id":2477,"date":"2013-08-08T19:13:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T00:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2018-05-29T19:36:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T00:36:23","slug":"random-thoughts-from-a-recruiting-mind-quincy-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/random-thoughts-from-a-recruiting-mind-quincy-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts from a Recruiting Mind: Quincy Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"quincy-action\"By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been about a week since Quincy Wilson committed to the University of Florida and many are wondering what are my thoughts on a wide range of topics surrounding his commitment. \u00a0I will address some of those here. \u00a0First am I proud of him, \u00a0absolutely. \u00a0The goal for Quincy was to receive a scholarship to play football, the game he loves and he has accomplished that. \u00a0The level of success he has achieved while pursuing this goal has allowed him to set new goals above and beyond the scholarship.<\/p>\n

The two biggest questions surrounding Quincy Wilson during his recruitment have been what position will he play in college and what happened with the University of Miami. \u00a0Regarding his position, despite what many fans may think, Wilson was recruited as a cornerback by a majority of the schools that offered him. \u00a0In fact, I can’t think of one school on his offer list of 50 that said they want him to play safety. \u00a0While many may say that this was just coaches telling a recruit what he wants to hear, \u00a0I will say that they would have to be some of the World’s greatest liars to slide some b.s. past me. \u00a0I was born in Brooklyn. \u00a0I spent my early years watching bricks in a box being sold as a VCR. \u00a0Second, I am not some average parent, \u00a0I played this game and I coach it. \u00a0Would be kind of difficult to b.s. me and Quincy as well in this regard. \u00a0The teams that Quincy and I had serious discussions with about attending all gave at length and detailed discussions about their philosophy on defense and in the secondary. \u00a0Whether people realize it or not, \u00a0the cornerback position is one that is getting bigger. \u00a0Defenses are tired of being overwhelmed by bigger, taller and more physical wide receivers. \u00a0At some point, \u00a0you knew defenses would do something to counteract that and that time is now. \u00a0In the future, cornerbacks are going to more resemble Xavier Rhodes than they will Tyrann Mathieu. \u00a0Perhaps Quincy keeps growing into a 6’3″ 240 lb. athlete and ends up moving his position but I doubt it.<\/p>\n

Regarding Miami. \u00a0I won’t talk much about this because I think it’s rather disingenuous to continue talking about Miami when Florida is the school he has committed to. \u00a0At the end of the day, Miami did not offer Quincy at any position: cornerback, safety, linebacker, etc. \u00a0I am sure they have their reasons and I am ok with that. \u00a0For those wondering, we had no discussions whatsoever with Al Golden about an offer or a position he could, should or would be offered at. He was no shoe in to go to Miami had they offered. \u00a0He was going to explore all of his options anyway because as a parent, \u00a0I feel that is the proper way to make a decision. \u00a0Miami was the best choice for me in 1992. \u00a0It’s 2013 and he is his own man. \u00a0I am not bitter about his lack of an offer from the University of Miami. \u00a0Would it be nice to have them in consideration, absolutely but 70 division I schools did not offer him. \u00a0We were both overwhelmed and elated by the 50 who did and that was the focus during the process. \u00a0Miami fans continued to make the Hurricanes lack of an offer an issue and still do to this day. \u00a0This is what fans do and I appreciate fans. \u00a0I loved them when I ran out of the smoke and can still appreciate their passion today. \u00a0Some may ask why I allowed him to rip Miami when approached by fans on Twitter. \u00a0I say let him speak his mind. \u00a0I am confident that he knows the limits. \u00a0If fans want to bring it, \u00a0I say he can give it back, he has a witty mind and a flare for comebacks (wonder where he got that from?). \u00a0His limits are not what fans think they should be and not really yours to choose. \u00a0Your opinion is your opinion. \u00a0My wife and I raised him, not the fans. \u00a0Our family is pleased with his decision to join the Gators. \u00a0It’s a chance for him to earn a free education and have an opportunity to play for a great program in one of the toughest conferences in the country. \u00a0As a parent, \u00a0what more can you ask for.<\/p>\n

I hope that puts to rest these issues but I’m guessing it won’t. \u00a0At some point fans will move on but I’m guess it’s not any time soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog Twitter: @GridironStuds It has been about a week since Quincy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[829,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-football","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}