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Alex Smith and tight end recruiting
Written by Duane Long   
Sunday, 28 June 2009 11:43

Sometimes a question from a poster spawns a response that rates its own blog post:

[quote=marvin schrager]Duane: Do you think Alex Smith gets an offer after showing up at camp and working out? Did the staff spend much time with him. Can you gauge if there is mutual interest?
Marvin[/quote]


I didn't say anything about that because I don't have an answer. I only have an educated guess at this point, and here it is.  
I would not be surprised if Lakota coach Larry Cox made this happen. He is a friend of the program and an all-around great guy. He is another one of those coaches who would give up a kidney to get one of his kids an offer. I could see him stepping in and suggesting that the kid at least come up and take a look. Hear what they have to say. He has nothing to lose. Would I offer him? It would depend on how the visit went. There is a downside to offering an instate kid. Most of the people in this state are rabid Ohio State fans. Taking an offer from out of state when there is a Buckeye offer on the table is an invitation to abuse. Not offering a kid who does not want to come to Ohio State lets him off the hook. A classy thing to do if you ask me. Hardball says offer him and put him on the spot. The good thing for the program in not offering him is, there is one less big name kid on your offer list as you go after other prospects.

I think you have to see the visit, and more importantly the fact that he is working out, as a definite positive.


Continuing on with the tight ends, I love that Brause is getting a look there. We want an athletic tight end. Here is an athletic tight end. He is just not currently playing tight end. I wonder what the dynamic is with he and Smith. I think tight end is such a need that the staff is not going to want to mess around. Alex, do you want to be a Buckeye? No? Good luck to you son. We need to get this sewn up. Tyler, you want to be a Buckeye? That scenario would not surprise me. Obviously they like Brause as an athlete.Lets not forget Dennis. I think him being locked in for the offensive line is a mistake. I think anywhere he goes it would be smart to give him a look as a defensive tackle but at Ohio State he fits what we want in a tight end. He is the same size as Ballard and Fragel. Him being brought back for a second look says he has put himself in contention somewhere. I know the staff really liked Donnal too.


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written by dbuckeye44, June 28, 2009
I think that we are in agreement that our first unoffered efforts should be spent on Smith. I agree we should make it to the point and short termed. Are you interested? If so here is your offer good for 15 days. In regards to Brause I am just not that sold on the idea. No question he is athletic but can he block? I dare say probably not. In regards to Dennis I will give to your expertise and say we look at him as a DT keeping in mind we have already offered Hankins and Tomilson as DTs and that Moore could ultimately be a DT. My hopes is that we go ahead and offer Donnal. We want to take three OL this year (and could take 4 if quality merited it). We have Norwell leaving two spots to be filled by Henderson, James and the lad from Maryland. Does anyone see our chances of landing 2 out of these three to be very good? I say go ahead and get Donnal. Then hope we get one of these three. Those still mentioned Schofner I think can forget it but Duane what do you think our interest is in Rotheram? What should our interest be? He seems to me to be big and nasty with a good motor?
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written by DHOS, June 28, 2009
Remember, the name's Nick O'Leary, Ben Koyack, and Darien Bryant.

Two of those three will be Buckeyes in 2011. Guaranteed.

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