Jerrard Randall

[Boom]

http://www.texasprepstars.com/index.php?mod=story&id=15
The one issue was the lost Arizona Credits. To make that up Myles would have to complete 24 credits in Spring term. That is a super full load. Just a few months after Lori's death Myles was climbing his way back up....at least he was trying.

Signing day came in February and Wade decided to become a Red Raider siging his letter on intent. He felt he had found a home in Texas. now he just had to finish the degree under a mountain of classes and tests and coursework.

So it was with great joy and celebration that Myles Wade walked the podium at Portland's Memorial Coliseum and received his AA from Portland Community College. He has done what no one but a few though he could do. He will get another chance and play on a bigger stage than the U of O where he originally was meant to play. The Ducks did not believe in him and it looks like things worked out for the best for Wade.

Pretty sure an AA degree from PCC would have granted him automatic entrance.

[UOducksTK1]

Trust the coaches, blah, blah, I know and I do agree with that mindset.

But damn, why turn away someone like Randall? Let him and Mariota duke it out and choose the better of the two. Both have extreme upside, I don't know why the coaches would say no to either.

I think their decision is justified if obviously he still has grades issue OR they were only planning on taking one QB this class anyway (and the latter seems goofy considering we had Randall, Mariota, and Manziel all at one time basically).

[Duck24]

I'm sorry but this one doesn't pass the smell test. This kid is all Ducks and now we are saying "thanks but no thanks." Ya not so much. Does anyone else remember the quotes CK supposedly said to him about "only going out with one girl" and how it related to recruiting? Something isn't right here and for some reason I think it is on our end. I just have a hard time believing that a guy who has been committed to Oregon for quite some time, rocking Duck gear during practice and all over his school seems to have qualified and now we don't want him/there was a mutual breakup. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but either way this blows.

[vagusnerve]

agreed, this seems strange.

it looks like he's qualified, but coaches said no. we should have taken two qbs.

i'd like to hear more about this. and also more about the Dontae Williams situation; was he transitioning to Safety??

[NCDucks09]

You guys, this is all conjecture. No one knows the reason why, so why run the hamster wheel?

Also, character is an issue. Masoli was a thug and severely broke CK's trust. After CK, LGB, and LMJ's issues, I think CK is avoiding players with emotional or character issues.

Randall's myspace page profile photo was decked out with him holding guns at one point. He's a poor student and barely could get his act together. What makes you think he can handle flying across the country, and being held to a higher standard than he ever has been held to before?

The 'R' in Randall stands for 'Risky'!

[woundedknees]

http://www.texasprepstars.com/index.php?mod=story&id=15
The one issue was the lost Arizona Credits. To make that up Myles would have to complete 24 credits in Spring term. That is a super full load. Just a few months after Lori's death Myles was climbing his way back up....at least he was trying.

Signing day came in February and Wade decided to become a Red Raider siging his letter on intent. He felt he had found a home in Texas. now he just had to finish the degree under a mountain of classes and tests and coursework.

So it was with great joy and celebration that Myles Wade walked the podium at Portland's Memorial Coliseum and received his AA from Portland Community College. He has done what no one but a few though he could do. He will get another chance and play on a bigger stage than the U of O where he originally was meant to play. The Ducks did not believe in him and it looks like things worked out for the best for Wade.

Pretty sure an AA degree from PCC would have granted him automatic entrance.

The odds of handling a 24 credit load are pretty steep... Perhaps Wade was more comfortable signing with a program that said, "Come on down", than one which made it clear if he wasn't successful in his academic endeavor that he would not get in?

[briarduck]

You guys, this is all conjecture. No one knows the reason why, so why run the hamster wheel?

Also, character is an issue. Masoli was a thug and severely broke CK's trust. After CK, LGB, and LMJ's issues, I think CK is avoiding players with emotional or character issues.

Randall's myspace page profile photo was decked out with him holding guns at one point. He's a poor student and barely could get his act together. What makes you think he can handle flying across the country, and being held to a higher standard than he ever has been held to before?

The 'R' in Randall stands for 'Risky'!

I agree but while I won't argue that there is risk with this kid we are missing a lot of info here because you do take "risky" players that are talented enough. What we do know, he did do something to get suspended in his final game(s?), he made questionable choices (a frickin neck tat (in HS!), his Facebook page pics ect) his grades (work ethic?) and he had a poor year, what else did he do or not do that CK outlined/was looking for?...may be it all amounted to more than the coaches could accept so they had no choice but to move on!

In the end the coaches made a tough choice based on a number of facts and reasons we may never know BUT as a fan this sucks because he loved us and we couldn't wait to see what he could have done with our offense!

[Coastal Duck]

You guys, this is all conjecture. No one knows the reason why, so why run the hamster wheel?

Also, character is an issue. Masoli was a thug and severely broke CK's trust. After CK, LGB, and LMJ's issues, I think CK is avoiding players with emotional or character issues.

Randall's myspace page profile photo was decked out with him holding guns at one point. He's a poor student and barely could get his act together. What makes you think he can handle flying across the country, and being held to a higher standard than he ever has been held to before?

The 'R' in Randall stands for 'Risky'!

I agree but while I won't argue that there is risk with this kid we are missing a lot of info here because you do take "risky" players that are talented enough. What we do know, he did do something to get suspended in his final game(s?), he made questionable choices (a frickin neck tat (in HS!), his Facebook page pics ect) his grades (work ethic?) and he had a poor year, what else did he do or not do that CK outlined/was looking for?...may be it all amounted to more than the coaches could accept so they had no choice but to move on!

In the end the coaches made a tough choice based on a number of facts and reasons we may never know BUT as a fan this sucks because he loved us and we couldn't wait to see what he could have done with our offense!

I believe we have a winner!

This scenario just makes too much sense.

In no particular order: CK, grades, Facebook, suspension at school, LGB . . .. Looks like a slam dunk, to me.

[ncduck]

Good points.

Also, maybe they have a better feel now on the next class and the direction they want to take things. Maybe Jerrard didn't fit into that plan.

We just don't have the full picture.

[Elduderino]

You guys, this is all conjecture. No one knows the reason why, so why run the hamster wheel?

Also, character is an issue. Masoli was a thug and severely broke CK's trust. After CK, LGB, and LMJ's issues, I think CK is avoiding players with emotional or character issues.

Randall's myspace page profile photo was decked out with him holding guns at one point. He's a poor student and barely could get his act together. What makes you think he can handle flying across the country, and being held to a higher standard than he ever has been held to before?

The 'R' in Randall stands for 'Risky'!

Jeez, speaking of conjecture...........

[Boom]

http://www.texasprepstars.com/index.php?mod=story&id=15
The one issue was the lost Arizona Credits. To make that up Myles would have to complete 24 credits in Spring term. That is a super full load. Just a few months after Lori's death Myles was climbing his way back up....at least he was trying.

Signing day came in February and Wade decided to become a Red Raider siging his letter on intent. He felt he had found a home in Texas. now he just had to finish the degree under a mountain of classes and tests and coursework.

So it was with great joy and celebration that Myles Wade walked the podium at Portland's Memorial Coliseum and received his AA from Portland Community College. He has done what no one but a few though he could do. He will get another chance and play on a bigger stage than the U of O where he originally was meant to play. The Ducks did not believe in him and it looks like things worked out for the best for Wade.

Pretty sure an AA degree from PCC would have granted him automatic entrance.

The odds of handling a 24 credit load are pretty steep... Perhaps Wade was more comfortable signing with a program that said, "Come on down", than one which made it clear if he wasn't successful in his academic endeavor that he would not get in?

I agree 24 credits is very steep, but apparently he handled it and finished with an AA from PCC before he went to Texas Tech.

Given that he had an AA and he just recently transferred away from Texas Tech to Portland State so that he could get more playing time.... makes me think the coaches no longer liked what they saw from him on the football field and not the classroom.

[dthomas=ddixon]

You guys, this is all conjecture. No one knows the reason why, so why run the hamster wheel?

Also, character is an issue. Masoli was a thug and severely broke CK's trust. After CK, LGB, and LMJ's issues, I think CK is avoiding players with emotional or character issues.

Randall's myspace page profile photo was decked out with him holding guns at one point. He's a poor student and barely could get his act together. What makes you think he can handle flying across the country, and being held to a higher standard than he ever has been held to before?

The 'R' in Randall stands for 'Risky'!

Once again you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Those pictures were from when he was in like 8th or 9th grade. He moved HS's because of those problems, shows pretty good judgment IMO. His grades suffered because he moved to a much more difficult school & had trouble adjusting.

If he was such a "risk" why would the coaches have even offered him in the first place? You really think they would go through the effort of recruiting a kid all the way in florida when they plan on saying no thanks because he's too "risky" a month after signing day? They knew about those gun pictures way back in the summer. Everything you posted is completely made up & total garbage.

[greenyellow]

I think we should probably move on from Randall for now since it seems like the earliest he will ever come here is in 2 years and by that time, I think Chip will have gotten a couple more QBs in.

[duckfan96]

While we can all think he would have thrived in CK's offense, we will never know. CK and the coaching staff saw something that threw up a red flag. While it sucks...Oregon is looking good at qb right now. DT for 2 years..BB and then Mariota(sp). They will get a qb next year and all will be well.

[NCDucks09]

You guys, this is all conjecture. No one knows the reason why, so why run the hamster wheel?

Also, character is an issue. Masoli was a thug and severely broke CK's trust. After CK, LGB, and LMJ's issues, I think CK is avoiding players with emotional or character issues.

Randall's myspace page profile photo was decked out with him holding guns at one point. He's a poor student and barely could get his act together. What makes you think he can handle flying across the country, and being held to a higher standard than he ever has been held to before?

The 'R' in Randall stands for 'Risky'!

Once again you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Those pictures were from when he was in like 8th or 9th grade. He moved HS's because of those problems, shows pretty good judgment IMO. His grades suffered because he moved to a much more difficult school & had trouble adjusting.

If he was such a "risk" why would the coaches have even offered him in the first place? You really think they would go through the effort of recruiting a kid all the way in florida when they plan on saying no thanks because he's too "risky" a month after signing day? They knew about those gun pictures way back in the summer. Everything you posted is completely made up & total garbage.

That's a very intelligent rebuttal. I think you should go out for the debate team.