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With things moving slowly around here, I thought it'd be fun to play a little game...

How far would you be willing to go (within the rules!) to land an elite recruit?

If it GUARANTEED commitments from Banner and Garnett, would you be willing to move Andre Y, Fischer, and Johnstone inside and promise them starting positions as true freshmen?

I think I might. With Weems graduating, we have a BIG need for an athletic LT, so Garnett would have a chance to land the job outright, and the future at RT, while talented, looks unclear as well.

Locking these two talents in at bookend tackles would allow you to groom the above recruits solidly into other positions and could make for a legendarily talented line down the road...

The prospect of "promising" that starting position leaves me a bit weary, but I think I'd absolutely promise them spots on the 2 deep at worst...

You guys?

Any other scenarios you'd be willing to consider for guys we're looking at?

I don't know enough about the guys to be honest. I would be skeptical making such offers to a high school kid when you never know how they will translate to the next level. Or are these guys "that" good?

Two questions

#1) How many true freshman OL can you name that started on day one, for any team?

#2) How many of of those true freshmen were truly effective their first year?

Right off the top of my head I can possibly think of a couple for the first question but none for the second. My answer would be no promises.

No I would not guarantee them to be starters! I would stick to the 'CK' philosophy of guarantying them the chance to win the starting position, meritocracy.

2012 at this point on paper projects to be the most talented team Oregon has ever had with a Senior Quarterback, Veteran line and a favorable schedule (Luck, Barkley and Foles all gone). No way I screw that up by putting 2 True Freshman in the O-Line. Maybe if it were for 2013 I would slightly consider it, but probably not.

I could not guarantee a starting spot.....Look at guys like Michael Philipp, Mike Adams, Seantrel Henderson etc....They are the only true frosh I've seen start and they were all the top rated O-Lineman in their respective recruiting classes and at best they were all average their first year.

Yeah. It's tempting to bend principles to land top talent. Maybe it would work out. But, I think that you could quickly end up with a morale problem if players feel like they put in work to get their spot and others were given a pass just based on a star rating.

I would not do it. Chip is all about getting players who want to be here, and making possibly empty promises does not help us in the long run.

No promises to start without attending a single practice but only that they'll have a chance to compete for a starting spot.