If you don't object, I think the title of this thread should be "Maryland 2019 Offseason Thread", in keeping with the tidy atmosphere ELA has worked so hard to help build here.With the amount of activity around here for Maryland, do you really think we need a Maryland thread for every year, or offseason?
I figure I'll post here. Don't want to take any more space in other threads for speculation and rumors when most here don't care.He averaged 10 snaps a game. Prime looking for more PT guy unless he thinks snaps will open next year.
With that said, Shaq Smith is now being mentioned as a possible transfer. I find this one a bit hard to believe, because isn't he established at Clemson?
We'll see.
With the amount of activity around here for Maryland, do you really think we need a Maryland thread for every year, or offseason?I'd like to think we can get more Maryland posters here. And more posters in general. That said, I think individual threads for each school could be a good thing for all of us.
How much tidier can you get?
I don't think there is any doubt Maryland is going to be recruiting very wellSo are kids flocking to Maryland because he coached at bama? He's 3-31 as a HC....
So are kids flocking to Maryland because he coached at bama? He's 3-31 as a HC....He could always recruit, particularly that DMV area. It was the other stuff that always was, and to some extend still is, the question. He somehow got Arrelious Benn and Vontae Davis out of DC to commit to Illinois when he was there under Zook. Hiring him at New Mexico made no sense, when his biggest selling point was being able to recruit blue chippers from a geographic region on the other side of the country. New Mexico isn't pulling in 5* kids no matter what, and certainly not from the DC area.
Nice work.LOL
Gattis is officially the OC and WR coach at Maryland.Nope, the other UM in the Big Ten East nabbed him
Nope, the other UM in the Big Ten East nabbed himWow.
Hurts visiting Maryland. Would be a big grab for the Terps if he graduate transfers there.With the Gattis betrayal, I don't see it happening.
Seems like he was all set to follow Gattis to Maryland, now it seems more likely hell follow Enos to Miami.Hill won't play next year.
I'm not sure thats the worst thing, I see flashes from Hill. I have more faith in this staff getting his best out of him.
I agree he's better, but I think Hill has the higher ceiling if someone can harnessYou don't understand.
You don't understand.Ah, I missed that. That sucks.
Hill will NOT play next year. ACL.
To be a Maryland fan....What were all the hot rumors, and is it that you feel differently about hiring Locksley without those happening or that you merely feel differently about 2019 without them happening?
All the hot rumors associated with the hiring of Locksley, evaporates.
Hurts to Oklahoma.
What were all the hot rumors, and is it that you feel differently about hiring Locksley without those happening or that you merely feel differently about 2019 without them happening?Really? Are you trying to add salt?
Very hard not to feel there are forces working against Maryland."'They' don't want Maryland to succeed, man."
Really? Are you trying to add salt?Not salt. That was more like my shot at compassion. I'll have to good the McNair name. I assume that's a booster. Anyway, though it's preferable when literally everything works out, having the right HC is clearly bigger than having Hurts or specific assistants. Because the right coach lasts a decade and can find countless good assistants/QBs.
Gattis was our OC. Jones was TE coach. Hurts was the QB.
Several recruits were supposed to flip. Only 1 did.
Locks is still the coach we needed, because McNair's family approved, and it's a community divided.
Without him, we could totally lose the DMV.
Very hard not to feel there are forces working against Maryland.
"'They' don't want Maryland to succeed, man."LOL!
"Who?"
"THEY, man, THEY! The guys who control it all!"
Really? Are you trying to add salt?I think you might feels that way because you're counting all the chickens before they hatch.
Gattis was our OC. Jones was TE coach. Hurts was the QB.
Several recruits were supposed to flip. Only 1 did.
Locks is still the coach we needed, because McNair's family approved, and it's a community divided.
Without him, we could totally lose the DMV.
Very hard not to feel there are forces working against Maryland.
I think you might feels that way because you're counting all the chickens before they hatch.Yeah. All of this was the scuttlebutt during the transition.
They never had Hurts. I'm sure Miami thought it had him, but he made the choice best for him.
Assuming sudden recruiting bursts when the program hasn't really done much is looking far ahead.
Y'all got outbid for Gattis, and situations dictated Jones had a better opportunity (and his salary doesn't matter)
The forces are the same old ones. You usually can't quickly turn everything around unless you're a historic power. You just have to build, and Maryland has gone through several resets of late.
LB Keandre Jones transferring from OSU to MarylandAnd a VT WR. Sean Savoy.
And a VT WR. Sean Savoy.Savoy was really good as a freshman, good potential there. VT is an absolute mess that I didn't see come. Rats jumping off that ship left and right. I thought Fuentes was a good hire, and the early returns were positive. Now it's an unmitigated disaster
Not getting too excited until I see them on the field though.
Heard Kaindoh and Shaq Smith were possible too. Believe it when I see it.
Savoy was really good as a freshman, good potential there. VT is an absolute mess that I didn't see come. Rats jumping off that ship left and right. I thought Fuentes was a good hire, and the early returns were positive. Now it's an unmitigated disasterWatched only B1G games this year, so I'll take your word on it.
I will laugh my entire ass off if Pep Hamilton winds up at Maryland. Actually on second thought, I won't. I'll just pray for Maryland and it's fans. No fan base or school deserves that bum on staff destroying their offense.We already have our offensive coordinator.
We already have our offensive coordinator.Pep is completely useless. Guy sucks at recruiting and rarely if ever goes on the 'crootin' trail. Maryland should just stay away.
Pep may or may not be a good QB coach. It's hard to say. But his poor recruiting reputation does precede him. I bet a team like UMd could get away with hiring him as a data/strategy analyst for a season.#1 job for a college coach is recruiting. Urban and Saban are arguably the two best college coaches of all-time precisely because they are the two best recruiters in the history of the sport.
Prayers for the kid’s ACLsSo true.
Part of a puzzling mass exodus out of Buffalo (well wanting to leave Buffalo I get) for a program that seemed to be trending really well. Just mentioned it in my write up yesterday.Didn't know anything about it, but did notice that both basketball and football were ranked this year.
Didn't know anything about it, but did notice that both basketball and football were ranked this year.They blew a late lead in the MAC title game, then their QB, #2 RB, #2 and #3 WR and starting TE all entered the transfer portal.
I want their AD.
Part of a puzzling mass exodus out of Buffalo (well wanting to leave Buffalo I get) for a program that seemed to be trending really well. Just mentioned it in my write up yesterday.Uncharitable would be is something wrong with that program.
They blew a late lead in the MAC title game, then their QB, #2 RB, #2 and #3 WR and starting TE all entered the transfer portal.Looked closer, might be a cascade effect, perhaps augmented by lack of faith in next QB.
Alright, with the Spring Game officially over, I'd like to take the time to pick apart what I saw, what my hopes are, what my fears are, and what my take on all of it is, with some insight of the team in mind.If nothing else, 2019 hopefully provides the Maryland football program with some stability after a 2018 that was anything but. That has already been hashed out plenty, and speculating on how much it impacted on the field results is pointless. It is worth noting that Maryland was one of the hardest teams in the nation to peg last year, looking as good as anyone in the Big Ten on some days, and looking like they belonged in the basement on others. The beat Texas, should have beaten Ohio State, and their three Big Ten wins all came by 27 points or more. But they also got throttled by Temple, Michigan State, Iowa, Penn State and Michigan, all by 21 points or more. Gone is Ty Johnson, and his low usage, freaky ypc numbers, but in Anthony McFarland Jr., they found a freshman, who actually put up better ypc, and did it on 11 carries per game, as opposed to just 7 for Johnson. The chunk play reliant ground game has been a staple of Maryland for a few years now, so it will be interesting to see if the new staff can keep that aspect rolling. It has made their offense far more fun to watch than a typical offense with similar overall numbers. It’s not the guy(s) carrying the ball that concern me, it’s the guys blocking for them, with Maryland graduating three all-Big Ten offensive linemen. Granted, those honors may have been more a product of those rushing numbers, than their actual performance, because the S&P+ numbers for their offensive line, are not pretty. #83 in the nation in line yards, #108 in stuff rate, bottom ten nationally in sack rate, for both all downs and standard downs. At least just bottom twenty in passing downs. Oddly, that may actually be a positive for Maryland fans, that the guys they lost weren’t actually as good as the postseason honors would suggest. One of the odder decisions of the previous regime was how adamantly they stuck with Kasim Hill at quarterback. Between the two, Tyrrell Pigrome was the better runner, and Hill thought to be the better passer, except he never looked right passing last year, failing to throw for even 100 yards in six of his ten starts. Hill suffered his second torn ACL, and entered the transfer portal, but Pigrome is not getting the job by default. Virginia Tech transfer Josh Jackson, and incoming four star recruit Lance LeGendre should be in the mix. It does not appear LeGendre is enrolling early, so him winning the job out of the gate would be surprising. New defensive coordinator Jon Hoke, who at 62 is getting his first solo coordinating job since 1999-2001 under Steve Spurrier at Florida, is tasked with continuing the growth from a year ago. The Terps rose from being probably the worst defense in the Big Ten in 2017, to firmly in the middle last year, led by an outstanding secondary, that could be even better this year. Maryland was susceptible to the big passing play, but held opponents to just 54% completions, and forced the second most interceptions in the Big Ten. With a pair of all-conference cornerbacks returning, the back line will need to lead the defense again.
65. Maryland Terrapins #12 in Big Ten
KEY PLAYERS RB Anthony McFarland Jr., Sophomore WR Jeshaun Jones, Sophomore K Joseph Petrino, Sophomore . CB Antoine Brooks Jr., Senior CB Tino Ellis, Senior S Antwaine Richardson, Senior
Some pictures of continuing construction on the Cole Field House football facility (the indoor field is done, this is weight room, tunnel, practice fields, research facilities.Looking good. Gotta move it up and it's good to see it's happening. B1G quality.
We all joke about how slow the progress is, but it's going to be pretty good...
Courtesy of CvilleTerrapin on InsideMdSports.com
NuCole (https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOnqPpDzalnufo8yqA4dPwmKaScWs5JmTtcNssTtkeqevuKoLRW6nDpk3jdzujopw?key=RFRXOGRya2xmREt0a0c3QWVfMlhjZFliWHN4b0pn)
Rendition of finished product:
(https://i.imgur.com/EplxARN.jpg)
Below is the starting point:
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