Aaron Green
We dont do percentages around here, but if youre handicapping Greens likelihood to attend Texas with fellow stud running back Malcolm Brown, the odds have gotten A LOT better. There are a couple of forces at play here. A significant amount of moving parts.
{Dude}Things have come to light.{/Dude}
As far as 2011 is concerned the first domino in the AG sweepstakes has fallen. Austin Seferian-Jenkins is out of the picture when it looked like hed surely eat up a ship.
Secondly, it has been said that this is the golden age of Texas recruiting and therefore Mack is going to strike while the iron is hot, in other words, hell take a full class if it means the bluest of the blues. Remember, the staff has even brought up the subject of gray-shirting to at least one member of the current commit list. Thats your tale tell sign.
Finally, for the 2011 players in this soap opera, Green has now cooled on going out of state and sees the true value of playing ball close to home, especially now that its cool to be part of a dynamic running back duo instead of being the lone stud.
Thank you Reggie and Lendale, Cadillac and Ronnie, Ingram and Richardson.
All Green needs to do is recruit Texas a little and this can happen and we hear hes doing just that. And Texas is listening now that Brown has been secured.
The one ***** in the armor is how the staff perceives an extra back affecting the talented 2012 crop of running backs. Heres what we heard this week.
Johnathan Gray is as good if not better than Malcolm Brown, but there will be a battle for his services with childhood favorite Texas Tech and the usual suspects from out of state.
But the staff realizes this will be a battle regardless of whos on the Texas roster in 2011, and Grays the type of back that really isnt scared of competition. At least he shouldnt be. Plus, he knows Kenny Williams will be at Tech and Brandon Williams is already at Oklahoma.
So Texas adding Green may not be the deal breaker we thought it was.
Also, aside from Gray, theres a feeling from folks who would know that Barry Sanders, Jr. and Trey Williams, two excellent backs, are viable candidates for the 2012 tailback slot if the staff wants two backs in the 2011 class and happen to miss on Gray for whatever reason.
Add this all up, and it appears as if the staff is really considering snatching up a specialist like Green. They get the third down back Greg Davis loves as well as an electric return specialist.
(Care to guess which returner/speedster Green would be replacing on the current roster during the 2011 season? Hint: Its not Marquis Goodwin.)
So Greens recruitment is shaping up to be reminiscent of the fortunate recruiting bounces we got with Mike Davis, Roy Miller, and Christian Scott, but we were probably due for some good news at the running back position.
And finally for percentage honks, and at the risk of being dubbed a percentage monkey, Id say were a slight favorite at this point to land Green based on everything were hearing. Call it 40 percent over Nebraska and FSUs 30 percent. Now if you told me the staff truly wants the the lightning to go with Malcom Browns thunder, this percentage doubles.