Camara

[EastTxBiggs]

I went and watched Gilmer’s scrimmage last night.  What in the world are they doing having Camara play almost like a split end/slot/fullback position?  Yeah he’s a big athletic kid but they got him trying to run down safety’s and corners to block?  Absolutely out of position and doing that kid a huge disservice for his development in my opinion.  They literally had him lining up out wide dumbest crap I’ve ever seen.

[Red Five]

This sounds hilarious. I want to go watch a Gilmer game now.

[NothinButDaHorns34]

And it’s wild the average fan naive fan will see five stars beside his name and think he’ll come in ready to contribute right away. That kids going to be multiple years away before he is physically and mentally ready to even break into the two deep here.

[tsip92]

5 minutes ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

And it’s wild the average fan naive fan will see five stars beside his name and think he’ll come in ready to contribute right away. That kids going to be multiple years away before he is physically and mentally ready to even break into the two deep here.

With the “bust” and “wasted NIL” labels soon to follow.  My personal favorite though is “recruited over” by the next 5-star (or in Flood’s case 4-star or maybe high 3-star) savior that has yet to play a down at UT.  The desire for immediate success/gratification is the enemy of development for the vast majority of HS recruits.  

[Hookem72]

Its a scrimmage.  

[Jordan Scruggs]

25 minutes ago, Red Five said:

This sounds hilarious. I want to go watch a Gilmer game now.

I'll be in Longview next Thursday to see Gilmer at Pine Tree

[Jordan Scruggs]

1 hour ago, EastTxBiggs said:

I went and watched Gilmer’s scrimmage last night.  What in the world are they doing having Camara play almost like a split end/slot/fullback position?  Yeah he’s a big athletic kid but they got him trying to run down safety’s and corners to block?  Absolutely out of position and doing that kid a huge disservice for his development in my opinion.  They literally had him lining up out wide dumbest crap I’ve ever seen.

Think he'll have a bit of a different role once we're in the actual season and are done with scrimmages. But they're gonna get him the ball too. Definitely unorthodox for a 5-star OL, but he can help them win games that way. Gilmer went 4-7 last year which is the worst record I can find they've had in the MaxPreps era goes back to 2004 (can't see earlier season records), so I assume they're getting creative with Camara in this way because it's easy to assume the talent pool is down from what it's been. There's also very few players in 4A-DII that will be able to get him to the ground by himself. And Cedar Hill runs the ball with Jalen Brewster multiple times a game as well.