'17 TE Remington Lutz (Belton)

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

WELCOME to the FAMILY!

[baberuthbomber8]

Great add, and agree doubtful we could get Mansell to change his mind, but Peoples was a WR his freshman year according to Hudl profile, according to Vito.. Mansell and Lutz wanted to go to school together, so I take that to them we finished 2nd to Iowa just because of name.. but wonder if adding another player or 2 could sway Mansell, but still doubt it. Would be great to have Pearson and Mansell here to challenge... If the both stuck around..

[TreeFiddy]

Hopefully McCarney will be named QB coach at Iowa in the next few months.

[UNTLifer]

Welcome to the New Denton Remington.  Great to have you with the Mean Green.

As to Mansell, we will always be here should he become homesick.

[MeanGreenTexan]

I sense a nickname of "bolt-action" or something rifle-related in his future... unless he'd prefer "beard trimmer".

[UNTLifer]

In an opening season 28-20 loss to Temple, Lutz caught 2 passes for 9 yards.

[UNT Mean Green]

@UNTLifer Thank you for doing the homework on these commits.

[UNTLifer]

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Your welcome.

 

[GMG24]

19 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Your welcome.

 

Should we just do one thread that keeps up weekly updates on commit's and their play? For example Week 1 8/26 Commit Stats or whatever then in that thread update their stats or how they did? That way it doesn't bog down the recruiting thread?

[UNTLifer]

Plays at Pflugerville Hendrickson this weekend.

[All About UNT]

On 8/30/2016 at 8:55 AM, GMG24 said:

Should we just do one thread that keeps up weekly updates on commit's and their play? For example Week 1 8/26 Commit Stats or whatever then in that thread update their stats or how they did? That way it doesn't bog down the recruiting thread?

Probably the best idea 

[All About UNT]

his teammate wants to get over here as well

http://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_6e56cab2-70bf-11e6-97d8-97bd43e683c7.html#.V8nRHYKQPAQ.facebook

 

 

[UNTLifer]

http://www.texasredzonereport.com/2016/07/beltons-remington-lutz-pledges-to-unt/

 

[TheReal_jayD]

Knew this one was coming for a month or so now. Staff cooled off on him just like Josh Donavon after a sub par senior year! They have offered a couple tight end in last month or so they think can contribute and be less of a project IMO. 

[jtm0097]

After seeing other TEs were offered, that makes sense.  Good luck to him.

[Harry]

Vito confirms the change of position issue.  Bottom line we need tackles more than we need tight ends.

[UNTLifer]

Good luck to the young man. I honestly never really understood this offer other than an attempt to lure his QB that committed to Iowa.   His numbers were pretty paltry this year. 

[BTG_Fan1]

Wonder if the move from WR to OT was planned by the staff or if Guyton/ other potential targets changed the spot. Also, good thing is this opens up another spot in the class for us.

[TheReal_jayD]

54 minutes ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

Wonder if the move from WR to OT was planned by the staff or if Guyton/ other potential targets changed the spot. Also, good thing is this opens up another spot in the class for us.

I think poor senior year change plans for staff. Kid was a good blocker. but never showed anything in passing game 

 

[Cr1028]

That's too bad. He could've been first team all conference after putting on weight while maintaining his mobility like another former tight end.

Also, didn't realize he is now a grad assistant at UT.

[BillySee58]

Not a fan of this. Having a bad senior season may be what the coaches are saying, but I don't buy that.

What does having a bad senior season mean? I said the same thing with Donovan. Did this guy get smaller, slower, shorter? You don't drop a dude because he drops more passes or misses more blocks then you would've liked.

Offers are based on projection of skills to the next level. If they were based on high school production alone, or even primarily, then we'd see a lot more offers for certain kids who have great stats but don't project well to the next level.

I think the truth is the coaches are admitting that they misevaluated. As great as that is for them to admit that, it's bad practice for them to accept commitments only to cut ties when the players honestly are remaining the same and just not showing all the signs the coaches would've hoped for. If they're being so selective with commitments, then don't accept commitments from guys you aren't really sold on.

Everyone saying Lutz wasn't a good fit, then why accept the commitment? The kid is only 215 lbs, so hoping he could gain 70+ lbs is an unrealistic failsafe. Plus, he made it clear a big part of why he committed was because he was under the impression he would be more of a pass catcher here. This is how you make a bad reputation with high school coaches. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite us, and we make a good reputation with more schools than not.

[Cr1028]

Gill was a 6'4" 265lbs first team all conference left tackle. You don't necessarily have to weigh 295+ to be on the OL in this offense.

[BTG_Fan1]

2 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Not a fan of this. Having a bad senior season may be what the coaches are saying, but I don't buy that.

What does having a bad senior season mean? I said the same thing with Donovan. Did this guy get smaller, slower, shorter? You don't drop a dude because he drops more passes or misses more blocks then you would've liked.

Offers are based on projection of skills to the next level. If they were based on high school production alone, or even primarily, then we'd see a lot more offers for certain kids who have great stats but don't project well to the next level.

I think the truth is the coaches are admitting that they misevaluated. As great as that is for them to admit that, it's bad practice for them to accept commitments only to cut ties when the players honestly are remaining the same and just not showing all the signs the coaches would've hoped for. If they're being so selective with commitments, then don't accept commitments from guys you aren't really sold on.

Everyone saying Lutz wasn't a good fit, then why accept the commitment? The kid is only 215 lbs, so hoping he could gain 70+ lbs is an unrealistic failsafe. Plus, he made it clear a big part of why he committed was because he was under the impression he would be more of a pass catcher here. This is how you make a bad reputation with high school coaches. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite us, and we make a good reputation with more schools than not.

The only thing I could think of is that he didn't progress as much as they had hoped and maybe with the # of offers and potential recruits incoming they thought he would be better suited at OT. Also, I never understood why we would offer to him when we moved Dillman to Def and who knows where Chumley goes. 

[Withers940]

On 1/5/2017 at 6:27 PM, Cr1028 said:

That's too bad. He could've been first team all conference after putting on weight while maintaining his mobility like another former tight end.

Also, didn't realize he is now a grad assistant at UT.

Victor's a good man 

[aztecskin]

On 1/5/2017 at 11:08 PM, BillySee58 said:

Not a fan of this. Having a bad senior season may be what the coaches are saying, but I don't buy that.

What does having a bad senior season mean? I said the same thing with Donovan. Did this guy get smaller, slower, shorter? You don't drop a dude because he drops more passes or misses more blocks then you would've liked.

Offers are based on projection of skills to the next level. If they were based on high school production alone, or even primarily, then we'd see a lot more offers for certain kids who have great stats but don't project well to the next level.

I think the truth is the coaches are admitting that they misevaluated. As great as that is for them to admit that, it's bad practice for them to accept commitments only to cut ties when the players honestly are remaining the same and just not showing all the signs the coaches would've hoped for. If they're being so selective with commitments, then don't accept commitments from guys you aren't really sold on.

Everyone saying Lutz wasn't a good fit, then why accept the commitment? The kid is only 215 lbs, so hoping he could gain 70+ lbs is an unrealistic failsafe. Plus, he made it clear a big part of why he committed was because he was under the impression he would be more of a pass catcher here. This is how you make a bad reputation with high school coaches. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite us, and we make a good reputation with more schools than not.

I don't like it generally, but I can see a scenario where they do this and do _not_ burn bridges with high school guys. 

Like anything else, it is about not making this a habit. So this happened twice this cycle, is that a habit? I honestly do not know. 

On the other hand, is that it seems like NT was fairly up front about their preferences. I think there is room for a change of mind/projection. I don't know how the conversation went in which they said "You know how we said you could try to catch passes? Well now we are thinking you will fit better as a tackle." So I have to leave some room for it to have been honest. If it was honest and forthright, then I think this is not so bad. 

As it is, neither side threw the other under the bus. (Those assistant coaching subtweets we see every once in a while are indecorous).