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Tweet from Lyn Clark (Damn, im going to love this dude in green):

We gon be #turntup next week and I'm rooming with Tanzel Smart coach said get em i was like gott em #Rollwave #TulaneFam

Smart (DT, Scotlandville Magnet) could be our last target, assuming we are holding out spots for Blanchard and Riley. He is 6'2 290 and has offers from Memphis, North Texas, UTSA and some HBC's. 247 sports has him at 3 stars and #56 in LA (#67 DT nationally). He is 5A All State.

He has a teammate that's committed to UTSA, all in his ear. I doubt he goes there though. If he's visiting with the rest of the guys, I'm 95% sure he'll commit.

AugWave wrote:He has a teammate that's committed to UTSA, all in his ear. I doubt he goes there though. If he's visiting with the rest of the guys, I'm 95% sure he'll commit.

If we can't get a guy that we want from our backyard to commit to us over UTSA, I'd be shocked.

I wonder what happens in these cases when you get down to the nitty gritty of two or three scholarships left, and there is 1 or 2 guys out there you would do anything to have... What happens to the other guys you've offered? How is that situation managed?

OUG wrote:

AugWave wrote:He has a teammate that's committed to UTSA, all in his ear. I doubt he goes there though. If he's visiting with the rest of the guys, I'm 95% sure he'll commit.

If we can't get a guy that we want from our backyard to commit to us over UTSA, I'd be shocked.

I wonder what happens in these cases when you get down to the nitty gritty of two or three scholarships left, and there is 1 or 2 guys out there you would do anything to have... What happens to the other guys you've offered? How is that situation managed?

Hey, you never know with some guys. Same reason why that player went to New Mexico over all the Florida schools that his friends and teammates were going to. Sometimes they just want to go somewhere else. *shrug* That's all I can come up with .

As far as those players that get left out there.. they just get left out there. I don't know much about it since none of my friends or family members have ever been in that predicament. We're too good to be left out ..

AAC Profile:

http://theamerican.org/news/2016/10/5/F ... 64256.aspx

Good game at the Senior Bowl:

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ ... ft_amplify

Smart is definitely an NFL talent. I would love it if the Giants or Saints drafted him (probably in the 3rd round). He's got an Eveready Bunny type of mentality, and rarely takes a play off. If he were 6'5" he's probably a 1st round pick.

The OLB/DE that is coming in from Tennessee is actually an inch taller than Smart, but didn't get many offers (and no P5 offers) because "he's too small". I know their careers won't overlap, but this young man should use Smart as an example of what he can become despite not being a 6'5" DL.

There's no doubt that Tanzel has a good motor. However, he is a projected 3rd to 5th round draft pick because he has a freakishly fast come-off that neutralizes the tall long armed 0-lineman. Tanzel is into them before they can set and when he's playing a one-gap, he's up field & wreaking havoc before they can react. You can't teach what he has, it's given by God.

There is no doubt he is going to make whoever drafts him happy that they did and he will be considered a steal no matter what round he gets drafted in.

I hope you are correct, but with all due respect, there's always doubt a 6' DT under 300 lbs will make it in the NFL.

Official story:

http://tulanegreenwave.com/news/2017/1/ ... l-win.aspx

Tom Shaw left FSU to come work at Tulane to be in a city w/an NFL team Things worked out well for him.

winwave wrote:Official story:

http://tulanegreenwave.com/news/2017/1/ ... l-win.aspx

Tom Shaw left FSU to come work at Tulane to be in a city w/an NFL team Things worked out well for him.

Thanks for the link.

That article mentions nothing about Coach Tom Shaw (who is working with Smart) working for Tulane. Looking a little deeper, THIS Tom Shaw, a track athlete in college, worked for the Saints before starting his own "Performance Center" in Orlando (ironically, a city without an NFL team). He's worked with 12 of the last 14 Super Bowl MVP's.

To my knowledge, THIS Tom Shaw never worked for Tulane. This is NOT the Tom Shaw that was the golf coach at Tulane. My buddie's son plays for THAT Tom Shaw at Abiline Christian University.

DfromCT wrote:

winwave wrote:Official story:

http://tulanegreenwave.com/news/2017/1/ ... l-win.aspx

Tom Shaw left FSU to come work at Tulane to be in a city w/an NFL team Things worked out well for him.

Thanks for the link.

That article mentions nothing about Coach Tom Shaw (who is working with Smart) working for Tulane. Looking a little deeper, THIS Tom Shaw, a track athlete in college, worked for the Saints before starting his own "Performance Center" in Orlando (ironically, a city without an NFL team). He's worked with 12 of the last 14 Super Bowl MVP's.

To my knowledge, THIS Tom Shaw never worked for Tulane. This is NOT the Tom Shaw that was the golf coach at Tulane. My buddie's son plays for THAT Tom Shaw at Abiline Christian University.

It is the Tom Shaw that worked for Tulane football under Teevens. He was brought in as a speed coach and the hire was greeted w/applause for Tulane doing something that was then considered out of the box. As I noted he wanted to work where there was an NFL team . He was clearly looking to climb the ladder and did. I'm sure the writer has no idea of Shaw's connection to Tulane.

winwave wrote:

DfromCT wrote:

winwave wrote:Official story:

http://tulanegreenwave.com/news/2017/1/ ... l-win.aspx

Tom Shaw left FSU to come work at Tulane to be in a city w/an NFL team Things worked out well for him.

Thanks for the link.

That article mentions nothing about Coach Tom Shaw (who is working with Smart) working for Tulane. Looking a little deeper, THIS Tom Shaw, a track athlete in college, worked for the Saints before starting his own "Performance Center" in Orlando (ironically, a city without an NFL team). He's worked with 12 of the last 14 Super Bowl MVP's.

To my knowledge, THIS Tom Shaw never worked for Tulane. This is NOT the Tom Shaw that was the golf coach at Tulane. My buddie's son plays for THAT Tom Shaw at Abiline Christian University.

It is the Tom Shaw that worked for Tulane football under Teevens. He was brought in as a speed coach and the hire was greeted w/applause for Tulane doing something that was then considered out of the box. As I noted he wanted to work where there was an NFL team . He was clearly looking to climb the ladder and did. I'm sure the writer has no idea of Shaw's connection to Tulane.

I didn't know he worked under Coach Teevens, and he must have returned to FSU because he was there immediately before going to the Saints. Ten minutes on the Internet couldn't find the Tulane connection other than to the Golf Coach, but that doesn't mean the speed coach never worked for Teevens. Another connection is that his High School track coach was a man named Kevin White. That's right, the man whom would later become Dr. Kevin White, AD at Tulane (whom hired Sandy Barbour) whom went to Notre Dame and is now the AD at Duke.

Duh. Thus his connection at Tulane as White was the AD then. He didn't go back to FSU. He went from Tulane to the Saints. The internet is far from perfect.

winwave wrote:Duh. Thus his connection at Tulane as White was the AD then. He didn't go back to FSU. He went from Tulane to the Saints. The internet is far from perfect.

And you constantly accuse me of being snarky?

Doesn't feel good does it?

headin' to L.A. and that ain't "Lower Alabama"

Congrats and best of luck!

Hope he makes all the teams that kept passing on him in the draft remember that they underestimated him. Best wishes, T Smart!

I have got to think that with his high motor that he will have a nice, lengthy career in the NFL.

This should be in the former players forum.

winwave wrote:This should be in the former players forum.

winwave has spoken...so let it be written...so let it be done !!!!!

golfnut69 wrote:

winwave wrote:This should be in the former players forum.

winwave has spoken...so let it be written...so let it be done !!!!!

Who the hell cares which forum this is posted in? REALLY...Have you nothing more important than to criticize where this post was made? Smart is a Ram, he finished his Tulane football career in December. I assume he is graduating sometime in the next week or two. Good luck and ROLL WAVE!