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Thompson is transfering to Liberty in Brentwood. Sounds like a good move for everyone involved. Galli and his staff are really shaping Pitt to a respectful program again with team first priorities.
Wow, heard this was coming but thought he'd go to CVC not Liberty. I wonder if it will considered athletically motivated considering the circumstances.
Has anyone heard his "claim" for transferring? Like McKenzie, Thompson has multiple D1 offers no matter where he plays in 2015, if he plays at all. He probably is avoiding CVC so it doesn't look athletically motivated and may suffer the same fate as Khalil.
Bubba- I don't want to put a kids biz on a message board but from what I've heard there's some serious things going on that aren't athletically motivated for him to leave Pitt. It'll be interesting to see how NCS treats this one.
Me first attitude is probably why Thompson and Samia were left off many of the all area teams.
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PALOMA......Does the little scat back at Liberty that shocked Amador a junior this year or did he Grad...For several reason's, Liberty has finally getting a team together that can be more then compete...Thompson, if he plays will make a big difference for the Lions.??
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I believe he was a Senior as was the majority of their starters. Thompson will help but I don't know how much.
Don't think NCS will do anything, but will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Mr Lemmon is pretty consistent with his decisions. Maybe a team like Liberty is what Thompson needs? There's a ton of team spirit and fan support there. I couldn't believe how they filled the visitors stands at Cal High during the playoffs and even sent a full bus load of fans to San Ramon. Very impressive. This post was edited on 3/17 9:13 PM by Bubba3000
that kid is as talented as they come. Him and Jordan Parker are dominant players for the pitt program.
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Parker is dominant. Thompson can be. Big difference.
According to an article I just read on a competing recruiting website, Thompson will play more corner this year at Liberty to show he can do it, despite being heavily recruited as a safety. Could wanting to play corner be a big reason for the transfer?
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I highly doubt it. He doesn't even play corner on his 7on7 team according scout.com articles. I don't think it'll look very good to college scouts if he left the best defense in area to play corner. But I am pretty sure that's not the reason.
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PALOMA......How does Liberty shape up with so many grad. this last season???? If the Lions lost a lot of their guns, I wonder just how Thompson will stand out or will he do Liberty any good. And how good was the 2014 JV Liberty team??? Looks like a lot of ifs....
Looked it up, JV 4-5, will find out early since Liberty plays Cal.
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HAS.....With a 4-5 JV team moving up, it looks like Liberty will be SO-SO, I watched the Cal/San Ramon JV game and it looks like Cal is going to be pretty strong as will San Ramon....Thanks for the up-date...But who knows, there may some bloomers on the JV team that make break out so the Lions could do well....
I disagree Paloma, shurod can play corner at the next level, he will have to have a program that likes him there to give him a shot I am sure that some of those teams that have offered him thought him as a corner or safety. 7on 7 teams to me present a kids athletic ability and ball skills to schools and recruiters that were already interested in him during the real season where the hudl film is composed.
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I am not saying he can't play corner in college. I said I don't think he left Pittsburg going in to his Senior year because he wanted to play corner. I could be wrong. But I doubt that is the reason why he left.
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If he did leave because he wanted to play corner, I would say the self indulging 7on7 culture is part of the blame. I havent heard one head coach say anything good about 7on7 teams. Most kids spend more time practicing and playing on 7on7 teams then they do with offseason lifting or spending time to maximize their grade point averages and SAT scores. Then they wonder why they didn't get squat even though they have a three star rating. Hogwash! This post was edited on 3/22 9:52 PM by Paloma
I have seen him play in person once and saw him at the rivals camp last year and he is not a corner at the next level. He is clearly a safety. The lateral quickness and his hip movement is a little stiff for a D1 corner. Also he will be too big. I think he can be a big time safety and that is what he wil play at the next level. I dont know his 40 time but he is not a burner but someone that can get to the ball and make tackles. I couldnt see him matched up with a quick reciever one on one.
I'm like you guys i have no idea why he's leaving. Whatever the circumstances I hope the kid lands on his feet. This was a odd year with Pitt seemingly stacking a lot of the talent on one side of the ball. I can't remember a pitt team that didn't have offensive threats. No back. No blazing fast receiver. Pitt always has one of the two.
Did that Northgate QB transfer to Pitt?
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I Heard that too Paul. But can't confirm if it is the kid from Northgate. I hear Liberty got a transfer QB from out of state as well. I think he's from Florida.
Heartbreaking end for good Cal JV team, FG hit goalpost and late touchdown gave DLS 13-7. What was heartbreaking was QB out last two games. 8-2 not to shabby.
To me, the biggest problem with Pitt's offense last year was the play of their OL. They didnt lack skill or size but they were very inconsistent and often did not stay with blocks well.
Didn't Pitt have a couple of guys that were 370? I have rarely seen a high school lineman over 320 that I thought could play.
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BUBBA 3000........Alhambra had two transfers for the 2013 season that were in that range from Pittsburg, but Alhambra didn't have a pants big enough to fit them and in the game with DV, DV came up with pants big enough and they played, but were not very mobile....
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Ya i believe they did. Maxpreps changed to the 2015 season so it won't pull up the roster.
In my opinion Mckenzie is the only high school kid over 320 I thought was good.
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Damien Mama 6'5", 360 lbs
Good example HAS I sit corrected
@bluedog2 I remember that
one of them was a senior that year and the other one transferred again to de anza i believe. Both were over 370!! absolutely huge!!
Oops my bad, this kid is "only" 350. He who gets lowest typically wins. I love how the Cal High skill players eyes make them look like meerkats!This post was edited on 3/24 9:34 AM by Bubba3000 This post was edited on 3/24 9:44 AM by Bubba3000
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I can confirm after this weekend that Liberty did get a quarterback transfer from Tennessee. Liberty has good buzz considering they were the talk at the little league fields this weekend. Liberty will be just fine this year. BVAL will be tough!
Like I said before I was really impressed with Liberty's fan support.
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Pitt versus Cal to open the season will be a very good matchup again. Last year Pittsburg had a lot of Seniors and California about half their starters were Seniors I believe.
Think Cal was closer to 2/3 Senior.
Besides Lui and McCoy who are some other studs from Pitt from the class of 2015 that are graduating?
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Both Cal and Pitt had very good JV teams which should fill in some of the gaps for the 2015 season, like Paloma said, it should be a very clash.....
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Only returning starters are Parker and Ramirez. I think their other safety comes back too, but the darn roster is off of Maxpreps. Losing Palega will hurt. Wonder if Ramirez goes inside to replace Palega or back to replace Thompson. Pitt has major holes to fill.
