'09 PA OL Eric Shrive (Penn State Verbal)

[ND=NC]

I don't know how you could take a stance on the other side without being there. It's an opinion I'm not an expert and like I said I hope i'm wrong.

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I know kids who played with him and against him as well as people who have seen him play weekly. I've only heard good things about him both on the field and in the gym. Thats why I have the opinion I do.

[THegraNDscheme]

I'm gonna trust Charlie and Co. for now. They must have seen something they like. The star system as we all know is objective. Its primary function is to set recruitniks' expectations of what a kid is gonna do in college. In that way it sets them up to be either an overachiever or an underachiever b/c their whole career they will be compared to the expectations arbitrarily placed on them before they stepped foot on campus.

Shrive, with his high rating, has been set up to be an underachiever on the college level. IMO his situation is very similar to that of Sam Young. Both are massive young men that obviously dominated on the high school level b/c of their size. Hopefully if Shrive finds himself in blue and gold he will have time to develop rather than be thrown into the fire like Young. I think Charlie sees something in this young man. Maybe he shouldn't be rated as highly as he is, but I'll wait til his career is over to decide his star power. For now i'll just be happy if this man child commits to ND. GO IRISH!

[ScrantonIrish]

I saw the kid play almost every week last year, and I was extremely impressed with his style of play. He plays the game like it should be played (all out on every play). I dont know why these haters on here questioned the kids ability.

The only criticism that anyone can give about shrive is that his pass blocking isnt elite, but he has a lot of time to fine tune that.

I can't wait to see Shrive play for ND!

[irish4ever]

Originally Posted by ScrantonIrish

I saw the kid play almost every week last year, and I was extremely impressed with his style of play. He plays the game like it should be played (all out on every play). I dont know why these haters on here questioned the kids ability.

The only criticism that anyone can give about shrive is that his pass blocking isnt elite, but he has a lot of time to fine tune that.

I can't wait to see Shrive play for ND!

I trust your judgement (w/ seeing him play so much), I hope that he signs w/ the Irish!!!

[ND=NC]

Originally Posted by THegraNDscheme

I'm gonna trust Charlie and Co. for now. They must have seen something they like. The star system as we all know is objective. Its primary function is to set recruitniks' expectations of what a kid is gonna do in college. In that way it sets them up to be either an overachiever or an underachiever b/c their whole career they will be compared to the expectations arbitrarily placed on them before they stepped foot on campus.

Shrive, with his high rating, has been set up to be an underachiever on the college level. IMO his situation is very similar to that of Sam Young. Both are massive young men that obviously dominated on the high school level b/c of their size. Hopefully if Shrive finds himself in blue and gold he will have time to develop rather than be thrown into the fire like Young. I think Charlie sees something in this young man. Maybe he shouldn't be rated as highly as he is, but I'll wait til his career is over to decide his star power. For now i'll just be happy if this man child commits to ND. GO IRISH!

Shrive and Young are nothing alike. Young was a 5* and the number 3 player in the country.

[ND=NC]

Originally Posted by ScrantonIrish

I saw the kid play almost every week last year, and I was extremely impressed with his style of play. He plays the game like it should be played (all out on every play). I dont know why these haters on here questioned the kids ability.

The only criticism that anyone can give about shrive is that his pass blocking isnt elite, but he has a lot of time to fine tune that.

I can't wait to see Shrive play for ND!

First of all Scranton before you call people haters READ THE WHOLE THREAD! I think he is a 4* player and I said that. Do you think because your from Scranton you may be a little biased? He is not a 5* player. He's a good player that would really benefit from hitting the camps this summer.