Bruins land quick commit Kendricks
Less than a week after securing an offer from UCLA, Fresno Hoover linebacker Eric Kendricks committed to the Bruins.
With offers from Washington State, Nevada and Fresno State, Kendricks told Scout.com's Brandon Huffman that he was just waiting on UCLA - where his father, Marv, played in the '70s.
"I have been wanting a UCLA offer for a while," Kendricks told Scout.com. "I went to their camp this summer so they could see me. They said they just wanted to watch me a little more this year. Then they offered me last Wednesday."
The 6-foot-1, 213-pound middle linebacker said UCLA coaches wanted him to play either linebacker spot, like his older brother Mychal, who plays for Cal and had a 68-yard interception return for touchdown against the Bruins this year.
"They want me as a linebacker, but they'll figure outside or inside later," Kendricks told Scout.com.
I have a phone call into Hoover myself, so I'll try to reach Kendricks as soon as possible.
http://ucla.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/02/ucla-football-a-players-father-sounds-off-on-program/8857/
UCLA football: A player’s father sounds off on program
November 2nd, 2009,
Less than two weeks ago freshman receiver Randall Carroll took to Twitter to disparage the UCLA football team and question the coaches’ personnel decisions. Brian Theriot, the father of seldom-used reserve fullback Trevor Theriot, took it a bit further on Facebook over the weekend:
“The sad state of UCLA football,” Theriot posted. “My gosh…..I have never seen more misuse of talent and a greater degree of offensive stagnancy on play calling and use of personnel….we have the players.
“UCLA under Coach Rick (Neuheisel)….is horrible. Wayne Moses the running back coach is horrible. The sets are Pop Warner in movement, motion, and slots. I mean a Pop Warner type offense that Tim Tebow would laugh at. UCLA is playing with great athletes but giving great athletes boys and girls club sets. Norm Chow and Wayne Moses are old school and gone.
“I have decided to just show up and Coach at UCLA Spaulding Field today. I am going to just step out of the ‘parents’ section of the stands and coach the backfield. I am going to pick (Kevin) Prince as my starter and I am going with (Johnathan) Franklin/(Derrick) Coleman tail(back) and Theriot at fullback.”
Too bad UCLA doesn’t practice on Mondays. Stay tuned.
These quicker LBs are in vogue now in the Pac 10. Just look at Oregon and OSU LB corps. They swarm to the ball and are able to run with RBs coming out of the backfield.
Typical little league father know it all that thinks his son is a hall of famer...
Sorry dad, Chow is the hall of famer and rick has the track record...
they know more than you...
is tebow a redshirt freshman like prince? pretty sound comparison otherwise...lol,rofl,brb...
these kids need to prove they can walk before they can run...CRN knows that...the little league dad doesn't...
i like his fire though...however misguided he is...
Those comments were not made by Mr. Theriot. Stop spreading rumors.
On topic: This is a great pick-up. Let's hope he signs his LOI, though.
oh, man, I hadn't seen that before. I also haven't seen anything about a story that the Daily Bruin ran a week or so ago. Thanks so much, anon.
maybe that "father" on facebook is the old goat who posts on BRO and Bruin Gold as "OTC" or "Old Time Coach". OTC has a serious hard-on for "Moose" Theriot, bibs and ribs, and his wife, Helda. Some of his posts are comical, really.
BE REAL
If Kendricks weighs only 215lbs, why not move Glenn Love to OLB next year? He's bigger than that now and we need depth there. At least he would get a shot at playing full time.
Read that the Register blog was a hoax. SC journalism at its finest.
The Register blog was not a hoax. Mr. Theriot really did say those things, and is now claiming that his Facebook account was hacked to cover his tracks. He's lying.