Perilloux Article in Austin Newspaper

This has Austin sports talk radio and Hornfans.com buzzin' this morning. :hihi:




Perrilloux says he would reconsider Texas if offensive coordinator goes
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By Matthew Obernauer

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Friday, October 15, 2004

Ryan Perrilloux, one of the nation's top college quarterback prospects, said Thursday that he would seriously reconsider his commitment to Texas if offensive coordinator Greg Davis were fired after the season.

Davis, who also serves as the Longhorns' quarterback coach, has come under increased criticism after Texas was shut out for the first time since 1980 on Saturday against Oklahoma.

Perrilloux said Davis has been unfairly blamed for the offense's poor performance.

"I'm really close to Coach Davis and all the staff," Perrilloux said. "It wasn't his fault. It's tough to call plays if you can't open up your playbook when you got a one-dimensional offense.

"It's hard to call plays when your quarterback can't really make the throws," he said. "It's nothing bad about Vince (Young). He's a great quarterback, and he has a great arm. He just struggles every now and then."

Perrilloux, a 6-foot-2-inch, 207-pound senior from Reserve (La.) East St. John High School, is rated the nation's No. 2 high school quarterback prospect by the Rivals100.com recruiting Web site and the 12th-best high school prospect overall. He is considered the best dual-threat (passing and running) high school quarterback in the country.

"I coached Doug Flutie in the CFL, and I coached Matt Dunigan, who broke all of (Terry) Bradshaw's records at Louisiana Tech, but they're not close to (Perrilloux)," East St. John Coach Larry Dauterive said. "He's a freak."

Perrilloux committed to the Longhorns in July, but he still takes calls from LSU Coach Nick Saban every Wednesday and speaks regularly with coaches at Florida, Miami and Florida State, among others.

"Ryan Perrilloux's not wavering right now, but he's talking to those coaches because they're all saying, 'Let's see what happens at Texas,' " said Dauterive, whose relationship with Davis goes back 30 years, to when Davis was a coach at Barbe High School in Lake Charles, La.

"He's been successful at every level he's been at," Dauterive said of Davis. "He's a quality football coach, and he's sharp. I hate that he's having to go through that."

When asked whether he could see himself going to Texas if Davis were not on the Longhorns staff, Perrilloux initially said "no" but quickly corrected himself.

"It's a possibility," he said, "but (Davis) is who I want to be my quarterback coach. He runs good stuff."

Many Longhorns fans have worried that Oklahoma's preeminence at the Cotton Bowl will carry over to the recruiting trail. But although the firestorm surrounding Davis has concerned him, Perrilloux said the Longhorns' play on Saturday did not.

"They played pretty good," Perrilloux said. "Everything was good about the game. They just struggled in the passing game, and I figure that's what I can help out with."

If Perrilloux were to withdraw his commitment to Texas, it could impair the Longhorns' chances of signing one of the nation's top wide receiver prospects, Fred Rouse of Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Fla.

Texas has not signed a high school player from Florida in more than a decade, but Rouse and Perrilloux became fast friends after attending summer football camps together. Rouse has listed Texas as one of eight schools he is considering, and Perrilloux said that he and the 6-4, 190-pound receiver have discussed playing together in college.

"We talk about that all the time," Perrilloux said. "He said, 'Wherever you're going, that's where I'm going.' When I told him I was going to Texas, he started looking into it."

In addition to Perrilloux, the Longhorns have secured a commitment from Colt McCoy, a 6-1, 180-pound quarterback from Tuscola Jim Ned.

The Longhorns did not sign a quarterback in their 2003 or 2004 classes and missed out on four highly touted prospects in the state last year: Grand Prairie's Rhett Bomar (Oklahoma), Galena Park North Shore's Bobby Reid (Oklahoma State), Burnet's Stephen McGee (Texas A&M) and Brownwood's Kirby Freeman (Miami).

On signing day last year, Coach Mack Brown said that Texas would have to address its quarterback situation by signing two "great ones" this season.

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Tell Coach Davis, Fred Rouse, and Ryan Perrilloux we have room for all three of them at LSU - I'll even pick them up at the airport.

 

I don't think we want Coach Davis here...but Fred and Ryan I will welcome with open arms!

 

"I'm really close to Coach Davis and all the staff," Perrilloux said. "It wasn't his fault. It's tough to call plays if you can't open up your playbook when you got a one-dimensional offense.

"It's hard to call plays when your quarterback can't really make the throws," he said. "It's nothing bad about Vince (Young). He's a great quarterback, and he has a great arm. He just struggles every now and then."


You have to question this kid's character here. He is actually criticzing his future teamate. I know he says that Vincent Young struggles, but to call out your future teamate and coaches is ridiculous. What he is basically saying is that the offensive coaches have to narrow down the playbook b/c thier quarterback sucks!! Personally, I think R.P. is full of himself. I know he will be good one day, but Saban and Co. doesn't need that attitude around LSU

:champs: :lsug: :champs:

 

"Perrilloux committed to the Longhorns in July, but he still takes calls from LSU Coach Nick Saban every Wednesday.." Guess Saban really wants this guy.

I dont think it reflects a bad attitude to criticize the longhorns. If you are a concensus top 3 QB coming out of high school, you have to be very careful about what school you end up at, so the kid has to be honest about stuff like that. Everytime i hear this kid speak or read an article on him, he seems to be liking texas less and less.

 

I gotta disagree there. If you have concerns, you keep them to yourself - you don't go mouthing off in the press about them.

I've had reservations about this kid's attitude ever since I saw his fancy website...very ego-driven. Not real sure we need a kid like that here. I may be wrong, and I sure hope I am, but he looks more and more all the time like a headcase waiting to happen.

 

He sure is ... walks the walk, too :lol:

This kid would make LSU the most dangerous team in America ... for a few great years ... and Saban knows it ... tell Saban he doesn't need Ryan Perriloux :hihi:

 

yeah musta been that 45 total passing yards late in the 4th against your biggest rival....well they used to be til that coaching staff arrived.


good stuff, indeed. bs that is.

 

That is exactly the point I was trying to get across G-Man, thanks. Answer this. How is it OK for a high school QB to criticize his future offensive coordinator's playcalling AND his future teamate. This is the quarterback that he will be competing against next year. I am not denying that he is going to be a stud, but this shows he is a little too egotistical as a high school QB.

:lsug: :champs: :lsug:

 

If I was Vince Young (arguably a pro prospect) and read in the local paper that a high school QB recruit made the comment that:
"It's hard to call plays when your quarterback can't really make the throws," he said. "It's nothing bad about Vince (Young). He's a great quarterback, and he has a great arm. He just struggles every now and then." I would be a little ticked off.

How do you think the Tigers would welcome Chris Hawkins next year if he said in the Advocate that it really was not Muschamp’s fault secondary got beat so bad during the Georgia game, just Webster and Daniels struggle every now and then?

Either the kid needs some media consultant help or just needs to shut his mouth and win his high school games… which has been tough as of late.

So I don’t get flamed… I am not questioning his talent just his attitude.