I think it speaks volumes about the state of the program when it was pretty dead silent here yesterday. I get apathy is high. But there was not one decent thread in regard to this year's class. Yes, I know, it's not rated well. But there are some bright spots and that's what this thread is intended to cover.
No, we don't even know if we'll have the same coach after this year but that's besides the point because these kids chose to come here knowing very well the situation. It's an opportunity for them to get a free education and play division 1 football and who knows, perhaps be part of the turn around whether under this regime or not.
I think they signed a solid corps of defensive backs. We could see 2-3 of them contribute this year. We signed good size on the offensive line, despite lower rankings and as they say you can't teach size. In fact I think that they signed good size in general with most of the class and that is impressive.
I think we landed several good recruits. Shuman, Smiley and Mosley all look like solid pick ups for the secondary and it's hard to exclude Hayes from that list as well. Outside of that, I think Landers at WR is a solid pick up. The late pick up in Ferguson could turn out to be good as well.
The rest I think are those under the radar types. Maybe they turn out, maybe not. That Fakaseiieki LB looks like he had a lot of interest pick up in him late from some big schools. Looks like he could be a solid sleeper. Hopefully Anthrop turns out like his brother and he will be okay. My biggest concern is actually at kicker. The recruit has a leg, but only hit 50% of his field goals in high school. Now, I don't know the distances they were from but that is a concerning stat. Hopefully he can slide in and take the duties and be consistent but it's my biggest concern.
I know things don't look too great but I still wanted to find some positives. Hopefully one way or another it gets turned and these guys are a part of it.
No, we don't even know if we'll have the same coach after this year but that's besides the point because these kids chose to come here knowing very well the situation. It's an opportunity for them to get a free education and play division 1 football and who knows, perhaps be part of the turn around whether under this regime or not.
I think they signed a solid corps of defensive backs. We could see 2-3 of them contribute this year. We signed good size on the offensive line, despite lower rankings and as they say you can't teach size. In fact I think that they signed good size in general with most of the class and that is impressive.
I think we landed several good recruits. Shuman, Smiley and Mosley all look like solid pick ups for the secondary and it's hard to exclude Hayes from that list as well. Outside of that, I think Landers at WR is a solid pick up. The late pick up in Ferguson could turn out to be good as well.
The rest I think are those under the radar types. Maybe they turn out, maybe not. That Fakaseiieki LB looks like he had a lot of interest pick up in him late from some big schools. Looks like he could be a solid sleeper. Hopefully Anthrop turns out like his brother and he will be okay. My biggest concern is actually at kicker. The recruit has a leg, but only hit 50% of his field goals in high school. Now, I don't know the distances they were from but that is a concerning stat. Hopefully he can slide in and take the duties and be consistent but it's my biggest concern.
I know things don't look too great but I still wanted to find some positives. Hopefully one way or another it gets turned and these guys are a part of it.
