Commitment forthcoming?

[boilerpt]

OL Jalen Jackson decommitted from WKU yesterday. I wonder if Brohm was able to flip him this weekend.

 

[TC4THREE]

I'd put money on it.

 

[Bullwhip Griffith]

Would be nice to get more than one. Or a mid year guy or two. Pretty much at any position esp DB and OL

 

[OhioBoiler3]

WKU has a DE with some impressive offers I'd love to have.

 

[TC4THREE]

I wouldn't think Brohm would try to rip apart the WKU recruiting class on his way out the door. Sticky situation though. I'm sure if a recruit calls and tells him they committed to WKU because of him and are going to decommit and they wonder if he is still interested in them at Purdue, what is he supposed to do?

 

[ahhculdee]

I wouldn't think Brohm would try to rip apart the WKU recruiting class on his way out the door. Sticky situation though. I'm sure if a recruit calls and tells him they committed to WKU because of him and are going to decommit and they wonder if he is still interested in them at Purdue, what is he supposed to do?

Take them lol.

 

[TheBoris]

Take them lol.

You seem to make the assumption that WKU's recruits are Big Ten caliber. I doubt that many of them are.

 

[BoilerBloodline]

You seem to make the assumption that WKU's recruits are Big Ten caliber. I doubt that many of them are.

Lol...WKU's class is ranked higher than ours so the simple assumption can be made that they'are better than what we have. Plus we only have one OL in the class so this would be significant.
Writing off players simply because they chose to play for a coach they liked who doesn't happen to be at a P5 school would be a mistake. You only need to look at the number of small schools guys playing on Sunday's to tell you that.

 

[ChuckJr]

actually Purdue has 3 committed OL's in this class so far.

 

[nat100]

Lol...WKU's class is ranked higher than ours so the simple assumption can be made that they'are better than what we have. Plus we only have one OL in the class so this would be significant.
Writing off players simply because they chose to play for a coach they liked who doesn't happen to be at a P5 school would be a mistake. You only need to look at the number of small schools guys playing on Sunday's to tell you that.

Their ranking is a function of quantity, not quality

 

[ahhculdee]

We still need O-Line depth and this player will help on the O-Line.

 

[TheBoris]

Lol...WKU's class is ranked higher than ours

Your credibility just dropped to zero. Rivals ranking of recruiting classes:
2017 Purdue 74; WKU 85
2016 P 74; WK 85
2015 P 71; WK not in top 100
2014 P 71, WK 79

Point is, we are not going to win with MAC/CUSA level athletes.

 

[nat100]

Your credibility just dropped to zero. Rivals ranking of recruiting classes:
2017 Purdue 74; WKU 85
2016 P 74; WK 85
2015 P 71; WK not in top 100
2014 P 71, WK 79

Point is, we are not going to win with MAC/CUSA level athletes.

Where did you find those? On rivals, wku is currently ranked higher than Purdue

 

[Wolegib]

Recruiting rankings are rather subjective and are in constant change. Earlier this week, WKU was actually ranked better than Purdue. At the time Brohm was hired the ratings of WKU and Purdue classes were 67 and 69 respectively. What happened? WKU lost 2 commitments, and Purdue gained a 3* WR. I suspect the ratings for both schools will change a lot for both schools between now and signing day. I would hope Purdue would be better. As to the ratings Boris provided, other recruiting services besides rivals rated both school's classes a lot differently. I don't believe you should be calling out somebody's credibility on just the rivals rankings.

 

[Wolegib]

For comparison purposes, the recruiting rankings from 24/7 Purdue reflect the following for Purdue and WKU: 2017 Purdue 69; WKU 73. 2016 Purdue 80; WKU 99. 2015 Purdue 65; WKU 113. 2014 Purdue 69 WKU 90. And in Hazell's first class combined with Hope's recruits in 2013 Purdue 62; WKU 96.

This makes me ask two questions. Many have complained about Hazell's inability to recruit. What ranking would be considered an acceptable recruiting season? 40-45? The second question pertains to Brohm and WKU. I've read where the previous coach at WKU did a great job of recruiting for WKU before Brohm arrived. I'm sorry, but it's hard for me to believe any recruiting class above 90 should be considered good. This year was their best class in the last 5 years.

 

[PaBoiler78]

For comparison purposes, the recruiting rankings from 24/7 Purdue reflect the following for Purdue and WKU: 2017 Purdue 69; WKU 73. 2016 Purdue 80; WKU 99. 2015 Purdue 65; WKU 113. 2014 Purdue 69 WKU 90. And in Hazell's first class combined with Hope's recruits in 2013 Purdue 62; WKU 96.

This makes me ask two questions. Many have complained about Hazell's inability to recruit. What ranking would be considered an acceptable recruiting season? 40-45? The second question pertains to Brohm and WKU. I've read where the previous coach at WKU did a great job of recruiting for WKU before Brohm arrived. I'm sorry, but it's hard for me to believe any recruiting class above 90 should be considered good. This year was their best class in the last 5 years.

wouldn't mind the wr Newton or the lb Jones

 

[nips18]

For comparison purposes, the recruiting rankings from 24/7 Purdue reflect the following for Purdue and WKU: 2017 Purdue 69; WKU 73. 2016 Purdue 80; WKU 99. 2015 Purdue 65; WKU 113. 2014 Purdue 69 WKU 90. And in Hazell's first class combined with Hope's recruits in 2013 Purdue 62; WKU 96.

This makes me ask two questions. Many have complained about Hazell's inability to recruit. What ranking would be considered an acceptable recruiting season? 40-45? The second question pertains to Brohm and WKU. I've read where the previous coach at WKU did a great job of recruiting for WKU before Brohm arrived. I'm sorry, but it's hard for me to believe any recruiting class above 90 should be considered good. This year was their best class in the last 5 years.

WKU took several transfers from schools with several from UL. That's where they really recruited well.

 

[DG10]

You seem to make the assumption that WKU's recruits are Big Ten caliber. I doubt that many of them are.

You seem to make the assumption that Purdue's recruits and players are as well, but, as has been shown time and again on a weekly basis, not necessarily the case.

I would not be surprised in the least if there were some guys on the WKU roster or in the existing recruiting class that were better than guys on the Purdue roster or a part of its class.

 

[DG10]

Your credibility just dropped to zero. Rivals ranking of recruiting classes:
2017 Purdue 74; WKU 85
2016 P 74; WK 85
2015 P 71; WK not in top 100
2014 P 71, WK 79

Point is, we are not going to win with MAC/CUSA level athletes.

Do not disagree with the point that you have made...problem is, that is exactly what Purdue has been trying to do since Hazell arrived.

 

[CANARD]

Lol...WKU's class is ranked higher than ours so the simple assumption can be made that they'are better than what we have. Plus we only have one OL in the class so this would be significant.
Writing off players simply because they chose to play for a coach they liked who doesn't happen to be at a P5 school would be a mistake. You only need to look at the number of small schools guys playing on Sunday's to tell you that.

I would be willing to bet there are more big school guys in the NFL than small school guys.

 

[TheBoris]

You seem to make the assumption that Purdue's recruits and players are as well, but, as has been shown time and again on a weekly basis, not necessarily the case.

No, I do not make the assumption that Purdue's recruits and players are Big Ten caliber. That confusion is in your head, not mine. If we had Big Ten caliber players, we wouldn't be in this mess right now.