I’d rather have Plummer and O’Connell than Penix and Tuttle.
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I'm not an expert by any stretch but it sounds like IU did a nice job this past weekend at it's junior day event with Josh Sales, Austin Booker, Kyran Montgomery, Zach Richards, Aaron Steinfeldt, McCulley, Collinsworth and of course McGraw. I have no idea as to how many of them are seriously interested in IU versus Purdue or anyone else.
I take it that Purdue has prioritized McCulley and Richards along with obviously Karlaftis. Any others?
I'd rank them in order based on what we've seen (and not on recruiting rankings):
Penix
AOC
Plummer
Tuttle
ND offered Karlaftis and Bell.
They also offered Maliq Carr (although, he's from MI).
Those are all d@mn "good kids"...
I will take the top 10 talent players here in Indiana after That it's ball state talent Left over. Indiana Does not have the talent in football High school. Me I'd rather go to Florida or Texas and pick up a 2 or 3 star kid from there they would be 4 star if they played here in Indiana
i like AOC better than all of them. Especially working with the Brohms.
Well Terrell and Alstott but they’re already committed. I think they’re really high on Collinsworth too. I’m guessing they’ll be hard after both Montgomery and Carnell too.
He almost beat IUs best team in a quarter century, in his 3rd start, without Rondale.
players' rankings are based on their participation and performance at national camps, not what they do for their local team. if you took a 2 star from Florida or Texas and moved him to Indiana, he'd still be a 2 star. Hartwig gained his 4th star not for anything he did for his Indiana high school, but rather because of his performance i n a national all star game. he could be from new Hampshire or north Dakota playing for Podunk high School and his national rating would still be 4 stars.
I know this because our little known high school tin Illinois recently had a 4 star TE. he didn't get those 4 stars for anything he did for his high school. he gained them in camps and other events.
So you can keep all your Texas and Florida 2 stars. Moving to Indiana is not going to improve their ratings.
and it's the same for basketball. they could live anywhere they want. their rating is dependent on their performance for their AAU team, and not their high school.
I'll simplify it for you: ratings are subjective. They're subject to the competition you play, whether or not you participate in the money-making camps, how well you do vis-a-vis the competition at said camps, etc.
I will agree to an extent... a 2-star in FL isn't necessarily better than a 2-star in IN.
What's more, the self-professed "experts" get it right a lot of the time, but they frequently miss the boat.
I will agree.
National star ratings are not given out by high school or college coaches. maybe they should be. they are given out by scouts. and where do the scouts go to evaluate talent? All star games and camps and sometimes state championship games.
They are very subjective. what is sad is many very worthy players never have an opportunity to play in those all star games . what's the difference between a 3 and 5 star ? Opportunity !
Glad you are happy with your QB room. We are certainly pleased with ours. We can leave it at that and we’ll play it out on the field in November. Should be a good one.
That's the key.
QBs who have outplayed their ranking under the Brohms:
Brandon Doughty
Mike White
David Blough
Aidan O'Connell
-Sindelar would be on this list had he stayed healthy
-Plummer has played "to" his ranking thus far
QBs who played above their ranking under Tom Allen:
Peyton Ramsey*
*with Deboer as OC
Right. I am sure Zander will see some snaps on special teams for sure. I can see CJB having fun lining him up as a fullback.. he has good size/hands and can easily run out to the flat and get us a couple 3rd down conversions throughout the year.
I still would take a 2 star from Texas or Florida over a 3 or 4 star from Indiana. The 4 star from Indiana would have to be highly rated 4 star.
I get what you're saying but if they played here in Indiana they would get more recognition and maybe get the play in those All Star games Because they would be one of the better players in Indiana unlike in Florida or Texas.
I wouldn't count Horvath out, the guy ran pretty good at times
Oh for sure. I was fortunate to see him at his best at the bucket game. Given the lack of push he received most of the season, he did very well with what he had. It's one of those things where if he ends up getting the lead role, I'll happily watch him run between the tackles. On the other hand if he gets beat out my more athletic, faster guys - I'll understand it. With Hewitt in the mix for more than 4 games this year plus whatever Murphy brings his initial season - I am unsure of his volume and what packages CJB will put together for him.
He did end up with 4.8 yds/att. Almost half of it from the bucket game.
One this is for certain, Brohm will figure out how to use them best. Those swing passes to Zander in the flat became a staple of the offense, allowing him to get moving north and south in the open field. King is much better at hitting the hole. I imagine Hewitt and Murphy will be also. If the Oline can get a consistent push, Zander will be more effective in short yardage situations.
Part of him playing better later in the year was the improved OL play...
For sure and I wouldn't argue otherwise. With respect to Zander specifically, he improved as a player. He was much better at hitting the hole later in the year (definitely some credit to the o-line) and his pad height got much better as the season progressed.
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