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Today was a disaster, and the blame lies with the former staff.
Well, we technically could still flip Durr and that would make two (Rodgers.)
Yeah, wouldn't buy into those comments at all. He is a LB and will play LB in college and probably be a good one.
Not talking bad about our staff at all because of the time frame allowed for them...but can today get any worse? High hopes for this class has quickly deminished. I know we will be better than last year for sure with at least Evans or Lawson leading our offense but man...I was hoping for at least 2 flips.
Right. In addition, these recruits have watched a bad VT product for the entire that they were in HS.
Just saw on 247 that he is going to Iowa State. I'm sure he will get plenty of playing time. Though the Cyclones aren't a top team, lots of potential exposure for him to get to the next level.
as an afterthought to those outside of our program.
Me trying to figure out if this is all just a dream.
Great for visits. Living there?
No surprise, but it is frustrating considering he said he would prefer to play TE in college. Either that's a complete lie, or we couldn't convince him to do something he wanted to do in the first place. Which would be incredibly bad.
The thing about our defensive slump, is 100% perception. We had a down year last year.
We ranked 3rd defensive efficiency the year before. 4th the year before that. We dont have as much of a defensive issue as we have a fan perception issue. If we have another down year next year, I could see concern.
Frustrating
Joe alluded to this else-where. On such a short time-frame we couldn't realistically expect a huge up-tick in recruiting success. Next year should be a better year but 2018 is going to really be the year that we can judge our recruiting on. I think it is only fair to give Fuente a little time (2 full cycles minimum) before evaluating his recruiting prowess. I do believe that winning on Saturdays will have the greatest impact on recruiting in the near future. Hopefully a fresh offense will help this team get over the hump that we've been stuck on for the last 3 or 4 years.
Well said!
We are actually in good shape with Laborn. He is probably the first "true" test of the new staff trying to keep a top player(s) in state. Believe he is visiting this weekend or soon.
Don't think he was an after thought, I think he is under the radar.
The chance that he tortures us at Pitt is pretty freaking high, isn't it?
I don't think anyone's calling it a fix, but there's clearly a narrative among some that basically we're getting nothing. This isn't a world-beating class by most metrics, but we're pulling in some kids that should fit roles that we need. It's the beginning of a reconstruction project, and it's not as if the staff has a blind eye to the problems.
OL. We got Moore and two projects this year. Hopple and Jackson are a few years away.
I wasn't worried about DE when it looked like we would certainly get Bailey and maybe get Fox. So, yeah, now I'm worried about DE again.
Laborn has to be the #1 prospect on our board. I keep hearing how we are behind for 2017 recruits. That's disconcerting considering the VA top 10 may be be half full of 5* players.
Chase Pine has a Pitt hat on— Chris Dokish (@ChrisDokish) February 3, 2016
Not a surprise.
Pine stuck with Pitt.
Sigh.
Iowa is actually a pretty cool state. The Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Quad Cities (Davenport and Bettendorph, across the river from Moline and Rock Island, IL) are all pretty cool.
Those winters, though...
Let's all keep in mind that we won't be landing top 10-15 recruiting classes until we start winning. If we start winning lots of football games, these NSD's will become much more fun. Let's see what happens.
He needs to get on the field first. Then, he'll get run over by Laborn.