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Greg Stroman.....IN
Dude, chill out, turn off your computer and let it go. One way or another, NONE of this is going to make or break our season or have any effect on our personal lives. You're getting WAY too emotional about the decisions of 17 and 18 year olds.
Also, Beamer is totally fine stealing recruits from other schools. Ask Durking and MSU. He just likes to know if a kid is completely done with recruiting so he's not wasting his time that could be spent getting someone he has a chance with.
Been saving this brew for a special occasion. Is 8 a.m. too early?
Chris Durkin in :-)
I don't know what to say there- I'm not sure why anyone attends LOLUva, let alone athletes.
I still blame uva when something doesn't go our way.
Well said, could not agree more. We will have a good class this year but the homegrown talent that is leaving the state or going to that other school up the road is truly disappointing. No other way to put it. People can spout all the examples they want about 5* guys not panning out but I'd rather sign some that don't pan out and some that do than not have the ability to sign any at all.
It states just how far off our recruiting had fallen that this will be the best and most complete class in years. I love the players we got in early, but losing Nnadi and likely Harrison and potentially Isiah McKenzie (after saying we're a lock if we offer) (UPDATE... McKenzie just signed with Georgia.... the NSD collapse continues)... Not sure how you could look at it and say NSD would be anything but a failure.
At some point, we HAVE to figure out how to close these kind of guys. I know Beamer's philosophy of giving up on players that commit elsewhere, but after what happened with Harrison, its a truly STUPID and outdated philosophy. You can't put arbitrary limitations on yourselves and expect to compete with the big boys. We need to be handling recruiting on the exact same level playing field as everyone else, or we're only hurting ourselves in the end. We're never going to win a thing of importance if we don't start getting our hands dirty on the recruiting trail. And seeing as how the Athletic Department runs off the revenue that football brings in, we can't afford to not be on a level playing field.
Come on now... Take a moment and get back to me in 3 years on this class.
The reality is that while we are losing these guys, we can't sign everyone. If you want all those guys, someone has to grayshirt which many players don't like to do. Or you have to drop other players which is very classless. Calm down and move on. These are 17 and 18 year old kids. They will change their mind daily and it's not for those of us that are adults to stress over.
Winning only means so much when you see players like Brown and Blanding ending up at 2 win LOLUva
Call me crazy, but I'm beginning to think that this McKenzie kid really, REALLY likes attention....
He looks skinny for 6'4" 280.
It's probability. 2*'s have a much lower probability for success than 4*'s, there are just a lot more of them so in the aggregate, it seems like they succeed just as much.
This just in, FSU will heretofore be known as UFS.
Thanks,
Mgmt.
Say what you want about the Alabama fax girl's replacement, but it's a miracle I even FIT in this dress.
Yeah I'd love to get these guys too. I think recruiting is on the upswing again, though, and hopefully it'll keep improving, especially if our coaches continue to make more ties out here. But I also think part of it is just winning more. We've still got a good foundation we're bringing in here.
French on signing day:
Ugh...
To have Hand, Nnadi, Brown, Blanding, all coming out of Virginia in one class and to land not a single one of them. That REALLY hurts. Especially when we're supposed to have a dominant defense that should be able to hand pick whoever we want in the state.
I think he had something prepared beforehand
I agree things had dropped off badly in recruiting, but much like the on-field product this year, we're just starting to see the changes we need. If we're still not closing on big-time recruits in a year or so, then I'd say we have a problem. The fact that our new coaches turned things around so quickly to give us this good of a class is a great sign, I think. Now we need to see continued improvement.
Go for it