TSiO Episode #47: The Barber >>>>

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The return of @Tequilla marks a special occasion, it's the Signing Day Pod! We dig into the Washington recruiting class by looking at how the UW staff changed their strategies in recruiting, the redemption of Malloe, and why can't we get a BUCK to save our lives... We discuss the one major issue that needs to be addressed immediately, and then wrap it up with a two year class overview and hint at the 2019 class.

We hope you enjoy, minus @SpoonieLuv, fuck that guy!

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Swaye

My dong feels tingly.

UW_Doog_Bot

I was still hoping for the pre- signing day pod released post signing day.

Swaye

I missed @Tequilla

Swaye

Can we not make "Let our light shine" become part of the lexicon here?

YellowSnow

I'm going to go take a walk here on an Oregon beach for perspective in a moment. Will listen in a bit after I go find some tube socks.

GrundleStiltzkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMplIrSlg8E

UW_Doog_Bot

AAAAAnnnnnnnnnndddd my project I was having to leg hump at work just got cancelled. Guess who's spending their morning listening to the pood now.

UW_Doog_Bot

God fucking damn it on having Coker get drunk. Fuck you Martin! Fuck you dry in the @backthepack!

Who has to sign in 2019 for this to happen?

theknowledge

Let our light shine! Our coaches are like the losing presidential candidates showing up on SNL. Halfway through the skit you wonder why they always looked like buttoned up assholes on the campaign trail. If they had just lightened up maybe they would have stood a chance. Bob Dole and John Mccain actually showed a sense of humor. I remember thinking 'I actually like these guys', Who'd of thunk it.

GrundleStiltzkin

dnc said:

dnc said:

The esteemed TSIO hosts postulated early in this recruiting season that this could be a disappointing class for us thanks to the strengths of the class not lining up with our strengths (geographic and recruiters). 17 commits in, this might not be a monster class, but it is looking likely very good, with a shot at better if a few notables hop on bored down the stretch.

Obviously, some things have changed since their warning, perhaps most notably the hires of Matt Lubick and Scott Huff, who between them have brought in almost half of the real BRB, YO caliber talent in this class.

But the other chinteresting development, and the one I want to dig into just a bit here, is where this class is coming from. OTOH, traditionally Washington (like everyone else in the conference) has gotten at least 60% of its kids from California, roughly 30% from Washington and filled in 10% from Hawaii, Oregon, and the occasional kid from somewhere else.

This class looks different. A lot different. Of the 17 commits, here's where they come from:

Washington - 4 (Sirmon, Culp, Ale, Liu)
California - 3 (Newton, Osborne, Spiker)
Oregon - 2 (Bynum, Lowe)
Utah - 2 (Taimani, Tafisi)
Arizona - 2 (Mele, Hampton)
Hawaii - 1 (Zion)
Idaho - 1 Yankoff
Tennessee - 1 (Sirmon 2)
Texas - 1 (Curne)

As it currently stands, Washington recruits account for 23.5% of the class and California recruits account for only 17.6% (!). Combined, our two primary states make up 40.1% of the class.

81% of the time (probably more) that would be a death sentence for UW. But somehow we? have successfully expanded the footprint to put together a strong class despite a below average year for us in state and a WAY below average year for us in California. With no research to back this up I'd venture this is by far the fewest kids we've ever pulled from Cali, even if we finish with Tremblay, Irving and Tuliapupu (we won't).

While I would expect us? to do much better in Cali moving forward, the rise of the WAC states in UW recruiting is really fascinating, and seems to be more likely a trend than a blip. Arizona has become a state we consistently pluck a kid from under Pete, Utah had a historic class this year but we've now gotten 3 kids from there in 2 years, and Hawaii appears to be a priority state next class.

I don't know how much of this has to do with increasing talent from those states (particularly Utah and Arizona) and how much has to do with Petersen prioritizing them more/better than previous UW coaches, but it appears our recruiting footprint is expanding, and not just into the much discussed Texas.

Maybe hiring a coach who knew the WAC recruiting base wasn't so bad after all.

Fupdate

Washington - 4 (Sirmon, Culp, Ale, Liu)
California - 3 (Newton, Osborne, Spiker)
Oregon - 2 (Bynum, Lowe)
Utah - 2 (Taimani, Tafisi)
Arizona - 2 (Mele, Hampton)
Hawaii - 1 (Zion)
Idaho - 1 Yankoff
Tennessee - 1 (Sirmon 2)
Texas - 1 (Curne)
Nevada - 1 (Kaho)

Washington at 22.2%, Cali at 16.7%

Final fupdate:

Washington - 5 (Sirmon, Culp, Ale, Liu, Gordon)
California - 5 (Newton, Osborne, Spiker, Irvin, Tuli)
Oregon - 2 (Bynum, Lowe)
Utah - 2 (Taimani, Tafisi)
Arizona - 2 (Mele, Hampton)
Hawaii - 1 (Zion)
Idaho - 1 Yankoff
Tennessee - 1 (Sirmon 2)
Texas - 1 (Curne)
Nevada - 1 (Kaho)

Washington and Cali both at 23.8%, for a total of 47.6% of the class from our two core states.

I highly doubt we've ever gone below 50% aggregate from those two states before. Chinteresting shit.

Notable - our first three commits for 2019 are all Washington (2) and Cali (1), and it appears we have a strong start on a number of other Cali kids (Ngata, Criddel, Austin Jones, Sean Dollars). We also seem to be hitting Hawaii a lot harder for 2019 than ever in the Pete era.

This next class could look a lot more like a DJ or even RN class geographically.

dnc

Swaye said:

I missed @Tequilla

Making it easier by the day to stay away from this cesspod ...

DodgyBloke

Im beyond excited to see what Peterman can do with this class

theknowledge

Coker, your plan to fix the state of Washington recruiting is the same as my plan. I even wrote the whole pitch from Pete's point of view in another discussion last week. Junior day is the day. They can reverse trends if they do it right. Dennis had a good idea of making it tradition every year, make it speshul. Shake hands, kiss babies and fix perception. Great work gentlemen.

Bread

You guys missed the simple fix to the Martin problem... you were almost there though. You mentioned we got to get in on the barber's but you didn't say how to do it. We were clearly third to Oregon and A&M for one reason. The barber community networks and knows eachother and they know who you is gonna take care of your hair before your big game.


At Oregon Barbers know you can get this legit Barbershop INSIDE OU's locker room:



At Texas A&M:
Again that is inside their football facility.


AT uw you get the Ruth Robbins of haircare:

Simple fix is build a barbershop in the sports complex and hire a team barber.

theknowledge

Is that Qualls cutting hair at Oregon or McCoy?

CokeGreaterThanPepsi

Bread said:

You guys missed the simple fix to the Martin problem... you were almost there though. You mentioned we got to get in on the barber's but you didn't say how to do it. We were clearly third to Oregon and A&M for one reason. The barber community networks and knows eachother and they know who you is gonna take care of your hair before your big game.


At Oregon Barbers know you can get this legit Barbershop INSIDE OU's locker room:



At Texas A&M:
Again that is inside their football facility.


AT uw you get the Ruth Robbins of haircare:

Simple fix is build a barbershop in the sports complex and hire a team barber.

UW has/had a barbershop in their facility, not sure if it is still there though.

tvoie

Good shit all. Really like Tequila on the show. In state recruiting strategy this year is going to be super interesting. I feel like they need to start looking ahead a little more in terms of marketing in-state. Hope Pete has a plan!

YellowSnow

Japanese whisky, single malt or blended is the chit. Those harbor bombers know what's up.

Swaye

YellowSnow said:

Japanese whisky, single malt or blended is the chit. Those harbor bombers know what's up.

I like to walk down any street in Tokyo and yell "Hiroshima BOOM!" and watch the little Japs scurry away. But yeah they have good booze. For losers.

IWO IWO IWO IWO IWO

YellowSnow

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

Japanese whisky, single malt or blended is the chit. Those harbor bombers know what's up.

I like to walk down any street in Tokyo and yell "Hiroshima BOOM!" and watch the little Japs scurry away. But yeah they have good booze. For losers.

IWO IWO IWO IWO IWO

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