The Fisching Report Recruiting Thread Sponsored by The Fisch Bowl
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I wrote off Sharma as soon as the old staff left. Figured he just took a courtesy visit. Folsom actually isn't that far from Eugene so not a huge surprise there.
Not in the love with being back to the there's no room philosophy. With how quickly guys leave programs now it seems like the move is to load up and figure it out later.
Pretty much seems like the formula now is for guys to go through recruitment then set a commitment date then use that to leverage the biggest bag drop and then just go there.
Doesn't seem like UW is going to win a bag drop against almost anyone so any recruit that commits there either isn't recruited at all by bigger programs and maybe you can outbid a school that doesn't give a shit like UCLA or Cal and maybe there's an occasional guy like ZRS who is local who we are willing to spend extra on or who takes lower money because they want to stay close.
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Folsom is in Sacramento, CA. It’s not even in the same state. That’s like saying Eugene and Seattle are close. That’s a weaker argument that the ‘we are full’ bullshit. But nice try.
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This year for Fisch is the most acceptable "Year 0" for a program we've seen in awhile. I just can't get too upset about recruiting misses right now. Fisch is saying the right things and the staff appears to be putting in the effort. Win and results will come
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If we end up getting ZRS, Zamorano, Dillard-Allen, Lawson, and Olugbode, then they're exceeding my expectations.
I still want them to do better, but that would be a solid class for a coach who's only been here 5 months
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Deji Ajose committed and was recruited as a WR
So that's 3 WR commits now (with Raiden Vines-Bright and Dezmen Roebuck). Seems we might take 5 this class, which would put us at 12 WR going into 2025
Cummings is proving to be our best recruiter
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Ratings/stars aren’t everything but they are an indicator of possible success.
Champ is rated a 90 and Flores an 87. UW’s best lineman in the last decade and their ratings:Adams 91, McGary 94, Fautano 92, Beulow 90, Kalepo 90, Rosengarten 95
Brailsford 87, Harris 85, Eldrenkamp 87 prove you can be good without a high rating but it’s fewer and farther in between.
Mauro 94, Prentice 94 and Mele 91 are great reasons why you stack bodies. Sometimes the guys just never live up to the hype.
As for how many linemen to take it needs to be 4. Four recruits per year gives you 20 over a five year period. With retirements, injuries, transfers and subsequent portal additions you can probably maintain 18 on the roster at all times. That’s just over 3 deep if you take 4 a year. It’s better to manage too many numbers than to scramble like UW has found itself a few times the last 25 years.I don’t think it’s strange at all.
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This class reminds me of Coach Pete’s first class (which turned out to be awesome). Fisch pillaged his previous school’s incoming class and loaded up on high ceiling 3 and 4 stars.
Give me ol Gainesy and Sample all day👌
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That’s always the hope. Pete’s first haul was a master class in scouting, projection and development.
Drew Sample, Greg Gaines, Jaylon Johnson, Shane Bowman, Sydney Jones, Will Dissley, Dante Pettis, JoJo McIntosh. All mid to low 3* kids. Budda and McGary were the high and mid 4* jewels of the class but to have so many kids play major roles in a national semifinal is amazing. It doesn’t appear Fish will land anyone rated as high as Baker 97 rating and McGary, a 94 rating. ZRS at 92 and the receiver from a Florida at 93 seem to be the best players that are still considering our Dawgs. -
I am all about taking a ton of OL. Especially considering as we should really know now, good ones are really hard to get in the portal. I also like taking 2-3 in-state ones every year. The batting average on those guys seems really high for at worst being solid starters and there frequently seems to be guys we don't take who end up at Oregon, Oregon State, WSU, and Boise type schools who end up being really good.
Like Petersen's first class, I like that they're leaning on local guys and appear to be recruiting them more again. I feel like Sark towards the end and Deboer had reputations for ignoring local guys unless they were the best of the best of the best.
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Didn't Jedd post an additional ☔ after the wr committed? How Hot is our Flock going to be this weekend?
