It's That Time of Year: Bhonapha Visits Chris Warren
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There are some interesting challenges this year. throbmorton is disappointing, but hey - you can't fault a kid for wanting gaudy uniforms and a degree from a poorly ranked university.Dennis_DeYoung said:
Last year's close said a lot. He closed the deal on pretty much everyone he was in on. Budda and McGary are the most obvious—but he also closed the deal on Nate Dogg and Seferian Austin Carta Holy Grail (both 4-star guys). Further, he stole Sidney Jones from Utah, offered Pettis and held off Miami for Lenius.Passion said:Normally the odds of UW getting a 4-star RB from texas are less-than-miniscule. But I am mindful of Petersen's philosophy that he doesn't waste time on recruits that he has no chance of landing.
Anyone who thinks Pete can't recruit is a fuckwad. I don't know if we'll get Warren or not, but I do know that we aren't Ruben Fostering.
Obviously the big outstanding in-stater is Benning Potoae...and probably Joyner.
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Gatdang, Warren is a beast.
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With both Throbmoreman and Lemieux it honestly seemed like Pete didn't really want them. They only nominally recruited Throb and basically stopped after Hilbers committed. I'm not a WDWHA kind of guy, but the facts are the facts... Throb just wasn't a massive target for us for whatever reason.Passion said:
There are some interesting challenges this year. throbmorton is disappointing, but hey - you can't fault a kid for wanting gaudy uniforms and a degree from a poorly ranked university.Dennis_DeYoung said:
Last year's close said a lot. He closed the deal on pretty much everyone he was in on. Budda and McGary are the most obvious—but he also closed the deal on Nate Dogg and Seferian Austin Carta Holy Grail (both 4-star guys). Further, he stole Sidney Jones from Utah, offered Pettis and held off Miami for Lenius.Passion said:Normally the odds of UW getting a 4-star RB from texas are less-than-miniscule. But I am mindful of Petersen's philosophy that he doesn't waste time on recruits that he has no chance of landing.
Anyone who thinks Pete can't recruit is a fuckwad. I don't know if we'll get Warren or not, but I do know that we aren't Ruben Fostering.
Obviously the big outstanding in-stater is Benning Potoae...and probably Joyner.
He needs to close on some interior DLs.
If they don't close on Potatoe and Joyner I'll be shocked. Very similar to Budda and McGary last year, except easier to convince in both cases.
If you add Potatoe and Austin Joyner to this class... one surprise guy like C.Warren... all of a sudden we are talking about a top 15-20 class.
With Jusstis Warren, Potatoe and Joyner I'm basically just assuming they're all in. There are a few other kids who seem like heavy leans at this point (Fat Predator Ricky McCoy is the one that springs to mind).
Then we have a bunch of kids who we are going to get (or have gotten) visits from who are all very good players and getting just 2 or 3 of them would be pretty exciting
RBs - C.Warren, C.Scarlett
WRs - X.Castille, J.Hawkins
OL - J.Empey
DL - C.Peat, R.Manu, A.Fotu (JC)
LB - T.Bartlett, A.Camargo
DB - D.Holiday, E.Turner (JC)
ATHs - N.Meadors, O.Spencer
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Interesting times either way?
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I haven't gotten too into recruiting this year, but I'm meh on young Potatoe. I'm worried he's just like his brother and is basically maxed out at 18. Sione dominated in high school because he was stronger and more mature than the guys he was playing against.
Benning was considered a 5 star guy by Biggins two years ago, but has steadily dropped since. Just thinking out loud here. I'm no talent evaluator and I'm not ready to submit a resume to Woody for Peterman's job. -
But has Lars put out 3 recruiting blogs in 3 days?
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Until Peternorth allows more access to recruiting websites like Dawgman.com he is only going to be a Mountain West or church school type of recruiter.
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Maybe, but there is something wrong about letting a top-ranked DL leave the state. WA just doesn't produce a lot of these kids, like louisiana.RoadDawg55 said:I haven't gotten too into recruiting this year, but I'm meh on young Potatoe. I'm worried he's just like his brother and is basically maxed out at 18. Sione dominated in high school because he was stronger and more mature than the guys he was playing against.
Benning was considered a 5 star guy by Biggins two years ago, but has steadily dropped since. Just thinking out loud here. I'm no talent evaluator and I'm not ready to submit a resume to Woody for Peterman's job.
Also, Benning (6'4" 265) seems to have a different body type than Sione (6'2" 278). He is thinner and rangier. I guess I'd rather take him, if there is room. -
Agree about taking him, and it's evident the coaches have made him a priority. I have some family that went to Lakes and still attend a few games a year. They have said Potatoe looks great, but doesn't have that much of an impact on the field. Lakes hasn't been very good for a few years.Passion said:
Maybe, but there is something wrong about letting a top-ranked DL leave the state. WA just doesn't produce a lot of these kids, like louisiana.RoadDawg55 said:I haven't gotten too into recruiting this year, but I'm meh on young Potatoe. I'm worried he's just like his brother and is basically maxed out at 18. Sione dominated in high school because he was stronger and more mature than the guys he was playing against.
Benning was considered a 5 star guy by Biggins two years ago, but has steadily dropped since. Just thinking out loud here. I'm no talent evaluator and I'm not ready to submit a resume to Woody for Peterman's job.
Also, Benning seems to have a different body type than his brother. He is thinner and rangier. I guess I'd rather take him, if there is room. -
Considering the quantum leap in dl play and improvement shown by our players there this year, I feel Benning will have a much bigger impact at UW over his brother just from coaching alone.
