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Concerns over WR recruiting

whatshouldicareabout
whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,018
in The Fisching Hole (Recruiting)
We suck at it.

What is Petersen going to do about it?
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  • Meek
    Meek Member Posts: 7,031
    WR's are the least of the our concerns.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,018
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Pettis and Lenius are only sophomores. Renfro, McClatcher, and Pounds in this year's class. LIPO with those guys. Baccallia will probably suck and likely doesn't have a high ceiling, but besides him, everyone looks like a decent prospect. I disagree with Dennis and thought the kid from Texas looked pretty good. A Reggie Williams would be great, but it's not that big of deal.

    It's a lot better to be concerned about questionable WR recruiting than the OL.

    I'm happy with Aaron Fuller, too, but I'm looking at WR recruiting since Petersen has arrived, and it's lacks the big names that we've seen at the other position groups. If we're looking at 247's Composite 4*s under Petersen, we have:

    QB (2): KJCS, Browning
    RB (1): McGrew
    WR/TE (0):
    OL (4): McGary, Roberts, Adams, Wattenburg
    DL (1): Potoae
    LB (2): Eifler, Wellington
    DB (3): Baker, Hale, Joyner

    Then again, stars aren't everything, but it's the one area where we haven't had a consensus 4* yet.

    I think I'm nervous about WR recruiting because in the last 10 days, we've lost out on five targets to USC, ND, Louisville, Arizona, and Stanford, and I think we're on the outside looking in for a number of others. I think Petersen and the other coaches are going to start offering scholarships to some of the other kids that have committed elsewhere, to lesser schools, in hopes of flipping them.

    Then again, I think we're only taking 3 WR this year, meaning only 2 more spots remain, so maybe they'll go harder after Crawford and Harry and whoever else we have a decent shot at.
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,865 Founders Club
    whatshouldicareabout said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    Pettis and Lenius are only sophomores. Renfro, McClatcher, and Pounds in this year's class. LIPO with those guys. Baccallia will probably suck and likely doesn't have a high ceiling, but besides him, everyone looks like a decent prospect. I disagree with Dennis and thought the kid from Texas looked pretty good. A Reggie Williams would be great, but it's not that big of deal.

    It's a lot better to be concerned about questionable WR recruiting than the OL.

    I'm happy with Aaron Fuller, too, but I'm looking at WR recruiting since Petersen has arrived, and it's lacks the big names that we've seen at the other position groups. If we're looking at 247's Composite 4*s under Petersen, we have:

    QB (2): KJCS, Browning
    RB (1): McGrew
    WR/TE (0):
    OL (4): McGary, Roberts, Adams, Wattenburg
    DL (1): Potoae
    LB (2): Eifler, Wellington
    DB (3): Baker, Hale, Joyner

    Then again, stars aren't everything, but it's the one area where we haven't had a consensus 4* yet.

    I think I'm nervous about WR recruiting because in the last 10 days, we've lost out on five targets to USC, ND, Louisville, Arizona, and Stanford, and I think we're on the outside looking in for a number of others. I think Petersen and the other coaches are going to start offering scholarships to some of the other kids that have committed elsewhere, to lesser schools, in hopes of flipping them.

    Then again, I think we're only taking 3 WR this year, meaning only 2 more spots remain, so maybe they'll go harder after Crawford and Harry and whoever else we have a decent shot at.
    Until we prove we have anything better than the worst QB/offense in the Pac 12 it's going to be hard to convince top talent from out of the area to come north.

    I'm not too worried about it. As mentioned we have some good looking underclassmen WR already in the program, and if Pete is who we think he is (also if Browning is who I think he is) some 4 star guys will be interested moving forward. The truly game breaking WR talent can excel as a true frosh. I'd rather have a stock pile of big uglies to be developed over a few years and roll the dice on finding a game breaker on the perimeter.
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  • LoneStarDawg
    LoneStarDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,789 Founders Club
    Anyone worried about WR sizzle in July deserves @Owen12
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  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,384
    Dennis_DeYoung said:

    Uh, Renfro and McClatcher were 4-star kids, Pettis had a good year for a true frosh and has been mentioned as a possible All Pac-12 candidate this year. Lenius chose us over Miami and looked really good in limited time last year.

    What the F do people want?

    Look, I think Fuller sucks, I think Little sucks, I think Andre B. is likely to suck and Pounds makes me yawn... but give it a rest.

    If there are ever topics that overlap here and at doogman the poaster should be banned for a week.

    When did lenius look good? Maybe he will turn out to be good. But he was nothing last year. Looking at his bio last year he had 7 catches for 56 yards. Half of his yards were on one catch vs ucla.

    Wr recruiting is the least of my worries too. But pettis so far is the only young one on the team worth a damn.

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