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Maninoa Tufono, 4* LB 2019, Punahou HS, HI (Offered)
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Visiting in the fall/winter but committing next week. Do the Notre Dame guys run the Texas bored too?Neighbor2972 said: -
i have no idea which way this kid is going to go.Neighbor2972 said: -
The guys we slow played this year are way better than Djibril, Blaylock, Ben Wilson, and Jackson Craves It. Not the same thing.StrongArmCobra said:
The 2018 class wouldn't have become the class that it did if he hadn't slow played some kids and trusted the process and his staff to get the job done in the end. Ale Kaho, Taki Taimani, Tuli Letuligasenoa, Julius Irvin, Kyler Gordon all late additions. UW never panicked and starting taking plan B guys. We slow played Jackson Cravens in favor of Taimani and Tuli. We slow played Ben Wilson in favor of Ale Kaho. We slow played Stephan Blaylock and Halid Djibril in favor of Irvin and Gordon. Do you want a coach that plays it safe or a coach that has a pair of balls between his legs and goes after the best? Taking Tufuno is playing it safe. We want Heimuli more and we're going to get him.FremontTroll said:
Its funny because this is exactly what Kim was saying when Sark's recruiting was nosediving in 2012.StrongArmCobra said:
Well, Heimuli did not include USC in his top 8 so I can see why the coaches are confident they can get him. Plus, if you have a pair of balls between your legs you wait for your top targets to make their decisions. We're in a new territory in which we're having to wait longer for a lot of commits because we're in on a lot of highly coveted prospects who will take their official visits and announce a decision closer to Signing Day. To us fans it's a bit daunting but to the coaches it's a part of the process of becoming elite. We have a team that should be really good and win most of their games again which will only help recruiting and make finishing with a boom likely.Thebourbinator said:
I’m afraid the coaches are feeling a little overconfident in themselves to land the players they think they can get.. And doesn’t help our HI/poly pipeline to go cold on a highly rated legacy, no matter how recruiting services vs their own evaluations stack up.KevininTacoma said:2 crystal balls to Texas. Sounds like we’re passing on Tufono as well
It could be true or it could be that CP erred by slowplaying some of these kids.
I would feel more confident with a Ngata or Heimuli committed. As is the current class is of similar caliber to the 2017 class and a downgrade from 2018.
There was a feeling that our strong close in 2018 would carry over and give us momentum going into 2019. Doesn't seem to be materializing. -
Bored motto?UDubHusky23 said:
i have no idea which way this kid is going to go.Neighbor2972 said: -
Nah I've been prertty consistent. Roster balance is important but some talent can't be turned away especially when it comes to line of scrimmage players. In my humble opinion, Tufuno is not one of those guys. I think we already have the best LB in the state of Hawaii committed.Tequilla said:I like to down play roster balance when it doesn’t fit my narrative ... then use it when it does ... that’s what I like to do
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Who have we slow played that's better than those guys?FremontTroll said:
The guys we slow played this year are way better than Djibril, Blaylock, Ben Wilson, and Jackson Craves It. Not the same thing.StrongArmCobra said:
The 2018 class wouldn't have become the class that it did if he hadn't slow played some kids and trusted the process and his staff to get the job done in the end. Ale Kaho, Taki Taimani, Tuli Letuligasenoa, Julius Irvin, Kyler Gordon all late additions. UW never panicked and starting taking plan B guys. We slow played Jackson Cravens in favor of Taimani and Tuli. We slow played Ben Wilson in favor of Ale Kaho. We slow played Stephan Blaylock and Halid Djibril in favor of Irvin and Gordon. Do you want a coach that plays it safe or a coach that has a pair of balls between his legs and goes after the best? Taking Tufuno is playing it safe. We want Heimuli more and we're going to get him.FremontTroll said:
Its funny because this is exactly what Kim was saying when Sark's recruiting was nosediving in 2012.StrongArmCobra said:
Well, Heimuli did not include USC in his top 8 so I can see why the coaches are confident they can get him. Plus, if you have a pair of balls between your legs you wait for your top targets to make their decisions. We're in a new territory in which we're having to wait longer for a lot of commits because we're in on a lot of highly coveted prospects who will take their official visits and announce a decision closer to Signing Day. To us fans it's a bit daunting but to the coaches it's a part of the process of becoming elite. We have a team that should be really good and win most of their games again which will only help recruiting and make finishing with a boom likely.Thebourbinator said:
I’m afraid the coaches are feeling a little overconfident in themselves to land the players they think they can get.. And doesn’t help our HI/poly pipeline to go cold on a highly rated legacy, no matter how recruiting services vs their own evaluations stack up.KevininTacoma said:2 crystal balls to Texas. Sounds like we’re passing on Tufono as well
It could be true or it could be that CP erred by slowplaying some of these kids.
I would feel more confident with a Ngata or Heimuli committed. As is the current class is of similar caliber to the 2017 class and a downgrade from 2018.
There was a feeling that our strong close in 2018 would carry over and give us momentum going into 2019. Doesn't seem to be materializing.
What feeling? This is West Coast recruiting every single year. Most of the highly coveted recruits don't make their decisions until during or after the season. It makes zero sense to think the 2018 recruiting momentum would carry over into the Spring and Summer. Look at USC's class every year. They usually start slow and finish with a huge boom. That's where UW recruiting is headed. -
Pretty sure that we aren’t moving to USC’s recruiting model of relying on the end of the class to save our ass.
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Yes we are. We're waiting for the best remaining recruits to make their decisions and we will get our fair share. If we don't, then you can bitch.Tequilla said:Pretty sure that we aren’t moving to USC’s recruiting model of relying on the end of the class to save our ass.
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I got all the screen shots i need.StrongArmCobra said:
Yes we are. We're waiting for the best remaining recruits to make their decisions and we will get our fair share. If we don't, then you can bitch.Tequilla said:Pretty sure that we aren’t moving to USC’s recruiting model of relying on the end of the class to save our ass.
