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Will Latu, 2021 3* LB, Spanaway (Bethel), WA (Committed)

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,330
    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    We literally have told tons of defensive players that we could see them at buck. Or secondary played are recruited as defensive backs But not defined as safeties or cbs.

  • TTJ
    TTJ Member Posts: 4,827
    I see Simon as a BUCK/CHICO.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    I'm not saying to lie to him, I'm saying you tell him "we like you at a number of different spots, we want you on the team, we'll figure the position out later."

    Then if you fill up at LB you put him at RB or BTE or edge or whatever the fuck other position you want to put him at. Kids like this don't come around often. Get him in the program.
    I get your point but that ain’t what Pete’s exhibited he does
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    We literally have told tons of defensive players that we could see them at buck. Or secondary played are recruited as defensive backs But not defined as safeties or cbs.


    Because those positions (DBs) are typically more flexible
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    I'm not saying to lie to him, I'm saying you tell him "we like you at a number of different spots, we want you on the team, we'll figure the position out later."

    Then if you fill up at LB you put him at RB or BTE or edge or whatever the fuck other position you want to put him at. Kids like this don't come around often. Get him in the program.
    I get your point but that ain’t what Pete’s exhibited he does
    Isn't that what he did with Joyner?
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    I'm not saying to lie to him, I'm saying you tell him "we like you at a number of different spots, we want you on the team, we'll figure the position out later."

    Then if you fill up at LB you put him at RB or BTE or edge or whatever the fuck other position you want to put him at. Kids like this don't come around often. Get him in the program.
    I get your point but that ain’t what Pete’s exhibited he does
    Isn't that what he did with Joyner?
    Pretty sure Joyner said he didn’t want to play RB and wanted to play DB
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    I'm not saying to lie to him, I'm saying you tell him "we like you at a number of different spots, we want you on the team, we'll figure the position out later."

    Then if you fill up at LB you put him at RB or BTE or edge or whatever the fuck other position you want to put him at. Kids like this don't come around often. Get him in the program.
    Lie and get him in the program
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    I'm not saying to lie to him, I'm saying you tell him "we like you at a number of different spots, we want you on the team, we'll figure the position out later."

    Then if you fill up at LB you put him at RB or BTE or edge or whatever the fuck other position you want to put him at. Kids like this don't come around often. Get him in the program.
    I get your point but that ain’t what Pete’s exhibited he does
    Isn't that what he did with Joyner?
    Pretty sure Joyner said he didn’t want to play RB and wanted to play DB
    Ah I had it backwards then. Thought Joyner insisted on RB.
  • dirtysouwfdawg
    dirtysouwfdawg Member Posts: 14,086
    FirePete said:

    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    The other potential option is not knowing what position ... we don’t seem to recruit athletes blindly often if at all

    I don't think generic "athletes" really exist by the time we get close to signing day. Some programs will see Simon as a RB, some will see him on defense, but everyone will have a specific vision to sell him on.

    We've recruited numerous players where other programs were recruiting them at different positions or even the other side of the ball.
    I don’t care what other teams are doing

    When was the last time we recruited somebody without being clear the position that we were recruiting at?

    We don’t mislead kids saying that they want to play one position and then blindly move them. You could argue this is part of what went down with Harrison.

    You can also debate whether you agree with the approach ... but that’s Pete’s approach.
    I'm not saying to lie to him, I'm saying you tell him "we like you at a number of different spots, we want you on the team, we'll figure the position out later."

    Then if you fill up at LB you put him at RB or BTE or edge or whatever the fuck other position you want to put him at. Kids like this don't come around often. Get him in the program.
    Lie and get him in the program
    That’s whoregons strategy
  • CallMeBigErn
    CallMeBigErn Member Posts: 8,028
    edited June 2019

    Ektard says that someone close to the Latu recruitment says UW is close to offering him. The source expects UW to offer before the end of summer.

    Any word on his big bro, Peter? I'd hate to see him stick with that O commitment.

  • DoogCourics
    DoogCourics Member Posts: 5,739

    Ektard says that someone close to the Latu recruitment says UW is close to offering him. The source expects UW to offer before the end of summer.

    Any word on his big bro, Peter? I'd hate to see him stick with that O commitment.

    Seems he still needs to get his grades up.
  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,508

    Ektard says that someone close to the Latu recruitment says UW is close to offering him. The source expects UW to offer before the end of summer.

    Any word on his big bro, Peter? I'd hate to see him stick with that O commitment.

    Eklund says no chance they offer his brother. Someone asked if it's because of academics and/or "fit". His response was "yeah, let's say that"
  • Ballz
    Ballz Member Posts: 4,735
    edited June 2019

    To add, his brother had a really weird interview with the Oregon version of Eklund. He said hes "riding with Oregon right now" but will take official visits and Oregon will probably be one of them.

    He may be less committed than that Avanta guy who is releasing his top 7

    They don't have commits till they sign. It ain't over for Steele till he enrolls either. Rumors about a potential flip back to USC are starting to heat up. So much drama coming Oregon's way and I got my popcorn ready. So glad UW doesn't recruit drama queens like that.
  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937

    To add, his brother had a really weird interview with the Oregon version of Eklund. He said hes "riding with Oregon right now" but will take official visits and Oregon will probably be one of them.

    He may be less committed than that Avanta guy who is releasing his top 7

    They don't have commits till they sign. It ain't over for Steele till he enrolls either. Rumors about a potential flip back to USC are starting to heat up. So much drama coming Oregon's way and I got my popcorn ready. So glad UW doesn't recruit drama queens like that.
    Kaho?
  • Ballz
    Ballz Member Posts: 4,735
    edited June 2019

    To add, his brother had a really weird interview with the Oregon version of Eklund. He said hes "riding with Oregon right now" but will take official visits and Oregon will probably be one of them.

    He may be less committed than that Avanta guy who is releasing his top 7

    They don't have commits till they sign. It ain't over for Steele till he enrolls either. Rumors about a potential flip back to USC are starting to heat up. So much drama coming Oregon's way and I got my popcorn ready. So glad UW doesn't recruit drama queens like that.
    Kaho?
    Meh. That was one guy tho. Half of Oregon's class aren't really committed and Chris Steele has flipped schools four times already.
  • FremontTroll
    FremontTroll Member Posts: 4,744

    To add, his brother had a really weird interview with the Oregon version of Eklund. He said hes "riding with Oregon right now" but will take official visits and Oregon will probably be one of them.

    He may be less committed than that Avanta guy who is releasing his top 7

    They don't have commits till they sign. It ain't over for Steele till he enrolls either. Rumors about a potential flip back to USC are starting to heat up. So much drama coming Oregon's way and I got my popcorn ready. So glad UW doesn't recruit drama queens like that.
    Based on your predicted flips last year this guarantees Steele signs with the Ducks
  • Ballz
    Ballz Member Posts: 4,735
    edited June 2019

    To add, his brother had a really weird interview with the Oregon version of Eklund. He said hes "riding with Oregon right now" but will take official visits and Oregon will probably be one of them.

    He may be less committed than that Avanta guy who is releasing his top 7

    They don't have commits till they sign. It ain't over for Steele till he enrolls either. Rumors about a potential flip back to USC are starting to heat up. So much drama coming Oregon's way and I got my popcorn ready. So glad UW doesn't recruit drama queens like that.
    Based on your predicted flips last year this guarantees Steele signs with the Ducks
    They had seven decommits last class and Jonah T tried to flip and sign with USC but his mom wouldn't sign his SC NLI and forced him to sign with Oregon. I'd say I was pretty spot on. Don't be surprised if Mase Funa and/or Jonah T take the portal to SC either.
  • Ballz
    Ballz Member Posts: 4,735
    edited June 2019

    To add, his brother had a really weird interview with the Oregon version of Eklund. He said hes "riding with Oregon right now" but will take official visits and Oregon will probably be one of them.

    He may be less committed than that Avanta guy who is releasing his top 7

    They don't have commits till they sign. It ain't over for Steele till he enrolls either. Rumors about a potential flip back to USC are starting to heat up. So much drama coming Oregon's way and I got my popcorn ready. So glad UW doesn't recruit drama queens like that.
    Based on your predicted flips last year this guarantees Steele signs with the Ducks
    They had seven decommits last class and Jonah T tried to flip and sign with USC but his mom wouldn't sign his SC NLI and forced him to sign with Oregon. I'd say I was pretty spot on. Don't be surprised if Mase Funa and/or Jonah T take the portal to SC either.
    You said Jonah T, Funa, and Thibs would all sign elsewhere.

    You were adamant about Thibs and also insisted he would be dropped to a 4* in the final ranking.

    Oops.
    They paid for Kayvon. I didn't know they were paying for players now. With that information before hand, I would have thought Oregon was more of a possibility for him. He deserved to be dropped in the rankings based on his on and off again effort. Biggins himself said he would likely be getting dropped but Oregon fans would have had a meltdown and some would have unsubscribed. There's definitely some business decisions that go into whether or not 247 drops a kid in the rankings.

    As I said, Jonah T wanted to sign with SC and was not allowed to. I was right about him wanting to flip later in the process. There's no predicting a selfish mother out of nowhere completely taking control of her son's recruitment. She was probably getting a bag from Oregon too for Jonah's signature. Otherwise, it just makes no sense why a mother would not want her son closer to home if that's what he wants to do.

    Mase was not a top priority for SC after his injury. His knee injury was bad. It's questionable if he'll ever be the athlete he was pre-injury again. That's another difficult one to predict. Had he not gotten injured, there's no doubt he would not have committed and signed with Oregon. They were his best option post-injury.

    My point always was, Oregon is going to have a lot of decommits and they did and will continue to do so. Now you want to argue semantics because I didn't correctly predict which specific guys would decommit? Get outta here.
  • Ballz
    Ballz Member Posts: 4,735
    edited June 2019

    Jonah Tuaanuauanuau has been visiting USC a lot lately as well. Elijah Blades has interest in USC and LSU. Bridges, Eaford, and Wilhoite are from across the country. Stay tune. ;)

    1/5

    Mase Funa and Jonah T on decommit watch. Both visiting USC. What's going on?

    0/2

    ALL USC.

    (Taununununu)
    0/1

    That's all straight up fact. UW and SC didn't want him and stopped recruiting him a long time ago. Did you miss the epic trashing of this kid on the Duck board by Biggins? He said he doesn't play hard, take entire halves off in games, and Kayvon's uncle said to him "I don't know what it's going to take to get this kid to play hard".

    Guys who don't play hard aren't great players. He'll get his ass kicked in college and be another 5-star Pac-12 bust like Jaelan Phillips and Wole Betiku.

    It was already confirmed but this only adds to it. Not an OKG. Kid wants to get loud and talk shit before the game and then take plays off during the game. It's hilarious doogs on doogman are arguing about whether or not UW wanted this kid. No way he lasts at Oregon without either getting kicked off the team or transferring :D

    I only repeated what Biggins said about him. He's seen him play in person multiple times and said he doesn't play hard and his stats were misleading, if not fabricated. He will not be a 5-star for long because 247 is going to drop him down their rankings for their last ranking update. His grades don't have shit to do with who he is as a football player. Football is not his passion.

    (Thibs)

    LOL 0/1
    Those were not predictions. I was noting who COULD flip from Oregon's commit list. Not who would. I get credit for Jonah tho because he wanted to decommit. He was indeed ALL USC in the end and with the transfer portal making it so easy for kids to change their mind, it ain't over. They still had SEVEN fucking decommits in one class and it should have been EIGHT. That's more than UW has had in five years. I don't understand what your fucking point is? You're cherry picking semantics. I don't have a fucking crystal ball. I said they would have a shit load of decommits and they did.
  • FKA_Mousecop
    FKA_Mousecop Member Posts: 2,054
    NEsnake12 said:



    Hopefully close to an offer with this improvement
    Does he get graded 4 times a year per class?