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Lonyatta (Junior) Alexander, 2021 3* WR, Burien (Kennedy Catholic), WA (Through the Portal)

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  • sonics1993
    sonics1993 Member Posts: 1,460
    Emoterman said:

    Do I have this right: we preferred Alexander over Time, offered him first, but we got Tinae while Alexander is going to ASU, and Tinae is 4* to Alexander's 3*?

    Is there a conventional wisdom as to why it went this way? UW preference, ranking, where they're committing?

    Alexander was higher on UW's board and most colleges board which is why he was more heavily pursued and had more competition. Alexander stopped feeling Washington a few months back and told them to move on as he was focused on out of state schools. Recently Washington pressured Tinae to get him to commit but if they had there choice they wanted Alexander who has more upside.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Emoterman said:

    Do I have this right: we preferred Alexander over Time, offered him first, but we got Tinae while Alexander is going to ASU, and Tinae is 4* to Alexander's 3*?

    Is there a conventional wisdom as to why it went this way? UW preference, ranking, where they're committing?

    They are both 4 stars
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,014
    sonics1993 said:

    Emoterman said:

    Do I have this right: we preferred Alexander over Time, offered him first, but we got Tinae while Alexander is going to ASU, and Tinae is 4* to Alexander's 3*?

    Is there a conventional wisdom as to why it went this way? UW preference, ranking, where they're committing?

    Alexander was higher on UW's board and most colleges board which is why he was more heavily pursued and had more competition. Alexander stopped feeling Washington a few months back and told them to move on as he was focused on out of state schools. Recently Washington pressured Tinae to get him to commit but if they had there choice they wanted Alexander who has more upside.
    And did the coaches back off or did they try recruiting their asses off for a kid they wanted?
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  • CallMeBigErn
    CallMeBigErn Member Posts: 8,028
    edited July 2020
    sonics1993 said:

    Emoterman said:

    Do I have this right: we preferred Alexander over Time, offered him first, but we got Tinae while Alexander is going to ASU, and Tinae is 4* to Alexander's 3*?

    Is there a conventional wisdom as to why it went this way? UW preference, ranking, where they're committing?

    Alexander was higher on UW's board and most colleges board which is why he was more heavily pursued and had more competition. Alexander stopped feeling Washington a few months back and told them to move on as he was focused on out of state schools. Recently Washington pressured Tinae to get him to commit but if they had there choice they wanted Alexander who has more upside.
    There's gotta be more to this story. How tf could Alexander not "feel" Washington with Sam Huard at least a little bit? Is this a case of a kid wanting to blaze his own path out of state/out of Sam's shadow, not liking Sam, or did UW just fuck it up royally? If the latter, how?
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  • DoogWhisperer
    DoogWhisperer Member Posts: 1,035
    CallMeBigErn said:

    sonics1993 said:

    Emoterman said:

    Do I have this right: we preferred Alexander over Time, offered him first, but we got Tinae while Alexander is going to ASU, and Tinae is 4* to Alexander's 3*?

    Is there a conventional wisdom as to why it went this way? UW preference, ranking, where they're committing?

    Alexander was higher on UW's board and most colleges board which is why he was more heavily pursued and had more competition. Alexander stopped feeling Washington a few months back and told them to move on as he was focused on out of state schools. Recently Washington pressured Tinae to get him to commit but if they had there choice they wanted Alexander who has more upside.
    There's gotta be more to this story. How tf could Alexander not "feel" Washington with Sam Huard at least a little bit? Is this a case of a kid wanting to blaze his own path out of state/out of Sam's shadow, not liking Sam, or did UW just fuck it up royally? If the latter, how?
    Lol you know the answer to that.
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  • CallMeBigErn
    CallMeBigErn Member Posts: 8,028
    DoogWhisperer said:

    CallMeBigErn said:

    sonics1993 said:

    Emoterman said:

    Do I have this right: we preferred Alexander over Time, offered him first, but we got Tinae while Alexander is going to ASU, and Tinae is 4* to Alexander's 3*?

    Is there a conventional wisdom as to why it went this way? UW preference, ranking, where they're committing?

    Alexander was higher on UW's board and most colleges board which is why he was more heavily pursued and had more competition. Alexander stopped feeling Washington a few months back and told them to move on as he was focused on out of state schools. Recently Washington pressured Tinae to get him to commit but if they had there choice they wanted Alexander who has more upside.
    There's gotta be more to this story. How tf could Alexander not "feel" Washington with Sam Huard at least a little bit? Is this a case of a kid wanting to blaze his own path out of state/out of Sam's shadow, not liking Sam, or did UW just fuck it up royally? If the latter, how?
    Lol you know the answer to that.
    Actually I don't subscribe to the automatically assume everything is the coach's fault narrative. There's always nuance, so I'm curious how this went down because it's weird.
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  • dirtysouwfdawg
    dirtysouwfdawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 14,561 Swaye's Wigwam
    CallMeBigErn said:

    DoogWhisperer said:

    CallMeBigErn said:

    sonics1993 said:

    Emoterman said:

    Do I have this right: we preferred Alexander over Time, offered him first, but we got Tinae while Alexander is going to ASU, and Tinae is 4* to Alexander's 3*?

    Is there a conventional wisdom as to why it went this way? UW preference, ranking, where they're committing?

    Alexander was higher on UW's board and most colleges board which is why he was more heavily pursued and had more competition. Alexander stopped feeling Washington a few months back and told them to move on as he was focused on out of state schools. Recently Washington pressured Tinae to get him to commit but if they had there choice they wanted Alexander who has more upside.
    There's gotta be more to this story. How tf could Alexander not "feel" Washington with Sam Huard at least a little bit? Is this a case of a kid wanting to blaze his own path out of state/out of Sam's shadow, not liking Sam, or did UW just fuck it up royally? If the latter, how?
    Lol you know the answer to that.
    Actually I don't subscribe to the automatically assume everything is the coach's fault narrative. There's always nuance, so I'm curious how this went down because it's weird.
    Logic has no place on the boreds.
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