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

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  • sonics1993sonics1993 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.
  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,739
    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
  • whatshouldicareaboutwhatshouldicareabout Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,735 Swaye's Wigwam

    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?
  • CallMeBigErnCallMeBigErn Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,704 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited July 2020

    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?
  • DoogWhispererDoogWhisperer Member Posts: 1,027

    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.
  • CallMeBigErnCallMeBigErn Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,704 Swaye's Wigwam

    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.
  • dirtysouwfdawgdirtysouwfdawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,097 Swaye's Wigwam

    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.
  • sonics1993sonics1993 Member Posts: 1,460
    Beno4Life 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?
    Because while playing for Sam is a plus, it’s not a huge factor for most recruits. Look at how many WR’s and TE’s that said no to us and went elsewhere. We had to pressure Tinae into committing to us and even that was a close battle with Washington State.
    Not disagreeing based on the 2021 class thus far, but Sam sure worked for the best WR signee since Reggie in Jalen McMillan.
    No doubt and I was hoping he would have the same effect on Troy but sadly he never got to visit again
  • animateanimate Member Posts: 4,240
    don't get me wrong ... playing potentially with a sam huard is worth something .... knowing that chemistry and experience playing with a sam huard at fsp is worth something even more tangible ...

    but at the end of the day, other factors like system, coaching track records, family stuff, school etc coffee cups ... all matters.

    and that every major school has significant quarterback talent associated with them. So, it's not like a major croot is going into the unknown or taking huge risk turning down UW and ISHIT as much as we want Franklin ...

  • Fear_BonerFear_Boner Member Posts: 792
    I don’t get why one more visit would have swayed Troy. He’s been here. He knows Sam well. He’s FSP. What more would he need to see? And did he get a Covid visit to Eugene?
  • TommySQCTommySQC Member Posts: 5,813
    Is that why Troy committed to Oregon?
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