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Cooper McDonald, 2020 3* LB, Justin (Northwest), TX (Committed)

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102

    Where was this energy for Taj Davis though?

    Everyone was shitting on him but he’s actually good


    Taj Davis has some really good film for what I saw ... the film also showed a lot of him running the same routes which makes me question a bit about the development he needs there

    A lot of these “3 star” guys that we are getting now to me are guys that have huge ceilings potentially but have some attributes that they need to develop in order to be that high end prospect
  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937
    Tequilla said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    You don’t know shit about Texas geography if you think he’s from fucking middle of nowhere Texas
    I couldn’t give a fuck about Texas hth
  • Peterman
    Peterman Member Posts: 675
    Gonna have a belly laugh when McDonald gets drafted in the 4th round and Botelho is an UDFA

    I am a doog at heart tho
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102

    I like this kid but even Scott Eklund said he doesn’t want to go so far away from home and that if it wasn’t for the fact that Oklahoma, TAMU & Texas haven’t been on him, he would’ve never came and visited us in the first place.


    If we were out of it for Banks, McDonald would’nt be recruited by Gregory, and I think we’d see more OLB discussion. I know Banks is a long shot, but maybe this means a Bruener offer is coming? I like McDonald’s film and frame but I don’t think he likes us more than a weekend fling he can brag to his friends about.

    I’m so confused ...

    Like the film but hate that we missed on other targets

    What is the % of this film compared to the film of others? 95%+?
  • NLdawg
    NLdawg Member Posts: 53
    TacoSoup said:

    Emoterman said:

    179' and 50' in discus and shotput as a junior is pretty good, especially for his size. I take that as great evidence that he's explosive and agile, probably more athleticism than y'all are describing. I am not excited at all, but the results are back and his shit was purple with gold flecks, figure I may as well try and see what the corches were seeing.

    When he was offered, @Neighbor2972, others & I brought up that this felt like a Tracking Football offer due to his throw scores (and despite his 100m time).

    I understand the angst RE: Herbig & Korean Kamikaze + Bob G....

    In the abstract though, I (think) I prefer the staff filling out the bottom of the class with these types of players.
    Nah. This is doog talk. After you miss on your top guys, you should go the Sark model: wait, start throwing Hail Marys, then close Taylor Hindy when nobody is left.

  • EsophagealFeces
    EsophagealFeces Member Posts: 13,167
    Tequilla said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    You don’t know shit about Texas geography if you think he’s from fucking middle of nowhere Texas
    Texas geography superiority guy.















    But seriously tho.
  • TacoSoup
    TacoSoup Member Posts: 148
    edited July 2019
    NLdawg said:

    TacoSoup said:

    Emoterman said:

    179' and 50' in discus and shotput as a junior is pretty good, especially for his size. I take that as great evidence that he's explosive and agile, probably more athleticism than y'all are describing. I am not excited at all, but the results are back and his shit was purple with gold flecks, figure I may as well try and see what the corches were seeing.

    When he was offered, @Neighbor2972, others & I brought up that this felt like a Tracking Football offer due to his throw scores (and despite his 100m time).

    I understand the angst RE: Herbig & Korean Kamikaze + Bob G....

    In the abstract though, I (think) I prefer the staff filling out the bottom of the class with these types of players.
    Nah. This is doog talk. After you miss on your top guys, you should go the Sark model: wait, start throwing Hail Marys, then close Taylor Hindy when nobody is left.

    You missed the point.

    He was one of, if not, the first offers to a non-high major (EDIT linebacker) recruit (before Bruener IIRC).

    They offered a month before Herbig committed.

    Essentially they saw enough offer. That was my point.
  • TacoSoup
    TacoSoup Member Posts: 148
    edited July 2019

    Tequilla said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    You don’t know shit about Texas geography if you think he’s from fucking middle of nowhere Texas
    Texas geography superiority guy.















    But seriously tho.
    Earnestly though, we know regions of Texas produce a (general) type of player.

    Coop is a DFW kid. If we go into Texas, this always the region I think we will hit the hardest outside of WR/DB (Which would be Houston EDIT LOL aTm LSU Bama)
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    Your the stupidest person I have ever encountered on this app. Your the one that went to a interview of another team. Lmao
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    dnc said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    Your the stupidest person I have ever encountered on this app. Your the one that went to a interview of another team. Lmao
    sauce plz
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    TacoSoup said:

    Tequilla said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    You don’t know shit about Texas geography if you think he’s from fucking middle of nowhere Texas
    Texas geography superiority guy.















    But seriously tho.
    Earnestly though, we know regions of Texas produce a (general) type of player.

    Coop is a DFW kid. If we go into Texas, this always the region I think we will hit the hardest outside of WR/DB (Which would be Houston EDIT LOL aTm LSU Bama)
    Generally speaking we will always do better in Texas north in DFW and potentially a bit of NE Texas compared to further South.

    For whatever reason, TCU hasn’t been able to resonate enough in DFW to steadily close up those next tier guys after the elite level
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    dnc said:

    dnc said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    Your the stupidest person I have ever encountered on this app. Your the one that went to a interview of another team. Lmao
    sauce plz

    tyfys
  • TacoSoup
    TacoSoup Member Posts: 148
    Tequilla said:

    TacoSoup said:

    Tequilla said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    You don’t know shit about Texas geography if you think he’s from fucking middle of nowhere Texas
    Texas geography superiority guy.















    But seriously tho.
    Earnestly though, we know regions of Texas produce a (general) type of player.

    Coop is a DFW kid. If we go into Texas, this always the region I think we will hit the hardest outside of WR/DB (Which would be Houston EDIT LOL aTm LSU Bama)
    Generally speaking we will always do better in Texas north in DFW and potentially a bit of NE Texas compared to further South.

    For whatever reason, TCU hasn’t been able to resonate enough in DFW to steadily close up those next tier guys after the elite level
    TCU recruiting is a whole other thing. If I was a TCU fan, I’d be bewildered
  • TacoSoup
    TacoSoup Member Posts: 148
    NLdawg said:

    TacoSoup said:

    NLdawg said:

    TacoSoup said:

    Emoterman said:

    179' and 50' in discus and shotput as a junior is pretty good, especially for his size. I take that as great evidence that he's explosive and agile, probably more athleticism than y'all are describing. I am not excited at all, but the results are back and his shit was purple with gold flecks, figure I may as well try and see what the corches were seeing.

    When he was offered, @Neighbor2972, others & I brought up that this felt like a Tracking Football offer due to his throw scores (and despite his 100m time).

    I understand the angst RE: Herbig & Korean Kamikaze + Bob G....

    In the abstract though, I (think) I prefer the staff filling out the bottom of the class with these types of players.
    Nah. This is doog talk. After you miss on your top guys, you should go the Sark model: wait, start throwing Hail Marys, then close Taylor Hindy when nobody is left.

    You missed the point.

    He was one of, if not, the first offers to a non-high major (EDIT linebacker) recruit (before Bruener IIRC).

    They offered a month before Herbig committed.

    Essentially they saw enough offer. That was my point.
    I got your point. And I agree with it completely. My sarcasm was directed at those that act like there was some other direction to go at this point and that Cooper is a sunk scholly. Truth is, even if we? get to the magic 45 blue chip mark, we? still have to fill out the roster with 40 more guys. Cooper definitely looks like the right type to be amongst that 40.


    I got trigger happy

    TYFYS
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    TacoSoup said:

    Tequilla said:

    TacoSoup said:

    Tequilla said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    You don’t know shit about Texas geography if you think he’s from fucking middle of nowhere Texas
    Texas geography superiority guy.















    But seriously tho.
    Earnestly though, we know regions of Texas produce a (general) type of player.

    Coop is a DFW kid. If we go into Texas, this always the region I think we will hit the hardest outside of WR/DB (Which would be Houston EDIT LOL aTm LSU Bama)
    Generally speaking we will always do better in Texas north in DFW and potentially a bit of NE Texas compared to further South.

    For whatever reason, TCU hasn’t been able to resonate enough in DFW to steadily close up those next tier guys after the elite level
    TCU recruiting is a whole other thing. If I was a TCU fan, I’d be bewildered
    It’s why as a UW fan I see such an opportunity in DFW

    TCU isn’t considered a real option by kids wanting to compete at the elite level. If you aren’t an Oklahoma/Texas kid then who’s recruiting you that you feel like you can compete at high levels? Arkansas? Okie Lite?

    TCU will continue to get the 3rd best classes in the Big 12 because they win just enough 2nd tier Texas/Louisiana talent and combine that with talent evaluation and development

    TCU is a great reminder that there’s talent all over and there’s a lot of different ways to create high end P5 programs
  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,293 Standard Supporter
    Tequilla said:

    TacoSoup said:

    Tequilla said:

    TacoSoup said:

    Tequilla said:

    So im bored and watched the first 3 min of his highlights. If that is a competitive league he is in, he is a good player. The Tevis comparison is a softball one. Tevis was playing 8 man shit in Wyoming, dominating 5A and 6A Texas teams like that is like a highschool to D1 jump.

    Not a flashy commit but seems to be a good player. Physical.

    Whoa there, Ruth.
    Okay bro. Your joke about me not using the word dominating correctly is really funny, and also made me reconsider my eval. He definitely isnt putting the hit stick on kids, getting sacks, forcing turnovers, getting ints, and housing a shit ton of turnovers. Instead, this is what I see.

    Cooper is just a scrappy kid out there trying his hardest. Real lunch pail guy who makes up for his lack of natural ability by living in the weight room and doing compound lifts 3 times a day. He is the kind of kid the high school coach would let fuck his daughter. Kwat and Cooper bonded over their love of duck hunting and a tin of Copenhagen. Probably belongs at Portland State or EWU.

    Just admit that you love a real scrappy white kid that plays hard and makes plays at the HS level because he’s playing against a bunch of fat retards.

    Fucking doog. He sucks hth.
    You watched his film and think he sucks? Jesus. Ill leave it up to the resident 19 year old from now on!
    Yes, he sucks. Fucking duh. It’s literally a 6 foot roided up kid from the middle of nowhere texas that plays OLB.

    That just runs to the QB and goes airborne (2 ft off the ground) on every move. He’ll get eaten alive in college.

    JUST FUCKING CLOSE BOHTELO AND HERBIG YOU STUPID FUCK BOB GREGORY.
    You don’t know shit about Texas geography if you think he’s from fucking middle of nowhere Texas
    Texas geography superiority guy.















    But seriously tho.
    Earnestly though, we know regions of Texas produce a (general) type of player.

    Coop is a DFW kid. If we go into Texas, this always the region I think we will hit the hardest outside of WR/DB (Which would be Houston EDIT LOL aTm LSU Bama)
    Generally speaking we will always do better in Texas north in DFW and potentially a bit of NE Texas compared to further South.

    For whatever reason, TCU hasn’t been able to resonate enough in DFW to steadily close up those next tier guys after the elite level
    TCU recruiting is a whole other thing. If I was a TCU fan, I’d be bewildered
    It’s why as a UW fan I see such an opportunity in DFW

    TCU isn’t considered a real option by kids wanting to compete at the elite level. If you aren’t an Oklahoma/Texas kid then who’s recruiting you that you feel like you can compete at high levels? Arkansas? Okie Lite?

    TCU will continue to get the 3rd best classes in the Big 12 because they win just enough 2nd tier Texas/Louisiana talent and combine that with talent evaluation and development

    TCU is a great reminder that there’s talent all over and there’s a lot of different ways to create high end P5 programs
    The purple chrome helmets are now making sense.
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    NLdawg said:

    Oh god let’s talk about Texas one more time

    My name is fucking LoneStarDawg and I’m sick of this shit

    DFW north of I30 is white people country. Anything on 35W is middle of nowhere even fucking downtown fort worth.

    Petersen can probably find decent culture fit in overlooked recruits in Texas. But OK, Texas, aTm, LSU, etc etc are going to get anyone decent who doesn’t want to move fucking away.

    Not worth the effort when we’ve got the whole west coast sucking our choad. If we’re serious we should be doing a ton of H&H with big12 teams, but it’s a long fucking road and never worth the investment.

    The ridiculous idea that “investment” in Texas is such a massive resource suck relative to value that it hurts our efforts in Cali etc is one of my favorite lemming narratives here.
    It's a few visits a year for like 3 of the coaches. I'm not sure where this zero-sum idea originated. Probably Dennis.
  • TacoSoup
    TacoSoup Member Posts: 148
    edited July 2019

    NLdawg said:

    Oh god let’s talk about Texas one more time

    My name is fucking LoneStarDawg and I’m sick of this shit

    DFW north of I30 is white people country. Anything on 35W is middle of nowhere even fucking downtown fort worth.

    Petersen can probably find decent culture fit in overlooked recruits in Texas. But OK, Texas, aTm, LSU, etc etc are going to get anyone decent who doesn’t want to move fucking away.

    Not worth the effort when we’ve got the whole west coast sucking our choad. If we’re serious we should be doing a ton of H&H with big12 teams, but it’s a long fucking road and never worth the investment.

    The ridiculous idea that “investment” in Texas is such a massive resource suck relative to value that it hurts our efforts in Cali etc is one of my favorite lemming narratives here.
    It's a few visits a year for like 3 of the coaches. I'm not sure where this zero-sum idea originated. Probably Dennis.

    Styx sucks

    Edit I’m hungover and don’t know why this is block quoted.

    The “anti” TX thing falls back on opportunity. The evaluation period and shit is a finite time. If we? spend that time in freaking DFW, we are missing out on LA, San Bernardino, San Diego, etc

    EDIT sorry if this obvious. Again, I’m terribly hungover
  • whuggy
    whuggy Member Posts: 2,088

    Or I lived in DFW for 10 years and know how zero people know anything about UW or even the pac-12. Nor have interest in learning about it. It’s easier to just kick a down USC and a down UCLA ass right now.

    Except it's not a short term strategy. They are playing the long term game in Texas.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,143
    I don’t love recruiting Texas, but Pete said they want a couple players each year from Texas, which they are doing. It’s not a big deal.
  • Neighbor2972
    Neighbor2972 Member Posts: 4,330
    We should 'recruit' Texas, we just should be smart about who we recruit and how much. The problem is half our staff are not great recruiters and I don't really trust them to be smart about it.
  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 12,991
    If we want to level-up, we should be in Texas.

    And given that Texas operates at a different pace than the Pacific states, these battles are usually over by the spring when we know whether they're interested or not. Might be why we were late with local offers during this spring cycle, but the coaching staff will adapt.