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Apu Ika, 2019 5* DT, Salt Lake Shitty (East), UT (Offered)
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Apu, I like to call him that, was also 100lbs heavier than Virta as a senior in HS.Miley_Cyrus said:He’s not as athletic as Vea. Vita is a rare human top 10 pick.
I think Ika is a run stuffer like Alameda Ta’amu or Danny Shelton. Which I would take in a heartbeat of course.
Sopsher reminds me more of Shelton, although I was pretty drnku when I watched the highlights. -
You don't saydtd said:
Apu, I like to call him that, was also 100lbs heavier than Virta as a senior in HS.Miley_Cyrus said:He’s not as athletic as Vea. Vita is a rare human top 10 pick.
I think Ika is a run stuffer like Alameda Ta’amu or Danny Shelton. Which I would take in a heartbeat of course.
Sopsher reminds me more of Shelton, although I was pretty drnku when I watched the highlights. -
drnku is prolly a meme/inside joke from another site. Shit all runs together after awhile man.bananasnblondes said:
You don't saydtd said:
Apu, I like to call him that, was also 100lbs heavier than Virta as a senior in HS.Miley_Cyrus said:He’s not as athletic as Vea. Vita is a rare human top 10 pick.
I think Ika is a run stuffer like Alameda Ta’amu or Danny Shelton. Which I would take in a heartbeat of course.
Sopsher reminds me more of Shelton, although I was pretty drnku when I watched the highlights. -
Per Ektard
About a month and a half ago, former four-star defensive tackle Siaki Ika decided to enter the transfer portal. He'd spent the past 18 months at LSU after signing with them in 2019 and he was expected to be a heavy contributor for them this season.
Ika played in 13 games as the backup nose tackle for LSU last season and when the man in front of him decided to opt out of the 2020 football season, many expected him to take on a larger role. However, because the Tigers are now playing more even fronts (4-3), word is he didn't feel like he fit into their defensive scheme anymore. He also was going through a bit of homesickness.
Most believe that Oregon or Utah are the likely schools he could wind up at, but I know that Washington has reached out to him. However, he has not reciprocated their interest, at least to this point, according to people I have spoken with.
Obviously, Washington could use a man with his size, athleticism and skill-set, but he doesn't appear to be interested in them. Getting transfers into Washington are difficult as well, so he may not have been able to transfer anyway, but the fact is, the Huskies have made overtures and it's been crickets. -
Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
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I missed the per ektard. Is he not responding to the coaching staff or not responding to ektard? big difference.
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You'd just wonder, why wouldn't he want more free stuff and dick suckings from UW, as well?Bread said:Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
I do wonder how much the "CHAZ/Seattle is a city on the edge of ruin" narrative hurts with recruits. I think we heard that with that objection with Brock Bowers, and I've heard that worry when I tell people I live in Seattle. Polys tend to be pretty conservative (ISAFNRC) and that might be sufficient to nudge kids like this with other good options away from us. -
Turned off by the liberal politics of Seattle. He is considering only conservative places to live, like Eugene.Emoterman said:
You'd just wonder, why wouldn't he want more free stuff and dick suckings from UW, as well?Bread said:Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
I do wonder how much the "CHAZ/Seattle is a city on the edge of ruin" narrative hurts with recruits. I think we heard that with that objection with Brock Bowers, and I've heard that worry when I tell people I live in Seattle. Polys tend to be pretty conservative (ISAFNRC) and that might be sufficient to nudge kids like this with other good options away from us. -
This a serious post? Chaz is over and 20 year olds are not 40+ year old white, conservative men.Emoterman said:
You'd just wonder, why wouldn't he want more free stuff and dick suckings from UW, as well?Bread said:Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
I do wonder how much the "CHAZ/Seattle is a city on the edge of ruin" narrative hurts with recruits. I think we heard that with that objection with Brock Bowers, and I've heard that worry when I tell people I live in Seattle. Polys tend to be pretty conservative (ISAFNRC) and that might be sufficient to nudge kids like this with other good options away from us. -
It's a serious post, absolutely. Brock Bowers or his mom said that was a factor in eliminating UW.RoadDawg55 said:
This a serious post? Chaz is over and 20 year olds are not 40+ year old white, conservative men.Emoterman said:
You'd just wonder, why wouldn't he want more free stuff and dick suckings from UW, as well?Bread said:Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
I do wonder how much the "CHAZ/Seattle is a city on the edge of ruin" narrative hurts with recruits. I think we heard that with that objection with Brock Bowers, and I've heard that worry when I tell people I live in Seattle. Polys tend to be pretty conservative (ISAFNRC) and that might be sufficient to nudge kids like this with other good options away from us.
These kids have parents who are 40+ year old white/black/poly/hispanic conservative men and women who watch Tucker Carlson and have a say in where they go. Tucker routinely has this goofus https://twitter.com/jasonrantz on hand wringing over how Seattle is about to be a modern Sodom.
I have people from out of the area express concern when I tell them I live here, they literally ask if my car is routinely molotov'd/used as a restroom by vagrants. Are they 17 year old boys? No, because I don't talk to teen bois and have my finger on their pulse. Maybe you do. -
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Turned off by the liberal politics of Seattle. He is considering only conservative places to live, like Eugene.Emoterman said:
You'd just wonder, why wouldn't he want more free stuff and dick suckings from UW, as well?Bread said:Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
I do wonder how much the "CHAZ/Seattle is a city on the edge of ruin" narrative hurts with recruits. I think we heard that with that objection with Brock Bowers, and I've heard that worry when I tell people I live in Seattle. Polys tend to be pretty conservative (ISAFNRC) and that might be sufficient to nudge kids like this with other good options away from us.
Live look at Americans outside Pacific time zone when reminded Eugene, OR exists. -
The rare meltdown triple post! @FremontTroll and @insinceredawg who have downvoted me... Why you assuming my politics? I'm not saying it is a VALID concern, I'm just saying it is a concern I've heard.
Did you even CHAZ, bro? -
Where is there any evidence whatsoever that this kid in particular is turned off by "liberal Seattle"?
The "he might not like the cold weather" argument holds more weight than this -
There's literally none! I was merely musing that this might be a recruiting disadvantage, going forward.bananasnblondes said:Where is there any evidence whatsoever that this kid in particular is turned off by "liberal Seattle"?
The "he might not like the cold weather" argument holds more weight than this
Does this musing merit its own thread?
Edit: see https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1358029/#Comment_1358029 -
SHUT UPEmoterman said:
It's a serious post, absolutely. Brock Bowers or his mom said that was a factor in eliminating UW.RoadDawg55 said:
This a serious post? Chaz is over and 20 year olds are not 40+ year old white, conservative men.Emoterman said:
You'd just wonder, why wouldn't he want more free stuff and dick suckings from UW, as well?Bread said:Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
I do wonder how much the "CHAZ/Seattle is a city on the edge of ruin" narrative hurts with recruits. I think we heard that with that objection with Brock Bowers, and I've heard that worry when I tell people I live in Seattle. Polys tend to be pretty conservative (ISAFNRC) and that might be sufficient to nudge kids like this with other good options away from us.
These kids have parents who are 40+ year old white/black/poly/hispanic conservative men and women who watch Tucker Carlson and have a say in where they go. Tucker routinely has this goofus https://twitter.com/jasonrantz on hand wringing over how Seattle is about to be a modern Sodom.
I have people from out of the area express concern when I tell them I live here, they literally ask if my car is routinely molotov'd/used as a restroom by vagrants. Are they 17 year old boys? No, because I don't talk to teen bois and have my finger on their pulse. Maybe you do. -
You’re right. I went to U of O and I still need to be reminded that Eugene exists for purposes besides the university. Blows my mind that 400,000 people live in the area.Emoterman said:RatherBeBrewing said:
Turned off by the liberal politics of Seattle. He is considering only conservative places to live, like Eugene.Emoterman said:
You'd just wonder, why wouldn't he want more free stuff and dick suckings from UW, as well?Bread said:Sounds like he is all Utah and wants a little fun and free stuff from Oregon before he announces.
I do wonder how much the "CHAZ/Seattle is a city on the edge of ruin" narrative hurts with recruits. I think we heard that with that objection with Brock Bowers, and I've heard that worry when I tell people I live in Seattle. Polys tend to be pretty conservative (ISAFNRC) and that might be sufficient to nudge kids like this with other good options away from us.
Live look at Americans outside Pacific time zone when reminded Eugene, OR exists.
Recruits don’t give a fuck about the politics of an area when picking a school to play football at. I bet Arian Foster regrets not going to Berkeley, but how many 18 year old star football players even know what CHAZ is? And if one or two recruits or parents said that it was a factor it’s because they weren’t going there to begin with, but thought they would take advantage of the platform to express their shit. I can guarantee you if there was a nightly MAGA parade through Seattle it wouldn’t sway Brock Bowers. Puka “Vote by mail should be illegal” Nacua
hasn’t transferred yet. Washington football recruiting will survive this thing that I bet most American adults don’t know even existed.
I do have a story of Washington fucking over Bellotti and Oregon by using a similar angle. Oregon’s all time leading tackler and national record holder, Tom Graham, no relation to the current Thomas Graham, had a son that was a top recruit. Washington was telling Graham’s kid that Eugene is nothing but hippies. When they took their visit they stopped to ask some people for directions and these guys were stoned as fuck confused hippies and the recruit decided that the Washington people were right. He went to play at Colorado, where Slick Rick must have hid every Boulder hippie before their visit.
At least the recruiting loss didn’t hurt too much. Tom Graham’s son Daniel did wind up as a first team All-American, Mackey Award winner, first round draft pick, and had an 11 year NFL career but WDWHA. -
He’s going to Oregon. They have no DL and none coming in. He’ll be there best DT the second he steps on campus.
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They’re*dnc said:He’s going to Oregon. They have no DL and none coming in. He’ll be there best DT the second he steps on campus.
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His competition for best DT would be no one. There are no DTs. Big Joe Salave’a hasn’t recruited anyone.dnc said:
They’re*dnc said:He’s going to Oregon. They have no DL and none coming in. He’ll be there best DT the second he steps on campus.
I’m not saying anyone good, I mean bodies - he’s been the primary recruiter for four guys since 2017, and two of them are Faoliu brothers. The other DL with any potential were recruited by Cristobal and other assistants like Bobby Williams. There is talk brewing of his job security if he can’t land Ika and/or JTT. When you are the highest paid position coach in the conference and make more than almost every coordinator results are expected. He’s been big with Poly recruits, but not for his own position groups. You’ll get to see the shit results when Sean McGrew runs through that line like tissue paper. -
There is not a single kid on the LSU football team who knows what CHAZ is
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awfully close to a tug thread
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apart from Fucker Carlson, if I was Siaki, i'd be a little concerned about getting double teamed every fucking play, eating up blockers and shit.
yeah, vita and gaines were awesome but that's yesterday. -
I mean, if he wants to play in the NFL, eating up double teams is exactly what he needs to put on tapeanimate said:apart from Fucker Carlson, if I was Siaki, i'd be a little concerned about getting double teamed every fucking play, eating up blockers and shit.
yeah, vita and gaines were awesome but that's yesterday. -
yeah, I agree that nfl types and scouts see that as a positive ... plus playing time and game tape is important too. apparently he wasn't getting that anymore at lsu.NEsnake12 said:
I mean, if he wants to play in the NFL, eating up double teams is exactly what he needs to put on tapeanimate said:apart from Fucker Carlson, if I was Siaki, i'd be a little concerned about getting double teamed every fucking play, eating up blockers and shit.
yeah, vita and gaines were awesome but that's yesterday.
I'm just saying that I'm not so sure that kids and players see it that way. They see flash and I don't think trench types see Washington necessarily in the same way as secondary types because of the scheme. -
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We're FULL.
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Don't think Grinolds needs to ask his question on this one.RatherBeBrewing said:
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Isn’t that guy a little old??RatherBeBrewing said:
