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HS Recruiting under DeBoer
Ok, so this post might be premature given that people can still portal between now and the portal, but might as well look at how DeBoer left the foundation of the program for Fisch
2022: 8 players (6 remain), two 4-stars, six 3-stars
2023: 20 players (15 remain), eight 4-stars, 12 3-stars
2024: 11 players, three 4-stars, eight 3-stars
Also worth noting the 2021 class under Lake was a massive failure, too. Of those 16 kids, 4 remain.
Looking at the current roster (and not including any of the 2024 early enrollees), only 35 players are high school recruits (as opposed to JUCO and transfers)
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Deboer just didn't recruit many local guys at all.
How hard is it to have an honest meeting but maintain a positive relationship with a few guys that might be borderline, help them get setup at your farm team at Fresno State (or whatever) and then bring them in if they are good enough after 2-3 years as a portal transfer returning home?
Schools like TAMU (Blinn) have been doing something like this well before the portal/nil days.
The vitriol for Sark was more a response to media and local "influencers" jacking him off at all times.
So that's 37 HS recruits over 3 classes
We’ll? turn around and grab a few more in the spring portal and then go heavy in recruiting.
It sucks for the 2024 season but should be a better long term plan.