Brock: Is Fisch delivering on goal of UW Huskies’ best recruiting class ever?
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I have a hard time getting too excited over recruiting — let alone the fucking rankings. Most of these guys will never see the field at UW, either because they’ll portal out or they’ll suck.
I’m not against recruiting high school players and I know it’s better to have good ones than bad ones, so don’t twist. But I still think the portal will be a more important factor in whether UW is a title contender in the future.
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hurtful.
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Yup. Recruiting matters, but development and transfers are going to matter more to UW.
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I would put development as over all the rest. At least in the spring portal UW got shoved in a locker by programs like Memphis and Missouri and the only guys they brought in who appeared to be coveted were when DeBoer was still coaching, the team was in the CFP, and then I assume most were locked in at that point and could wiggle out.
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I haven't seen any sign that the portal can consistently make up for any let up in HS recruiting at UW. We got lucky once. Penix isn't coming around again for a while. The backbone of that team came from top 20 recruiting classes, and it was rare, good fortune that those two things intersected the way they did.
UW hasn't been a major player in the portal yet. Not for the guys everyone wants.
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This, yeah. Here's my realistic best case for a strong and consistent UW.
- High school recruiting classes consistently ranked 11-20 which look like Petersen classes, which means there's a few McDuffie, Odunzes, Rosengartens who are legit Top 100 guys you had to go to the mat with big time schools to get.
- Would really benefit from instate talent being strong with some stars who don't immediately dismiss UW and depth
- Selective portal recruiting. They're going to get outbid for the guys everyone wants by the usual suspects every time so rely on finding guys who might choose UW over them for system fit, connections to coaches, etc.
- Homecoming portal recruiting. Like Jayden Wayne, establish UW as a place highly rated guys from the state who left are welcomed back to.
- High school recruiting classes consistently ranked 11-20 which look like Petersen classes, which means there's a few McDuffie, Odunzes, Rosengartens who are legit Top 100 guys you had to go to the mat with big time schools to get.
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Good summary. I agree with all of it.
UW can get good, even great, players from the portal through good scouting and a little luck. You just can't expect them to get enough of those guys to patch big roster holes every year.
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lol no. The difference between 10 and 20 is about the same as 20 and 40. "anything can happen" = 8 other playoff teams's's planes crash into each other.
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It would help if Sweet Dick Demond was instantly Johnny Manziel👌👌
