The Furious Five: Leveling up or leveling off?
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If this recruitment was on the level I would tend to agree ... we know it likely wasn’t ...Dennis_DeYoung said:Just think about how fucked we are...
Our coach was a god in Idaho for 10 years.
We were recruiting a (half) Poly kid with a Poly dude that has known him for years.
We currently have one of the best DLs in the country.
We are the best team close to Tommy.
We have a kid on our roster from Highland.
And Bruce Wayne comes by and all we hear is rhythmic slapping sounds in the club bathroom.
I don’t see us playing that game ...
So the question is can we recruit at a high enough level without that to be able to compete?
Winning a national title will always be a stretch goal ... it’s not impossible but we will likely never be the favorite to do so -
Live look at DDY talking to the athletic department
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DISAGREENorwegianHusky said:Completely agree with Derek on Sirmon/Yankoff. Yankoff has great potential, but he plays in a basic offense and like to take off, and can just straight-line it against those Idaho scrubs and never really has to make guys miss. He's fast, but not really dynamic as a runner. Throws the ball well, but has a lot to learn before he can operate our offense.
I understand the reservations some people have about Sirmon, but he can make so many different throws, and can scramble to pass rather than just take off downfield all the time. Plus he has the confidence of a good QB. I know some people here think that cockyness is a good thing, but QBs can't have long memories when it comes to bad plays. I don't want another QB who plays scared like Browning does. -
Only way you win a national title is with repetitive topTequilla said:
If this recruitment was on the level I would tend to agree ... we know it likely wasn’t ...Dennis_DeYoung said:Just think about how fucked we are...
Our coach was a god in Idaho for 10 years.
We were recruiting a (half) Poly kid with a Poly dude that has known him for years.
We currently have one of the best DLs in the country.
We are the best team close to Tommy.
We have a kid on our roster from Highland.
And Bruce Wayne comes by and all we hear is rhythmic slapping sounds in the club bathroom.
I don’t see us playing that game ...
So the question is can we recruit at a high enough level without that to be able to compete?
Winning a national title will always be a stretch goal ... it’s not impossible but we will likely never be the favorite to do so
ten or better recruiting classes. Call them Tier 1 schools.
UW is Tier 2. There is one exception to this rule that gives
you a slight hope to win or challenge for a title. Having a
game changing QB. Marcus Mariota and Deshaun Watson
proved this exception holds true as at the time both those
programs would have had past years of Tier 2 level recruiting.
Can't see UW moving into the top tier of recruiting unless
Petersen philosophically switches to staff with better recruiting
chops so best shot to pose a serious challenge has to come from
Yankoff or Sirmon being elite. Hope rules. -
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We are going 0-5 on these kids. @SpiritHorse just sexted me to say we are getting one of them, but that's a lame attempt to escape the gallows. They gone.
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No.Tequilla said:
If this recruitment was on the level I would tend to agree ... we know it likely wasn’t ...Dennis_DeYoung said:Just think about how fucked we are...
Our coach was a god in Idaho for 10 years.
We were recruiting a (half) Poly kid with a Poly dude that has known him for years.
We currently have one of the best DLs in the country.
We are the best team close to Tommy.
We have a kid on our roster from Highland.
And Bruce Wayne comes by and all we hear is rhythmic slapping sounds in the club bathroom.
I don’t see us playing that game ...
So the question is can we recruit at a high enough level without that to be able to compete?
Winning a national title will always be a stretch goal ... it’s not impossible but we will likely never be the favorite to do so
You can hit on Sidney Jones. You can develop Greg Gaines. You also settle for Bryce Sterk. You sign Kyler Manu, expecting a token Poly will land you a bigger fish.
It’s foolhardy. It doesn’t work. You can reel in Marlon with Tufele. Offing inferior players, expecting their relationship with an elite prospect to seal the deal RARELY works.
Win and close recruits? Kyler Manu gets a preferred walk-on invitation early on and possible scholarship if “other things don’t work out” Congratulate Bryce Sterk for signing somewhere else.
The high-level prospects Washington attracts come from stable, middle to upper class homes. They buy built for life. Everyone needs money. When you have money and two stable parents, far away programs have less appeal. Academis matters. Development matters.
When your mom struggles to pay the power bill, you don’t give a shit about life after football when a bagman will hand your family 5 figures in cash and a geezle or two a month for some walk around money and enough that mom can keep the lights on until you become the latest in a long line of Trojans/Irish/ Buckeyes to leave after their third year for millions in the NFL.
Follow the money. Power programs have alumni bagman in the shadows reeling in the kids the coaches want. Washington used to pay until SC decided to get serious about football, dropped a dime that led to the demise of the Husky Hunters.
Shaq Thompson? Outlier. $1,500 in coffeee cups gets you JAGs.
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It's a shame we are all poor losers. We could be the Hardcore Husky Hunters. Not sure if $7.11 scrapped together from all of us would woo Togiai or not.
