Fa'atui Tuitele, 5* 2019 DL, Honolulu (St. Louis), HI (COMMITTED)

Rubberfist said:

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Lake followed Tuitele on twitter today.

There are a couple really good things for us here: Malloe is the only Hawaiian recruiting him (in the actual sense, not in the Roof sense) and is one of only two Poly coaches recruiting him (Tosh is the other).

Everyone else is really far away and no one has much of a Poly community. Scott Pagano went from HI to Clemson and transferred.

Structurally this is great and his comments about Malloe are really telling. This kid is the #1 DT in the west and an absolutely devastating player.

Would be closer to the Gaines role than the Vea role. I would kill for him and Ika (who is more a Vita) and a lot of people would, too... but with the way we closed last year, anything is possible.

If you haven't watched his JR film watch it and keep in mind he was only playing with one healthy arm: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/5433224/5a16c0028cd3fb02cc24652b

Tosh scares the shit out of me. Let’s just hope that Tuitele understands that Alabama IS IN Alabama.

guntlove said:

bananasnblondes said:

DoogCourics said:

I know we all like to joke about having a hat on the table. But the fact that UW is consistently being named in the top 5 or 6 or 10 or 14 or whatever the fuck kids do these days matters. The more top end kids that give UW a look results in more top end kids legitimately considering UW.

Others will take notice of this, especially the Poly's. Maybe it's the reason Buelow or Vimahi take a closer look when added to Pa'ama having already committed.

Being the only West Coast school matters. Not having USC in his list matters. Being in it with Bama, tOSU, Clemson, and Texas for a top 25 kid fucking matters.

Malloe is a fucking boss.

I'm hearing our head coach doesn't understand recruiting and only wants low rated white guys.. Also hearing our D line coach should have been fired after losing Marlon but he wasn't because our HC is a pussy who doesn't care about winning.

Just what I'm hearing.

I'm also hearing Strausser is a GOOD coach!1!1 And that shitty, two star OL recruits will be fine so long as they piss tan & shit lavender because Strausser can corch em' up!!1!

Christ dude... We made a top five list, maybe tap the brakes a little.

Also... I appreciate the profiles-in-courage stand you're taking regarding Malloe now that he's started to kill it on the recruiting trail. But let's not pretend the criticism was unwarranted. He didn't just get cucked on Marlon, he failed to sign a single lineman that year. Then the following year he whiffed on Togaiaiaiai despite having almost every built-in advantage... it wasn't looking very good.

To the dude's credit he turned it around in a major fucking way... and if he signs another top DL this year to go along with Paama, you could probably add him to the Lake/Hamden/Lubick category of guys you just expect to dominate every year in recruiting. Which is pretty cool.

elord821 said:

backthepack said:

elord821 said:

I hope Ika goes to Bama and takes up a spot.

backthepack said:

The 4 best coaches in the country and Tom Herman. This kid gets it. Get him Malloe.

Bill Snyder is better than Swinney.

No we want Ika and Tuilete which should be doable.


Bill Synder is a walking fucking corspe. Dabo won a fucking natty.

So did Gene Chizik. Bill Snyder has been solid for three decades with bottom of the barrel JUCOs. If he had the talent Swinney has had, the natty narrative would very likely be different.

SpiritHorse said:

Taking a big fucking risk here, but for my fourth and final call this year....the spirits tell me this one is in the bag.

#suckiturban

bananasnblondes said:

dnc said:

bananasnblondes said:

Interesting thread on dawgman re: this kid. HawaiiDawg2 (who's actually a pretty decent poster) claims he's headed to UW. Then there's some interesting twatter decoding. Worth taking a look since I know everybody on this site is secretly a dawgman member

Not a secret member, any spoonfeed on the twatter shit?

In light of HawaiiDawg2’s post, and because twitter-stalking 17 year olds is all the rage, I decided to do some twitter sleuthing myself. Tuitele doesn’t tweet a lot compared to many other PSA’s, so going back to when he put out his top 5 list on 5/21, he’s had a total of 25. Of those, there have been three retweets directly involving UW, one involving Jordan Botelho’s visit to Oregon (which isn’t in his top 5), and one involving an Arkansas player’s DL swim move (Arkansas also not in the top 5). His most recent tweet was one he retweeted from Ikaika Malloe yesterday; the previous two UW ones were a Kalepo retweet and Botelho’s UW visit and offer.. The rest do not directly involve colleges.

Couple that with the fact that on his banner it says “committed to the University of...”. I’m not saying that this is concrete stuff, but of his top 5, Clemson and Ohio State do not go by “University of” (Clemson University and Ohio State University), thus leaving the University of Texas, Alabama, and Washington.

Just found some of this very interesting, considering HD2’s recent post. Wanted to stoke the fire a little bit. This kid would be an incredible pickup and a crown jewel in any school’s recruiting class. Now to just wait and see if these subtle coincidences are really pointing to anything.