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Maninoa Tufono, 4* LB 2019, Punahou HS, HI (Offered)
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People forget Sark hid James Atoe until the last hour and SC’s persistent hounding of Skyler Fancher, hoping he’d flip.StrongArmCobra said:
Yes we are. We're waiting for the best remaining recruits to make their decisions and we will get our fair share. If we don't, then you can bitch.Tequilla said:Pretty sure that we aren’t moving to USC’s recruiting model of relying on the end of the class to save our ass.
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Ehh, we get a few out of Heimuli, Tuitele, Ika, Bandes, etc and even the biggest "sky is falling" guys are dooging hard.FremontTroll said:
The guys we slow played this year are way better than Djibril, Blaylock, Ben Wilson, and Jackson Craves It. Not the same thing.StrongArmCobra said:
The 2018 class wouldn't have become the class that it did if he hadn't slow played some kids and trusted the process and his staff to get the job done in the end. Ale Kaho, Taki Taimani, Tuli Letuligasenoa, Julius Irvin, Kyler Gordon all late additions. UW never panicked and starting taking plan B guys. We slow played Jackson Cravens in favor of Taimani and Tuli. We slow played Ben Wilson in favor of Ale Kaho. We slow played Stephan Blaylock and Halid Djibril in favor of Irvin and Gordon. Do you want a coach that plays it safe or a coach that has a pair of balls between his legs and goes after the best? Taking Tufuno is playing it safe. We want Heimuli more and we're going to get him.FremontTroll said:
Its funny because this is exactly what Kim was saying when Sark's recruiting was nosediving in 2012.StrongArmCobra said:
Well, Heimuli did not include USC in his top 8 so I can see why the coaches are confident they can get him. Plus, if you have a pair of balls between your legs you wait for your top targets to make their decisions. We're in a new territory in which we're having to wait longer for a lot of commits because we're in on a lot of highly coveted prospects who will take their official visits and announce a decision closer to Signing Day. To us fans it's a bit daunting but to the coaches it's a part of the process of becoming elite. We have a team that should be really good and win most of their games again which will only help recruiting and make finishing with a boom likely.Thebourbinator said:
I’m afraid the coaches are feeling a little overconfident in themselves to land the players they think they can get.. And doesn’t help our HI/poly pipeline to go cold on a highly rated legacy, no matter how recruiting services vs their own evaluations stack up.KevininTacoma said:2 crystal balls to Texas. Sounds like we’re passing on Tufono as well
It could be true or it could be that CP erred by slowplaying some of these kids.
I would feel more confident with a Ngata or Heimuli committed. As is the current class is of similar caliber to the 2017 class and a downgrade from 2018.
There was a feeling that our strong close in 2018 would carry over and give us momentum going into 2019. Doesn't seem to be materializing.
Also, winning the PAC 12 and making the playoffs > losing the Fiesta Bowl. -
Think DL recruiting gonna do well this year Malloe has opened my eyes has me doogin and I hated him from a recruiting stand point
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OL and DL recruiting have both been improving. We are missing a true stud WR like Ngata and an elite DE/Buck. Spiker and Osbourne should be good though. We are doing fine everywhere else.Nurple said:Think DL recruiting gonna do well this year Malloe has opened my eyes has me doogin and I hated him from a recruiting stand point
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The fact he speaks to these parents (Tuitele and Ika) in their native language gives me comfort
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agree for the most part. not completely sold on the running back depth starting next year. Hopefully pleasant can be a decent back up. Ahmed is electric but goes down easy but i am expecting and hoping that gets better with time and socha. After that who knows.RoadDawg55 said:
OL and DL recruiting have both been improving. We are missing a true stud WR like Ngata and an elite DE/Buck. Spiker and Osbourne should be good though. We are doing fine everywhere else.Nurple said:Think DL recruiting gonna do well this year Malloe has opened my eyes has me doogin and I hated him from a recruiting stand point
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Everyone on these boreds agrees about the DE/Buck issue
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Uhh apparently Tufono for one. The guy whose thread we are in?StrongArmCobra said:
Who have we slow played that's better than those guys?FremontTroll said:
The guys we slow played this year are way better than Djibril, Blaylock, Ben Wilson, and Jackson Craves It. Not the same thing.StrongArmCobra said:
The 2018 class wouldn't have become the class that it did if he hadn't slow played some kids and trusted the process and his staff to get the job done in the end. Ale Kaho, Taki Taimani, Tuli Letuligasenoa, Julius Irvin, Kyler Gordon all late additions. UW never panicked and starting taking plan B guys. We slow played Jackson Cravens in favor of Taimani and Tuli. We slow played Ben Wilson in favor of Ale Kaho. We slow played Stephan Blaylock and Halid Djibril in favor of Irvin and Gordon. Do you want a coach that plays it safe or a coach that has a pair of balls between his legs and goes after the best? Taking Tufuno is playing it safe. We want Heimuli more and we're going to get him.FremontTroll said:
Its funny because this is exactly what Kim was saying when Sark's recruiting was nosediving in 2012.StrongArmCobra said:
Well, Heimuli did not include USC in his top 8 so I can see why the coaches are confident they can get him. Plus, if you have a pair of balls between your legs you wait for your top targets to make their decisions. We're in a new territory in which we're having to wait longer for a lot of commits because we're in on a lot of highly coveted prospects who will take their official visits and announce a decision closer to Signing Day. To us fans it's a bit daunting but to the coaches it's a part of the process of becoming elite. We have a team that should be really good and win most of their games again which will only help recruiting and make finishing with a boom likely.Thebourbinator said:
I’m afraid the coaches are feeling a little overconfident in themselves to land the players they think they can get.. And doesn’t help our HI/poly pipeline to go cold on a highly rated legacy, no matter how recruiting services vs their own evaluations stack up.KevininTacoma said:2 crystal balls to Texas. Sounds like we’re passing on Tufono as well
It could be true or it could be that CP erred by slowplaying some of these kids.
I would feel more confident with a Ngata or Heimuli committed. As is the current class is of similar caliber to the 2017 class and a downgrade from 2018.
There was a feeling that our strong close in 2018 would carry over and give us momentum going into 2019. Doesn't seem to be materializing.
What feeling? This is West Coast recruiting every single year. Most of the highly coveted recruits don't make their decisions until during or after the season. It makes zero sense to think the 2018 recruiting momentum would carry over into the Spring and Summer. Look at USC's class every year. They usually start slow and finish with a huge boom. That's where UW recruiting is headed.
Also you are being intentionally blind to the fact that the highly coveted recruit we had the best chance for just committed to fucking Clemson!!! -
Tuitele is more highly ranked across the various sites and we still have a real shot with him, but losing Ngata stings badly, no question.FremontTroll said:
Uhh apparently Tufono for one. The guy whose thread we are in?StrongArmCobra said:
Who have we slow played that's better than those guys?FremontTroll said:
The guys we slow played this year are way better than Djibril, Blaylock, Ben Wilson, and Jackson Craves It. Not the same thing.StrongArmCobra said:
The 2018 class wouldn't have become the class that it did if he hadn't slow played some kids and trusted the process and his staff to get the job done in the end. Ale Kaho, Taki Taimani, Tuli Letuligasenoa, Julius Irvin, Kyler Gordon all late additions. UW never panicked and starting taking plan B guys. We slow played Jackson Cravens in favor of Taimani and Tuli. We slow played Ben Wilson in favor of Ale Kaho. We slow played Stephan Blaylock and Halid Djibril in favor of Irvin and Gordon. Do you want a coach that plays it safe or a coach that has a pair of balls between his legs and goes after the best? Taking Tufuno is playing it safe. We want Heimuli more and we're going to get him.FremontTroll said:
Its funny because this is exactly what Kim was saying when Sark's recruiting was nosediving in 2012.StrongArmCobra said:
Well, Heimuli did not include USC in his top 8 so I can see why the coaches are confident they can get him. Plus, if you have a pair of balls between your legs you wait for your top targets to make their decisions. We're in a new territory in which we're having to wait longer for a lot of commits because we're in on a lot of highly coveted prospects who will take their official visits and announce a decision closer to Signing Day. To us fans it's a bit daunting but to the coaches it's a part of the process of becoming elite. We have a team that should be really good and win most of their games again which will only help recruiting and make finishing with a boom likely.Thebourbinator said:
I’m afraid the coaches are feeling a little overconfident in themselves to land the players they think they can get.. And doesn’t help our HI/poly pipeline to go cold on a highly rated legacy, no matter how recruiting services vs their own evaluations stack up.KevininTacoma said:2 crystal balls to Texas. Sounds like we’re passing on Tufono as well
It could be true or it could be that CP erred by slowplaying some of these kids.
I would feel more confident with a Ngata or Heimuli committed. As is the current class is of similar caliber to the 2017 class and a downgrade from 2018.
There was a feeling that our strong close in 2018 would carry over and give us momentum going into 2019. Doesn't seem to be materializing.
What feeling? This is West Coast recruiting every single year. Most of the highly coveted recruits don't make their decisions until during or after the season. It makes zero sense to think the 2018 recruiting momentum would carry over into the Spring and Summer. Look at USC's class every year. They usually start slow and finish with a huge boom. That's where UW recruiting is headed.
Also you are being intentionally blind to the fact that the highly coveted recruit we had the best chance for just committed to fucking Clemson!!!
The slow playing is definitely chinteresting. Makes me think the staff is confident in who is still out there on their bored. Will be chinteresting seeing if that confidence is warranted. They definitely crushed it down the stretch last year. -
Why because Tufuno is rated a 4-star? We don't know how any of those guys we slow played last class will turn out in college. Chances are some of them will turn out to be better players than Tufuno.FremontTroll said:
Uhh apparently Tufono for one. The guy whose thread we are in?StrongArmCobra said:
Who have we slow played that's better than those guys?FremontTroll said:
The guys we slow played this year are way better than Djibril, Blaylock, Ben Wilson, and Jackson Craves It. Not the same thing.StrongArmCobra said:
The 2018 class wouldn't have become the class that it did if he hadn't slow played some kids and trusted the process and his staff to get the job done in the end. Ale Kaho, Taki Taimani, Tuli Letuligasenoa, Julius Irvin, Kyler Gordon all late additions. UW never panicked and starting taking plan B guys. We slow played Jackson Cravens in favor of Taimani and Tuli. We slow played Ben Wilson in favor of Ale Kaho. We slow played Stephan Blaylock and Halid Djibril in favor of Irvin and Gordon. Do you want a coach that plays it safe or a coach that has a pair of balls between his legs and goes after the best? Taking Tufuno is playing it safe. We want Heimuli more and we're going to get him.FremontTroll said:
Its funny because this is exactly what Kim was saying when Sark's recruiting was nosediving in 2012.StrongArmCobra said:
Well, Heimuli did not include USC in his top 8 so I can see why the coaches are confident they can get him. Plus, if you have a pair of balls between your legs you wait for your top targets to make their decisions. We're in a new territory in which we're having to wait longer for a lot of commits because we're in on a lot of highly coveted prospects who will take their official visits and announce a decision closer to Signing Day. To us fans it's a bit daunting but to the coaches it's a part of the process of becoming elite. We have a team that should be really good and win most of their games again which will only help recruiting and make finishing with a boom likely.Thebourbinator said:
I’m afraid the coaches are feeling a little overconfident in themselves to land the players they think they can get.. And doesn’t help our HI/poly pipeline to go cold on a highly rated legacy, no matter how recruiting services vs their own evaluations stack up.KevininTacoma said:2 crystal balls to Texas. Sounds like we’re passing on Tufono as well
It could be true or it could be that CP erred by slowplaying some of these kids.
I would feel more confident with a Ngata or Heimuli committed. As is the current class is of similar caliber to the 2017 class and a downgrade from 2018.
There was a feeling that our strong close in 2018 would carry over and give us momentum going into 2019. Doesn't seem to be materializing.
What feeling? This is West Coast recruiting every single year. Most of the highly coveted recruits don't make their decisions until during or after the season. It makes zero sense to think the 2018 recruiting momentum would carry over into the Spring and Summer. Look at USC's class every year. They usually start slow and finish with a huge boom. That's where UW recruiting is headed.
Also you are being intentionally blind to the fact that the highly coveted recruit we had the best chance for just committed to fucking Clemson!!!
I'm not blind to it at all. Everybody takes losses. And Ngata's not the only highly coveted recruit we're recruiting. He's one of many. And he's not the guy we had the best chance at getting. Ever since he visited Clemson he's been trending that way. He never even took a Spring or Summer visit to UW.
I think UW is going to land Buelow, Heimuli, Tuitele, Wright, Vimahi, Trice, and Bandes so there's really no reason for me to freak out about losing Ngata and think we all of a sudden suck at recruiting again and won't sign a class as good as the 2018 class.
