2018 Recruiting Thread

[Exit 4]

Very Trumpian way to avoid answering a question.

It was a dumb question. Why bother.

 

[Husky68]

My post was an attempt at humor and a vague reference to the lunatic in the White House.

Barry Soetoro is back?

 

[Pudge]

We appreciate Exit 4 effort.

However ... our view of the world is just different. And based on a past that hasn’t really been revolutionarily changed.

 

[Huskygamble19]

Barry Soetoro is back?

Look again..I think he means the sh##t hole.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Exit 4]

Edsall out and about.


And David Nwaogwugwu picked up an offer from Temple on 1/12/18.

 

[huskyblooz]

So we haven't offered nwaogwugwu yet?

 

[huskymedic]

So we haven't offered nwaogwugwu yet?

Nope - but his official visit to UConn is on Feb 2nd...

 

[BNich]

Edsall out and about.


And David Nwaogwugwu picked up an offer from Temple on 1/12/18.

How in the world do you say that last name?! Thank god his first name is David!!

 

[huskymedic]

How in the world do you say that last name?! Thank god his first name is David!!

Good luck to Joe D... Nwaogwugwu

 

[ktuck911]

Edsall out and about.


And David Nwaogwugwu picked up an offer from Temple on 1/12/18.

Yeah. Priority recruit here

 

[huskymedic]

Messiah Turner is a 6-1 175lb DB from Tampa Catholic in Tampa Florida. Committed to Southern Miss but decommitted back in November.

 

[Exit 4]

Been a busy week for Baldonado. Picked up offers from Cincy, Umass and UCF. There is a quote out there that UCF is his "dream school." Meanwhile Syracuse and Michigan State visited. Baldonado is apparently being represented by Brandon Collier again - same guy that guided Metz to Cincy and Welschof ultimately to Michigan.

According to Rivals, UCF signed four Dlineman during the early signing period. Perhaps they will be taking only one more rather than two. This is notable since they also have an offer out to Landon Woodson.

Also of note, Greg Grate JR received an offer from UAB.

 

[Exit 4]

hmmmm

 

[ktuck911]

Baldonado is apparently being represented by Brandon Collier again - same guy that guided Metz to Cincy and Welschof ultimately to Michigan.

Shame if true that kids are being linked to guys like these with recruiting... thought this stuff was illegal....

 

[huskymedic]

hmmmm

Nwaogwugwu check in?

 

[huskymedic]

Shame if true that kids are being linked to guys like these with recruiting... thought this stuff was illegal....

Collier is part of Premier Players International - they are trying to get visibility for all European players. Worked to our advantage w/ Zavier Scott.

 

[ktuck911]

Collier is part of Premier Players International - they are trying to get visibility for all European players. Worked to our advantage w/ Zavier Scott.

don't like it regardless...

 

[huskymedic]

don't like it regardless...

Don’t like what - organizations promoting/advocating for players? They are no different than Rivals/247 camps, Supreme Athlete here in CT or any other of the Training Academies.

 

[ktuck911]

Don’t like what - organizations promoting/advocating for players? They are no different than Rivals/247 camps, Supreme Athlete here in CT or any other of the Training Academies.

So why do folks bicker about paying players then? A scholly for a good education is good enough? Nowadays, it's a little more than that. With all the $$$ generated behind a kid's 4 years of fame... if they stay/play that long....

 

[huskymedic]

A scholly for a good education is good enough?

That’s exactly what these guys are doing (and I’m not naive) - they are mining US scholarship opportunities for European players.

 

[jazyj]

So why do folks bicker about paying players then? A scholly for a good education is good enough? Nowadays, it's a little more than that. With all the $$$ generated behind a kid's 4 years of fame... if they stay/play that long....

These kids wouldn’t get exposure without Collier you’re just upset that Uconn isn’t getting all of them

 

[ktuck911]

These kids wouldn’t get exposure without Collier you’re just upset that Uconn isn’t getting all of them

It's a fact we won't ... I ain't hatin on that at all bro... It's a new spin on things that I need to understand... I been here since the start of this thing.. Yeah, it's frustrating recruiting for us has sucked for the most part... because the idiots at the top didn't know what they were doing... Instead of embracing what we've built so far with our program they went outside the box and set us back... Edsall knows something about recruiting, so in Edsall I trust.. ... We've had success without this stuff.. and we'll probably have more in a few years.. (finally)... I believe (firmly) we'll have success again...

 

[Palatine]

It's a fact we won't ... I ain't hatin on that at all bro... It's a new spin on things that I need to understand... I been here since the start of this thing.. Yeah, it's frustrating recruiting for us has sucked for the most part... because the idiots at the top didn't know what they were doing... Instead of embracing what we've built so far with our program they went outside the box and set us back... Edsall knows something about recruiting, so in Edsall I trust.. ... We've had success without this stuff.. and we'll probably have more in a few years.. (finally)... I believe (firmly) we'll have success again...

The problem is that when Lew Perkins left, they went inside the box and promoted Hathaway. Hathaway had been Perkins assistant AD, left for Colorado State as their AD and had moderate success. They should have went outside the box and gotten someone great. Hathaway was the disaster. He hurt both basketball and football.

 

[huskymedic]