The staff OBVIOUSLY wanted Boyle more.

[Palatine]

Figure it out. If Lagolw was so important, such a huge program changer, why risk him by taking Boyle? Why immediately ad Kiren as soon as Lagow hesitated??

All the evidence says that the staff had Boyle at the top of their QB board. When they got Boyle, they added a different type of QB, a dual-threat. They got their man. Is there any other way to read the situation?

Take a deep breath, let it go.

 

[pj]

They needed more QB depth and how can you turn down the top guy in CT when he wants to fill your open position? You don't have to make any assumptions about who they rated higher or wanted more. They wanted both. If they didn't get both it was probably due to mistakes and misunderstandings on both sides. It's unfortunate that the relationship fell apart but all we can do is hope that things turn out well for both the Lagows and UConn.

Now that it's done, spring football and 2014 recruiting are the proper topics for discussion. So yes, let it go.

 

[Jarhead_1775]

So we start a whole new thread to talk about we shouldn't talk about? Now I'm guilty of perpetuating it, thanks.

 

[Palatine]

I'm just tired of the hand wringing over a guy no one has seen play. Their actions show you exactly what the staff wanted. They WANTED Boyle. They would also LIKED to have Lagow.

My point is get over it.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

For the love of God.

Your idea of letting it go is to start ANOTHER THREAD?

 

[freescooter]

I'm just tired of the hand wringing over a guy no one has seen play. Their actions show you exactly what the staff wanted. They WANTED Boyle. They would also LIKED to have Lagow.

My point is get over it.

Agree. Had Boyle chosen UConn originally, I htink it is unlikely the staff would have made such a hard pitch for Lagow. As you say, they would have liked to get him, but Boyle was at the top of their get list. They never intended to take both, but would have been happy to do so if it worked out. It didn't.

 

[Palatine]

For the love of God.

Your idea of letting it go is to start ANOTHER THREAD?

It's not another thread.

It's the final word.

I'm putting a fork in it. It's done.

We got who we WANTED!!!!!!!

 

[B1GEast]

It's not another thread.

It's the final word.

I'm putting a fork in it. It's done.

We got who we WANTED!!!!!!!

Trust me, every fan of every team says the same thing, n ow move the on.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

No, this is not another thread.

Just another day on the Boneyard...........

 

[Palatine]

Trust me, every fan of every team says the same thing, n ow move the on.

I have no idea what you are saying. What does that mean?

 

[B1GEast]

I have no idea what you are saying. What does that mean?

In the end every fan claims that they got who they wanted. We wanted Hackenberg, who went to Penn St. We offered Olson, who chose Miami. We offered Kempt, Hodges, Butler and Mitchell and a few more.

We got Boyle, a guy we offered and flipped from BCU. Who ever we would have landed, would have been the guy we wanted. Let's not make this more than what it is. If, gosh, now I'm going to say it, if we landed Lagow instead of Boyle, we still would have gotten who we wanted. Capiche?

 

[huskymedic]

For the love of God.

Your idea of letting it go is to start ANOTHER THREAD?

Pal's like my wife... has to have the last word on an argument even if it's a few days later.

 

[noeynox]

It's not another thread.

It's the final word.

I'm putting a fork in it. It's done.

We got who we WANTED!!!!!!!

This makes me want to start another Lagow thread. Just because!

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

This makes me want to start another Lagow thread. Just because!

It wouldn't be another thread.

 

[B1GEast]

The only way to kill this thread is to stop posting in it. Make it stop, please.

 

[businesslawyer]

Figure it out. If Lagolw was so important, such a huge program changer, why risk him by taking Boyle? Why immediately ad Kiren as soon as Lagow hesitated??

All the evidence says that the staff had Boyle at the top of their QB board. When they got Boyle, they added a different type of QB, a dual-threat. They got their man. Is there any other way to read the situation?

Take a deep breath, let it go.

This. They recruited Boyle first, and they took him in late not knowing what it would do to Lagow's recruitment. Boyle was the first priority.

I hope the staff got it right, but there is no reason to think the staff did anything wrong here. there is just nothing more to say.

 

[Waquoit]

I hope the staff got it right, but there is no reason to think the staff did anything wrong here. there is just nothing more to say.

It's not a matter of wrong per se, but they did recruit over the guy. Did they tell him that they wouldn't? It would go to credibility.

 

[businesslawyer]

It's not a matter of wrong per se, but they did recruit over the guy. Did they tell him that they wouldn't? It would go to credibility.

None of us know enough to know whether anyone lied. And anything short of flat out lying in the game of recruitment is just not wrong within the mores of the system. You could make a good case that flat out lying isn't wrong either. On either side's part. The NCAA wants each side to be totally free to do whatever it wants until signing day comes.

 

[HobokenHusky]

This. They recruited Boyle first, and they took him in late not knowing what it would do to Lagow's recruitment. Boyle was the first priority.

I hope the staff got it right, but there is no reason to think the staff did anything wrong here. there is just nothing more to say.

Certain people that post here think that: promoting UConn on twitter + having a crazy father who post here who's they kiss = Awesome QB.

Thank God no one on here is making our roster choices. If HFD had some grainy footage of him doing a Keg-Stand on Scout.com some people on this board would demand a scholarship for him.

 

[sportsart]

It's not a matter of wrong per se, but they did recruit over the guy. Did they tell him that they wouldn't? It would go to credibility.

The not mentioned named recruit we are discussing said, in a LOI day interview, that he knew their would be 2 QB's in this class.

The non mentioned recruit's non mentioned father said the non mentioned recruit had just woken up and was sick so what he said in the interview really was not so true, sorta, kinda.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

This makes me want to start another Lagow thread. Just because!

Agreed. Discussing who signed and who reneged in common in college football hotbeds. But in Connecticut? Silly, who wants to talk sports on a sports forum?

 

[Waquoit]

None of us know enough to know whether anyone lied. And anything short of flat out lying in the game of recruitment is just not wrong within the mores of the system. You could make a good case that flat out lying isn't wrong either. On either side's part. The NCAA wants each side to be totally free to do whatever it wants until signing day comes.

True, but I hope Boyle is the goods. JC didn't take Travis Best after KO committed. And Best was local, and the better player.

 

[businesslawyer]

True, but I hope Boyle is the goods. JC didn't take Travis Best after KO committed. And Best was local, and the better player.

Hence, me saying I hope the Staff got it right. But all you can do in recruiting is make your judgments and then go after the guys you want. You will always make recruiting decisions that, in hindsight, you'd like to do over.

 

[Nostical]

Its not important who we recruited first. What's important is who is the better choice. That's a matter of judgment. Plenty of NFL GM's pick the wrong guy first. Let's hope we didn't here.

 

[HartfordHank]

Not to change the subject but whatever happened to Boeing Brown? A year back or so he was going to be the next big thing, everyone was interested in him. I haven't heard his name in ages. Amazing how things change so quickly.