When will recruiting improve?

[NHRich]

I stopped following recruiting years ago because the results were too disappointing. I just looked at 2018 and see we rank 11th in the conference so far. Can we really expect to move up without better recruiting? I know the number of stars doesn’t always tell the whole story, but it’s not meaningless. Has there been any improvement lately?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Win games get recruits win more games get more recruits

 

[jayfromfla]

Under re1 we were ranked in the 60s. Under pp we fell to the 80s. And with disco we fell into 100s to 100 teens. We are currently in the 70s under re2. I think we see improvement already

 

[huskymedic]

I just looked at 2018 and see we rank 11th in the conference so far.

8th in Rivals...

247 is missing 3 recruits in it’s total which factor in ranking.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I would like to know if the 11th ranked class includes the two most recent recruits- Krajewski and the Texan OL.

 

[Exit 4]

I stopped following recruiting years ago because the results were too disappointing. I just looked at 2018 and see we rank 11th in the conference so far. Can we really expect to move up without better recruiting? I know the number of stars doesn’t always tell the whole story, but it’s not meaningless. Has there been any improvement lately?

Too early to say just yet. Need to see where we land after signing day.

If we land some of the better kids on our radar I think we finish top 80, maybe as high as top 70. Either way, yes we likely land no better than 8th in our conference and probably no worse than 10 (which is certainly not special).

We have to win in order to improve the recruiting. And even if we win, we will always be a school doing more with less as far as the recruiting score card indicates.

I'm real interested to see when we are down to our last 2 or 3 scholarships if the staff gets ambitious and trys to peel away some talent from P5 schools who suddenly have major coaching changes come November.

Also, I think Marvin Washington has the potential to be electric and if so, that could really change how we are viewed.

 

[huskymedic]

I would like to know if the 11th ranked class includes the two most recent recruits- Krajewski and the Texan OL.

Krajewski yes, Ofari-Nyadu no. Also missing Pace and Maloney.

 

[sportsart]

We will never move up in the rankings because are coaches are clueless and none of them know how to coach up a talented player.

 

[Redding Husky]

IMHO ... to win the conference, we'd have to at least get into the 60's and probably the 50's.

Getting to the 40's would be almost impossible without a conference change.

 

[Pudge]

My observation ...

Very few of you can engage in a intelligent conversation with depth on this topic. So ... if you're not willing to do anything but whine, let's just place this to the same box as what decals we put on our helmets.

Seriously. The Numbers? When we ARE the school that saw no-talent no-physical attributes guy's like Byron Jones + Obi Melifonwu dominate the NFL combine, let's just say that WIDE geo/demo holes don't seem to exist to the Appraisal industry of these so-called services. Our 2 Star guys.

I take pride in coming in 11th. Let's fool them again when we rise to W-L levels in the top few in the conference and top 40 Program within FBS. Again.

 

[Stray_Dog]

My observation ...

Very few of you can engage in a intelligent conversation with depth on this topic. So ... if you're not willing to do anything but whine, let's just place this to the same box as what decals we put on our helmets.

Seriously. The Numbers? When we ARE the school that saw no-talent no-physical attributes guy's like Byron Jones + Obi Melifonwu dominate the NFL combine, let's just say that WIDE geo/demo holes don't seem to exist to the Appraisal industry of these so-called services. Our 2 Star guys.

I take pride in coming in 11th. Let's fool them again when we rise to W-L levels in the top few in the conference and top 40 Program within FBS. Again.

Well, I don't remember what decal is on my helmet as I never take it off! ⛑☄️⛈

 

[BlueDogs]

My observation ...

Very few of you can engage in a intelligent conversation with depth on this topic. So ... if you're not willing to do anything but whine, let's just place this to the same box as what decals we put on our helmets.

Seriously. The Numbers? When we ARE the school that saw no-talent no-physical attributes guy's like Byron Jones + Obi Melifonwu dominate the NFL combine, let's just say that WIDE geo/demo holes don't seem to exist to the Appraisal industry of these so-called services. Our 2 Star guys.

I take pride in coming in 11th. Let's fool them again when we rise to W-L levels in the top few in the conference and top 40 Program within FBS. Again.

We need to get the guys with football talent that might be an inch too short or bit underweight or half a step slow on the clock that can play the game with a chip on their shoulder. There are so many players that are slightly off prototypical that turn out to be great football players as opposed to great physical prospects. Since this a game of football, not modeling, we always have a chance to find great players.

 

[Rewster]

IMHO ... to win the conference, we'd have to at least get into the 60's and probably the 50's.

Getting to the 40's would be almost impossible without a conference change.

I think if you get a dynamic QB you can win a conference championship.
It can even get an average coach a great job.

 

[blue93]

We need to get the guys with football talent that might be an inch too short or bit underweight or half a step slow on the clock that can play the game with a chip on their shoulder. There are so many players that are slightly off prototypical that turn out to be great football players as opposed to great physical prospects. Since this a game of football, not modeling, we always have a chance to find great players.

We also live in an area that is full of good athletes, but has less polished football players. Makes it much easier to find a diamond in the rough than in over-recruited football areas. With this staff in place, I'm confident we can coach up physically talented guys into good football players.

 

[sportsart]

What were our rankings when we won our multiple BE titles?

At this level it's about diamonds in the rough and coaching the players up.

We'll be fine, especially since we seem to be getting multiple skill players and our offense is designed to keep them coming.

 

[scoobydoo]

My observation ...

Very few of you can engage in a intelligent conversation with depth on this topic. So ... if you're not willing to do anything but whine, let's just place this to the same box as what decals we put on our helmets.

Seriously. The Numbers? When we ARE the school that saw no-talent no-physical attributes guy's like Byron Jones + Obi Melifonwu dominate the NFL combine, let's just say that WIDE geo/demo holes don't seem to exist to the Appraisal industry of these so-called services. Our 2 Star guys.

I take pride in coming in 11th. Let's fool them again when we rise to W-L levels in the top few in the conference and top 40 Program within FBS. Again.

If Obi or Byron played in TX, they would have been 5 stars just based on their athleticism. And if we had signed them as 5 stars, we would have jumped about 20 spots.

 

[scoobydoo]

At this level it's about diamonds in the rough and coaching the players up.

I get your point but plenty of those diamonds in the rough had NFL athleticism the day they moved into their dorm rooms as frosh.

You can see the film for our commits this year - they are the fastest guys on the field and its so obvious, you don't need a stopwatch, just eyes.

 

[NE Football]

Oftentimes P5 schools over evaluate kids and look for kids that fit the prototypical mold. At this level you need athletic kids that fit your system. Don Brown did this at UConn and BC without many if any 4 star players.

 

[uconnbill]

UConn will never be a top 40 recruiting team, unless they end up in the Big Ten or ACC. They could be a top 60 or better which would be miles ahead of what we saw under Red pants.

 

[huskyrob1]

We also live in an area that is full of good athletes, but has less polished football players. Makes it much easier to find a diamond in the rough than in over-recruited football areas. With this staff in place, I'm confident we can coach up physically talented guys into good football players.

It's possible for RE2, Lashlee and Crocker to get 2, 3 and 4 star kids locally (CT, New England, NY, NJ, PA) but it is critical that UCONN keep it's academic ranking near the top. Many kids and their parents will factor that into their final decision. Those Republican cuts to UConn would be disastrous to the football program and to recruiting in football, basketball, soccer, women's basketball and baseball.

 

[Palatine]

WE were always at the bottom of the Big East recruiting rankings yet we tied for the conference championship twice.

 

[SouthPaw22]

When UCONN gets a commitment from a kid without a profile on any of the sites, especially early on in the cycle, how much tape do you think the sites watch before throwing a 2-Star rating on them?

How much does the Boneyard impact that as well? UCONN doesn't have a huge PAID presence on those sites, and that matters. The bigger the subscribed fanbase, the easier it is to get the ear of one the guys doing the ratings.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

After nearly a decade of recruiting rankings tanking that somehow coincided with our record tanking, we still have people on here arguing in the face of logic and reason.

But yes, please tell me again how 1 player every 30 may have been underrated and made the pros.

That's surely a better comparison than the other 29 who weren't highly sought after and lead us to where we are today.

 

[freescooter]

You just need to look at the number of true freshmen playing now to see that recruiting is already up. But beyond that recruiting is about a number of things and Edsall has proven pretty good at many of them. 1 is player evaluation. A guy like Lutrus was unrated as a running back but Edsall got that he wasn’t going to be a running back. Same thing with Sherman who was listed in the services as a 2 Star linebacker. Edsal moved him to fullback. Another key piece is filling your needs. You can stockpile running backs from here to China but it doesn’t help much if you have no depth in the linebacker corps. Then there is the issue of offensive linemen. Edsall and Foley took athletic kids and developed them. Tom OBrien did a similar thing at BC. Edsall2.0 seems intent on doing a similar thing with JB Grimes.

 

[Exit 4]

While we all know about Randy's diamonds, to boil it down to a few key areas:

i) on offense I think pulling in Pindell (over Temple), Washington (no way the last administration pulls him in), and Krajewski has the potential to prove recruiting has improved. We need to see them play to confirm. The potential is there however. Also, on Oline last year's staff had no chance at Robert Holmes, nor would they likely had been able to bring in someone like Ofori-Nyadu (IMO).

ii) On defense not sure we would have pulled in Eli Thomas or even Travis Jones (although he seemed like a homestate lean no matter what). Last year the new staff got TJ Gardner (BC flip) late in the process and Caleb Thomas. All these kids need to play to make a judgement however.

The new staff also brought Jay Rose back to UConn as well. Not sure the old staff had a real chance to do that.

If we finish strong (so to speak) on the last few slots for this class (some RBs and DL help), then perhaps the sum will suggest things have improved....never really know until they play however.