Sooooo....remember Hudson Clement @ WVU?
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Coaches should offer who they believe in. If it's a no * guy, so be it.
Generally, when a name offers an unrated guy, the recruiting services end up adjusting as well as other teams jump on.
Some other more recent walkons:
Matt McGloin
Carl Nassib
Dom DeLuca
Ryan Barker
Matt McGloin
Carl Nassib
Dom DeLuca
Ryan Barker
Same to you, Friend.
My last comment on this topic. Tom Herr, a Pennsylvania kid who was an incredible all around athlete, had a basketball scholarship to NC State, was not drafted by MLB. Signed as a free agent with St Louis when he led his Hempfield American Legion team to the state championship AFTER his senior high school season. He became a National League All Star.
Neil Walker, another MLB All Star led Pine Richland to the state football championship. It stands to reason that kids who play on state championship caliber teams are great athletes. Especially the players who excelled for those teams. It doesn’t take a whole lot of leg work to identify the best players on state championship teams such as this cat Hudson Clement.
Finally, the people running these recruiting services are largely not College coaches. The fact is most of them are former photocopier or insurance salesmen. I’m sure Coach Franklin has more expertise in this area than any recruiting service. I guarantee you that Joe did.
They signed Rodney Gallagher, who has great speed but hasn't produced like Hudson has. Journey Brown had great numbers and was only offered at the last minute. It's tough to evaluate athletes when the level of competition isn't great and they don't compete in the camp circuit. It's not an exact science that's why late bloomers have to earn their way via junior college or walk-on opportunities.
All true, they're arguing the exception is the rule. They're wrong. I think some people forget that these kids are usually 17 or 18 years old and they might do some growing and developing in the meantime.
Yup. It's absolutely crazy to suggest that a top 10% program can dedicate any resources to finding kids with zero offers.
Option 1: dedicate 5 hrs to contacting multiple known targets.
Option 2: spend 5 hrs driving to the WV panhandle with the hope of finding a kid that 260 other schools haven't found yet.
Which one, on average will result in landing higher ranked kids?
In the portal era, it doesn't matter near as much. Somebody will buy him if they want. WV kid walks on at WVU, earns a 'ship, and leaves for year 3.
Literally, in this era if you don't get your top tier targets you just go to the portal
Are you stupid or what? You don’t have to drive anywhere in this day and age to determine if a kid has potential. You literally defeat your own argument. Scary. Please don’t tell me you have a Penn State degree.
HC scored EIGHT TD's in the State Championship game. They have this thing called the internet now. But suppose we looked and were not impressed enough. 3 years go by. He catches 11 passes (out of 12 targets) for 177 yds and 2 TDs in their bowl game. His recruiting in the portal starts again. Once again, no mention of PSU interest.
One thing about the portal is, recruiting never stops. Except if a good player is 2.5 hours away, that is.
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You seem angry? Everything okay?
How exactly is the PSU staff supposed to find kids without tape, offers, camps, or coaches doing any promotion?
Here's an actual video of JF leaving a recruiting stop in WV. He found an old bandsaw in the woodshop, but no football players. 🤷
Not angry at all, the term you’re looking for is incredulous. That a college graduate would think it’s difficult to determine that a kid who literally sets records in a state championship game would be difficult to track down and recruit. As I said, you could get a student trainer to do the legwork, make a few calls to area coaches and invite the kid to your camp. Voila! I’m a recruiting genius!You seem angry? Everything okay?
How exactly is the PSU staff supposed to find kids without tape, offers, camps, or coaches doing any promotion?
Here's an actual video of JF leaving a recruiting stop in WV. He found an old bandsaw in the woodshop, but no football players. 🤷
We didn't miss--you have to stop with this
Clement is a nice add for Illinois--he doesn't alter anything with our team. He'd be another depth guy fighting for playing time. He was going to go somewhere he was guaranteed playing time.
That's not what I said...he's on par with what we have. Thats a compliment to him and why he'd go to Illinois to get guaranteed reps. They wouldn't be guaranteed here. Doesn't mean he wouldn't earn them but he didn't leave WVU to fight for playing time.
In a scrimmage....
You continue to make him into more than he is...hence he's at Illinois
People who never played sports against superior athletes or professional caliber athletes don’t understand that there are players who just have it. It is not always easily measurable but winners have it. Mike Piazza was the last player selected in his MLB draft class. This kid Hudson has it. The know-it-alls just don’t get it and never will.
I don't know if we looked at him as a viable target, but we picked up Ross for the same role.
HC wasn't going to come here to just fight for playing time, or do you think he was?
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