Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (When will the in-state recruiting momentum take off?)
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Not sure your thoughts, but I think the days of Texas dominating the Top 10, or even the Top 20, in the state are over. Doesn’t mean we don’t need to improve nabbing a few more than we have lately, but being in the SEC completely changes the recruiting landscape. Yeah, recruiting Texas has gotten tougher, but opportunities in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida are more realistic than ever.
What were you expecting when you say “momentum”? We are on just about every kid’a list, just no commitments. Getting commitments this early was never going to happen, CFP or not.
I think that language is too strong. These things move in cycles. The thing you're saying is also something someone might have said in the late 90s.
Needless to say, the Weiss locker room was a hot mess in the days leading up to their first round blowout by Cedar Hill
I mean, the top two in state are committed elsewhere already….three in the top 10. Having said that, Sark seems to have a big push in July so that’s why I mentioned that’s when we will find out.
Because like it or not they are 1 of the top 2 schools in the state, no matter what us Horns think of them. Most of these kids don’t view them through the same prism we do.
I believe he had an injury from his senior year in HS that lingered, but I might be wrong.
Cycles? I can’t think of a time since I’ve followed Texas football (1975) where for 3 years 1/3 of the recruiting classes were OOS kids. Also, we’ve never had a presence in the traditional SEC states (except maybe Florida) like we do now. That’s not a cycle. That’s a complete landscape change.
I agree, but I think that was going to be the case, even if we had won the NC.
If Sark pulls out another Top 5 class for 2025, I think it’s time to acknowledge what kids are saying in January/February should be taken with a grain of salt. Sark will have changed the narrative. We’ll see soon enough.
What’s the deal with Texas not being in on the very top recruits in the home state? Texas seems to look OOS before, or at least as much as, in-state.
I do wonder if the sense of urgency that other schools are showing before Texas in recruiting does have an impact.
For instance, there are big guys that Texas simply hasn't had on campus as much as other schools. It gives those schools some head starts.
Yes. My point is I don’t see Texas dominating the Top 20 in the state. You said the goal should be grabbing at least half of the 6.0+ guys. I would agree, but that is not as many as some OBs might think. Too many other big name schools in the mix with conference realignments, and I don’t think that changes. If anything, it becomes even more competitive with NIL and the Portal.
Maybe Texas doesn't dominate, but it can't fail, either. Getting only 3 of 20 is failure IMO.
Is huge failure? Maybe not, but it's some kind of failure.
Of the top 10 kids from the state of Alabama, all but one signed with Alabama or Aburn.
Of the top 9 kids in Louisiana , 8 signed with LSU.
There is room for improvement and in order for Texas to hit its ceiling, it has to do better.
That has less to do with not making them priorities and more to do with the preferred timeline the coaches like to work with.
Take Micah Hudson last year. They had that kid on campus last year by his own free will and the preference was for him to simply come back in the summer for an official visit. They lacked immediate urgency... not because he was from in-state but because they prefer to wait until June/July to make the big push.
Your point is that they are making OOS kids as much or more of a priority. That's just not the case.
Never said they are making OOS recruits as much or certainly “more of a priority” than in-state. Just saying staying in-state isn’t as big a priority relative to what it was under previous staffs. And if the staff prefers to wait to push for any recruit, regardless, then that’s their process.
* The word on the street is that Baker knocked it out in his interview with Sarkisian, which might help explain why Sarkisian isn't worried about Baker as a recruiter.
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@Ketchum If a coach has the "skills" to be a great recruiter, but he comes up from smaller programs to a huge program, in a different part of the country than he's used to, about how long does it take for him to get his feet on the ground in the new, more high profile environment? What's the typical adjustment period?
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@Ketchum If a coach has the "skills" to be a great recruiter, but he comes up from smaller programs to a huge program, in a different part of the country than he's used to, about how long does it take for him to get his feet on the ground in the new, more high profile environment? What's the typical adjustment period?
Is it possible that some kids don’t want to list Texas as there top school because it won’t be cool if Texas does not recruit them as a priority?
Texas doesn’t seem to tip their hat early and likes to evaluate them more throughly (character, leadership, determination, etc) than a lot of schools.
