Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (A recruiting stat I almost can't believe...)
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Craig T. Nelson's Coach Fox might have something to say about that.
I'm hearing from some big donors I know well that the Eyes of Texas issue was the final straw for a lot of long-time donors. They are disgusted with the overall campus radicalism, especially the influence of communist organizations. UT is faced with the tough task of moving its student and faculty outlook back to a more moderate, middle of the road perspective, or losing the massive endowments and political support upon which it depends.
Our OOS signees since '02:
'02 - Pickryl, Chase Pittman, Studdard, Sendlein, Marquis Johnson
Summary: 2 hits. 3 misses. Johnson never made it to campus. Pick's issue had nothing to do with being OOS. Pittman's issue probably went deeper,
'05 - Aaron Lewis, Michael Houston
Summary: 1 minor hit. 1 miss. Houston seemed to just be an odd duck.
'06 - L. Houston, Ben Alexander
1 hit. 1 contributor? Don't want to call Alexander a miss because he a) finished his career here and b) wasn't terribly celebrated coming out of HS
'07 - Irby
Oh what might have been. Irby was well on his way, IMO, to be simply the next in the line of NFL TEs after Scaife, Thomas & Finley. I'm calling that a hit because f*ck it, Irby would have been.
'08 - Brewster
Miss
'09 - Derek Johnson
Miss
'10 - Hicks, Will Russ
1 Hit. 1 miss(?) Honestly can't remember much if anything about Russ doing anything but I feel like he did some punting?
'11 - Josh Turner
He finished his career here but never attained status above JAG after being a pretty high profile recruit out of OK.
'12 - Shiro, C. Brewer, Donald Hawkins, Brandon Moore
1 miss (Brewer). I would guess another in Moore. Shiro falls in the Josh Turner category. Hawkins was a hit. Definitely mixed bag.
'13 - Harrison, Swaim
1 miss. 1 Hit
'14 - Poona, J. Roberts, Whitely, A Beck, Chris Nelson, Alex Anderson
Whew, lots to cover. 3 misses. Roberts and Anderson (although Anderson hung around up until 1 year left). Whitely was an injury issue. Hits in Poona, Beck and Nelson.
'15 - Dickson, Burt, Davis, Locksley, K. Johnson, Cherry, Hodges, Clarington, Lampkin, Gilbert Johnson
Whew. LOTS to cover. Dickson a major hit. Last 3 never made it to campus, and 2 of them were recruiting saga classics. A 4th, Cherry left after what, one day of fall camp? Locksley was a 5th miss. K Johnson battled injuries. Hodges is iffy. Got 2 years out of JUCO from him before he grad transferred to Pitt. We'll call Davis and Burt hits because, well, compared to their OOS brethren they look like AAs.
'16 - C. Johnson, Christmas, Wilbon, Roach, Aucoin
2 hits. 3 misses.
'17 - G. Johnson, Letaio, Pouncey, Chisolm, Rowland
1 hit. 1 TBD (not trending well). Misses although Chisolm and Rowland finished undergrad here.
'18 - Adeoye, Angilau, Rising, Grandy, M. Williams, D. Carson
2 trending to hits. 3 misses although Grandy was an injury. Carson still here but not sure his future will rise above JAG at this point.
'19 - Bru (duck), J. Smith, Floyd, Watson II, Marcus Washington, Liebrock, Adimora, Brown, Warren, Jacoby Jones, Marcus Tillman, Caleb Johnson, Willie Tyler, Mitchell
Whew, LOTS to cover part 3. This one has some potential But lets cover the misses first. 5. Warren, Johnson & Bru. Brown and Floyd were injury related. Moving on. Jones has been a contributor. But Admiora and Watson and Smith could have very bright futures. If we can managed to keep Mitchell on campus he could also. We'll get our first look at Liebrock soon (hopefully). Tyler is probably at least a year or 2 away from impacting.
So there you go @Ketchum. How we stack up against other programs I don't know. Of course some nuance might be required beyond a simple hit/miss. Some guys simply weren't big contributors but at least stayed the course so not sure if that makes them a miss unless they just grossly underperformed. Obviously there are some injury cases. Off the top of my head, going back to '02, My ALL-OOS first teamers are:
Studdard, Sendlein, Houston, Hicks, Poona, Dickson, C. Johnson, G. Johnson. Those are guys were slam dunk hits here at Texas. But that's only 8 out of that list. Beyond that you sorta have to begin to make some rationalizations.
Remove Bobby Finstock from Teen Wolf and replace him with Al Pacino playing Tony D'Amato from Any Given Sunday.
The bottom line is that when Texas lands big-time prospects, they hit at a high-rate.
When they sign players below mid four-star status, they struggle to perform at national norms in terms of development.
Can't do it.
I quote Finstock three times a week. I saw a woman with a dagger on her arm last week and we talked about Finstock's rules on life.
Please don't tell me you quote a horrible movie three times a week. It's too early in the morning for this lol
If football season is pushed back to next year, there's no telling what kids with options might do. Sam dreamed of playing in front of 100,000 people at DKR, which won't happen this year, and may not occur in the spring. He also expressed to me at the Alamo Bowl his biggest dream is the play in the NFL. Ehlinger may be forced to make a business decision. I wouldn't rule out anything in this era on the unknown.
No doubt. That's completely fair. I just don't think his stock would warrant jumping, but hey, I get it.
You're right. Pacino has never been a D-list actor. No way he could ever pull off a role he would have slapped his agent for ever suggesting
You're tarnishing your mod ranking.You're right. Pacino has never been a D-list actor. No way he could ever pull off a role he would have slapped his agent for ever suggesting
If the words gets out that you slandered Bobby Finstock, you're in trouble.
At that point every player is being evaluated off their junior or sophomore season with no football. No telling if he decides to say screw it and play pro football. Hell, none of us are confident college football will have its act together anytime soon.
If @RLong68 says Teen Wolf is a good movie, or Bobby Finstock is a better coach than Tony D'Amato, I'll reconsider
I love me some Pacino, but isn't his character in that movie just a replay of watered down versions of character he had already mastered?
Finstock is a 1/1... an American original.
When I hit "Reply" to your post, the Buy or Sell Questions did not appear, just the responses. Just sayin'.
Anyway, the X receiver is typically the second-leading receiver in Herman's passing game.
Eagles is a great talent and could have have a huge year. Maybe something approaching 70 receptions. Individually, he'll likely lead the team in receptions and yardage.
But that's because there looks to be a two-man rotation at the slot with Smith and Whittington. At the end of the year, look for their combined receptions to be more than the X and their combined yardage more than the X.
EDIT: I said 70 receptions with a normal 12-game schedule in my mind. Adjust down proportionally.
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Not much help in this one. While I like Teen Wolf as a movie, it's still not one I've seen a ton. And honestly, I only sorta remember the coach is a bumbling fool. And I've never seen Any Given Sunday. That being said, I wouldn't put Lou Brown below the Teen Wolf coach. And I think an argument can be made that Morris Buttermaker warrants higher than #4.
Great analysis. Some of those stats... pretty wild. One of the biggest what ifs I'll forever have about Texas Football is what it would have looked like had Mack taken the Pete Carroll and Bobby Bowden approach to recruiting.
agreed. and would have positively impacted the future recruiting efforts for Texas head coaches outside state lines.
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