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Post by breezy on Jan 13, 2018 17:33:54 GMT -5
Offer #128: OL BLAKE WATSON, 6-6, 295, Milton HS, Alpharetta, GA Twitter: @blakew328 Hudl highlights: www.hudl.com/profile/5260396/blake-watsonAlso has offers from Yale, Brown, Columbia, Florida Atlantic, Morehead State, Murray State, VMI, and St. Francis. Rated 2* (5.4) by Rivals. Recruit Georgia page (not recent): recruitgeorgia.com/players/blake-watson-otmilton/Great to see that Coach Noonan is down in Georgia to meet with potential recruits. UPDATE (1/15); Watson has also received a preferred walk-on offer from Georgia. UPDATE (1/18): Watson has also received a preferred walk-on offer from Miami.
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jan 13, 2018 18:08:14 GMT -5
Coach Noonan gets it done.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 13, 2018 19:58:16 GMT -5
To put things in perspective, look at the picture while noting that coach Noonan was a starting defensive lineman at Rutgers. Let's close the deal with this young recruit.
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Post by CHC8485 on Jan 13, 2018 20:39:12 GMT -5
My brother lives in Alpharetta and his kids went to Milton HS where his oldest (almost 24) played for Milton. Will make some inquiries.
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Post by breezy on Jan 13, 2018 22:03:50 GMT -5
Today's focus is on the offensive line. Offer #129: OL COLE SAIN, 6-4, 285, St. John Bosco HS, Bellflower, CA Twitter: @cole_sain Hudl highlights: www.hudl.com/profile/4587047/cole-sainClaims HC is his 9th offer; Air Force, Montana, Portland State, Northern Colorado among his offers. Rated 3* (82) by 247 Sports.
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Post by hcpride on Jan 14, 2018 7:37:37 GMT -5
Would certainly be nice to land one (or both) of these last two OL. 2/3 stars and multiple legitimate offers tells you something about quality.
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Post by breezy on Jan 15, 2018 14:49:40 GMT -5
Re: Offer #126.
Home Visit today:
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 15, 2018 15:04:15 GMT -5
Are multi-coach Home visits common practice?
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Post by bringbackcaro on Jan 15, 2018 15:47:19 GMT -5
Are multi-coach Home visits common practice? Not sure about our level, but it appears that it is the case with key recruits for BCS programs (based on what I've previously seen on Twitter). This appears to be the assistant who owns his geo (Vaganek) and the position coach (Ari Confessor) accompanying Chesney. I'm sure it's unrealistic to scale this to a whole class, but certainly makes sense for priority guys.
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Post by lou on Jan 15, 2018 16:04:45 GMT -5
Along with Howard U. Hardin now has four offers, including the United States Military Academy at West Point, Columbia and Morgan State. He hopes to major in finance in college and looks to pursue a career as an accountant.
Friday, on his birthday, Andrew added a new scholarship offer from Central Connecticut State for good measure.
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Post by breezy on Jan 17, 2018 8:23:19 GMT -5
Home visit yesterday in Texas by Coach Coen.
Henry Teeter is a 6-4, 200, WR/TE from San Angelo, TX. No indication as yet that this recruit has received an offer from Holy Cross. No information on other offers, although he did have a home visit from Columbia.
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Post by southernsader on Jan 17, 2018 8:39:51 GMT -5
Glad to see recruiting doesn't seem to be hamstrung by budgetary considerations.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 17, 2018 9:11:39 GMT -5
Home visit yesterday in Texas by Coach Coen. Henry Teeter is a 6-4, 200, WR/TE from San Angelo, TX. No indication as yet that this recruit has received an offer from Holy Cross. Would HC make a home visit without offering ?
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Post by breezy on Jan 17, 2018 9:40:19 GMT -5
Don't know, although I think it is possible. Or it could be that this recruit is just keeping things close to the vest, since he also posted about his Columbia home visit but did not mention an offer by that school either.
It's sheer speculation, but I think it is possible that HC makes a home visit and tells a recruit "we have one person ahead of you -- if that person accepts, we have filled our quota at that position; on the other hand if the person ahead goes elsewhere, we will make you an offer."
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Post by hchoops on Jan 17, 2018 9:42:18 GMT -5
Then that is a very different tact from the strategy that had HC offer so many (126) earlier.
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Post by breezy on Jan 17, 2018 9:59:12 GMT -5
Not necessarily, although again this is just my impression and speculation, since I have no insight into the thinking of the current staff.
In my view, the new early-signing date has had some repercussions on recruiting strategies. Many of the early offers went to recruits who either [1] had substantial interest from FBS schools (with the hope that we might be able to steal one or two recruits who might prefer attending a smaller school and having the opportunity to play right away) with it being understood that we would yield very little from a large number of offers, or [2] were most likely to end up at a low-level FBS school or an FCS school and thus HC was on a somewhat even playing field with its recruiting competitors.
Once the early signing period ended, it was time to reevaluate the field. I think it likely that there are many quality recruits who did not sign in the early period because they are still hoping to get an FBS offer (or perhaps did not get the offer they wanted). If the hoped-for offer(s) do not materialize, then those players will -- for the first time -- give serious consideration to FCS offers -- and those are players we can target now.
Again, pure speculation on my part. (And, we also must consider that [1] the recruiting strategy of the new staff may not completely coincide with the strategy that was employed by the prior staff, and [2] after the early signing-day, there may be limited openings at specific position groups.)
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Post by hchoops on Jan 17, 2018 10:30:31 GMT -5
Very logical Thanks, Breezy
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 17, 2018 10:56:33 GMT -5
Might the coach also visit several players on his trip--to make the best use of his time in the city? For example--"I'm here to pursue Joe Jones, whom we've offered, but since my flight doesn't lave until tomorrow afternoon I am going to try to maximize my use of time and visit Bill Smith and Bob Johnson who are a bit further down our list of prospects".
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 17, 2018 11:36:05 GMT -5
If they don't do that, KY, it'd probably be a fiduciary violation!
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Post by hcpride on Jan 17, 2018 11:51:01 GMT -5
Not necessarily, although again this is just my impression and speculation, since I have no insight into the thinking of the current staff. In my view, the new early-signing date has had some repercussions on recruiting strategies. Many of the early offers went to recruits who either [1] had substantial interest from FBS schools (with the hope that we might be able to steal one or two recruits who might prefer attending a smaller school and having the opportunity to play right away) with it being understood that we would yield very little from a large number of offers, or [2] were most likely to end up at a low-level FBS school or an FCS school and thus HC was on a somewhat even playing field with its recruiting competitors....... Without putting too fine of a point on it we can look at our currently signed recruits and see if they fit into these two italicized subsets.
(Understanding this was speculation in any case.)
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 18, 2018 13:15:33 GMT -5
Glad to see recruiting doesn't seem to be hamstrung by budgetary considerations. Thanks to the Crusader Athletic Fund! Go Cross!
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Post by breezy on Jan 20, 2018 14:53:24 GMT -5
Two Twitter posts today about official visits. (In a sense, surprising, since students are not yet back. I was expecting visits to take place on the next two weekends.)
As previously reported, Prince has been offered and has verbally committed.
No prior mention regarding Sloan, a 6-3, 190, DB. Not sure if he has been offered.
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jan 20, 2018 15:07:22 GMT -5
Need all three weekends to accommodate all the kids.
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Post by breezy on Jan 21, 2018 13:45:38 GMT -5
Another tweet today about an official visit this weekend.
(See Offer #128 at the top of this page.)
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Post by breezy on Jan 21, 2018 18:34:01 GMT -5
One more:
Based on his Twitter posts, he also enjoyed his visit to Sacred Heart this weekend as well.
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