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Post by midwestsader05 on Jan 18, 2024 8:43:08 GMT -5
Only potential transfer at this point would have to be from the spring portal opening that would arrive in the summer. We will be able to tell if that’s the plan based on who signs in February.
An OT is probably the only position we might target in the spring portal.
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Post by cruskater31 on Jan 18, 2024 8:43:42 GMT -5
I don’t believe any transfers are coming to Holy Cross. Classes start for the students on Monday. First team meeting is Tuesday Jan 23rd. That is one thing I got from Curran's messaging throughout this process--focused on recruiting HS athletes right now especially with the timeframe they were working in.
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Post by dharry13 on Feb 5, 2024 11:11:42 GMT -5
There will be a lot in this so bear with me. It's educated guesses, with some know facts. The team is losing 37 players from the roster: 1 Long snapper, 1 Punter, 18 on Offense, and 17 on Defense. This includes people in the portal (Shorter, Smith - now at Purdue, et al) . It also includes 33 Super Seniors/Seniors. 4 Seniors are returning from what I know - Daddona, Kelly, MacAuley, Kane. There were 108 players on the roster last year. Leaves 75. Today HC added 10 players. So now 85 on the roster. My expectation is a 100 player roster. Before COVID the roster was at 90. First year of COVID - 96. Second - unlimited. I'm just going to assume it will roll back to 100 with only 1 year left of COVID classes. Just a round number that I believe is reasonable after discussion with midwest. Based on what they are losing and what they've gained today I think they will sign another 15 players to get to the 100 - one caveat is if the 2 OL (Miles and the unnamed OL actually sign in the next two days - the signing period remains open til Friday), then I believe they would sign 13. I believe they will have approximately 9/10 schollies for 15 spots or 7/8 schollies for 13 spots if the 2 OL sign. Again educated guesses, but I think very much in the ballpark. I believe their needs will be as follows for the second signing period - these could come via portal or High School signings. In other words a LOT of work to do in 7 weeks, which is really 5 weeks because of XMAS and New Years: 1 QB 1 WR 1 TE 1 or 3 OL 1 LB 2 Safeties 2 CB 1 P/K 3 DEs For those of you who's interest is recruiting please hold me to the above to see how I ended up doing by February 7th - the player part, not the scholly part because ultimately we won't have any idea how the money breaks down, player by player. So I'm going to update this now that the signing window is done. The signee roster does indicate Ashton Booker, which leads me to believe he actually signed his NLI. So I expect 2 OL instead of 1 or 3. Overall I expect 14 spots to be filled to make a roster of 100 total (that could be off a few players, but this is the baseline I'll use). My guess is about 8-9 schollies for 14 spots. QB, DE, CB, OL, the greatest needs. So - let's look to see how badly I predicted. ! QB - looks like 2; Wrong 1 WR - jury still out on possible PWO; Wrong 1 TE - jury still out on possible PWO; Wrong 2 OL - Ended up being 3, but to my defense I wasn't aware of Hohenshelt at the time, so let's call this a draw 1 LB - jury still out on possible PWO; Wrong 2 Safeties - looks like 1; Wrong 2 CB - looks that way; Right 1 K - looks that way; Right 3 DE's - looks like 4 along with 1 DT; Wrong So more wrong than right, in the ballpark on a few; In all reality I don't think it's out of the question to add a PWO WR and LB when it's said and done. Staff did a great job in a short amount of time. I'd argue the best class (on paper) in 30 years. Here's hoping Wednesday works out exactly as they have planned.
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Post by hcnj on Feb 5, 2024 11:33:17 GMT -5
So I'm going to update this now that the signing window is done. The signee roster does indicate Ashton Booker, which leads me to believe he actually signed his NLI. So I expect 2 OL instead of 1 or 3. Overall I expect 14 spots to be filled to make a roster of 100 total (that could be off a few players, but this is the baseline I'll use). My guess is about 8-9 schollies for 14 spots. QB, DE, CB, OL, the greatest needs. So - let's look to see how badly I predicted. ! QB - looks like 2; Wrong 1 WR - jury still out on possible PWO; Wrong 1 TE - jury still out on possible PWO; Wrong 2 OL - Ended up being 3, but to my defense I wasn't aware of Hohenshelt at the time, so let's call this a draw 1 LB - jury still out on possible PWO; Wrong 2 Safeties - looks like 1; Wrong 2 CB - looks that way; Right 1 K - looks that way; Right 3 DE's - looks like 4 along with 1 DT; Wrong So more wrong than right, in the ballpark on a few; In all reality I don't think it's out of the question to add a PWO WR and LB when it's said and done. Staff did a great job in a short amount of time. I'd argue the best class (on paper) in 30 years. Here's hoping Wednesday works out exactly as they have planned. Harry you're putting quite an undeserved burden on yourself. PWOs are exactly that, directions change as kids commit or needs change. Also, Bostic in or out with loss of Prosper commit. Great job by all of you guys, I'm guessing we'll soon be celebrating based on what you've shared. Thanks.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Feb 5, 2024 11:38:35 GMT -5
Bostic out.
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Post by drjack on Feb 5, 2024 11:42:37 GMT -5
Where'd he end up? I haven't found anything on social media yet
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Post by midwestsader05 on Feb 5, 2024 11:45:28 GMT -5
Hasn’t committed, my guess is Nova or JMU on Wednesday.
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Post by drjack on Feb 5, 2024 11:48:31 GMT -5
Hasn’t committed, my guess is Nova or JMU on Wednesday. Oh my bad, I missed that you were responding to a question and thought something tangible just came out. I will say I liked last week's visits better. More information became public fairly quickly. The wait for Wednesday is going to drag on.
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Post by hcnj on Feb 5, 2024 13:37:22 GMT -5
right, I meant in Harry's defense he might not have known Bostic s final status at time of prognostications. Depending on who we end up with at DB and some line positions a few of these defections may become washes or upgrades.
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Post by dharry13 on Feb 5, 2024 14:46:13 GMT -5
I think Wednesday should be a good day if all holds where it stands now.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Feb 5, 2024 15:31:50 GMT -5
As of right now, we expect 9 to sign NLI’s starting Wednesday. Don’t forget the signing period is open for months instead of 3 days like December. However, kids will likely want to sign asap.
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Post by drjack on Feb 5, 2024 15:54:54 GMT -5
PWOs don't sign a NLI right, just kids getting schollie money?
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Post by midwestsader05 on Feb 5, 2024 16:27:33 GMT -5
PWOs don't sign a NLI right, just kids getting schollie money? Correct
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