2024 Recruiting Board/Thread

[TFloss32]

I would be comfortable picking the Longhorns if that is the way it works out. Translation if they offer the most money.

Nah, Black has always profiled as a Texas kid.

 

[TFloss32]

On the OOS players vs in state. DKR, Akersand Mack won with them. And still posible today.

Show me a OOSer that has commitedto Horns where there is not a higher or equal in state player. Sure they aregoing out of state somealways have. Show alittlemoreinterest and somemight stayhome in otherwordsmore money.

Year in and year outTexas produces the most H S players. Florida had more one year due to the schools thatrecruit from other states.

The bottom line is winning for a 11-1 season would not care if no Texans were on team. But sofor not even  lose to this in winning.

Did Texas have a better option at QB than Manning in '23?

Were there better options at RB than Baxter, Clark and Gibson?

Those are only a few recent examples. 

Bottom line for me is the staff trusting their evaluations and going balls out to Zimbabwe if that's where their top target is.

If there is a future recruiting cycle where they feel the majority of their targets are Texans, that's great too.

Recruiting Texas just to recruit Texas is limiting yourself imo, especially now that NIL is a huge factor.

 

[Eastexhorn]

On Manning going by ratings no he was #1. Hope he is all american

On the three RBS yes Texas had higher rated players

And i have said have all Texas players. But did say the commits this year from Texas are lower rated than usual.

When Sark has a big winning season ortwo his re ruiting  or coaching will be considered better y myself. So for more of a dud.

 

[Steelhammer]

I think it is time to leave the in state recruiting mindset behind. This coaching staff certainly doesn't approach things that way. They will of course continue to do more locally but ultimately they will push for the players they want most regardless of state.

What Texas high school coaches have been our lifeblood. If Sark don't  win this year at least ten games( which would be historic) all his connections might cool off and out of state  will get tired of good story. Coaches have some impact . I have heard same story for last 13 yrs. As for best being somewhere else besides instate,how bout Harold Perkins,Cade Klubnik,Evan Stewart,etc I think reason Sark don't  recruit lot Texas kids is he can't.  Example look at high ranked WR  that went elsewhere.

 

[TFloss32]

On the three RBS yes Texas had higher rated players

Not sure what your argument is.

Coach Choice has landed 100% of the staff's highest rated RBs, and all came from outside of Texas.

That will likely be the case for '25 too.

 

[TFloss32]

What Texas high school coaches have been our lifeblood. If Sark don't  win this year at least ten games( which would be historic) all his connections might cool off and out of state  will get tired of good story. Coaches have some impact . I have heard same story for last 13 yrs. As for best being somewhere else besides instate,how bout Harold Perkins,Cade Klubnik,Evan Stewart,etc I think reason Sark don't  recruit lot Texas kids is he can't.  Example look at high ranked WR  that went elsewhere.

- Your first statement could end up being true, but luckily Sark is huge on relationships and didn't burn bridges left and right like Herman did.

- As for the players you mentioned, Texas went all-out for Perkins and Stewart because they felt those were two of their top targets, but they simply missed. The staff recruited through the whistle on both. And Sark chose to pursue Murphy over Klubnik (i.e. trusting your evaluations), even if that ends up being the wrong move.

- As far as Sark not being able to recruit Texas, I don't know how anyone would come to that conclusion if Sark is signing Top 5, or even Top 10, classes overall. "Brad, you're banging a lot of supermodels, but none of them are blonde. What's up with that?" Point being you're arguing semantics if the roster is stacked and your needs are being met. Every cycle will have a different make-up.

 

[TFloss32]

- Your first statement could end up being true, but luckily Sark is huge on relationships and didn't burn bridges left and right like Herman did.

- As for the players you mentioned, Texas went all-out for Perkins and Stewart because they felt those were two of their top targets, but they simply missed. The staff recruited through the whistle on both. And Sark chose to pursue Murphy over Klubnik (i.e. trusting your evaluations), even if that ends up being the wrong move.

- As far as Sark not being able to recruit Texas, I don't know how anyone would come to that conclusion if Sark is signing Top 5, or even Top 10, classes overall. "Brad, you're banging a lot of supermodels, but none of them are blonde. What's up with that?" Point being you're arguing semantics if the roster is stacked and your needs are being met. Every cycle will have a different make-up.

Bonus note...nobody signed more Top 10, or Top 20, Texas kids last cycle than Sark did.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Not sure what your argument is.

Coach Choice has landed 100% of the staff's highest rated RBs, and all came from outside of Texas.

That will likely be the case for '25 too.

No argument mostly responding to replys to my post.

As for as RBS I said texas H. schools had higher rated players thanthe OOS RBS. Notfaulting Choices recruits. Texasproduces some of the best RBS ever although some left the statemostly to ou

 

[Sirhornsalot]

No argument mostly responding to replys to my post.

As for as RBS I said texas H. schools had higher rated players thanthe OOS RBS. Notfaulting Choices recruits. Texasproduces some of the best RBS ever although some left the statemostly to ou

We got Bijan out of Arizona when the top back in the country resided in Texas. Bijan by far was the better choice.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Bijan was Hermans recruit.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Roach just CB'd Arch Manning to Texas.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Bijan was Hermans recruit.

Why does that matter? That wasn't your point. It was OOS vs in-state. Take the wheels off your goalposts.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Why does that matter? That wasn't your point. It was OOS vs in-state. Take the wheels off your goalposts.

Because post was about this years and this staff's recruiting.

DKR recruited Earl who was better than all of them. if you want to include the past.

Did you read my original post?

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Because post was about this years and this staff's recruiting.

DKR recruited Earl who was better than all of them. if you want to include the past.

Yeah, 40+ years ago we recruited a back out of Tyler, Texas.

Bijan was a bit more relevant than 40+ years ago.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I dont see how anyone can critize this staff regarding recruiting. They are getting a lot of the top guys on their board regardless of where they are.. Couple of points:

Mack started relying on recruiting services rankings too much and it contributed to his departure

THSCA has been pretty quiet regarding OOS recruiting. Even they know the landscape change. Kids want to go OOS too. 

Staff is recruiting regionally. Skill players from Cali, DL from the SE. Plucking players from Fla and Louisiana at a level never done before at Texas.

They are establishing roots at national power houses, Mater Dei, IMG, Duncanville. You start a solid pipeline there and look out.

I know we've missed on a couple of targets recently,  but there are plenty out there that we're in good shape with. Patience. We're looking good recruiting wise. You want to criticize other aspects of Sark as a coach and I'm all ears, but I'm perfectly happy with recruiting.

 

[TFloss32]

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Because post was about this years and this staff's recruiting.

DKR recruited Earl who was better than all of them. if you want to include the past.

Did you read my original post?

So it was ok for Herman to recruit OOS, but not Sark?

 

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[Sugabread]

Just enjoy the ride because the texas players tx got for example 2019 has not been good enough or coached up.  I believe texas talent is really good and they are being coached up.  

Does not matter where they come from as long as we get them.

 

[HORNS GUY]

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