2021 Recruiting Board/Thread

[MBHORNSFAN]

The Longer Herman is here the more damage is being done.

FIRE HERMAN NOW

 

[Sirhornsalot]

While I enjoy the pic, you got me with it this evening.  I got excited for a second.  I like it, but wish it meant something.

I thought about that before posting it. Didn't want to get anyone's hopes up. We're not getting anybody anytime soon.

 

[PTA]

we went from errrbody to nobody?

 

[tejasrulz]

Urban is in play.  He ahs not said no.. It also mentioned that the main reason Herman is getting fired is not because of wins and losses etc but a major off field issue that will come to light later. 

.. OB confirmed this last night..  I know many do not like Ketch but he said last night that if he was betting money in Vegas his bet would be that Urban is coaching Texas next season. 

Well if that's true about the off field issues, fire him now. Billy Bowman committed to ou over the weekend, that has to hurt.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Will be hard to fire Tom now after thatcrushing defeat of Okie Lite. Same ay Hooks crushed Dangerfield.

 

[63_Texas_1]

I hoped that recruit enjoyed last night's LSU game.

A lot of programs are not being open and honest about their financial situations and whan that reality hits, many programs are going to be radically changed.

Michigan needs to cut ties with Harbaugh, but UM athletics is facing the reality of a horrific cash flow situation that, if funded with additional debt, will radically change the fortunes of UM athletics. Many, many other programs are going to have to make significant financial cuts they are not discussing publicly, and certainly not disclosing to recruits.

It should be frightening that UT athletics, the wealthiest program in college athletics, could not make its most recent payment on its roughly $200 million in public debt. Since last spring, when the financial ill-winds began to blow, the donors have not stepped up to fill the void.

Cash flow from operations is not sufficient to pay current obligations. UT Athletics is struggling to pay its bills and will have MANY deferred obligations to pay once any free cash flow again materializes. Donors have not stepped up to fill the void. Evidently the financial reserves have been expended. The money is not there to meet the payments on Tom Herman's existing contract.

Those are the facts.

When UT is struggling to pay Tom Herman, the answer is not to spend yet more, hiring yet another head coach. There are bigger issues at hand than whether UT football is 4-2 or 5-1.

There is a major round of realignment coming up in a few years. A number of current D1/FBS programs are not going to be able to afford to participate in college athletics to the degree they have been.

Also, I have heard no talk about identifying those people involved with the hiring process who got it wrong about "St. Charlie the Pure," "St. Thomas the Enlightened," and who now want to bring in "St. Urban the Innocent."

A lot of very loud voices have demonstrated an incredible level of ineptitude and a special flair for taking a program with fabulous advantages and, by hiring the wrong coach, ensuring the program embarrassingly underperforms. Before any coaching decisions are made, we need to eliminate the "Jerry Jones" element from the decision making process.

Coming out of the chapter of college athletics that has affected by Covid will a strong balance sheet should be the first and foremost consideration of Jay Hartzell, CDC, and any UT supporter who truly cares about the program. I'm hearing a lot about spending large sums of money on today's immediate complaints. I'm not hearing much about how to use the current situation to confer significant, long term structural advantages for UT athletics. "St. Urban the Innocent" does not help UT athletics long term.

Just wait until the other athletics programs start having to admit their financial situations. The recruit who cancelled UT because they couldn't "answer tough questions about the future" and who evidently sees safety in Ed Orgeron's arms is about to F@#K up massively.

UT athletics can't be yet another party who "f##ks up massively" over the next three or four years while the financial shock waves resonate through college athletics and the spectre of major conference realignment draws ever closer.

Randolph, thank you for the insightful post.

 

[TFloss32]

ICYMI

 

[TFloss32]

Also from IT, WR Jack Bech of Lafayette, LA will not be traveling to Austin soon.

They said the staff was unable to answer the tough questions about the future, so they canceled.

Texas was thought to be the only competition for LSU.

https://247sports.com/Player/Jack-Bech-46058716/

He committed to LSU over the weekend.

 

[TFloss32]

From the offer board...

S Sage Ryan (Lafayette, LA)



https://247sports.com/Player/Sage-Ryan-46082413/

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

FIRE HERMAN NOW

This quote from BIlly Bowman in the Denton Record Chronicle today...

“I feel like Oklahoma checked every single one of my bullet points,” Bowman said. “One of them was being able to play on one of the biggest stages in college football. I also wanted to be closer to home, be around coaches who know what they are doing, and be around a championship program. I feel like I made the right decision for me, my family and my future.”

https://dentonrc.com/sports/nearly-a-month-after-decommitting-from-texas-ryans-bowman-chooses-oklahoma/article_97729944-2d6d-5279-abc5-2daf06b1f93e.html

 

[Eastexhorn]

In reality Iwant to be close to my girl friend and a program that beats Texas likea drum.

 

[okiehorn]

In reality Iwant to be close to my girl friend and a program that beats Texas likea drum.

Exactly... he just following the girl. Got the good stuff on his mind. Herman shit show just made it easier to follow it. 

 

[TFloss32]

From the offer board...

DE Aaron Armitage (Blairstown, NJ)



https://247sports.com/Player/Aaron-Armitage-46076604/

 

[NWAHorn]

7 hours ago, TFloss32 said:

From the offer board...

DE Aaron Armitage (Blairstown, NJ)

LOL! Go Cards??? Stanford is not the CARDINALS, they are the CARDINAL, as in the color, not the bird. But good for you. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

LOL! Go Cards??? Stanford is not the CARDINALS, they are the CARDINAL, as in the color, not the bird. But good for you. 

Yeah! Thats why they have a tree on the side of their helmets for crying out loud

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Recruiting is a complete shit show.

FIRE HERMAN 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Recruiting is a complete shit show.

FIRE HERMAN 

 

[Ntx dog]

Yeah! Thats why they have a tree on the side of their helmets for crying out loud

We always seem to lose recruits head to head with them.

 

[Ntx dog]

With the early signing period around the corner, any ideas hiw ugly it will be. And is Carrington still recruiting. Him being quiet for so long is worrisome.

 

[primal defense]

Three recruiting questions facing Texas with early signing period approaching




Texas is on a three-game winning streak heading into an open date. Tom Herman’s program weathered two conference defeats early to keep its Big 12 title hopes alive with Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State remaining.

But, can those wins help Texas on the recruiting trail?

The 2021 class ranks 17th in the nation. It consists of 17 members. The last commitment came on Sept. 25 when three-star offensive tackle Max Merril joined the group.

Here are three important recruiting questions facing the program with six weeks to go until the early signing period:

1. Will the momentum on the field translate to recruiting? 

The losses to TCU and Oklahoma, and the social media push to replace Tom Herman, led to negative results on the recruiting trail; the Longhorns lost commitments from 2021 four-star athlete Billy Bowman Jr. and 2022 five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers. Bowman was the current class’s second-highest ranked recruit. Ewers is the top-ranked quarterback in the 2022 cycle. Both were enormous losses. 

Flash-forward three weeks and Texas is righting the ship on the field, including its first road win over a top-10 team in a decade. Herman’s job security looks revived, at least through the season. Adding to the current class would be the best way for him to prove that his program isn’t falling behind with recruits. 

The problem is the 2020 cycle itself. This year is different for obvious reasons — coaches can’t go watch prospects in person. and prospects can’t take official visits to colleges. Recruiting was reduced to virtual campus tours and phone calls. In a normal year, the Longhorns could push prospects to visit on game day, which provides an easier opportunity to flip a commitment or convince a young player to join the program. 

There aren’t a ton of available prospects. Only seven members of the Fabulous 55 remain uncommitted. The Longhorns are in good shape with three-star linebacker Terrence Cooks, but Texas is trailing for the other targets on the list. Unless that changes, the Longhorns are expected to limp into the early signing period. Herman and his staff are more worried about keeping the current class together as they are about adding new pieces to the future roster. 


2. Who are the top remaining targets? 


Cooks, from Alvin Shadow Creek, has been a long-time target of the Longhorns, as the three-star defender was labeled as the top target at linebacker on Texas’ recruiting board back in the spring. Cooks is close with a few UT commits and current players, which is good news for the Longhorns. And Texas needs to improve at linebacker. But he’d be pledged to Texas if it was a slam dunk. Baylor and LSU are legitimate players in Cooks’ commitment. 

Other Fab 55 members on Texas’ target board include four-star running back LJ Johnson, four-star guard Bryce Foster and four-star offensive tackle Savion Byrd. Four-star wide receiver Antonio Harmon, a native of Mississippi, is an out-of-state prospect trending toward Texas. Six of the 17 UT commits in the 2021 class are from outside the state.

  


3. What happens with the 2022 class? 


The Longhorns would be smart to put 2022 recruiting into the rear-view mirror until after signing the 2021 class. The Longhorns entered the 2020 season with high expectations, which were conducive to looking ahead in recruiting because programs must strike while the iron is hot. 

Texas was the favorite to win the Big 12 recruiting crown. Many thought quarterback Sam Ehlinger was a Heisman Trophy candidate. That allowed the Longhorns to add Ewers and build an early three-man class in 2022 that rivaled any other program’s in the country. The 2-2 start led to decommitments from Ewers and four-star wide receiver Phaizon Wilson. Four-star cornerback Jaylon Guilbeau remains the only commitment in the 2022 class. 

Herman and his staff should make the 2022 class an afterthought, at least for now. Herman’s priorities should be on winning the final three games and securing the 2021 class. There will be plenty of time and opportunity for the Longhorns to recruit 2022 targets after the season. 

https://www.hookem.com/story/20201109/dotted-line-three-recruiting-questions-facing-texas-early-signing-period-approaching/