Alex Barbir officially gone
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I guess Jesus told him to go to penn state.
Like most of us I am trying to figure out why all of our best recruits were willing to play for the meltdown known as Kyle Flood but are heading for the proverbial hills now. I know that this happens whenever their is a coaching change but this just seems hard to fathom . I know they are 18 year old boys but don't there parents or coaches have any say in this ? What is it about Ash and friends that would drive a kicker away ? I guess they were loyal to the guy who recruited them? Our academics will not change with a new regime we will ultimately be more successful on the field,. We hope. I know this process that we watch every year is far from an exact science but this set of dynamics defies any logic I thought I had absorbed over the years... Maybe we hit some gold, not of the fool's nature , before Wednesday?
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Kicking is overrated. We are going to be scoring a lot of touchdowns and going for two point conversions with the new offense.
Not seeing the wisdom of his choice.
If he is following what he believes to be divine guidance, good luck to him ...
Waste no time & turn the page
If he is following what he believes to be divine guidance, good luck to him ...
Waste no time & turn the page
Russo probably would have stayed....not convinced any of the others would have...just my opinion of course
I think they committed to Flood to get some security but I just don't see the guys who left
not continuing to look....I'm not as 'into' the recruiting stuff anymore...I feel ok that this
group of coaches will do a good job and will give them the 2-3 years to prove it
Good riddance. What a f'n drama queen and he's a kicker.
The staff (old and new) bent over backwards for this kid and he jumps to PSU when they fart in his direction.
The staff (old and new) bent over backwards for this kid and he jumps to PSU when they fart in his direction.
PSU fans feel exactly the same way over their plan A kicker
Have fun trying to tackle Janarion Grant when he's blazing by you, kid.
He's very religious and PSU and their fan base need someone to spread God's word. Cesspool.
the church and penn state have been covering up the same issue for years...what a coincidence.
Kickers do not deserve their own thread, mods, please move this entire thread to the bottom of the weather thread
Personally why all the consternation over a PKer is beyond me....I think tops their worth maybe a half scholly...most are terrified of contact...shoot i could dropkick a 30 yard FG myself at 17....well over half the time...lets get a soccer or rugby guy who's not afraid of contact already here or on a club team if its within the rules. ..use the scholly on a real FB player...Anyone who breaks faith for that Franklin guy obviously lacks something...let him go..
The problem with this decommit is because he's going to Penn St. and they just started to recruit him when their Plan A kicked decommitted. He was just onsite for a visit, Okruch made him a priority and gave him a home visit. The way it looks, we are towards the end in the pecking order if Mich, Mich St., Ohio St., Penn St. offer, it seems that kids will jump to those schools over us. That's just schools in our own division, not to bring up schools like Notre Dame and others who we also play 2nd fiddle too.
Flood and his staff has put us in a gigantic hole and C. Ash and team have a lot of work to overcome. So far, they seem to be working very hard and I think the future looks bright. I hope they can Coach as well as how hard they are working the recruiting trail, time will tell but it's going to take some upsets this year to start changing perceptions.
Flood and his staff has put us in a gigantic hole and C. Ash and team have a lot of work to overcome. So far, they seem to be working very hard and I think the future looks bright. I hope they can Coach as well as how hard they are working the recruiting trail, time will tell but it's going to take some upsets this year to start changing perceptions.
lol...thank goodness you guys have Sandusky to rely on in these situations.
Alright. Good bye. Stay away from that shower.
Someone pull that Hammonton kicker out of class & give him the news.
Someone pull that Hammonton kicker out of class & give him the news.
When does the Flood blame game end? The new staff put a lot of energy into this recruit. He was a kicker. Blaming Flood for this loss is silly. The first part of your paragraph makes more sense. Like it or not, we are at the bottom of the B1G pecking order with Indiana and Purdue and Maryland. That is the reason why we lost this recruit.
Does ODU or Buffalo have a kicking recruit we can poach?
Also heard he is de - committing from Christianity to become an atheist.
It is what it is. This is the state of recruiting. A better offer came up in his mind as he had camped previously at Penn state.
It is the ripple effect, we just need to go get the best next kicker. Flood wouldn't go after committed recruits while Ash has no problem like our other B10 brethren. So, next!
It is the ripple effect, we just need to go get the best next kicker. Flood wouldn't go after committed recruits while Ash has no problem like our other B10 brethren. So, next!
Don't forget Babir committed to RU after the 2 southern schools he really wanted didn't want him. Yes, it appears he would have come here if a "bigger" offer didn't come thru but he was hoping for someone else. You knew he wasn't 100% when he jumped for joy over the PSU offer.
I think following recruiting is like watching the Kardashians. Drama at every turn for people that have not done a whole lot in their lives yet. But, when a kid flips without an official visit to the other school, you can see what ASH and Co are up against. Rutgers has had 3 poor years in the past 11 but the perception is that they were all bad years. I hope this staff is tireless, because they are going to need every effort to sell RU to the better players.
Most of Flood's best recruits were just holding a spot until they got a better offer, haven't you been paying attention, it happened every year under his watch. It's hard to get a kid to stick with a program he never wanted to be a part of in the first place.
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