Familiar pattern?

[RUich]

As the losses pile up and, most recently, a blowout against another cellar dweller, we see the de-commits starting. Not surprisingly, we also see some of the posters here saying that these were not a shock as they were already soft verbals. Just how many soft ones do we still have? Can Ash do what Flood could not in keeping commits?
Now we face a ranked team with everything to gain by beating us up as much as possible for both rating points and recruiting. The concerns of the PSU fans about their O-line losses sound a bit hollow to me as we have had O-line problems all season along with a lot of other problems like no offense, etc.. Not a promising weekend coming up I would say.
Let me look ahead to our last game against Maryland as the most probable chance of a win and it also looks bleak. As much as I want to believe we can somehow pull this one off, I keep coming back to the pattern this program seems to have developed since the departure of Schiano. Not that I blame Ash for what he has had thrown into his lap, but this looks like we are much deeper in sh*t than anyone ever expected.

 

[hbbsm713]

Taylor and lovett were obvious soft commits. It's not fans just saying that to lessen the blow. Now, if anyone else decommits, it will be more surprising because, as far as I know, no one else in this class is expected to leave

 

[Fat-Tony]

I'm not sure what we gain by consistently posting that the sky is or may be falling. We will either win on Saturday or we won't. We will either beat Maryland to end the season or we won't. Our recruits will either stay committed or they won't. The constant gloom and doom posts add nothing to the dialogue. They only serve to cement the fact that Eeyore should be our mascot instead of the Scarlet Knight.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

As the losses pile up and, most recently, a blowout against another cellar dweller, we see the de-commits starting. Not surprisingly, we also see some of the posters here saying that these were not a shock as they were already soft verbals. Just how many soft ones do we still have? Can Ash do what Flood could not in keeping commits?.

- Flood lost 10 commits by the end of October in 2013

- the 2 who left LITERALLY were the "softest of soft" verbals with plenty of knowledge, for months and months, that Taylor was doing nothing but waiting on a Wisconsin offer and that Lovett's gf goes to PSU

 

[Nitwit]

Every team has kids who decommit. They are 17 or 18 year olds and easily swayed. In the end you want the kids who above all else really want to be there. It's a crapshoot but many 3 stars turn out to be great players while the 4 or 5 stars languish. It about the process and the system - get players who want to play for and within the coach's system and develop them. You've hired good people, now trust them. Rutgers hasn't had much consistency (neither have we), but give it time and the wins will come, and then so will the recruits.

 

[newwavedave1]

I'm not sure what we gain by consistently posting that the sky is or may be falling. We will either win on Saturday or we won't. We will either beat Maryland to end the season or we won't. Our recruits will either stay committed or they won't. The constant gloom and doom posts add nothing to the dialogue. They only serve to cement the fact that Eeyore should be our mascot instead of the Scarlet Knight.

Guilty as charged and I love the Eeyore idea. :flush:

 

[Abro1975]

I think there's still a decent chance Lovett recommits to Rutgers.

 

[drewbagel423]

Taylor and lovett were obvious soft commits. It's not fans just saying that to lessen the blow. Now, if anyone else decommits, it will be more surprising because, as far as I know, no one else in this class is expected to leave

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