I think Hobbs does care. I just don't think he had enough experience in hiring for football (tougher rebuild) than he did for Basketball. I don't think at that time he understood the impact recruiting would be on making or breaking a coach within a 5 year window. I presume by middle of next season he will start making a list of potential new coaches and on that one of his major criteria will be recruiting chops. Seems like that was some of what he looked at in hiring the new Soccer coach.
Can't sugar coat that list - most depressing attempt to recruit New Jersey since the Terry Shea years.
I think he doesn’t care because Ash could sign a class filled with 5-7, 300-pounders who run 8.4 for the 40 and it wouldn’t make a difference. Hobbs doesn’t have the cash to fire him for a couple years and that’s the way it is. Powerless to do anything about how bad the roster might be in two more years. He’s spending his spare time praying the Ash can somehow win 4 games next year so he can give him another vote of confidence after the substantial W-L improvement.
What will move the needle is hitting on the good players that located at schools that don't have a love affair with BC. The North Jersey Parochial Schools are going to push their players to BC over Rutgers because most of the parents look down on the school. Success over time will lead to a change.
A lot of the players on this list where 0 or 2 stars, so are we crucify Ash for not signing them.
I believe that we are all pleased with how the class turned out. Got to like the JuCo OL and signing Young, a Plan A RB. It looks like there are a few kids who have a chance to help out next season.
Funny because when the brother was here everyone said he sucked as well
On the plus size Nunzio brought us Langan to get us some QB competition in the spring.
Nuts - Look, the staff did a nice job to flip kids from WMich, Minny, and USF ... did not lose anyone important in the last week ... and gets an A+ for effort in getting Young to decommitt from Michigan State. Yes, they did much better than was projected a few weeks ago. So, yes, scraps was harsh. God knows, I guess I shouldn’t expect a 4th year coach to recruit worse than everyone in his league except Lovie Smith and a new hire at Maryland. Other than Young, did any RU signee have an offer from OSU, PSU, UMich or MSU? So, instead of scraps I should have said PWOs, because for at least 4 of the other teams in the B1G East, almost all of the RU kids would be Preferred Walk Ons, if that.
LIES. People in Boston are hideous. Unless you are saying the beautiful people don’t go to fenway because any glance at the stands reveals how fugly they are. Also visiting Boston it’s about the worst major city in the country from an attractiveness standpoint, unless you’re into blotchy palid skin and crooked teeth. That’s not even debatable.
I think it was @cuffsbuffdoug that observed football talent in NJ has gone down in recent years. NJ kids are good on paper, but overall there are fewer cornerstones than a decade ago. That may be why many flamed out at Michigan and Penn State in recent years.
Hah, you had to go back15 years? Geez, Sam Johnson was in the class of 2003. Go back and look at the other offers those kids (except Hamilton) had. And you also might want to look at the NJ top 30 for those years and see all of the North Jersey kids that went elsewhere. Sure, Rutgers gets kids like Tsimis, Maietti, Howson, Canevari. But kids with P5 offers? Maybe 1 or 2 a year, pre-Ash.
