Don’t know it it’s on this thread or another. But the new excuse now is that JERSEY KIDS SUCKS, RECRUIT OUT OF STATE.
OL Pruitt Decommits and Commits to BC
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That's not an excuse anyone uses on these board. Nobody, except for a few random yahoos.
and the trolls and program detractors will make a big issue if he starts, but if a benchie they will go to their corner waiting for the next opportunity to bash the program.
As far as I'm concerned he was depth material just like every other 3 star and though might have shined, other 3 stars have the same potential
Interesting data on Rivals recruiting boards -- the top state schools have relatively few recruits from their home state. Not too surprising for Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee, Oregon, and Michigan as those are National names, but was surprised do see that with Pitt and UNC too. Schiano may be onto something. It not like we don't want NJ kids, but there are good kids just as good elsewhere. Pikiell has already gone down that route.
Regardless of your (or anyone else's assessment), HC Schiano felt he was valuable enough to accept his commitment.
Benchie, starter it doesn't matter. It was someone HC Schiano wanted, got and then lost.
His subsequent performance at BC is immaterial.
At best he flames out and it's "HC Schiano got lucky and dodged a bullet."
Rutgers started gathering homegrown talent Greg's last go round after he built the program up with Florida talent.
Back then, like I feel now Rutgers was a last resort option for the better HS talent .
Rutgers fell into that position after he left and Schiano needs to get RU on the road to victory with out of state talent before the homegrown talent look at RU as a program with a future worth considering.
3 star recruits are depth material at Rutgers? Now that is too funny, thank you for that laugh. Would you please tell us the team under GS 1.0 or 2.O where the starters were comprised mainly of 4 and 5 star recruits. Not one or two on each side of the ball, but 5, 6, 7+ players on each side of the ball that were 4 and 5 star recruits. The fact is GS throughout his history at Rutgers 3 star recruits are not only his norm, but basically his ceiling. Losing 3 star recruits is a big deal to this program, you can spin it any way you want, but that is a fact. 1 and 2 stars, yes, I might agree with you, but you are pushing it with 3 star recruits.
coaching up talent was a trait G1 was known for and in a room full of 3star talent , 3 stars provide depth to give the 3 star starters a rest during games or replace then due to injuries.
With G2 hving 3 star starters , 3 star backups are nice to have but there are far more of those types committing than 4 stars so losing 4 stars would hurt far more .
Pruitt is a loss but more easily replaced that if a 4 star verbaled then left
yes he was valuable enough to accept his commitment , possibly thought of as a possible starter or quality depth.
But most 3 stars can be looked at like that and losing them shouldn't be a reason to commit suicide . But a next recruit up moment
If he does well at BC there will be the one that got away posts here and if he doesn't do anything there his name probably will not be heard again here , with a possible few glad he didn't come messages posted.
Usually the flame outs are forgotten, but those that show something become the savior that got away posts on this board.
In the last year or two of GS 1.0, especially ironically in his last recruiting class that he never coached, 3 stars were most definitely not his ceiling. Not 5, 6, 7, but also not 1 or 2.
If I remember correctly, Greg was having so much success with those football caravans/showcases to Florida,that the SEC schools started bitching and the NCAA to cater to the big boys changed the rules on how far you could run those camps from the home state campus.We got so much speed and talent back then. Sadly pussies and complainers won out and pretty much tied one of Schiano's arms behind his back.
This was my memory as well.
Isn't there a rule that you can't have billboards out of state?
HC Schiano wasn't allowed to put up billboards in FL anymore.
Similar to NIL now being a recruiting priority, it really sucks for HC Schiano that they keep changing the rules.
His "recruiting ability" is hampered under the new rules.
But that isn't Rutgers' fault.
You can't keep doing the same thing over and over but say "well it would have worked but they changed the rules".
Programs need to operate under the new rules - not lament what could have been under the old rules.
when the billboards were disallowed, complaints from RU fans were quick to appear on the Rivals message board, but tapered right off because Schiano kept his Florida connections still bringing in good Florida HS talent while adding more states to his recruiting territory including being highly competitive in the recruiting of the homegrown NJ HS talent looking to play college ball.
I saw local OL with an RU offer just went Wisconsin.
He visited RU fives times so the interest was there but couldn't close.
He visited RU fives times so the interest was there but couldn't close.
Arlington football star Colin Cubberly commits to Wisconsin
After mulling a bevy of offers from Division I programs, Arlington football star Colin Cubberly verbally committed to Wisconsin and will enroll early.
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com
I know and then he quit on us at the most inopportune time and took essential staff with him. Wow, but he has more than made up for it in 2.0. You can't make this crap up, imagine if we actually had a fan base that demanded excellence.
You have become quite a contrarian, almost rivaling Message Board Geniuses? Am I off in this assessment? Not a flame, just an observation.
