With respect to brand, Penn State was far more of a draw than VPI will be. We are about to find out how much of Franklinās recruiting success translates when he is no longer in a P2 conference at a school with a long standing tradition in football success. 2011 was a long time ago for an 18 yo kid and that was the last time the hokies were consistently good.
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Think it was just the OL Meadows who went there.
I have wondered about this. Money for Franklin, for his assistants, for players . . . thatās a lot to find.
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Why hasnāt TE been a better recruiter? He seems to be personable and generally a good guy. Just the lack of money? Lack of salesmanship? Too honest for his own good?
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There was another guy, DE/LB from Farriorās old HS I think. Thought there was a 3rd, but Iām blanking. That was shaping up to be Broncoās best class, but they just scattered when he quit. I remember the 4 star OL went to Michigan, another OL and the twins went to BYU, a LB or safety went to UNC, probably others Iām forgetting.
Burgos. Heās actually in the portal now.
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Well, I canāt say that I āknowā but I suspect it is less TE and more UVA that is the issue but Iām not sure that TE is a very good recruiter. I think TE is that guy you really like and is a great guy but has the stern parent over him.
I think Elliott is sort of an average recruiter at best but he also was hamstrung by our lack of success and lack of local in-state pull. Both are changing and can help Elliott.
He came out of the gate thinking he was still at Clemson.
Then there were also reports that they canceled or no-showed recruits to go chase higher rated players and pissed off some HS coaches.
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Bc weāve been a terrible for the better part of 20 years as a program?
Or bc in year 2 of his tenure we lost 3 players to gun violence?
Or bc we havenāt had a ton of success putting players in the league over last decade?
Or bc we were slow to adapt to the NIL era and this year is the first time weāve had the funds to buy talent?
Iād say the cards have been pretty stacked against Tony E to be a good recruiter up to this point.
I think that is why this offseason is so important. Building on a 10 win season and possible CFP birth is crucial.
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Agree. Unfortunately this success is not going to turn this staff into good recruiters. They are not. This magic season has gotten us zero 4 stars and zero flips to date. We are going to have to hope money/the portal can restock for next season.
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He got blue chippers at Vandy?
Not good HS recruiters, but have been very solid at recruiting the portal. Iām cautiously optimistic about this ā27 class tho. Itās off to a good start
And having to try to sell people on our commitment to football via the McCue Center.
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Starting to turn the corner, though. The three 2027 commits from the 757 are legit.
And I really like the two Varina kids from this class.
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What a 30 yr old facility that had 0 amenities didnāt turn on recruits?
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I was listening to the Yahoo podcast and they mentioned that the school that could be hurt the most on the recruiting trail is UNC. Franklin used to get some guys from the Carolinas, but Brown was a formidable recruiter. If Belichick continues to flounder, Franklin could clean up at UNCās expense. Itāll hurt us too, but we already werenāt getting top recruits, so thereās not a lot of room to go down when youāre already in the basement.
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And weāre gonna have Mensah backing up arch manning next year anyways
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I ask a question like this simply because the absurdity of college football right now: with the amount of jobs open and the amount of āhigh profileā coaches who have signed extensions, yāall think thereās any shot someone comes calling for TE?
Wouldnāt be surprised if someone put out a backchannel feeler. But doubt thereās an outright attempt to poach him.
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