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I've outlined at a couple of different times a few ideas that while they may diverge a bit from what DDY and Pepsi would say, I think are accurate in terms of recruiting. Specifically, for UW, what it really comes down to doing what they do and doing it well.
For me, Pete has unlocked a secret for UW recruiting that is the gold standard going forward in that by limiting attrition, he's stocking class after class full of good talent because we're able to recruit in that 18 player class fairly easily. That's the sweet spot number for us.
In any given year, there's probably on average about 6-8 high caliber D1 players that come out of the State of Washington. Our goal is to make sure that we're consistently hitting at 75% or above on those players - which we are under Pete. We should be able to get about the same number out of California each year ... a handful out of Orange County and the rest either inland or in the Bay Area where we are helped by the fact that Cal sucks and Stanford recruits nationally creating a void for us to come swooping in on. After that, the rest of our class is a combination of players one here, two there, etc. tied to the fact that we cast a relatively wide net in establishing our connections and relationships and then seeing what sticks. Getting back to doing well in Hawaii should be a priority for us.
As for Lubick, given that he's established plenty of contacts up and down the West Coast with 10 years of experience as an assistant in the PAC, there's a lot to like initially at least. His experience outside of the West Coast being at Duke (which also somewhat recruits nationally) as part of the staff that laid the foundation under Cutcliffe as well as Ole Miss under Ed O leads me to think that he's clearly got some good chops in recruiting. But for me, what it comes down to under Lubick is that his job and make sure that he's not missing what he shouldn't be missing as much as it is getting guys that we shouldn't be getting.
In our signing day pod, DDY and Pepsi talked about how Gregory and Bonerpopper pretty much just get what they are supposed to get. Since the pod, it has gotten me thinking about that. There's no question that you need a couple of high-end achievers on your staff like Lake, what Bush was, and what Lubick appears to be. But outside of that, provided that we have assistants on our staff that simply do what they are supposed to do ... get the guys that are supposed to be coming here ... we'll be fine. It's why the Strausser situation to me is such a head scratcher because for as good of a coach that he clearly is, his recruiting results are so sub par ... imagine what our OL depth would look like if Strausser was just the recruiter that Gregory and Bonerpopper were?
