@Tequilla
I pointed out that the recruiting rankings on the OLs UW has recruited since the transition class are in line with the rest of players Petersen and his staff have recruited. I have done it before in response to your diatribes. You never respond. Why is that?
Definitely not intentional that I'm not responding to you ...
2014 (1st class): Kaleb McGary (4-star, in-state), John Turner (2-star, CA), Jesse Sosebee (2-star, CA), Matt James (3-star, ID)
2015: Henry Roberts (4-star, in-state), Jared Hilbers (3-star, OR), Trey Adams (4-star, in-state)
2016: Luke Wattenberg (4-star, CA), Nick Harris (3-star, CA)
2017 (incomplete): Henry Bainivalu (4-star, in-state)
By all estimates, we're going to take 2 more in this class. Over a 4-year period, that's 12 OL that we've taken. That's dangerously low in my opinion. Of the 10 that we've recruited so far, 5 of the 10 have been 4 stars or better ... so in pure numbers that's definitely passable.
Here's where I have a problem though ... Turner, Sosebee, and James are all at best depth players at this point given that they couldn't beat out Brostek this year. Expecting any of them to be 2 year starters at this point is probably asking a lot. Roberts has been passed on the depth chart and appears buried ... good chance that he is a bust. Hilbers is still questionable at this point. Wattenberg will likely be good ... Harris playing this year is a testament to Turner, James, Sosebee, Roberts, and Hilbers IMO.
There's at least a reasonable chance Adams leaves after next year. That puts the numbers in a greater problem spot.
We've done ok with the in-state kids so far ... so that's a positive. I'm hopeful that the narrative that we'll eventually start being able to get some strong Cali talent like what we targeted in this class like AVT or Wavvy Davis in future years.
The narrative that was gone through earlier this year in terms of numbers is probably the dominant concern with the talent the secondary concern. They really go hand in hand. The numbers that we have makes it absolutely critical that we're developing our talent at a high rate. We can't afford to have busts like Roberts is appearing to be.
The reality is that this is the recruiting focus right now to be concerned about ... there's not another positional group that we can be critical of at this point outside of perhaps QB but we have Sirmon lined up for the 2018 class so that pretty much covers that for a bit.
