At this point it might be time to stop dooging [/b]about Savell and wish him luck wherever he goes. Unless of course he chooses Oregon at which point it's ok to hope he gets 4 years of high ankle sprains and then heals up before the NFL draft. Of course I hold out 5% hope that he changes his mind but the dream of a Hometown Hero seems faded. As an alternative I'm changing my definition of Hometown Hero to players that are willing and excited to represent my hometown. My nominee for new definition Hometown Hero is Jalen McMillan. While we are disappointed by Savell a lot of that disappointment is eased by the committment of Jalen. His efforts in recruiting other players to play with him
shows a level of leadership and maturity that I haven't seen in Savell. We got a total winner in JM and the other players that want to win with him is gonna ease a ton of the Savell disappointment.
You can't start your post with that sentence and then run the oldest play in the doog playbook.
I do agree in the sense of JM being a guy so talented he has gravity to bring talent with him, and gives the effort to actively recruit. That's something that's becoming super value with Twitter and ig playing such a big role in the whole process now.
Smalls is a monster at a position we desperately need and getting Jalen McMillan doesn't lessen that need, but a big part of SS being "THE MOST IMPORTANT RECRUIT IN SCHOOL HISTORY" was /is the expectation that he would open the floodgates on top tier in-state. Huard, McMillan (by way of Huard,) and Garbers have all mitigated that to an extent, and I'm not sure Smalls has as much influence on other recruits as we thought a year ago.
The recruit gravity or pull idea is interesting and tough to quantify. Those three above have it in differing amounts, Kalepo had it, even Miki Ah You and Mosiah Liu in a little different way with the poly movement. Coaches have offered guys for a better chance with a brother or teammate forever, but I'm curious how much attention they pay to a recruit's social web since it can be much bigger today.