This guy has a few videos posted on his timeline. I like his film. He's listed as an Edge at 6'5 240 but he lacks some flexibility and quickness. He still moves well for size and you can tell he understands leverage. I think he ends up eventually moving inside after putting on another 50 pounds or so which should be easy given his frame.
I hope souwf is okay.
I’m not.
so I want to elaborate on this. IMO the cupboards are bare and fishs method is to build with HS kids. Clearly he doesn’t know how or want to use the portal.
So he brings in all of these guys he’s beating lowly schools for and what do we have? Development players that will make an impact in 2-3 yrs, maybe 4. You have to have a handful of guys ready to come in and make a difference. I don’t see that happening with this class based on the pattern of the commits. Feels like two shit years in a row and that’s disappointing. I don’t know the conversations about NIL and paying players and shit but it feels like fish whiffed in the portal because he thought he was going to big dick it with HS kids. That’s not happening either.
incoherent babble over.
I think it's hard to draw too many conclusions in this first season given the roster genocide that took place after DeBoer left. I think Fisch did OK in the portal given the situation. I would think a reasonable expectation for his class ranking would be in the 30-40 range nationally and that should move higher once we have some success on the field. We're currently sitting at #56 with only one 4 star guy signed. I don't know shit about our NIL program but I gotta think we have enough cash to reel in at least a few solid 4 star players.
I think there is enough talent on the roster to be successful but it's going to take some incredible coaching and luck on the injury front. Starting offensive line should be serviceable but there's no depth behind the starters. Will Rogers, the wide receivers/TEs and running backs look slightly above average for the Big 10. If we stay healthy and get good QB play we could surprise some people on offense. Any injuries at basically any position and we're probably fucked… choose your own adventure.
The defense has more depth but is just as inexperienced as the offense. Sebastian Valdez, Bryce Butler and Jayvon Parker all look the part and move well for their size on the defensive line. Durfee, Tunuufi, and Jacob Lane are all good players at the edge and Bruener + Tuputala are solid at middle linebacker. Decent depth and quality in the secondary as well but pretty much everywhere on the defense is short on in-game experience.
There are 7 sure-as-shit wins on our schedule next year:
Weber State
Eastern Michigan
Cougs
Northwestern
Rutgers
Indiana
UCLA
2024 and 2025 will be "rebuilding" years for the program as much as that sucks to hear. I don't think Fisch will have his roster really in place until 2026 but you could make the argument that, with the transfer portal, 2 years is too long to wait to "have your guys in there."
I don't know how much of Fisch's success at AZ was him vs Fifita turning out the be one of the best young QBs in the country. This roster over-achieving next year would make me feel much better about the Fisch hire. For the record, I think he's a good coach and I like the staff he put together.