whatshouldicareabout
Active poster
How the fuck did we lose Eletise to Arizona?
Thoughts on OL recruiting
- Thread starter whatshouldicareabout
- Start date
Dennis_DeYoung
New Fish
Here's the story...
of a man named Strausser...
Who was stalking some teen boys of his own...
He was cardboard...
Without emotions...
He spent signing day alone...
FremontTroll
New Fish
Whycantwehaveboth.gif
guntlove
New Fish
For a bored whose members are so well versed in the concept of abundance, I find the vehement defending of Strausser by some to be a skosh odd. Is it not possible to find a OL coach who is both good as a coach AND a recruiter?
Strausser has been a good coach, and he's sure as fuck better than what we had here before, but then again so am I. However, let's not pretend the dude is some kind of miracle worker. Of his first class of five lineman, only one is a starter, and Strausser has done such a superb job of developing the other four, that they were all passed up by a true freshman this year, despite that freshman being 6"1 and 270lbs, and having two years less experience.
The following class only featured two linemen, and so far this year we have one.
And for those who think that coaches recruit by region, or that Pete's the head man and it's really his job to close these on these dudes, that's just bullshit. The position coach always has and always will be a massive part of these kids decisions... to imply anything else is fucking naive.
Pete's assembled a buch of great coaches who also recruit like sons of bitches too: Lake, Hamden, Gregory, Kawasaki etc. Strausser needs to be less of a leper to recruits, or he needs to fucking LEAVE. Because at some point if you're coaching a roster filled with Matt James/Jesse Sossebee/John Turner/Devin Burleson/Jared Hilbers types, it's not gonna matter how well you coach.
Strausser has been a good coach, and he's sure as fuck better than what we had here before, but then again so am I. However, let's not pretend the dude is some kind of miracle worker. Of his first class of five lineman, only one is a starter, and Strausser has done such a superb job of developing the other four, that they were all passed up by a true freshman this year, despite that freshman being 6"1 and 270lbs, and having two years less experience.
The following class only featured two linemen, and so far this year we have one.
And for those who think that coaches recruit by region, or that Pete's the head man and it's really his job to close these on these dudes, that's just bullshit. The position coach always has and always will be a massive part of these kids decisions... to imply anything else is fucking naive.
Pete's assembled a buch of great coaches who also recruit like sons of bitches too: Lake, Hamden, Gregory, Kawasaki etc. Strausser needs to be less of a leper to recruits, or he needs to fucking LEAVE. Because at some point if you're coaching a roster filled with Matt James/Jesse Sossebee/John Turner/Devin Burleson/Jared Hilbers types, it's not gonna matter how well you coach.
Dennis_DeYoung
New Fish
We have been lucky enough to have 2 guys fall into our lap at QB and Smith has been the beneficiary of that.
I mean, Sirmon's dad is a prof at UW. You don't get the skids any more greased than that.
But his job on Skinny/Justin Herbert/Braxton Burmeister/Jack Sears? Atrocious.
AtomicDawg
New Fish
You see Pete firing him? I don't think another program is dumb enough to steal him.