Recruiting Update

by The Nihilist on Jan 26, 2009 11:17 PM CST Comment 7 comments

Seems as though the Hawks picked up a few recruits this weekend, the good folks at Rivals now have them at 17 verbals for this offseason. So far we have the two 4 stars from Iowa in Wegher and Keenan Davis, 4-3 stars and the rest 2. It seems as though most people were wondering how this class was going to turn out, and it looks as though it is rounding into shape nicely. They may not all be the top notch recruits, but they all seem like solid (if not spectacular) players. As we all know, recruiting and rankings are a complete crapshoot, but I think this class has a not of promise. In particular,this wide receiver if he turns out to be the player he looks as though he can be, combined with any of DJ-K, Trey Stross or Keenan Davis, this offense could be quite efficient next year.

Oh yeah, Boobs ( . )( . )

Edit: Sorry bout that, link changed due to possible virus, FAIL first fanpost.

Previous Link (Another site with brief information on the WR, Be careful with the link inside this one for his game film, as some have had it listed as malicious)

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71 catches for 1,100 yards and 12 TD’s

by The Nihilist on Jan 27, 2009 12:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Careful with that link

My work PC stopped me from visiting the link you posted (see “this wide receiver”). It said it was a Mydoom Virus Website.

by Duez I say on Jan 27, 2009 2:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm a fan

of our recruiting class, it’s not all glitz and glammer like the 04 or 05 class we had that was rated top 10 (but look how that turned out) I think we got a potentially great receiver in davis, and some players who can redshirt this year, and fill in gaps when other guys graduate.

by Colteyes on Jan 28, 2009 7:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

MacMillan verbals

I stumbled upon this at Hawkmania. Iowa lands a Rivals Prep School Top 50 prospect, Nolan MacMillan. The article makes him seem like a pretty solid kid.

¿Quieres chiclets?

by The Mexican't on Jan 30, 2009 2:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Forget solid

This kid spent last year at THE HUN SCHOOL!

That’s right. We have a player who can not only help the team succeed…but actually help them conquer Eastern Europe.
Suck on that.

by chitownhawkeye on Jan 30, 2009 5:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

All o-line, baby

Lots of big boys in this class that will be ready to take over for the current tropue in 1 or 2 years.

It all starts up front.

by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 30, 2009 10:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I think if these guys don't flunk out or get in trouble with the law we will be in good shape.

As I look at our struggles between 2005 and 2007, I think most of our problems stemmed from the large number of defections from the 2003-2005 recruiting classes. The 2003 class only had 10-12 guys that were even on the team by 2006, for example. Player development is Ferentz’s bread and butter. When we lose guys to academic/legal troubles then all of the effort that Ferentz and co. put into development goes to waste. I hope Ferentz has learned that it is better to have 2* recruits that will stick around for 5 years as opposed to rolling the dice with 4* recruits that might be gone in 2 years. If our defection problems go away, I think we’ll be a consistent 8-9 win/year program with the occasional 7 or 10 win season thrown into the mix. I would be very happy with that.

by houksyndrome on Jan 31, 2009 1:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs