[Ewglenn]

247 has a great article on Boise St ( yesterday or day before ). They hit 50th ranked class and set record for G5 class both on ranking and per player average ( 1st G5 to average 85 score or over ). They stated their long term success has been finding the right quality caliber guys year in and year out but this year just happened to be same qualities with a little better athletic ratings. They are the 1 G5 that has had consistency with longevity in coaching staffs and it shows. They have guys buying in who are 2 stars and performing like 4 stars for over a decade. Talent is important but culture and coaching are even more so. I couldn’t post link because it was locked but should be easy to find on 247 Sports.

So what you are telling me is winning more games over a period of time equals better recruiting. Aren’t you the one that prefers to load the schedule with P5’s?

[olldflame]

247 has a great article on Boise St ( yesterday or day before ). They hit 50th ranked class and set record for G5 class both on ranking and per player average ( 1st G5 to average 85 score or over ). They stated their long term success has been finding the right quality caliber guys year in and year out but this year just happened to be same qualities with a little better athletic ratings. They are the 1 G5 that has had consistency with longevity in coaching staffs and it shows. They have guys buying in who are 2 stars and performing like 4 stars for over a decade. Talent is important but culture and coaching are even more so. I couldn’t post link because it was locked but should be easy to find on 247 Sports.

So what you are telling me is winning more games over a period of time equals better recruiting. Aren’t you the one that prefers to load the schedule with P5’s?

Boise State played one true P5 team last year (OK State), plus one quasi-P5 in BYU.

[tyndal23]

Not at all what I am saying - they had a down year last year but the 15 year or so run they have had has little to do with star ratings. All of their coaches have had ties to Boise under Peterson and the culture didn’t change - rest of G5 has a revolving door of coaches and constant changes in philosophy. Which LU will also have that problem until we are P5 equivalent and at that point we will pay and retain HF caliber coaches long term and get P5 level players.

[olldflame]

With all the hoopla over the Spring Game, probably more important is the 100+ prospects we will have on campus for our second Junior day.

[Cider Jim]

Oldflame, was Junior Day today, or someday in the future?

[A Sea of Red]

148 recruits on campus

[cruzan_flame13]

Oldflame, was Junior Day today, or someday in the future?

This was basically the second Junior Day. We had the first event on the March 3rd.

[soccer7]

Robert Green Jr. committed today for the class of 2019. Anything on this pick up?

[A Sea of Red]

Preferred walk-on

[Jonathan Carone]

148 recruits on campus

That seems... excessive.

[Purple Haize]

148 recruits on campus

That seems... excessive.

It’s a great sales technique

[FlamesHighontheTide]

There also seemed to be more 2021 and even a few 2022 recruits on campus too.

High numbers are good for our exposure and I think if I was a kid being recruited by LU and I saw 147 other recruits on campus it would push me to potentially commit early to LU knowing there is someone else they are looking into at the same position as me.

[Jonathan Carone]

I think if I was a kid being recruited by LU and I saw 147 other recruits on campus it would push me to potentially commit early to LU knowing there is someone else they are looking into at the same position as me.

The flip side is a kid could see all the other recruits and think we don’t really care about them and they’re just another number.

It’s an interesting strategy. It’s certainly different than we’ve tried before. To get where we want to go will require different thinking than the status quo, so I’m interested in how it plays out.

[Purple Haize]

I think if I was a kid being recruited by LU and I saw 147 other recruits on campus it would push me to potentially commit early to LU knowing there is someone else they are looking into at the same position as me.

The flip side is a kid could see all the other recruits and think we don’t really care about them and they’re just another number.

It’s an interesting strategy. It’s certainly different than we’ve tried before. To get where we want to go will require different thinking than the status quo, so I’m interested in how it plays out.

It’s a great strategy. You look around and see all those people around and think “Hey, there’s something going on here”. If there’s only 2 or 3 people you’re thinking “Hey there’s nothing going on here”

[Kricket]

Freeze tweeted that we got multiple commits today. Excited to find out who.

[jinxy]

3 things. Haize is right. We havent and wont offer all the kids here. Finally the kids were really after the most...know it for sure.

There were some underclassmen too. What he is doing is incredible. He is making sure everyone in about a 3 state radius that is in the 2 to 4 star range know who we are and see the amazing facilities and growth.

Trust me. There was a much different feel there yesterday than any other games years past.

[olldflame]

3 things. Haize is right. We havent and wont offer all the kids here. Finally the kids were really after the most...know it for sure.

There were some underclassmen too. What he is doing is incredible. He is making sure everyone in about a 3 state radius that is in the 2 to 4 star range know who we are and see the amazing facilities and growth.

Trust me. There was a much different feel there yesterday than any other games years past.

HF has no qualms about being open as to the different levels of interest we have. He has a seperate meeting with the "top recruits" and their families after the others finish.

[olldflame]

Freeze tweeted that we got multiple commits today. Excited to find out who.

Here's one.

Rodney Green Jr.
6'4" 245 DE from Windemere, FL

https://a.hudl.com/profile/9707363/Rodney-Green-Jr

After further review, it looks like Rodney is a 2019 graduate, and may be a walk-on.

[Jonathan Carone]

Some of you guys act like every observation is a criticism.

[Purple Haize]

3 things. Haize is right. We havent and wont offer all the kids here. Finally the kids were really after the most...know it for sure.

There were some underclassmen too. What he is doing is incredible. He is making sure everyone in about a 3 state radius that is in the 2 to 4 star range know who we are and see the amazing facilities and growth.

Trust me. There was a much different feel there yesterday than any other games years past.

I felt this was an important point that needed emphasis

[Cider Jim]

Did former HCTG ever use the Spring Game as a recruiting tool? I love how Coach Freeze is multitasking.

[Sly Fox]

Yes he did. We had some verbals emerge from the Spring Game over the years. But it is clear why Coach Freeze is considered a world class recruiter.

[cruzan_flame13]

Did anyone find out who were some of those recruits that committed during the spring game? It sounded like it was a few prospects but only heard of the prospect who walked on.

[jinxy]

Dominic jennings fork union qb? Replacing cunningham?

[olldflame]

Dominic jennings fork union qb? Replacing cunningham?

He is a RB, not a QB. He recently retweeted this inspirational message from HF, but I don't see anything I would call a Commit. At this point, he would pretty much have to be a preferred walk-on.