Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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mhuml32
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ChiefGritty
mhuml32 said:
It's fun to see these data points in this desert of information but I am extremely dubious that any coach has centralized the extremely proprietary information within an industry run by overlords that are maniacal about any shred of data being used against them.
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Two absolute truths of NIL budgets by school is that no one is standing still and no one has any idea how much everyone else has.
 
#110      
Chukwuwumba
mhuml32 said:
Are we seeing a recruiting visit philosophical change? Or are we just getting more information?
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Probably a mixture of a bunch of things. Mixture
the recruiting staff has done the legwork upfront for longer term prospects. Were probably playing catchup the last few years.
More recruits interested.
More scholarships, more takes.
 
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mhuml32
Joel Goodson said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1843470350434099528
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Looks like a very solid recruit. This is a big head scratcher from the recruiting services (besides On3, who rated him early and has him much higher). He had six P4 offers this summer and still only had an On3 profile. A week after his initial rating, he gets a Bama offer, so he gets bumped up. I initially thought he was a late bloomer but he at least was really good this summer. Good enough to get offers from Miami, Florida State, Michigan State, etc.
 
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Joel Goodson
mhuml32 said:
Looks like a very solid recruit. This is a big head scratcher from the recruiting services (besides On3, who rated him early and has him much higher). He had six P4 offers this summer and still only had an On3 profile. A week after his initial rating, he gets a Bama offer, so he gets bumped up. I initially thought he was a late bloomer but he at least was really good this summer. Good enough to get offers from Miami, Florida State, Michigan State, etc.
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there are so many prep football players that it's inevitable that kids are gonna fall through the cracks. being able to ID those kids is crucial (if you're not near the top of the pyramid)
 
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mhuml32
Joel Goodson said:
there are so many prep football players that it's inevitable that kids are gonna fall through the cracks. being able to ID those kids is crucial (if you're not near the top of the pyramid)
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I agree, and that lends itself to Rosenthal's approach that 3-stars are the recruiting services throwing their hands up and refusing to identify players beyond the no-doubters on who's good and who isn't.

I would argue this recruit feels different because he didn't fall through the cracks. A bunch of really good schools offered him, schools that have 247 webpages with sizable revenue streams. Just odd.

This is a Rolder situation (talent, not the connection). Can Illinois finally close on a talented prep linebacker?
 
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Mr. Tibbs
mhuml32 said:
I agree, and that lends itself to Rosenthal's approach that 3-stars are the recruiting services throwing their hands up and refusing to identify players beyond the no-doubters on who's good and who isn't.

I would argue this recruit feels different because he didn't fall through the cracks. A bunch of really good schools offered him, schools that have 247 webpages with sizable revenue streams. Just odd.

This is a Rolder situation (talent, not the connection). Can Illinois finally close on a talented prep linebacker?
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there was a time we would put a LB into the pro's every few years or so. its been a long time since we did that
 
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Chukwuwumba
Joel Goodson said:
he's self-listed (I know, I know) on twitter as 6' 3" 215. hoping that's close, 'cause this kid is an athlete. not that much into flipping for flipping's sake, but taking one from Fleck would be nice.
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Is fleck one of those coaches that will pull an offer if a verbal commit visits another school?
 
#119      
Chukwuwumba
RabidDawgClassic said:
My source, who I trust, told me it was because Landry wasn’t faithful in his “domestic duties.”
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Thought the story was Landry was shopping himself to other schools saying he had Redmon wrapped up. HC got wind of this then fired him. And I believe they both ended up at Louisville. Think there was a story within the last few years about this. Jeff Johnson maybe?
 
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mhuml32
Chukwuwumba said:
Is fleck one of those coaches that will pull an offer if a verbal commit visits another school?
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He has threatened recruits that they must commit on the visit or the offer will be pulled, but we've seen plenty of recruits that have visited and committed elsewhere and Minnesota was still an option for them up until when they switched.
 
#121      
Mr. Tibbs
he's one of those high pressure guys - and he's hardly alone on that
I've never gotten the impression that BB, nor any of our previous coaches really either , were like that.
to each his own. Minnesota cant be any easy place to recruit to, especially for southern kids , so he's found something that works for him
personally , I find that offensive in salesmen
 
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