a D

(02-05-2014 01:56 PM)DxfanMiner Wrote:  F
as in Fire Kugler.

kthxbye

Meh... I think we should give him another year. Hell, maybe this class will pan out...in three years.

(02-05-2014 01:56 PM)DxfanMiner Wrote:  F
as in Fire Kugler.

kthxbye

Geez, one year and it's off to the chopping block... At least give him some time to bring in recruits. Did I fall asleep for a decade of winning or are you a Price supporter? How many winning seasons did UTEP have before Kugler arrived? I think we can spare another 3-4 years before it's time to discuss a change.

(02-05-2014 02:13 PM)zyxwvutsru Wrote:  

(02-05-2014 01:56 PM)DxfanMiner Wrote:  F
as in Fire Kugler.

kthxbye

Meh... I think we should give him another year. Hell, maybe this class will pan out...in three years.

Why should we? Last year was horrible. We were ok in the beginning of the seaosn then he changed to his power ball and got slaughtered..plus the players transfering.....

I would give Tech a C. I think it's an average class for us. But I give the coaches a B for recruiting because they were able to get an average class coming off a disastrous season. I guess they were selling early playing time?

(02-05-2014 02:17 PM)DxfanMiner Wrote:  

(02-05-2014 02:13 PM)zyxwvutsru Wrote:  

(02-05-2014 01:56 PM)DxfanMiner Wrote:  F
as in Fire Kugler.

kthxbye

Meh... I think we should give him another year. Hell, maybe this class will pan out...in three years.

Why should we? Last year was horrible. We were ok in the beginning of the seaosn then he changed to his power ball and got slaughtered..plus the players transfering.....

Hey BearKat fan....nice job in landing one of the Okotcha brothers. Both of them play/played for UTSA

(02-05-2014 02:14 PM)gcp_mineros Wrote:  

(02-05-2014 01:56 PM)DxfanMiner Wrote:  F
as in Fire Kugler.

kthxbye

Geez, one year and it's off to the chopping block... At least give him some time to bring in recruits. Did I fall asleep for a decade of winning or are you a Price supporter? How many winning seasons did UTEP have before Kugler arrived? I think we can spare another 3-4 years before it's time to discuss a change.

1. He had three bowl births and two 8 win seasons..

2. not many but ok...there were more coaches out there with head coaching experience..

3. Id rather not be a doormat in football while teams like La Tech and others can recruit well and we are crap...

(02-05-2014 02:03 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  As you have noticed USM posters will not be participating in this thread.

I'm waiting for confirmation on some of these last minute twitter notifications.. and trying to figure out who this kid is we "flipped" from Mizzou.

(02-05-2014 01:44 PM)ntmeangreen11 Wrote:  Positives:
-Signed a player of Samoan descent out of the Metroplex. A bunch of these guys end up signing out of state every year but there is a huge Samoan population in the DFW and it would be nice to keep more of them in state

I would like Rice to get in on that pipeline as well. The only Texas school that seems to have had success recruiting those kids seemed to be A&M.

(02-05-2014 01:44 PM)ntmeangreen11 Wrote:  Negatives
-Only two DL players who's only other offers were TSU & Utah State respectively
-LB commits are undersized

I would counter this argument by asking you how much confidence do you have in UNT's coaching staff ability to evaluate talent?
Big schools miss talented kids all the time especially in Texas as well as other areas. Rice has several 2*s that are in the NFL including a TE that just contributed to Seattle winning the Super Bowl. Larry Coker at Miami and more recently Texas made the mistake of relying on the evaluation of recruiting services. If Coach Dan has an appreciation for talent, then it doesn't matter how many other schools have offered your recruits.

Same thing with kids that are undersized. That's why you need a good S&C program. A lot of kids are late bloomers and need that first year to put on weight while getting acclimated to college. So unless you need kids to contribute immediately, if you have a good S&C program, you should be okay. In fact, I recall reading an article that Coach McCarney revamped the S&C program upon arrival at UNT.

(02-05-2014 01:44 PM)ntmeangreen11 Wrote:  -Signed a JUCO QB & LB but not a DE or DTwhen we graduated 3.5 starters at DL

Now that could be troublesome...

WKU was actually turning several players down. Something that is crazy to think about when you think about the losing streak we had a few seasons ago and the transition up from FCS to get FBS talent.

We had a recruit take a late visit to Syracuse ('Cuse has tried to steal recruits from us last 3 years). WKU told him that if he took the official there then he may not have a scholarship from us waiting when he came back. He said he would take the chance, WKU offered another guy from Alabama who was a similar player at same postion (he signed today) and revoked the other kids scholarship offer. It's a business....but nice to know WKU is getting to the point of kids wanting to come here so bad that we have to turn a lot of them down or don't have to play the waiting game on recruits and can find someone else just as easy.

I would give Charlotte a B-. It is a good sign I think that we're able to pull a class as good as this with only one year behind us.

I'll let y'all know in about 4 years.

(02-05-2014 02:43 PM)Rojogrande Wrote:  WKU was actually turning several players down. Something that is crazy to think about when you think about the losing streak we had a few seasons ago and the transition up from FCS to get FBS talent.

We had a recruit take a late visit to Syracuse ('Cuse has tried to steal recruits from us last 3 years). WKU told him that if he took the official there then he may not have a scholarship from us waiting when he came back. He said he would take the chance, WKU offered another guy from Alabama who was a similar player at same postion (he signed today) and revoked the other kids scholarship offer. It's a business....but nice to know WKU is getting to the point of kids wanting to come here so bad that we have to turn a lot of them down or don't have to play the waiting game on recruits and can find someone else just as easy.

Syracuse stole our class's highest rated player after he went to the Duke game last week. Not a big fan of that program right about now.

(02-05-2014 01:19 PM)NCowl Wrote:  I am not all up and up on recruiting, but from the buzz... it seems like this class is the best so far. Instead of relying on diamonds in the rough, lots more kids that were sought after by other programs, even BCS. And a lot of this was done last minute since Partridge was brought on during the "no contact" period.

GO OWLS!!!

There is no doubt about this. Partridge did incredibly well. And the muthafricker stole two from us -- Soroh and Bussey. Bussey had an amazing season and was very productive. Also, getting the Coral Gables RB was impressive. But can he coach???????????

(02-05-2014 01:19 PM)NCowl Wrote:  I am not all up and up on recruiting, but from the buzz... it seems like this class is the best so far. Instead of relying on diamonds in the rough, lots more kids that were sought after by other programs, even BCS. And a lot of this was done last minute since Partridge was brought on during the "no contact" period.

GO OWLS!!!

There is no doubt about this. Partridge did incredibly well. And the muthafricker stole two from us -- Soroh and Bussey. Bussey had an amazing season and was very productive. Also, getting the Coral Gables RB was impressive. But can he coach???????????

Not very well if you care about star rankings. Size and positional needs were met so fingers crossed they pan out.

I'll give Rice a B+. Most of our recruits committed very early in the process and didn't waver. When they did commit to us, recruiting services knocked them down a "star." They must think that no good athletes would possibly want to play for Rice. Times have changed and we are now taking athletes from P5 schools. There are also several "hidden gems" in this class, as in the past. All these guys could be redshirted, which probably says much more about the state of the program than the quality of the class.

(02-05-2014 06:48 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  I'll give Rice a B+. Most of our recruits committed very early in the process and didn't waver. When they did commit to us, recruiting services knocked them down a "star." They must think that no good athletes would possibly want to play for Rice. Times have changed and we are now taking athletes from P5 schools. There are also several "hidden gems" in this class, as in the past. All these guys could be redshirted, which probably says much more about the state of the program than the quality of the class.

Afflicted is no longer worth correcting on the Rice board, but on here..

To say we're taking athletes away from P5 schools is ridiculous. Few of our recruits had any BCS offers, those that did were lowest level BCS schools, and there's little indication there was any serious competition.

The offer lists of our recruits is fully consistent with their rankings.

The only player to lose a star was our QB commitment, and that had far less to do with committing to Rice than the fact that none of the big schools he camped with over the summer, that earned him recognition from the sites, offered him a scholarship.

"WE'LL BE FINE"

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