Saw this on Football Scoop who credited SI:

Sigler is moving to South Alabama. Melvin Rice is taking over coaching the corners.

Welcome Back Melvin!

Wasn't siegler our main connection left from bama/Texas?

Yep. He was our bama guy and neimann was texas

Either way, welcome back scooby!


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(02-07-2016 11:09 AM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Wasn't siegler our main connection left from bama/Texas?

Have we even signed any Bama guys the last 2 years?

(02-07-2016 12:21 PM)HuskieRak Wrote:  

(02-07-2016 11:09 AM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Wasn't siegler our main connection left from bama/Texas?

Have we even signed any Bama guys the last 2 years?

Last year we picked up 2 guys from Bama, Trayshon Foster and Marquis Howard


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Interesting bits of info here.

http://www.dailyegyptian.com/sports/arti...d088c.html

We are slowly losing some of the recruiting hotbeds of Texas and Alabama. That is somewhat concerning. Hopefully Rice has made some connections down there over the past few years.

I am hoping Melvin Rice will strengthen our recruiting with the CPS schools. Being a Morgan Park grad, I hope he can connect with the top CPS players. Many of them do not get the exposure of suburban kids so a lot of diamonds in the rough.

(02-10-2016 08:43 AM)klake87 Wrote:  I am hoping Melvin Rice will strengthen our recruiting with the CPS schools. Being a Morgan Park grad, I hope he can connect with the top CPS players. Many of them do not get the exposure of suburban kids so a lot of diamonds in the rough.

Honestly, I don't even think it's worth recruiting Illinois anymore. Maybe just a kid or two that perform
Well during the summer camps. I like the current formula of getting lineman from wisc and minny and skill players from the south who can work on football year round w the nice weather.

CPS is all about basketball for the most part


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(02-10-2016 08:58 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(02-10-2016 08:43 AM)klake87 Wrote:  I am hoping Melvin Rice will strengthen our recruiting with the CPS schools. Being a Morgan Park grad, I hope he can connect with the top CPS players. Many of them do not get the exposure of suburban kids so a lot of diamonds in the rough.

Honestly, I don't even think it's worth recruiting Illinois anymore. Maybe just a kid or two that perform
Well during the summer camps. I like the current formula of getting lineman from wisc and minny and skill players from the south who can work on football year round w the nice weather.

CPS is all about basketball for the most part


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Phillips Academy had 6 players sign LOI. 4 were to D1 programs. There are a lot of talented players in CPS and most are under the radar.

(02-08-2016 10:53 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  We are slowly losing some of the recruiting hotbeds of Texas and Alabama. That is somewhat concerning. Hopefully Rice has made some connections down there over the past few years.

My hope is that he has some real good connections in Minn and the upper states. That would improve an area we have been getting some good recruits.

(02-10-2016 09:01 AM)klake87 Wrote:  

(02-10-2016 08:58 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(02-10-2016 08:43 AM)klake87 Wrote:  I am hoping Melvin Rice will strengthen our recruiting with the CPS schools. Being a Morgan Park grad, I hope he can connect with the top CPS players. Many of them do not get the exposure of suburban kids so a lot of diamonds in the rough.

Honestly, I don't even think it's worth recruiting Illinois anymore. Maybe just a kid or two that perform
Well during the summer camps. I like the current formula of getting lineman from wisc and minny and skill players from the south who can work on football year round w the nice weather.

CPS is all about basketball for the most part


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Phillips Academy had 6 players sign LOI. 4 were to D1 programs. There are a lot of talented players in CPS and most are under the radar.

I'm not saying there isn't a lot of talent there, however I do think it is in the best interest for a lot of the kids in the CPS to get farther away from Chicago so they can concentrate on school and football. I know years ago when we recruited Chicago that was always a concern w some of the coaches because they stayed too close to possible bad Influences. A lot of players said that's why they would leave Chicago area as well




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Although it is not always fair to judge outcomes, coaches influence players and that Melvin Rice's path has maneuvered the pull from those so called local Chicago bad influences places him as an important role model to future Huskies.