Posted by VCSpartan on 1/14/2008, 9:06 pm, in reply to "Re: A small signing class for 2008?"
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Patience everyone. DT doesn't recruit based on the stars handed out by scout or rivals, but based on his eye for talent which has proven worthy over the duration of his career. He will fill the voids with quality players. Players will emerge on signing day (when its important). The smart coach keeps his talent hidden as best as possible until the last moment. I really hate the star system and I think the only thing that validates players are that schools are interested in them and their performance. To think that scout or rivals really have a clue is ridiculous. They miss key players year in and year out, overvalue players, and do nothing for the ever too common stud athlete that they help "sell" that won't qualify.
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: There are four names that we know have given
: verbal commitments to SJSU, not two.
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: Long Snapper Matt Wigley from City College
: Of San Francisco is rated one of the best in
: the country, and he will fill a glaring need
: at SJSU with the departure of Grant
: Izakovic.
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: Flyback Peyton Thompson from Granite Bay
: runs a 4.4 time.
:
: LB Wade O'Neal has great speed for someone
: that is 6-1, 235 lbs.
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: His teammate at Chino Hills, DE Tracy Pugh
: would have probably received some PAC-10
: offers had he not suffered an injury in
: 2007.
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: Thus far, I see nothing wrong with those
: four recruits. Are they rated with 4 or 5
: stars? No. But so what.
:
: How many stars did Dwight Lowery, James
: Jones, Matt Castelo, Kevin Jurovich, John
: Broussard, Jerron Gilbert, Adam Tafralis,
: Yonus Davis, Christopher Owens, John Booker,
: Waylon Prather, and Jarred Strubeck have?
: Most of them weren't even listed on any of
: the recruiting sites prior to signing with
: SJSU, and those that were only had the
: obigatory one star, if that.
:
: Lack of stars means absolutely nothing.
:
: As for SJSU having fewer commits listed as
: compared to other schools; in all honesty,
: we don't really rate the attention by Rivals
: and Scout that other schools do because the
: number of SJSU fans that frequent those
: sites is far lower than schools like Fresno
: State, Boise State, and Hawaii (let alone
: schools from BCS conferences). Nobody at
: Scout and Rivals is bird-dogging SJSU
: recruiting like they do at other schools.
: Couple that with the fact that Tomey and his
: staff keep things under wraps, recruit under
: the radar players, and that SJSU has fewer
: scholarships avaailable this year, and one
: would expect the number of reported commits
: to be low.
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: I'm not really concerned about the
: recruiting this year, other than our having
: fewer scholarships available. If it will
: make you happy, I think come signing day,
: will get some players with 3 and 4 star
: ratings. We'll also sign some players with
: no stars. Just like Dwight Lowery did.
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