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Texas Recruiting Notes 2024: Bags Don't Beat Bankrolls

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10 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Sark says he may have 2o new players on the roster when school starts in January, because of early enrollment.

Probably referring to TyAnthony Smith's pending decision

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  • Finally can tell my aggy story.    Have a good insight into this kids recruitment and I’m still laughing about his visit to aggy. Dude gets his player host (I’ll let y’all find who that is) and

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    How do you think this is helpful? Not being a jerk, just asking y'all to keep your shit together and use common sense. In any event, I know for a fact that nothing ever happens with Texas until a

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    He could have if he isn't. Play devil's advocate and tell us why you feel about this guy's overall approach to his recruitment and how that either translates to the next level or doesn't matter.

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Some poster on 247 is saying Dealyn Evans has an announcement at 4:30. Who knows though. 

Note the asterisk on Dubose.
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He is enrolling early per his signing ceremony at Smithson Valley today.

(Justin Wells) Texas Longhorns Recruiting: Latest on the 2024 class

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The Texas Longhorns boast the No. 4 class in the 2024 On3 Recruiting Rankings after a big early opening National Signing Day today. But they might not be finished. Here’s the latest.

Dominick McKinley, DL, Lafayette (La.) Acadiana – Texas A&M commit

The Pelican State product is debating signing during the early period or in February. It appears he’ll wait until February at the moment, where he’s looking at visits to LSU and Tennessee. We know Texas could very well be in it, as they’ve continued to stay in contact.

Dealyn Evans, Longview (Texas) Pine Tree – Texas A&M commit

We mentioned about Evans a few weeks ago and the possibility of Texas getting a visit, after he told IT he’d be signing during the second NSD window in February. Now he is looking at signing during the early period, with an announcement around 4:30pm. If Texas truly pushes, they could flip the Texas A&M commit with relative ease. We’ll learn soon how much the UT staff actually pushes for the ETX jumbo athlete.

Tyanthony Smith, LB, Jasper (Texas) – Texas A&M commit

It’ll be Texas or Texas A&M for the four-star linebacker and Aggie pledge. He’s set to announce at a ceremony in Jasper tonight at 6:30pm (CT). Texas has some real confidence here and Texas A&M has also been in communication with the sideline-to-sideline prospect.

Aaron Butler, ATH, Calabasas (Calif.)

The versatile west coast athlete was down to Washington and Arizona, and now has added Texas to the mix, reports said. He’s now wanting to delay his decision until later in the week. After Texas lost Daingerfield (Texas) ATH Aeryn Hampton to Alabama today, Butler would be a fantastic replacement.

 

This is gonna be one of those Kyler Murray situations.

5 minutes ago, Getafix said:

 

Cool. They could have made their names bigger though.

12 minutes ago, Getafix said:

 

 

 

 

For some reason I'm craving food from a Brazilian steakhouse.

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Gonna go ahead and post my own tweet here because I think it's neat
 

 

Sarkisian: We’re not getting all of the top players in Texas that we want to get. Yet. 

1 minute ago, OnAComputer said:

Gonna go ahead and post my own tweet here because I think it's neat
 

 

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1 minute ago, OnAComputer said:

Gonna go ahead and post my own tweet here because I think it's neat
 

 

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J/K.  Couldn't help it.

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Really liked the Sark press conference. He’s engaged, enthusiastic, knowledgeable about other stuff at UT, knowledgeable personally about several of the players selected, etc. Really solid. 

6 minutes ago, OnAComputer said:

Gonna go ahead and post my own tweet here because I think it's neat
 

 

Is this chart supposed to make me more or less worried about our DL going into the SEC

25 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Sark bragging about our slightly below average academic performance 2.94 is almost a B baby!

Sark said it’s the highest GPA for the football team since 2008!

16 minutes ago, OnAComputer said:

Gonna go ahead and post my own tweet here because I think it's neat
 

 

Moral of the story is Sark is signing bigger classes with some slight scheme tweaks making up the difference. I would be very interested to see the relative quality and star ratings of the position groups by each coach. I think you would see a pretty eye opening difference for Sarkisian along the OL and DL. 

3 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Is this chart supposed to make me more or less worried about our DL going into the SEC

Less worried. Sark has been loading up on DL since he got here. I think they realized what was going to happen when Ojomo and Coburn left and then a year later it'd be Sweat/Murphy.

Honestly, if you think about these numbers they make sense from a sense of "What do I need right now." You can see the swing in # of recruits as an indicator of where the staff is worried/focused.

What's interesting is that OL recruiting slowed down this year after being on pace to take an entire new OL every class. Probably because they are feeling more comfortable with the talent they have on the OL.

He's also been taking roughly 7 more guys per class he's had the ability to play around with who they take. That's led to him upping the number of DE's, WR's, and DB's. Seems they realize there is a problem there and are throwing mud against the wall to see if anything can stick.

Another thing that is interesting and slightly worrisome is the lack of LB's. I think they are comfortable with Ant, but if he goes down, then Texas could find themselves in a ton of trouble due to depth. It probably points to Texas feeling comfortable with a contributor returning to the program after this year.

2 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

Moral of the story is Sark is signing bigger classes with some slight scheme tweaks making up the difference. I would be very interested to see the relative quality and star ratings of the position groups by each coach. I think you would see a pretty eye opening difference for Sarkisian along the OL and DL. 

That's the next iteration of this

Great, so I'll just hit f5 for 15 minutes straight.

40 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Sark bragging about our slightly below average academic performance 2.94 is almost a B baby!

Right in that meaty part of the curve.  Not showing off, not falling behind.

54 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Sark bragging about our slightly below average academic performance 2.94 is almost a B baby!

 

 

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I'm looking up at the football team. Better than my GPA at UT and I managed to stumblefuck into a PhD... eventually

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6 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

Great, so I'll just hit f5 for 15 minutes straight.

don't forget to use lube

We've all followed these recruiting processes for years.  Along the way, there have been many highly rated classes, including one from Herman that was 3rd in the country.  That class was supposedly loaded with key 5 star and 4 star talent.

The problem with following the rankings, is that they do a poor job of addressing the mental element of each player who is ranked.  As a general rule, ~75% of 5 star players end up contributing significantly.  Four star players run ~50%.  Thus, a team can take some 5 and 4 star players, have a high recruiting ranking, but end up with a bunch of BJ Fosters. It seems like during the late Brown years, Strong years, and Herman years were were getting a lot of 5 and 4 star players who didn't have the right mental make-up. Or maybe they were just simply over-rated.

It may be the high of a newly signed class, but it seems like the 5 and 4 star players we are getting now are more solid than in the last 10+ years. I would expect this class to have a higher positive impact than any of the non-Sark teams since 2012. Certainly the Banks class has been hugely impactful. Or, I'm just drinking too much koolaid.

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8 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

We've all followed these recruiting processes for years.  Along the way, there have been many highly rated classes, including one from Herman that was 3rd in the country.  That class was supposedly loaded with key 5 star and 4 star talent.

The problem with following the rankings, is that they do a poor job of addressing the mental element of each player who is ranked.  As a general rule, ~75% of 5 star players end up contributing significantly.  Four star players run ~50%.  Thus, a team can take some 5 and 4 star players, have a high recruiting ranking, but end up with a bunch of BJ Fosters. It seems like during the late Brown years, Strong years, and Herman years were were getting a lot of 5 and 4 star players who didn't have the right mental make-up. Or maybe they were just simply over-rated.

It may be the high of a newly signed class, but it seems like the 5 and 4 star players we are getting now are more solid than in the last 10+ years. I would expect this class to have a higher positive impact than any of the non-Sark teams since 2012. Certainly the Banks class has been hugely impactful. Or, I'm just drinking too much koolaid.

I don't think the culture of the locker room can be overstated as well.  There are plenty of talented kids who just need a strong environment to thrive.

I have absolutely no doubt that Xavier Worthy is a malcontent if he starts his career at aggy, and I'm fairly certain Evan Stewart would have been a baller for us had he been in our locker room on day one.  Your team culture can hold a player back or it can be just what they need to take the next step.

 

16 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

We've all followed these recruiting processes for years.  Along the way, there have been many highly rated classes, including one from Herman that was 3rd in the country.  That class was supposedly loaded with key 5 star and 4 star talent.

The problem with following the rankings, is that they do a poor job of addressing the mental element of each player who is ranked.  As a general rule, ~75% of 5 star players end up contributing significantly.  Four star players run ~50%.  Thus, a team can take some 5 and 4 star players, have a high recruiting ranking, but end up with a bunch of BJ Fosters. It seems like during the late Brown years, Strong years, and Herman years were were getting a lot of 5 and 4 star players who didn't have the right mental make-up. Or maybe they were just simply over-rated.

It may be the high of a newly signed class, but it seems like the 5 and 4 star players we are getting now are more solid than in the last 10+ years. I would expect this class to have a higher positive impact than any of the non-Sark teams since 2012. Certainly the Banks class has been hugely impactful. Or, I'm just drinking too much koolaid.

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So what are the thoughts on Chris Jackson?

Development of the WRs seemed pretty damn good this year although the room was loaded with experience/talent. Also, we added a 5 star at WR and probably our top portal target at WR. Seems like this guy is a good coach. 

 

2 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

 

aggy will consider this a win over Texas.

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

aggy will consider this a win over Texas.

I think this explains the post on Texags begging for NIL money to be donated a few hours ago. 

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56 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

Sarkisian: We’re not getting all of the top players in Texas that we want to get. Yet. 

Back to back national titles this year and next will fix that.

28 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

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I'm looking up at the football team. Better than my GPA at UT and I managed to stumblefuck into a PhD... eventually

This is a master class in how to humble brag. 

4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

aggy will consider this a win over Texas.

Assuming Texas will still pursue, this isn’t the win they think it is. Texas probably just sold him on taking his time and making visits since aggy will take his commitment whenever he wants to give it.

Just now, Enchubben said:

Assuming Texas will still pursue, this isn’t the win they think it is. Texas probably just sold him on taking his time and making visits since aggy will take his commitment whenever he wants to give it.

Gives them time to actually hire defensive coaches and make their sell with the new staff. Signing today was the best-case scenario for us, right now A&M is a headless chicken at its weakest.

3 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Gives them time to actually hire defensive coaches and make their sell with the new staff. Signing today was the best-case scenario for us, right now A&M is a headless chicken at its weakest.

If the Dc is santucci I don’t see any of those defenders signing with aggy

2 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Gives them time to actually hire defensive coaches and make their sell with the new staff. Signing today was the best-case scenario for us, right now A&M is a headless chicken at its weakest.

If this season has taught us anything, it's that whenever we think that A&M couldn't get any worse in their stupidity and decision-making process, they prove us wrong.

Just wait until Elko starts announcing a bunch of Shawn Watson-tier hires.

2 minutes ago, Dondrysdale1 said:

If the Dc is santucci I don’t see any of those defenders signing with aggy

We might even see players...negative recruiting against their own school.

Evans just visited aggy last weekend and when was the last time he even visited Texas?

I think it was still going to be aggy if Evans signed today. Satya going to sayta. Just getting Evans to delay things will now likely ensure we get a visit. 

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

Evans just visited aggy last weekend and when was the last time he even visited Texas?

I think it was still going to be aggy if Evans signed today. Satya going to sayta. Just getting Evans to delay things will now likely ensure we get a visit. 

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9 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Gives them time to actually hire defensive coaches and make their sell with the new staff. Signing today was the best-case scenario for us, right now A&M is a headless chicken at its weakest.

Nature is healing. 

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Lol at us shitting in Aranda's Cheerios on the way out

 

5 hours ago, kevwun said:

Try not to decommit again on your way to the parking lot.

Thirty-seven? IN A ROW?

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