2018 Recruiting Thread

[RollToad]

Reagor decomitted from OU and committed to TCU after attending a TCU home game in which TCU lost to OU. Manning was also there and soon followed with his commitment. People on here complained about our crowd. Did we have a great Gameday atmosphere that led to the commitments or does the Gameday experience not matter that much?

Did the filter change your status?

 

[Moose Stuff]

Reagor decomitted from OU and committed to TCU after attending a TCU home game in which TCU lost to OU. Manning was also there and soon followed with his commitment. People on here complained about our crowd. Did we have a great Gameday atmosphere that led to the commitments or does the Gameday experience not matter that much?

I would say it matters. Every kid is different in terms of how much though.

 

[Peacefrog]

I would say it matters. Every kid is different in terms of how much though.

I think it does as well. Just we get people complaining about the crowd at home as well as the overall experience yet we get two big commitments that visited during a loss.

 

[Peacefrog]

Did the filter change your status?

No, the filter wouldn't let me spell it correctly. Not that it filtered it - it just gave me an error and told me to quit using offensive language. I get not using the actual word but not a word that isn't that word.

 

[InstaFrog]

No, the filter wouldn't let me spell it correctly. Not that it filtered it - it just gave me an error and told me to quit using offensive language. I get not using the actual word but not a word that isn't that word.

 

[MinFrog]

I think the lack of a QB that can get it downfield could impact some of these players. Graham is a big guy, same with porter and Taj, but without a qb who can get the ball downfield they won’t have many chances.

Can’t wait to see robinson and reagor/Manning next year. Those guys should be huge downfield threats because we will have a qb with the arm strength to get it downfield.

 

[Moose Stuff]

I think it does as well. Just we get people complaining about the crowd at home as well as the overall experience yet we get two big commitments that visited during a loss.

I think if you were able to ask both those kids they’d tell you they knew they were coming to TCU before they attended that game. Manning for sure.

 

[Moose Stuff]

 

[Moose Stuff]

 

[MinFrog]

Pretty staggering. If you want staying power at the top you have to have great classes:

https://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite

 

[Jefffrog1993]

Then why are we so highly ranked and other teams in the Big 12 without all those five stars and four stars?

 

[Peacefrog]

There a lot of coaches on that list ranked higher than TCU that have no idea how to use that talent. Go count how many teams ranked 31 or better that you truly believe have better talent than TCU.

 

[PO Frog]

Then why are we so highly ranked and other teams in the Big 12 without all those five stars and four stars?

Because we are an outlier with a great coach. But we can always count on you to miss the point or get it wrong altogether.

 

[MinFrog]

My point isn't that you have to have highly ranked recruits to be good (obviously), but if you want to be consistently in the top 5-10 teams (bama, clemson, ohio state, etc.) you damn better be able to recruit.

 

[froginmn]

My point isn't that you have to have highly ranked recruits to be good (obviously), but if you want to be consistently in the top 5-10 teams (bama, clemson, ohio state, etc.) you damn better be able to recruit.

Or have recruiting services rank all of your guys highly just because you signed them.

 

[TCU_91]

Or have recruiting services rank all of your guys highly just because you signed them.

Prime example = TN

 

[Way of the Frog]

I think the lack of a QB that can get it downfield could impact some of these players. Graham is a big guy, same with porter and Taj, but without a qb who can get the ball downfield they won’t have many chances.

Can’t wait to see robinson and reagor/Manning next year. Those guys should be huge downfield threats because we will have a qb with the arm strength to get it downfield.

If only TCU had that quarterback who was able to get the ball downfield to Taj against OU last season. What ever happened to that guy?

 

[PO Frog]

Or have recruiting services rank all of your guys highly just because you signed them.

This isn’t what happens though. And I would bet that the great majority (90%) of Texas four and five stars that went to other teams were offered by TCU. Probably a lot of the out of state ones too.

 

[jake102]

Manning was suited up on the sideline against Iowa State, FWIW

 

[CountryFrog]

It's pretty obvious that you need good players to have a good team, no matter who your coaches are. The only real debate here is how much trust you want to put into random people at internet recruiting sites to be able to accurately identify and evaluate talent.

I personally believe if the people working for these services were actually really good at evaluating talent then they wouldn't be working for recruiting services. I think the only thing they're truly good at is finding out which kids have offers from which schools.