Signing Day Thread (Wednesday February 1st)

[greenyellow]

Taggart just said in his press conference that there was a lot of movement the day before signing day. Guess thats why predictions were completely off for some people.

That's why I think some people are being unnecessarily hard on a few of the people who thought their inside information was still good.

[uostudent]

2018 will be a much better indicator of Taggart and his staff's ability to recruit. That being said, Taggart did a pretty nice job of keeping the class intact and adding some nice pieces.

[Duckenstein]

So Falo is out?

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[StevensTechU]

Per 247Sports, this class is rated as the 5th best recruiting class in the Pac-12, just slightly behind UCLA and washington.

I think that's entirely fair. Considering the staff turnover, 5th is solid, in my opinion.

[greenyellow]

So Falo is out?

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No idea but indicators aren't good. Reports are his mom loves USC and he grew up liking USC.

[squintsdd]

I debated putting this in the "other guys" forum, but I figured this is the recruiting board.

Anyone see what Bama did to this kid? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/alaba ... 31021.html

[Phalanx]

2018 will be a much better indicator of Taggart and his staff's ability to recruit. That being said, Taggart did a pretty nice job of keeping the class intact and adding some nice pieces.

Agreed. If I'm evaluating this class, it doesn't stand out vs. a Helfrich class, and most of the best players were Helfrich signees, but Taggart did a great job of keeping them on board and even added a few. All the Florida WR/RB guys might be redundant (I think I counted 9 between those two positions in the class?) but we'll just have to see how they turn out and how they are used. Overall, a great effort to make the transition as seamless as possible.

[greenyellow]

I debated putting this in the "other guys" forum, but I figured this is the recruiting board.

Anyone see what Bama did to this kid? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/alaba ... 31021.html

He's accepting a greyshirt so it still looks like he'll be at Bama.

[duckfan22]

whats interesting and another way of looking at things is according to scout only team
in the Pac-12 ahead of us is USC. Were ahead of UCLA, Stanford, Washington. The fuskies
were just in the playoffs. Oregon changed staffs and had only 2 monthes to put together a staff
and recruit.. I think a pretty dam good job. Next year we will get a better look..

[scoducks]

I debated putting this in the "other guys" forum, but I figured this is the recruiting board.

Anyone see what Bama did to this kid? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/alaba ... 31021.html

He's from Florida and is a DE? Will gladly take him

[ttrag2418]

I debated putting this in the "other guys" forum, but I figured this is the recruiting board.

Anyone see what Bama did to this kid? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/alaba ... 31021.html

He's from Florida and is a DE? Will gladly take him

They ended up taking him

[greenyellow]

whats interesting and another way of looking at things is according to scout only team
in the Pac-12 ahead of us is USC. Were ahead of UCLA, Stanford, Washington. The fuskies
were just in the playoffs. Oregon changed staffs and had only 2 monthes to put together a staff
and recruit.. I think a pretty dam good job. Next year we will get a better look..

Based on the facts that Oregon has 22 scholarship SRs next season, will likely have some transfers, and will possibly have 2-3 scholarships left over from this class, 2018 is one class Taggart and the coaching staff need to hit hard. 2019 is another story because there's currently only like 11-12 scholarship players there, which means Oregon will have to be real selective there.

[karlhungis]

I debated putting this in the "other guys" forum, but I figured this is the recruiting board.

Anyone see what Bama did to this kid? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/alaba ... 31021.html

They pull this crap every year. Keep winning and you can treat recruits however you want.

[gofightingducks]

After listening to most of the coaches speak earlier and then just hearing Coach T's presser I love how open honest and passionate they all are. Going to bring much of the fan base back, not as much secrecy, deflecting and coaches speak. Overall a very solid class and even more impressive considering the timetable and what Coach T and team was up against. Can't wait for spring ball.

[gofightingducks]

I debated putting this in the "other guys" forum, but I figured this is the recruiting board.

Anyone see what Bama did to this kid? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/alaba ... 31021.html

They pull this crap every year. Keep winning and you can treat recruits however you want.

Probably part of why Mario Cristobal left, he seems like an appreciative family man who is grateful for his life and instills that into the players. Maybe tired of how Saban treats the players and coaches. Winning is one thing but treating people with respect and decency is more important. They always oversign as does much of the SEC and greyshirt so many guys.