Lyerla Update

[bellsduck]

I think at the end of the day Colt becomes a Duck. No Idea on Scarlett. UO has kept plenty of good in state football players.

White was 5* just last year, Hart is looking like the next Bair, Grady was the 2nd ranked player in Oregon his year, Wade was #1, and Thran has been outstanding for us. The fact is Oregon only produces 5 or so real Pac-10 players a year and only 1-2 that UO even wants most years, and we usually land them. SC and UCLA doesn't keep every home town or SoCal kid, how many 4-5* leave SoCal every year for Notre Dame, Mich, Flo, Miami ect. Chris Ricks was on the radio the other day and was from LA, he said he had offers from most D1 schools including SC, and wanted to just see another part of the country so he went to FSU.

UO will never rely on kids from the state so if they stay or not is up to them, but over the last 20 years we can really only say dam I wish UO would have not lost out on Kylie Wong (Stan), Troy P. and Suh. The rest have been avg or bust like Johnson who went to ND a few years back (just like the coaches at UO thought he would).

I wish we would have landed Owa as well.

I would've taken Johnson too. 2nd year as a DT in a 4-3 after starting out as a DE. Hasn't redshirted, so still young. Has 6 sacks this year.

[thegodfather187]

Oregon kids like to leave the state..... can't say that I blame them.

I agree 100%. That's what I did for college (I am no D-1 athlete by any means), and I never regretted it. Once I saw the acceptance letter from the University of California, Santa Barbara and saw a picture of some palm trees and the ocean, I was gone. Being from Beaverton, I don't imagine it's any different for a kid from Hillsboro. Everyone you know is either going to UO or OSU, and you just did 18 years of hard time in a rainy suburb with yuppie strip-malls everywhere you look. It's a no brainer. I wouldn't blame him if he decided to leave. That being said, it would be awesome to land him.

The way I see it though, the whole issue of keeping in-state talent is much more relevant when a big part of your roster is made up of kids from your state, as well as how much overall high school talent there is in that state. If you're consistently landing high-level recruits from other states and that makes up the majority of your roster, it's not as big a deal to lose out on the one or two in-state studs our state produces.

[Duckattack7]

Oregon kids like to leave the state..... can't say that I blame them.

I agree 100%. That's what I did for college (I am no D-1 athlete by any means), and I never regretted it. Once I saw the acceptance letter from the University of California, Santa Barbara and saw a picture of some palm trees and the ocean, I was gone. Being from Beaverton, I don't imagine it's any different for a kid from Hillsboro. Everyone you know is either going to UO or OSU, and you just did 18 years of hard time in a rainy suburb with yuppie strip-malls everywhere you look. It's a no brainer. I wouldn't blame him if he decided to leave. That being said, it would be awesome to land him.

The way I see it though, the whole issue of keeping in-state talent is much more relevant when a big part of your roster is made up of kids from your state, as well as how much overall high school talent there is in that state. If you're consistently landing high-level recruits from other states and that makes up the majority of your roster, it's not as big a deal to lose out on the one or two in-state studs our state produces.

What high school did you play for in Beaverton?

[GoDucksIn09]

Yeah the ducks have lost out on a lot of elite talent that was in state. I am not really sure why. If had to speculate they are looking at one of 3 things... either they feel the academics at a school like USC Stanford.. UCLA or wherever are better... they feel the school is a stepping stone to the pros.. or they get tired of the rain and want someplace that has a little more sun especially in the winter. How many of us true oregonians when January or February comes along does not want to have some nice 70 degree weather. I know I sometimes do. Just some thoughts as to why. I hope Colt stays in state as I do with all the elite talent. I did with Owa last year.. and for whatever reason.. they leave the roost.