"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Now I know that recruiting is more then the guys in the area but I find it a little ironic that some people are predicting the demise of Utah football because Sitake and Tuiaki are going to Oregon St. and also bemoaning the fact that the Utes are doing terribly in-state when the two coaches responsible for in-state recruiting are Sitake and Tuiaki.
I tend to believe that in the very short term the loss of these guys will hurt recruiting but that Kyle understands that unlike with other hires he will need to make good and quick decisions with the replacements in order to calm the nerves of both current players and recruits.
Interesting article from the OC Register about Kevin Dixon, but the list of Orange County recruits and their commitments is interesting too.
http://epaper.ocregister.com/Olive/T...F24&id=Ar05302
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Chris Barr decommits.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Yes, it does hurt. I wonder what happened?
Reports of a falling sky should be hitting any second now.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Did he do what all the cool kids do and de-commit via twitter, thanking the fans for everything (exactly what did we do?), saying he wants what is best for he and his family (another cliche that cracks me up..........exactly how is a college choice, that is being paid for, better or worse than another for the family? traveling maybe? beyond that, you got me.)
I am also going to guess that a long list of people lined up to say "Ute nation is sorry to see you go, but we wish you nothing but the best!"
I wonder if there is a service like http://www.invisibleboyfriend.com for Kyle to use, except for recruits and assistant coaches. Something like: invisible5starrecruts.com, or invisibleoffensivecoordinators.com ... I think that would help make the fan base less antsy.
Togiai too? https://twitter.com/noahtogiai_04
Kids change their minds all of the time. My daughter wanted to go to BYU-Hawaii out of high school. She got over there and decided after a week that it wasn't for her. She returned to SLC and went to the U. It worked out fine. I asked her what happened several times over the years and her response has always been the same "I hate all BYUs". No, not really. She said that once she got over there she felt like it was just too far away from home and wasn't ready for that.
I can understand a kid thinking he wants to get away from home but in the end deciding that Florida to Utah is just too far away from home.
I don't think the coaches did anything wrong or could have done anything different. I believe some kids just feel better being a little closer to home.
Is anyone else worried that the top 5 in state kids are leaving, our recruiting class is closer to Colorado's than ASU, Arizona, UCLA, and USC?
Love Whitt. He is an amazing coach. One of the best X and O's guys out there.
But his recruiting is TERRIBLE. This isn't good. Whitt's a good enough coach to get us to bowl games every year. But unless our recruiting gets a lot better really quick, we will be stuck between 7-9 wins a year.
Far from terrible, but not great either.
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I am far from a recruiting maven, but it does seem to me that Kyle is pretty ingenious at cobbling together recruiting classes. His use of JC kids seems pretty effective. Booker is an example, and John White IV before him. Kaelin Clay, Tevin Carter, Tim Patrick are others. Andy Phillips and Tom Hackett are other under-the-radar gets. The coaches seem to have been moving very quickly. We lose Cedric Poutasi with no new OTs coming in. Somehow they came up with Capra (a Cal flip) and Dixon Jr. Both are PAC-12 OT size, over 6'5'' and reportedly athletic. Those who follow recruiting closely can probably give other examples. Maybe KW really was working on stuff like this back when we were all freaking out over his delay in to coming out with a statement.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
I think it is a mistake to look at rankings alone. They are misleading.
OSU 82/2.38
CU 62/2.72
Utah 39/2.9
Arizona 37/ 2.84
Cal 32/ 3.05
Stanford 31/3.19
WSU 26/2.92
Wash 24/3.04
ASU 24/3.22
UCLA 19/3.59
Oregon 15/3.35
USC 2/3.85
Some others of interest:
BYU 71/2.47
TCU 27/2.96
Wisconsin 22/2.88
To me, our 2.9 puts us in the same group as Cal, Wash., WSU and UA. Stanford and ASU are a step ahead and USC, Oregon and UCLA are a couple more steps ahead.
Obviously, I would rather have USC's class but we don't and never will. The reality is that we will be between 6 and 9 wins a year with a few years now and then when we are young and worse and a few years when we are seasoned and better. The reality is that other than USC and Oregon, that is the same boat that everyone else is in and has been in for the past 25 years.
It's good to hear. And, to be fair to Whitt, this last year was the first year he had a "PAC-12" team depth wise.
It's exciting to see where we go from here. 2015 should be a fantastic year.
It's too bad we couldn't land more in state kids. We have a great state talent wise, if we could keep 3 of the top 5 every year...watch out.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Barr committed to Southern Florida. Tells me a couple things.
1 he didn't want to be far from home
2 we may have backed off
Last edited by Diehard Ute; 01-26-2015 at 04:08 PM.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Another offensive lineman - James Empey.
James Empey @JEmpey66 5m5 minutes ago
Committed to the University of Utah! I want to thank all the programs and coaches for recruiting me! #GoUtes!
A good solid offensive line can mask a lot of deficiencies elsewhere (to an extent). Welcome aboard, James!
I read that Porter Gustin will be taking an official visit up to campus on Wednesday. Gosh dang it, now im getting my hopes up.
Where are we on Christian Folau?
I was thinking today as signing day draws closer. Okay, I was watching the Snoop Dog and Son show about his kid's senior year here in Vegas. I started wondering if Whittingham has changed his signing day strategy when it comes to straight mission kids after the whole Langi fiasco. Has Whitt decided that it's better to take the scholarship hit up front or continue to risk losing kids without penalty to other programs upon their return?
I think I would probably make that decision on a kid-by-kid basis. A guy like Empey could have gone a lot of places, so you may want to lock him up, same with guys like Christian Folau and Simi Moala, if they were to commit. On the other hand, there's a kid named Kautai from Texas that is going on a mission and has no other offers besides Utah--I think you'd roll the dice with a kid like that and not have him sign an LOI.
My son told me that, as of last week, Folau really wanted to go to Oregon. My son said he would have gone to Utah if Sitake were still there. He said Folau was not going to go to Oregon State. Sounds like since then, his mission plans have screwed up his offer to Oregon. I hope that Sitake hasn't changed his mind about OSU. FWIW. BTW, my son hears this second hand from other poly players on the team; he is not close to Folau at all.