True, but I don't mind a 3 star from our backyard. You need to have to have those connections in place with the coaches and the schools for when a blue chip comes through.
There are only so many blue chips any given year and the vast majority go to playoffs contenders. We will be living off three stars and will need to really up our game to compete at a level where it's believable we can make the expanded playoffs when they come.
We just need to win. Furd has done that better than us recently minus the last few years. That's still on Wilcox, but he's on his hot seat tbh. If Spav doesn't turn around the offense, they're both gone.
Also with realignment, everyone assumes Furd is safe going to the B1G while Cal gets left out. I can see blue chips waiting and seeing what happens to us in the next few years
In 2023, Stanford and Cal had the same number of 4* high school recruits. Meanwhile, 11 of Cal's 19 transfers were 4* coming out of high school or as a transfer, while none of Furd's were. A lot of our transfers were also underclassmen, so it's not like they are stop gap recruits.
Furd is getting an early start on recruits but it's already an almost full class and three 4*s is not exactly a super high ratio of 4* guys. Good, not great.
I'm not saying don't recruit 3-stars, but I hope we can land a few big fishes. That's going to take a bowl victory for that.
True, but I don't mind a 3 star from our backyard. You need to have to have those connections in place with the coaches and the schools for when a blue chip comes through.
There are only so many blue chips any given year and the vast majority go to playoffs contenders. We will be living off three stars and will need to really up our game to compete at a level where it's believable we can make the expanded playoffs when they come.
Stanford is doing just fine recruiting 4* right now with Troy Taylor. Wilcox is just not good at recruiting.
We just need to win. Furd has done that better than us recently minus the last few years. That's still on Wilcox, but he's on his hot seat tbh. If Spav doesn't turn around the offense, they're both gone.
Also with realignment, everyone assumes Furd is safe going to the B1G while Cal gets left out. I can see blue chips waiting and seeing what happens to us in the next few years
Take out the Covid year and Stanford hasnтАЩt had a winning season since 2018.
Yes, Wilcox needs to win. No more excuses. He has two seasons to turn it around.
In 2023, Stanford and Cal had the same number of 4* high school recruits. Meanwhile, 11 of Cal's 19 transfers were 4* coming out of high school or as a transfer, while none of Furd's were. A lot of our transfers were also underclassmen, so it's not like they are stop gap recruits.
Furd is getting an early start on recruits but it's already an almost full class and three 4*s is not exactly a super high ratio of 4* guys. Good, not great.
He is a good recruiter but lost all his momentum and buzz with the losses.
Losses and poor coaching hires who couldnтАЩt coach or recruit.
Bad combination.
Somehow, as we enter year 7, New YearтАЩs Eve Day in El Paso seems as far away as everтАж.
Forget NYE, if this team still suits up in late December that would be a huge win