[tweet]https://twitter.com/CoachCBohl/status/677155024422604800[/tweet]
Rico Gafford - Dowling. 4.38 (40 @ ISU Camp) and a 10.61 (100 meter at Drake Relays)
What make you think that? I don't see any substantive proof that he has been successful with picking JC guys that can contribute. Have as many misses as hits in his two years so far.ragtimejoe1 said:Very nice and love the signing. Bohl has been pretty good at picking out JC guys that can contribute.
I couldn't find his 40 time. Anyone have that?
When word surfaced that we were recruiting I did see this:
Rico Gafford - Dowling. 4.38 (40 @ ISU Camp) and a 10.61 (100 meter at Drake Relays)
Other comments about him being fast as hell!
https://iowapreps.forums.rivals.com/threads/fastest-football-player-to-play-hsfb-in-ia.7202/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Wyolie Coyote said:What make you think that? I don't see any substantive proof that he has been successful with picking JC guys that can contribute. Have as many misses as hits in his two years so far.
phxpoke said:I see he is a two star recruit. I'll be a lot more excited when I see three star guys committing.
BeaverPoke said:You're not allowed to say that here. Because every recruit we get is the best ever.phxpoke said:I see he is a two star recruit. I'll be a lot more excited when I see three star guys committing.
Come on Beav......stars mean shit until proven otherwise. Proof is in the pudding. Would you get rid of Brian Hill for a 3* guy? How about Andrew Wingard? How have our 3* guys done in the past? Eddie has kicked butt, but who else? We have had more swings and misses with 3* guys....more misses than hits.BeaverPoke said:phxpoke said:I see he is a two star recruit. I'll be a lot more excited when I see three star guys committing.
You're not allowed to say that here. Because every recruit we get is the best ever.
JimmyDimes said:Come on Beav......stars mean shit until proven otherwise. Proof is in the pudding. Would you get rid of Brian Hill for a 3* guy? How about Andrew Wingard? How have our 3* guys done in the past? Eddie has kicked butt, but who else? We have had more swings and misses with 3* guys....more misses than hits.BeaverPoke said:phxpoke said:I see he is a two star recruit. I'll be a lot more excited when I see three star guys committing.
You're not allowed to say that here. Because every recruit we get is the best ever.
ragtimejoe1 said:JimmyDimes said:Come on Beav......stars mean shit until proven otherwise. Proof is in the pudding. Would you get rid of Brian Hill for a 3* guy? How about Andrew Wingard? How have our 3* guys done in the past? Eddie has kicked butt, but who else? We have had more swings and misses with 3* guys....more misses than hits.BeaverPoke said:phxpoke said:I see he is a two star recruit. I'll be a lot more excited when I see three star guys committing.
You're not allowed to say that here. Because every recruit we get is the best ever.
Do you honestly believe that, Jimmy? Look up all-conference players and then look up their recruiting profile. Do that for any conference. You'll definitely find an exception to the rule, but, if you take 20-25 recruits every year that rated 3+ stars, you are going to kick the shit out of teams that take 20-25 recruits that are rated 2 stars or less.
I'm not sure why the myth that stars don't mean anything perpetuates on this board. It is like saying a cancer with a 98% mortality rate isn't dangerous because 2% of the people who develop it live.
Wyo2dal said:I'm willing to bet 60% or higher of our three star recruits that come here leave early and transfer out. But we have gotten a number of 2 star recruits that I wouldn't trade for a 4 star recruit.
Joe you do realize stars are given to recruits based on who is recruiting them. We had a 2* get turned into a 3* this year....the LB/DE from Nebraska. We've also had many 3* recruits over the years get demoted to 2* for no reason other than they committed to play football at Wyoming. And, every recruiting site ranks players differently....we have 4 or 5 3* guys in the current class if you look at 247 sports....2 if you follow Rivals....and none if you follow Scout. And many time the guys getting the 3*'s are then same from service to service.ragtimejoe1 said:Wyo2dal said:I'm willing to bet 60% or higher of our three star recruits that come here leave early and transfer out. But we have gotten a number of 2 star recruits that I wouldn't trade for a 4 star recruit.
First, how has the past 15 or so years been? I could probably just end with that.
So, I guess we avoid recruiting 3+ star kids, Texas kids, and JC kids? Damn, we should probably avoid the WYO kids like the plague.
So, how about an example of HIGHLY successful CFB programs that load up on 2 star (or fewer) kids? You go first and then I'll list the HIGHLY successful programs that load up on 3+ star kids. After that, we can move to all-conference players and such.
JimmyDimes said:Joe you do realize stars are given to recruits based on who is recruiting them. We had a 2* get turned into a 3* this year....the LB/DE from Nebraska. We've also had many 3* recruits over the years get demoted to 2* for no reason other than they committed to play football at Wyoming. And, every recruiting site ranks players differently....we have 4 or 5 3* guys in the current class if you look at 247 sports....2 if you follow Rivals....and none if you follow Scout. And many time the guys getting the 3*'s are then same from service to service.
It is a complete crap shoot IMO.
And you'd be an idiot not too. It's ridiculous that this is even an argumentragtimejoe1 said:JimmyDimes said:Joe you do realize stars are given to recruits based on who is recruiting them. We had a 2* get turned into a 3* this year....the LB/DE from Nebraska. We've also had many 3* recruits over the years get demoted to 2* for no reason other than they committed to play football at Wyoming. And, every recruiting site ranks players differently....we have 4 or 5 3* guys in the current class if you look at 247 sports....2 if you follow Rivals....and none if you follow Scout. And many time the guys getting the 3*'s are then same from service to service.
It is a complete crap shoot IMO.
Look, I'm not saying the recruiting rating are the end all be all, but I'd take a roster full of 3+ star guys over a roster of 2 stars or fewer guys any day of the week.
JimmyDimes said:Joe you do realize stars are given to recruits based on who is recruiting them. We had a 2* get turned into a 3* this year....the LB/DE from Nebraska. We've also had many 3* recruits over the years get demoted to 2* for no reason other than they committed to play football at Wyoming. And, every recruiting site ranks players differently....we have 4 or 5 3* guys in the current class if you look at 247 sports....2 if you follow Rivals....and none if you follow Scout. And many time the guys getting the 3*'s are then same from service to service.ragtimejoe1 said:Wyo2dal said:I'm willing to bet 60% or higher of our three star recruits that come here leave early and transfer out. But we have gotten a number of 2 star recruits that I wouldn't trade for a 4 star recruit.
First, how has the past 15 or so years been? I could probably just end with that.
So, I guess we avoid recruiting 3+ star kids, Texas kids, and JC kids? Damn, we should probably avoid the WYO kids like the plague.
So, how about an example of HIGHLY successful CFB programs that load up on 2 star (or fewer) kids? You go first and then I'll list the HIGHLY successful programs that load up on 3+ star kids. After that, we can move to all-conference players and such.
It is a complete crap shoot IMO.
I just noticed that. So, according to all sites, about 6 of our 19 recruits are ranked as 3*s.PokeOLoco said:JimmyDimes said:Joe you do realize stars are given to recruits based on who is recruiting them. We had a 2* get turned into a 3* this year....the LB/DE from Nebraska. We've also had many 3* recruits over the years get demoted to 2* for no reason other than they committed to play football at Wyoming. And, every recruiting site ranks players differently....we have 4 or 5 3* guys in the current class if you look at 247 sports....2 if you follow Rivals....and none if you follow Scout. And many time the guys getting the 3*'s are then same from service to service.ragtimejoe1 said:Wyo2dal said:I'm willing to bet 60% or higher of our three star recruits that come here leave early and transfer out. But we have gotten a number of 2 star recruits that I wouldn't trade for a 4 star recruit.
First, how has the past 15 or so years been? I could probably just end with that.
So, I guess we avoid recruiting 3+ star kids, Texas kids, and JC kids? Damn, we should probably avoid the WYO kids like the plague.
So, how about an example of HIGHLY successful CFB programs that load up on 2 star (or fewer) kids? You go first and then I'll list the HIGHLY successful programs that load up on 3+ star kids. After that, we can move to all-conference players and such.
It is a complete crap shoot IMO.
On Scout we have 2: Cooper Rothe and Parker Dumas
JimmyDimes said:I just noticed that. So, according to all sites, about 6 of our 19 recruits are ranked as 3*s.