I'm a Blazers fan and I don't care about that draft in the slightest. I'm a HUGE mariners fan and I don't care about the MLB draft in the slightest. To me it's a waste of time to talk about drafts. Now talking about it once they hit the floor/field and actually show you what they can do? Now I understand.
Weird, I feel smart for knowing that this stuff means nothing and that it doesn't matter until they actually prove it on the field.
Someone did the math and even if we grab three more guys, it doesn't look like we get to #1. With Haastrup + Madsen +Olesh: 306.54 Current #1 is Texas with 306.67 on 247
national signing day is always entertaining. At the same time though, expectations need to be tempered, especially in the age of NIL and the transfer portal example: 2 years ago the Ducks signed 5-star WR Jurion Dickey. He was the #18 recruit (composite) in the country; a physical WR whose HUDL films made him look awesome. No way he wouldn't be a star around the same time, in the transfer portal, the Ducks signed a little known undersized WR from an FCS school and more than anything else the signing looked like a favor to Bo Nix and a lever to get him to return for a final season two years later that 5-star WR has caught one pass for 7 yards. meanwhile, that 160 pound WR, as a Duck, caught 153 passes for 1867 yards and 19 TD's the transfer portal is a game changer. This season, on Oregon's undefeated #1 team, 13-14 starters are transfers. That's not to say that high school recruiting isn't important. But the transfer portal may end up having a bigger season-to-season impact
redshirt freshman. Now, he was injured last year so that set him back. He still has a shot at becoming a solid WR. Doubt he elevates anywhere close to elite like Tez is
Hard to say. When Tez was a freshman I’m sure no one thought he’d be one of the premiere receivers in college football.
Yeah they have the least amount of commits though. Once those 3 stars start coming in it will bring them down.
…and was out all last year with a knee injury, which can happen to anyone. Is Dickey even the same level athlete now? Wiz is just being a contrarian while we party STOMP
Cumulative recruiting rankings are continually the best predictor team of performance. Obviously the players still have to perform, but better recruiting makes better performance much more likely. You can repeatedly assert it means nothing, but you're just wrong.
the reason I mentioned this: I've been told that this season, in practices, Dickey had lots of trouble gaining any separation from 2nd and 3rd unit DB's. He didn't have much burst or effective change of direction. Now, most of that could have been because he was coming back from injury(s). But he has a long way to go to just get into the rotation at WR. He has physical tools, but he needs to learn how to use them...while managing to stay healthy
