Bear Down Wildcats

carcassdragger wrote:

ASUHATER! wrote:

carcassdragger wrote:

Just wish we didn't keep his brother as our shit snapping Center for so long.

Guy comes to our school, works his ass off, and was a very good OL for us and you come up with this?

You sir, are a dick.

carcassdragger wrote:

ASUHATER! wrote:

carcassdragger wrote:

Just wish we didn't keep his brother as our shit snapping Center for so long.

Guy comes to our school, works his ass off, and was a very good OL for us and you come up with this?

You sir, are a dick.

Harvey Specter wrote:

azcat49 wrote:Have to love Tate, Elitise, JJ Taylor, Colacion, Chacho and a few others. If a class can get 6 multiple year starters from it I think that is pretty darn good and I think the above 5 contribute very well along with greyshirt Walker

On the positive front, we have added or confirmed some very good looking prospects in the last few days, with hopefully a couple more before this is over. Looks better today than it did just a few days ago.

Conversely, on paper this is a poor class by even UA historical standards. I agree that 6 multiple year started from any class in good - but the pool from which those might come in this class looks very shallow.

We never have a close to 100% hit rate on the good looking prospects we sign, so we'll need a higher-than-average hit rate on the lower rated guys.

WildcatStunner wrote:

azgreg wrote:

Harvey Specter wrote:

azgreg wrote:Looks like Bundage to OK Lite.

He was punking us... Not cool.

I hope big bro teaches him a lesson next time he is home.

After all the crap AZ fans gave him he probably told him to go there.

Just wish we didn't keep his brother as our shit snapping Center for so long.

azgreg wrote:Kaelin Himphill to SDSU.

WildcatStunner wrote:I like Chacho and I think we got some good pieces. I think it went pretty well considering the position the new staff was put in.

tgrumpy2 wrote:What happened to that running back Haliman? Did he sign or not?

WildcatStunner wrote:

azgreg wrote:

Harvey Specter wrote:

azgreg wrote:Looks like Bundage to OK Lite.

He was punking us... Not cool.

I hope big bro teaches him a lesson next time he is home.

After all the crap AZ fans gave him he probably told him to go there.

Just wish we didn't keep his brother as our shit snapping Center for so long.

Merkin wrote:

WildcatStunner wrote:

azgreg wrote:

Harvey Specter wrote:

azgreg wrote:Looks like Bundage to OK Lite.

He was punking us... Not cool.

I hope big bro teaches him a lesson next time he is home.

After all the crap AZ fans gave him he probably told him to go there.

Just wish we didn't keep his brother as our shit snapping Center for so long.

I think we can all agree that it would have been nice if his brother could have stayed in his natural position, and that the UA had someone else who was a better center.

Newportcat wrote:

azgreg wrote:Kaelin Himphill to SDSU.

Did we back off him? Seemed like an AZ lock after his visit

Newportcat wrote:Based on Videos, I like Cochran a lot more. While he has good rankings, he might be our biggest sleeper given his size and athletic ability. Sometimes you see a kid listed at 6'4 but watch a video and he looks more like 6'0. Cochran is a legit 6'4 from his video. Himphill should have committed on his visit

azcat49 wrote:Newport you will like this paraphrased quote from RR. " We are going to crank recruiting up a notch and it starts with me and every coach n this building. If you are an AZ football coach and you are not busting your ass recruiting, then you will be dealing with me"

Adds a little bit of excitement I think

Newportcat wrote:I think we got the type of class we typically get and I applaud Rich Rod for hiring assistants that should be better recruiters to improve our recruiting efforts.

I believe we have structural problems that limit our ability to recruit Top 20 type classes. I think Rich Rod has figured this out and that's why he hired new assistant coaches and is pushing for the new indoor practice facility and probably the new stadium improvements to improve Fan support. We have no real tradition to speak of that a High School kid would remember today, we have not put many guys in the league in the past 15 years, we do not have much local talent, we have to recruit in areas like LA against name brand major college programs, we have not had a long history of winning major games or bowls, our weather sucks for football 5 months out of the year, our academics are fine but nothing special like a Stanford or CAL, our fan support at games is good but nothing special, we are viewed as a basketball school and our facilities are now just average compared to the rest of the PAC 12.

I hope the new assistants combined with continued improvements to our facilities especially an indoor practice facility can help overcome our structural problems because I strongly believe it will be difficult to make a Rose Bowl with 40-50 ranked classes. Don't believe me, well just look at our history as we have made zero rose bowls with Top 40-50 ranked classes which if you went back 35 years is probably where we have typically finished.

wyo-cat wrote:I keep forgetting this. It's not going to help this class any, but it will with the next class. The U is building a academic building across Enke Dr. from McKale. It will be a three story building that will run along the 3rd baseline at Sancet. All of the cattle troughs will move inside to state of the art therapy pools.

Should be a great recruiting tool. Groundbreaking is next week. Scheduled opening Oct 2016.

ALASKACAT wrote:

wyo-cat wrote:I keep forgetting this. It's not going to help this class any, but it will with the next class. The U is building a academic building across Enke Dr. from McKale. It will be a three story building that will run along the 3rd baseline at Sancet. All of the cattle troughs will move inside to state of the art therapy pools.

Should be a great recruiting tool. Groundbreaking is next week. Scheduled opening Oct 2016.

This sounds as if this will impact the football practice area. Are all practices moving to Arizona stadium?

Harvey Specter wrote:

Newportcat wrote:I think we got the type of class we typically get and I applaud Rich Rod for hiring assistants that should be better recruiters to improve our recruiting efforts.

I believe we have structural problems that limit our ability to recruit Top 20 type classes. I think Rich Rod has figured this out and that's why he hired new assistant coaches and is pushing for the new indoor practice facility and probably the new stadium improvements to improve Fan support. We have no real tradition to speak of that a High School kid would remember today, we have not put many guys in the league in the past 15 years, we do not have much local talent, we have to recruit in areas like LA against name brand major college programs, we have not had a long history of winning major games or bowls, our weather sucks for football 5 months out of the year, our academics are fine but nothing special like a Stanford or CAL, our fan support at games is good but nothing special, we are viewed as a basketball school and our facilities are now just average compared to the rest of the PAC 12.

I hope the new assistants combined with continued improvements to our facilities especially an indoor practice facility can help overcome our structural problems because I strongly believe it will be difficult to make a Rose Bowl with 40-50 ranked classes. Don't believe me, well just look at our history as we have made zero rose bowls with Top 40-50 ranked classes which if you went back 35 years is probably where we have typically finished.

There are some interesting thoughts in the post above.

I just don't understand why you haven't spoken up and shared these ideas/ feelings before?

azcat49 wrote:Newport you will like this paraphrased quote from RR. " We are going to crank recruiting up a notch and it starts with me and every coach n this building. If you are an AZ football coach and you are not busting your ass recruiting, then you will be dealing with me"

Adds a little bit of excitement I think

wyo-cat wrote:

ALASKACAT wrote:

wyo-cat wrote:I keep forgetting this. It's not going to help this class any, but it will with the next class. The U is building a academic building across Enke Dr. from McKale. It will be a three story building that will run along the 3rd baseline at Sancet. All of the cattle troughs will move inside to state of the art therapy pools.

Should be a great recruiting tool. Groundbreaking is next week. Scheduled opening Oct 2016.

This sounds as if this will impact the football practice area. Are all practices moving to Arizona stadium?

No. They are only replacing the existing structure along the 3rd base line. There's a lot of wasted space...fence, perimeter sidewalk, slope up and slope down. Plenty of room to fit in a decent sized structure. They are doing Spring practice in the stadium this year and focusing on developing individual skill, tackling for example. They aren't using Sancet this spring so the project can get vertical and the football players won't have to dodge construction.

Tate Shumway, outside linebacker, Desert Ridge HS, Mesa, AZ.

Donald Reiter, long-snapper, Brophy Prep, Phoenix, AZ.

Josh McCauley, center, Red Mountain HS, Mesa, AZ.

Jalen Jenkins, strong safety, Mesa Community College, AZ.

Justus Lee, wide receiver, Liberty Christian HS, Argyle, TX.

Isaac Steele, quarterback/defensive back, Centennial HS, Phoenix, AZ.

Quinton Gomez, running back/safety, Centennial HS, Phoenix, AZ.

SoutherAZ wrote:

WildcatLouis wrote:This is getting off-topic for this thread, but does anyone know if this Academic Center was originally part of the McKale renovations? I seem to recall that one of the subsequent phases of the McKale renovation was going to include academic spaces for student athletes. I am just curious if plans have changed.

Merkin wrote:Tilford is 2017.

I've been told by the staff that Russell Halimon will not be joining the team. There hasn't been much information as to why, but it could be a multitude of reasons. He did suffer an ACL tear during his senior season which was extremely unfortunate, because at the time he was one of my favorite running backs in the class, with Sean Riley and Tyliek Raynor still committed.

As for Jessie Britt, he's a longshot to come. This is likely health related. He's had some heart concerns that kept him hospitalized for quite some time. However, if he is able to join the team, he will be used at receiver, presumably in the slot.

UAEebs86 wrote:Looks like Kongbo committed to Tennessee