Now with the portal, if they're not getting productive by year 3, you can replace them. It always seems like there are a fair number of players on the roster who don't work out regardless of their star rankings.
I agree he didnt stay long enough to see. He came close with Ishaq Williams. Got Wayne Morgan. He had Gus Edwards and was in a tight race with Ogundeko. I think he was well on his way to landing some of the top 5 prospects in the state each year.
That Ishaq deal was a bad deal with Notre Dame. Notre Dame and Penn State fear the Syracuse program getting on track and pushing on their recruiting turf and will do anything to stop it.
I’d say Wayne Morgan was the caliber of recruit we were trying to build up to consistently. Top 5 in the state, SEC level offers, etc. Ishaq as well who we still missed out on.
People love to throw out Bromley but they also selectively forget Steve Rene, Jeremiah Kobena, John Kinder, Mario Tull, etc.
Yup. We absolutely should consider taking this kid. We haven’t taken many flyers of late and this is a low risk high reward situation Imo.
Spot on
There's no way his dad is still growing. He's got be almost 50.
Kobena did some things, I thought he was goin to be faster than he turned out to be.
Because the current strategy is producing such great results? The 3 star and 4 star players out of florida and other such places have already developing most of their potential.
and Foy, Palmer, Dixon, Mackey, Siriki, Reddish, Robinson, Hunt, Simmons. All good to very good players. I don’t agree with putting Kobena with those other guys.
Same. I'm just over the offer all warm bodies so we can land a 5 star strategy. It doesn't work.
Speed wasn't Kobena's problem. He was fast as hell but had as bad a set of hands that I've ever seen. He, literally, couldn't catch a cold.
Five minute ban for the “dad joke” or for using the Brady GIF?I just really think this kid is going to get the Jobity done if he ends at ‘Cuse, amirite?!?
::takes a 5 minute self-ban::
Track star disguised in a football uniform
That depends upon your recruiting strategy; if your intention is to develop enhanced relationships with New York football then it could work to our benefit and if you add that to enhancing our relationshippick with NJ as well then you may well find a gold mine. Currently, we are picking them up in the transfer portal like our QB pickup and our NJ additions.
Here's the thing. There has never been evidence of Cuse success with a roster of kids primarily from NYS. I dont see successful P5 schools coming and grabbing a bunch of mid to low tier NYS kids. Bottom line, you have to get the best players you can get from whatever state you can and develop them. It doesnt guarantee anything. You still have to win the games but its the only strategy that gave SU consistent success.
You are right. He could not catch. That's why we couldnt utlize his speed.
I guess that depends on how far back you want to go. The teams before and up until P left had a lot of NY players on them and were more successful than the teams after he left. It probably correlates pretty closely.
Been a fan since 1986. I don't recall seeing them have successful teams of primarily NYS players. There were always impact players from multiple states. When you have great players on good teams you can take more chances on mid to low tier players. They are not in position to do that right now.
