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***Official CU National Signing Day Thread***

bombay said:
The ESPN thing makes me think we're in for at least 1 surprise tomorrow. I'm probably delusional.
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if you were a high school kid sweating over choosing CU or another Pac school, and knew that if you commit to CU that you'll almost certainly end up with a profile feature on ESPN, that has to factor largely in the kid's decision.
 
Duck Dog said:
CU 3* Commits rated 5.6 or above:
2015 - 3 (Lynott, Falo Carr)
2016 - 7 (Bish, Winfree, Huntley, Maka, Noyer, Blackmon, Ba'ham)
2017 - 14

Paplowski is 5.7 and Roddick is 5.6 which could further bump that number higher than 14
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speaks volumes. That's awesome.
 
I raised a teenager and I can say this. YOU never know how they think. Us 35 year olds sitting behind a computer following other peoples teenagers certainly wont figure it out. Obviously the family dedication thing does not matter, playing for a school with top notch facilities does not matter, going to a school where you can come in and compete for a starting spot doesn't matter, coming to a school where there is not a kid on the roster in your position (no competition) doesn't matter, hell uniforms dont even matter anymore - I am putting the trust in the coaches and showing up on Saturdays to root them on.
 
BuffUp said:
I raised a teenager and I can say this. YOU never know how they think. Us 35 year olds sitting behind a computer following other peoples teenagers certainly wont figure it out. Obviously the family dedication thing does not matter, playing for a school with top notch facilities does not matter, going to a school where you can come in and compete for a starting spot doesn't matter, coming to a school where there is not a kid on the roster in your position (no competition) doesn't matter, hell uniforms dont even matter anymore - I am putting the trust in the coaches and showing up on Saturdays to root them on.
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Plenty of those things matter.
 
BuffUp said:
I raised a teenager and I can say this. YOU never know how they think. Us 35 year olds sitting behind a computer following other peoples teenagers certainly wont figure it out. Obviously the family dedication thing does not matter, playing for a school with top notch facilities does not matter, going to a school where you can come in and compete for a starting spot doesn't matter, coming to a school where there is not a kid on the roster in your position (no competition) doesn't matter, hell uniforms dont even matter anymore - I am putting the trust in the coaches and showing up on Saturdays to root them on.
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What are you talking about? Just because a kid chooses to go play at another program than CU doesn't mean those things don't matter. Oregon and USC can clearly be argued that they have equal or better facilities, uniforms, or even early playing time (especially to highly touted blue chip recruits). CU has the family thing going for Falo, but honestly, we wouldn't have been in the conversation from the beginning had it not been for that.
 
Duck Dog said:
CU 3* Commits rated 5.6 or above:
2015 - 3 (Lynott, Falo Carr)
2016 - 7 (Bish, Winfree, Huntley, Maka, Noyer, Blackmon, Ba'ham)
2017 - 14

Paplowski is 5.7 and Roddick is 5.6 which could further bump that number higher than 14
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That's the info I like to hear. Thanks, that puts it into perspective.
 
TSchekler said:
What are you talking about? Just because a kid chooses to go play at another program than CU doesn't mean those things don't matter. Oregon and USC can clearly be argued that they have equal or better facilities, uniforms, or even early playing time (especially to highly touted blue chip recruits). CU has the family thing going for Falo, but honestly, we wouldn't have been in the conversation from the beginning had it not been for that.
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Good point.
 
BuffUp said:
I raised a teenager and I can say this. YOU never know how they think. Us 35 year olds sitting behind a computer following other peoples teenagers certainly wont figure it out. Obviously the family dedication thing does not matter, playing for a school with top notch facilities does not matter, going to a school where you can come in and compete for a starting spot doesn't matter, coming to a school where there is not a kid on the roster in your position (no competition) doesn't matter, hell uniforms dont even matter anymore - I am putting the trust in the coaches and showing up on Saturdays to root them on.
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Yeah, I have to massively disagree. If that stuff didn't matter Colorado wouldn't have spent 180 million dollars for nice facilities and updated their uniforms. The reality is that every kids decision is different and nobody knows what they're looking for or what matters to them.
 
The wildcard factor we really don't talk about enough is how well the recruit bonds with his visit hosts and the other players in his class. It's impossible for us to really know on that, but it can be the most important thing. A big reason for this year's class is the group chat and the great job by the leaders of the 2017 class to build relationships with other recruits. It was a new part of the CU recruiting model for 2017 and I think it made a huge difference.
 
Buffnik said:
The wildcard factor we really don't talk about enough is how well the recruit bonds with his visit hosts and the other players in his class. It's impossible for us to really know on that, but it can be the most important thing. A big reason for this year's class is the group chat and the great job by the leaders of the 2017 class to build relationships with other recruits. It was a new part of the CU recruiting model for 2017 and I think it made a huge difference.
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I'm not hip to the twitter verse but I can't remember seeing so much CU activity about recruiting, you're right. The kids recruited the kids, it was fun to watch for the last 8 months.
 
Polley didn't play in the UA game. Tweeted his knee during the season and didn't want to risk reinjuring it after the first day of UA practices.
 
I noticed that Chev and Adams haven't really been posting the "coffee is for closers" tweets and the awesome gifs like they did last recruiting cycle.
 
Buffnik said:
The wildcard factor we really don't talk about enough is how well the recruit bonds with his visit hosts and the other players in his class. It's impossible for us to really know on that, but it can be the most important thing. A big reason for this year's class is the group chat and the great job by the leaders of the 2017 class to build relationships with other recruits. It was a new part of the CU recruiting model for 2017 and I think it made a huge difference.
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coaches come and go. The guys on your recruiting trip and how you fit in with them is a critical factor. It and academic support are the biggest factors in my mind.
 
Since he didn't choose to visit CU this last weekend, I'd written Flowers off. But you never know. I'm gonna add him to the OP.
 
I'm telling you what I believe. I think most recruits look at things that are incredibly wrong. It is a rare recruit that understands the true things that will matter over their 5 years and a rarer recruit that has parents that also focus on the things that really matter.
 
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