1. Bring in athletes with length (already doing it).
2. Bigger safeties.
3. Faster wide receivers. Don't get hung up on size if a guy can run.
4. Find defensive ends you can grow into tackles.
Start beating USC, Oregon, UCLA, etc. for recruits. Lock up the top 4 or 5 kids from Colorado.
Speed speed and then more speed.
You are in big trouble if you are recruiting kids to see the field immediately (we still are, but less than last year)
You are in trouble if you are recruiting "numbers" at positions because of past failures (we most definitely are)
You are doing okay when you can recruit 11 guys on each side and a specialist, all playing different positions. (Haven't seen this since about 2003)
You are in big trouble if you are recruiting kids to see the field immediately (we still are, but less than last year)
You are in trouble if you are recruiting "numbers" at positions because of past failures (we most definitely are)
You are doing okay when you can recruit 11 guys on each side and a specialist, all playing different positions. (Haven't seen this since about 2003)
I'm just hoping we see a serious attempt at upgrading team speed. Embree seemed to be down with that, but never really got fast guys at RB or WR, which are probably the two positions you need the speed at the most.
I hope to see a continued emphasis on recruiting linemen on both sides of the ball.
And lastly, beating our some legit schools for recruits. Embree and Hawk did not do that enough. We should be in the conversation for more guys than we are. I feel like it has become the norm to lose recruits to most of the P12, which shouldn't be happening. Then I have to read posts by people that claim we shouldn't expect to beat out said schools for recruits. Then I get sad.
At this point I'm not getting hopes up to take guys away from USC, Oregon, or Stanford. At the same time there is no reason we shouldn't be taking guy that also have offers from Utah, Washington State, UW, the Zona schools, etc. Coaching can do a lot but in the end you have to have talent and more often than not the most talented team wins. To not go for talent is the same as saying we aren't going to try for those wins on the field.
Hey now! I didn't say I expect to beat out USC or Oregon. The title of this thread includes "hopes for recruiting." I can hope, can't I?Yep. I don't think anyone other than DBT really expects us to beat out USC or Oregon for recruits anytime soon. But to seemingly concede all P12 level players is absurd in my view. All I'm asking for is some recruiting above our record as BB stated in another thread. It really concerned me when Embree decided to just take a bunch of borderline commits super early in this class. All those offers from big time schools didn't really come..
Hey now! I didn't say I expect to beat out USC or Oregon. The title of this thread includes "hopes for recruiting." I can hope, can't I?
Get kids to come to CU that want to be here...and keep the ones that commit to stay committed. We spend all off season looking and hoping for certain kids that never show up and to be not heard of again. Who cares who is being courted by certain teams - I want guys to be Buffs that want to be Buffs and show up prepared and ready to participate in spring ball. Kids that show up in shape and ready to make a difference, not kids that are coming here because it is the only offer or opportunity at D1 level.
Get kids to come to CU that want to be here...and keep the ones that commit to stay committed. We spend all off season looking and hoping for certain kids that never show up and to be not heard of again. Who cares who is being courted by certain teams - I want guys to be Buffs that want to be Buffs and show up prepared and ready to participate in spring ball. Kids that show up in shape and ready to make a difference, not kids that are coming here because it is the only offer or opportunity at D1 level.
First order of business: recruit Colorado. Second order of business: see first order of business.
Obviously need to hit CA and TX hard too, but as a boulder native, its easy to see that its really a simple formula; CU is top 25 program when they are successfully recruiting Colorado....see history all the way back to Bobby and Dick Anderson days...then Crowder, Mallory, Mac1 - Neu, Barnett to lesser degree, and Hawk all took out of state kids over the same type kids. Embo, just didn't ever get established os not sure how he would have done in state...If close, go with the Colorado kid. Besides, they end up your best recruiters once they are on campus...
In other words, you'd like a repeat of the last 7 years.
Come on, do we actually expect our coach to remember who recruits are now? :rolling_eyes:Embo couldn't have cared less about recruiting Colorado
MacIntyre needs to be making some hard decisions. Just because a guy can play early, does not mean he has to play early. Some of Embree's decisions like burning Jeromy Irwin's redshirt this year are a bit preplexing. Empty classes means chasing numbers down the road.