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tweets by Nick from the Blade...

Quote:One of Toledo's prize recruits from Signing Day, a JUCO WR named Darrion Landry, is not on the roster and was never part of the team.

Quote:He came for a visit but never formally enrolled. Toledo already has given his scholarship away.

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(08-05-2015 05:59 PM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  tweets by Nick from the Blade...

Quote:One of Toledo's prize recruits from Signing Day, a JUCO WR named Darrion Landry, is not on the roster and was never part of the team.

Quote:He came for a visit but never formally enrolled. Toledo already has given his scholarship away.

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Our BEST recruit in the 2015 class, which was already ranked as low as #79 in the nation, didn't even enroll at the University???? How in the world does this happen? I feel like we always get teased with these big time recruits that never pan out. 03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead
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(08-05-2015 06:41 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  Our BEST recruit in the 2015 class, which was already ranked as low as #79 in the nation, didn't even enroll at the University???? How in the world does this happen? I feel like we always get teased with these big time recruits that never pan out. 03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead

My thoughts exactly.
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(08-05-2015 07:42 PM)bcunn3128 Wrote:  
(08-05-2015 06:41 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  Our BEST recruit in the 2015 class, which was already ranked as low as #79 in the nation, didn't even enroll at the University???? How in the world does this happen? I feel like we always get teased with these big time recruits that never pan out. 03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead

My thoughts exactly.

So if he was never enrolled, why was he having surgery in Toledo? Did UT pay the bill?
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(08-05-2015 06:41 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  Our BEST recruit in the 2015 class, which was already ranked as low as #79 in the nation, didn't even enroll at the University???? How in the world does this happen? I feel like we always get teased with these big time recruits that never pan out. 03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead03-banghead

Please, 9 of WMU's 2014 Recruiting Class are gone including players like Seabury, Stewart, Bailey, etc. 3 of Fleck's #1 Signing Class in 2014 never even made it to their campus. Landry is done, move on. Rockets picked up a very good athlete in Diontae Johnson. I like our signing classes. I like the players that will be on the FB field for UT this season.
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Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.
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(08-05-2015 11:40 PM)utpotts Wrote:  Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.

Thank you.
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(08-06-2015 07:51 AM)Rocket Pirate Wrote:  
(08-05-2015 11:40 PM)utpotts Wrote:  Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.

Thank you.

OK. But I'd like an answer on this: So if he was never enrolled, why was he having surgery in Toledo? Did UT pay the bill?
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Here's the issue:

Landry was presented as part of the 2015 class at the NLI ceremony. I have gotten numerous texts indicating the excitement of the staff getting Landry on-board and then no mention of him at all. The staff talked about him at length in the spring football prospectus.

He may be gray-shirting since he appears to be on campus, enrolled, and he was part of part of class in 2015. He may have been gray shirted against 2016 class since NLI day due to events invisible to we fans. I will attempt to find out.
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On twitter Landry exhibits a UT insignia, talks about playing pro football in the future, and does not indicate allegiance to any other four year university. He does talk about how great a time he had at Blinn JC.
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(08-06-2015 08:45 AM)Rocket75 Wrote:  On twitter Landry exhibits a UT insignia, talks about playing pro football in the future, and does not indicate allegiance to any other four year university. He does talk about how great a time he had at Blinn JC.

He also sent a tweet out not too long ago saying he's ready for the next chapter in life.
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(08-05-2015 11:40 PM)utpotts Wrote:  Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.

Well, it is kind of a big thing nowadays. You should take a look at a Michigan-type fanbase or any other major college football program's fanbase. They have sport blogging websites strictly dedicated to everything involved in the recruiting world and they get more traffic than our main sport blogging website.
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(08-06-2015 04:37 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  
(08-05-2015 11:40 PM)utpotts Wrote:  Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.

Well, it is kind of a big thing nowadays. You should take a look at a Michigan-type fanbase or any other major college football program's fanbase. They have sport blogging websites strictly dedicated to everything involved in the recruiting world and they get more traffic than our main sport blogging website.

Those followers - for the most part - are not alumni of UM. They need to get a life, but never will. They argued at length about Harbaugh and what his contract had in it, etc. etc. Then when they were wrong - not a peep. Moved on to the National Championship they will win with the recruiting class and how they will be in the title hunt only because of Harbaugh and all the top notch athletes he brought in. They are delusional. You don't want to be like that Eli Manning....
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(08-06-2015 08:24 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  
(08-06-2015 07:51 AM)Rocket Pirate Wrote:  
(08-05-2015 11:40 PM)utpotts Wrote:  Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.

Thank you.

OK. But I'd like an answer on this: So if he was never enrolled, why was he having surgery in Toledo? Did UT pay the bill?

Outside of the blurb in a post on here, I don't have a clue about the surgery.
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(08-06-2015 04:37 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  
(08-05-2015 11:40 PM)utpotts Wrote:  Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.

Well, it is kind of a big thing nowadays. You should take a look at a Michigan-type fanbase or any other major college football program's fanbase. They have sport blogging websites strictly dedicated to everything involved in the recruiting world and they get more traffic than our main sport blogging website.

And I don't get the obsession and dedication to it. It's a media creation and there is little to no objectivity to the rankings. How many times since the end of the Amstutz Era has Toledo had better recruiting scores than its peer schools? And how often during that time have the Rockets even won its division in one of the weakest FBS conferences?

Recruits are obviously needed for the continual building of programs, but the output on the field is much more important. That has always been my point with the recruiting obsession. Fans of programs that don't win on the field have to find victories elsewhere, so they gobble it up when ESPNU televises a high school kid picking from a row of hats and when Scout, Rivals, 247, etc. put out rankings strategically made to attract the masses.

How the recruits are developed and coached is much more meaningful than how many stars they get from some dope who has never seen them play. Coming out of high school, how many stars did Garrett Wolfe have? Or Chandler Harnish and Jordan Lynch? What about Eric Fisher, Khalil Mack, and Jimmie Ward?
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It's more about talent evaluation and development than star ratings. Staffs that don't do a good job at the above will flutter in mediocrity. Staffs that excel will be big winners. case in point Hoke at Michigan and Dantonio at MSU. The recruit rankings are for the fans and the Kids themselves. Getting kids on campus for live evaluation, or in UT's instance, be at other Universities to evaluate (OSU, UM, MSU camps) is huge. UT offered several recruits at OSU camps this year after being able to evaluate them live.
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We were so great at recruiting by the rankings but couldnt win the big game. Now that we have some players that we want, that maybe arent high star guys...we will take over the conference.
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(08-07-2015 09:19 AM)Rocket Pirate Wrote:  
(08-06-2015 04:37 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  
(08-05-2015 11:40 PM)utpotts Wrote:  Some of you guys take recruiting rankings way too seriously.

Well, it is kind of a big thing nowadays. You should take a look at a Michigan-type fanbase or any other major college football program's fanbase. They have sport blogging websites strictly dedicated to everything involved in the recruiting world and they get more traffic than our main sport blogging website.



How the recruits are developed and coached is much more meaningful than how many stars they get from some dope who has never seen them play. Coming out of high school, how many stars did Garrett Wolfe have? Or Chandler Harnish and Jordan Lynch? What about Eric Fisher, Khalil Mack, and Jimmie Ward?

All 1st round NFL draft picks. Two were top 5 overall picks. All three of them were rated 2-stars coming out of high school...mind blown.
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