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Let's look at our recruiting since Capel arrived. When he stepped on campus, he had the following players on campus or coming to campus:
06-07 roster:
Nate Carter
Keith Clark (Sampson commit)
Tony Crocker (Sampson commit)
Beau Gerber
David Godbold
Taylor Griffin
Austin Johnson
Longar Longar
Michael Neal
Kellen Sampson
Chris Walker
Capel added:
Bobby Maze - #135 in rivals 150. Offers from Tulane, Tulsa, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. Kicked off the team due to displinary issues(?) following the 06-07 season.
2007 class:
Cade Davis - NR in rivals 150. Offers from Nebraska, Nevada, ORU, Tulsa and Wichita State.
Blake Griffin - #23 in rivals 150. Offers from Baylor, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan State, OK State.
Omar Leary (JUCO) - Offers from Colorado and Colorado State. Solid two year contributor.
Tony Neysmith - #106 in rivals 150. Offers from Charlotte and St. John's. Left the program after one season. Played very few minutes.
2008 class:
Orlando Allen (JUCO) - Offers from Bowling Green, Minnesota and Nebraska. Spot player at best thus far.
Kyle Cannon - NR rivals 150. Offers from Arizona St, Binghamton, North Texas and South Florida. Virtually no meaningful minutes, left team/kick off team after one season.
Juan Pattillo (JUCO) - Offer from Kentucky. Solid bench contributor in one season and then dismissed from the team due to academic/displinary issues.
Willie Warren - #10 in rivals 150. Offers from Cincinnati, Connecticut and Kansas.
Ray Willis - #108 in rivals 150. Offers from Georgia State, Oregon, UCF and South Alabama.
2009 class:
Andrew Fitzgerald - #70 in rivals 150. Offers from Cal, Kentucky, Louisville, Marquette, Minnesota, Pitt, Seton Hall, St. Johns, Tennessee and Xavier. Looks utterly lost thus far.
Keith "Tiny" Gallon - #9 in rivals 150. Offers from Cal and Mississippi State.
Kyle Hardrick - NR in rivals 150. Committed so early Rivals doesn't even list competing offers. Has yet to play a meaningful minute in a game and potentially never will.
Tommy Mason-Griffin - #46 in rivals 150. Offers from Baylor and Texas.
Steven Pledger - #121 in rivals 150. Offers from Boston College, Clemson, South Carolina, VCU, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
2010 class:
Cameron Clark - #30 in rivals 150. Offers from Florida International, Marquette and Ok State.
T.J. Taylor - #91 in rivals 150. Offers from Arizona State, Iowa State, Marquette, TCU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
Random thoughts:
1. We have had several guys bust out or have taken fliers on some people that really haven't panned out, whichever you prefer. That has really come home to roost this season as evidenced by our depth issues. Neysmith, Allen, Cannon, Willis, Hardrick, even Fitzgerald.
2. That 2008 class is absolutely killing us. Two of those guys are gone and the other two play virtually zero meaningful minutes. The loss of Pattillo in particular really hurt us this year.
3. Fitzgerald needs to play. The guy had a laundry list of offers from across the country and unless he's a total bust or there is something else going on behind closed doors that we don't know about he has to get on the floor if for no other reason than to learn. If he never pans out for us it is going to be killer.
4. Our recruiting classes seem to have been very uneven. We've gotten top tier guys, but then we've taken guys like I've mentioned above. Guys we're recruiting against the likes of St. John's, Bowling Green, Binghamton, Georgia State, etc., for. Hopefully that will change and we'll get more guys like Pledger, who is the perfect example of the "glue guys" we are going to need to get in the future in addition to going after the marquee guys.
06-07 roster:
Nate Carter
Keith Clark (Sampson commit)
Tony Crocker (Sampson commit)
Beau Gerber
David Godbold
Taylor Griffin
Austin Johnson
Longar Longar
Michael Neal
Kellen Sampson
Chris Walker
Capel added:
Bobby Maze - #135 in rivals 150. Offers from Tulane, Tulsa, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. Kicked off the team due to displinary issues(?) following the 06-07 season.
2007 class:
Cade Davis - NR in rivals 150. Offers from Nebraska, Nevada, ORU, Tulsa and Wichita State.
Blake Griffin - #23 in rivals 150. Offers from Baylor, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan State, OK State.
Omar Leary (JUCO) - Offers from Colorado and Colorado State. Solid two year contributor.
Tony Neysmith - #106 in rivals 150. Offers from Charlotte and St. John's. Left the program after one season. Played very few minutes.
2008 class:
Orlando Allen (JUCO) - Offers from Bowling Green, Minnesota and Nebraska. Spot player at best thus far.
Kyle Cannon - NR rivals 150. Offers from Arizona St, Binghamton, North Texas and South Florida. Virtually no meaningful minutes, left team/kick off team after one season.
Juan Pattillo (JUCO) - Offer from Kentucky. Solid bench contributor in one season and then dismissed from the team due to academic/displinary issues.
Willie Warren - #10 in rivals 150. Offers from Cincinnati, Connecticut and Kansas.
Ray Willis - #108 in rivals 150. Offers from Georgia State, Oregon, UCF and South Alabama.
2009 class:
Andrew Fitzgerald - #70 in rivals 150. Offers from Cal, Kentucky, Louisville, Marquette, Minnesota, Pitt, Seton Hall, St. Johns, Tennessee and Xavier. Looks utterly lost thus far.
Keith "Tiny" Gallon - #9 in rivals 150. Offers from Cal and Mississippi State.
Kyle Hardrick - NR in rivals 150. Committed so early Rivals doesn't even list competing offers. Has yet to play a meaningful minute in a game and potentially never will.
Tommy Mason-Griffin - #46 in rivals 150. Offers from Baylor and Texas.
Steven Pledger - #121 in rivals 150. Offers from Boston College, Clemson, South Carolina, VCU, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
2010 class:
Cameron Clark - #30 in rivals 150. Offers from Florida International, Marquette and Ok State.
T.J. Taylor - #91 in rivals 150. Offers from Arizona State, Iowa State, Marquette, TCU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
Random thoughts:
1. We have had several guys bust out or have taken fliers on some people that really haven't panned out, whichever you prefer. That has really come home to roost this season as evidenced by our depth issues. Neysmith, Allen, Cannon, Willis, Hardrick, even Fitzgerald.
2. That 2008 class is absolutely killing us. Two of those guys are gone and the other two play virtually zero meaningful minutes. The loss of Pattillo in particular really hurt us this year.
3. Fitzgerald needs to play. The guy had a laundry list of offers from across the country and unless he's a total bust or there is something else going on behind closed doors that we don't know about he has to get on the floor if for no other reason than to learn. If he never pans out for us it is going to be killer.
4. Our recruiting classes seem to have been very uneven. We've gotten top tier guys, but then we've taken guys like I've mentioned above. Guys we're recruiting against the likes of St. John's, Bowling Green, Binghamton, Georgia State, etc., for. Hopefully that will change and we'll get more guys like Pledger, who is the perfect example of the "glue guys" we are going to need to get in the future in addition to going after the marquee guys.