NorthTexas16

You are an idiot! That is a statement of fact!

Not being a tough guy at all. You were the one who came out wanting me to recant my position. I won't!! I assumed that we agree in general on things such as 40 times and other measurable to get a baseline of a recruits talent. Of course they do! There are obviously factors that start the process, but my point was that 2 stars very rarely get bumped to 3 stars by the end of their recruiting process. The subject that I was commenting on was that we don't need to chase X number of 3 star recruits. This is a blog that allows for opinion. I stated mine and stand behind it. To be called a liar is off base. You immediately acted like some attorney during a trail to dismiss my opinion. I never suggested a single thing personal or physical towards you, The shot was from you claiming I was being dishonest and you wanted some sort of apology on my part!I

You are pretty brave questioning my integrity as an honest man behind your computer, but I will let it pass. Go back to my original post and you will see that in parenthesis I stated "to some degree"!

Not at all! Why don't you share with all of us how they are evaluated? I assure you they don't go through the film of every 2 star to determine if he should be 3.

One is a WR and one is DT. Their offers are similar but neither had P5's. The WR has good size and not sure what his 40 time was but probably above average. DT is right at avg in height. Also depends on what time each blossomed as a player. Some kids get stars early and some late. The point I am making is college recruiters care more than how many stars a kid has. Just ask them! Most of them don't even believe the camps 40 times that are sponsored by UA, Nike. They want them at a camp of their own to watch and time them in person.

Stars (to some degree) are the imagination of the media. Sure, there is some thought and analysis that goes in to some of it. Mainly the 4 and 5 star recruits. The 2 and 3 stars are separated by how many offers they have. They don't have time the analyze each so they get stars based on offers only. We need to recruit players that can help us win and fit the scheme that we are going to run. The previous staff spent too much time worrying about offering kids because it looked good. Why waste time offering a kid that you are not going to get? Look at this years offers and tell me why we offered half of those guys? We had no chance of getting them!

I am assuming that we will have an official visitor weekend. Usually bring in all of the kids they want and have a big weekend. Maybe hard for SL to get done on short time this year! Need to get recruits to our campus and show it off, facilities are so important to recruits and we have some nice facilities..

Need them to stay home for sure. Do we know what weekend he is coming?

Why haven't we gone after this kid? http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3139869/logan-bonner http://247sports.com/Player/Logan-Bonner-61712 Has UTSA and Ark State (shows committed) offers. OC at Ark State left for Maryland job. Maybe he is open to options?

Noren is the FS. They did play him some at OLB in a 3-4 his Jr year. He started at corner that year. His coverage skills got pretty good and then they moved him to FS. I am not sure anyone from our staff has seen his film. Has our defensive staff been hired and on board yet? Bowling is the slot - He and Noren are really close. Their families are from Ga originally and they became good friends. Bowling tried to get Ark State to offer (Noren) but they were full at the position. Could we get Bowling to flip from Ark State by offering both? Then we get two local kids that can play and begin to change the perception of "not getting local kids"

The QB Restmeyer is good. Struggles with his feet but nice arm. Cool under pressure. There is a Safety at their school that is an Air Force commit that would love UNT - Parker Noren. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1860980/grant-restmeyer http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1897489/parker-noren Noren is 6'2" 190. Big hitter!

Yes

I know this kids family. Great kid! He has been committed to Arkansas Sate for a while and really loves the coaches up there. He actually camped here two years ago as a sophomore. Never got traction with old staff. Probably didn't fit our old offense. He has been talking directly with Litrell but has not been offered.

Its going to be tough with the dead period not ending until Jan 14. Any news on setting official visits?