HookedonGriz said:
AZGrizFan said:
Atlanta Griz1 said:
Unfortunately, quantity never supersedes quality......
Are you implying those six aren't quality?
Growler you gotta help me out. You've been pretty vocal about the Griz not going after MT kids and losing the battle to the Cats. Here we have what seem to be 6 very solid MT recruits who are going to be Griz. There are probably about 10-12 kids from MT who can play D1 on a good year and we got 6 of them. Are you saying these guys aren't meeting the Griz standards or your standards? Just trying to get a feel where you're coming from on this.
Not saying that at all. But, when Hauck/Paulsen were recruiting Montana, we got about 8 of the top 10 kids every year, and the only ones the Cats were able to sign were legacy kids or kids who wanted engineering or AG majors. Now, the Cats get 50% - 60% of the top 10. Big difference. We can quickly turn it around because of hiring 2-3 assistant coaches with strong Montana roots. But, as you know, I deal in reality, and the facts are that MSU has beaten us with in-state recruiting for at least 4-5 years. Will be interesting to see how Shann et. al. make a difference in next year's recruiting class.
Also, I have posted that our lack of a solid base of Montana kids in our starting lineup, as opposed to the Hauck era, is one of the reasons we don't seem to have that Montana pride "never-to-lose" that we used to have. In reality, out-of-state players, for the most part, are hired guns. They sign with the school who they think will give them the best chance to get to the NFL. They don't live and die Montana football like in-state kids do. When we had 8-9 Montana kids starting out of 22 starters, they set the tone and expectations for the other kids. Now, we have so few starters from Montana that this phenomenon doesn't exist any longer. That's my opinion, and I am sticking to it! I will tell you that this opinion is shared by several Ex-Griz players whom I know.