First and Chalmers here.I misinterpreted a text, I guess. Thought we were getting *the* announcement and we instead got the announcement regarding the announcement. Apologies there.
In any case though,.
Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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Lettttsssssss GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
redwingillini11
- North Aurora
Yaaaaaas way to go staff!
think most knew the outcome already but feels great to have another solid commit already!
Is he any good?
Obviously this will change from year to year depending on needs and how big our recruiting class is, but is there a type of goal the staff has for in state recruiting? Like, if Coach B gets this train rolling and the program is healthy, should we be getting 50% of the top 20 in state kids? Is that too much?
I feel obligated to mention that I honestly don't care where our recruits come from as long as they are good but getting our first 2 commits from in state is nice
The goal is to retain all top in-state kids. In aiming for perfection we can achieve greatness.
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
Would be interested to know the best we have ever done as % of Top 15 or Top 20 since state rankings have been available.
With historic and more recent top programs within 4 hr radius from Chicago, it's a battleground.
With historic and more recent top programs within 4 hr radius from Chicago, it's a battleground.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Two Top 700 instate kids so far. Great start.
Love getting back into ESL. Hopefully will help get a few more in don't mind taking some lower rated guys to build the relationship(not that Hayden is). Anyone have any info on where we expect him to play and style of play? 2 top 700 and top 15 instate guys is great way to start a class.
Too early to tell, but what I am hoping that what we can do is what Wisconsin did when BB was there and what they and Iowa still routinely do. Take 3* players develop them and make them contributors by their junior or senior year. Tank seems to have a good feel and ability to build out guys and keep them explosive. These 1st two classes will be a strong example with how many 3*s we have.
That is definitely going to be the route to sustainable success that we will need to follow.
Keeping Cory Patterson on staff was a great move. Can't let Mizzou have free reign over STL
While I like Cory, 2 things:
A) You need to be beating out other top programs (esp Mizzou) for STL talent before he's proven to be successful. It's been a while since we/he have done that
B) Let's not ignore that Terry Hawthorne was likely very helpful here
There's a ton of STL talent that we need to get and we haven't had much traction recently
How close Farrell to casting his lot with the Illini?
Terry will be very important.
Terry is very important. Guy gave it all for us and is respected on both sides of the river
illini80
- Forgottonia
Feagin is working on him. I think we have a pretty good shot, but I have no info other than what I’ve heard and read from public outlets.
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