Parrott Blog: Running thread on UL's recruiting

[Parrott]

If Jarad Martin, Christopher Tucker and Aaron Thibodeaux sign as expected, the Cajuns would be at 25 scholarships. That's the maximum allowed in one recruiting class.

[Trigger74]

Just found this on Scouts, Inc.

They have us at 105 with 22 commitments. Thought we would be higher. Time will tell.


Team Rankings

Off Def SpT HS JC Avg
101. Rice 14 Conf USA 543 0 0 0 2 5 8 1 14 0 2.14
102. East Carolina 20 Conf USA 520 0 0 0 1 9 11 0 17 3 2.05
103. Utah State 22 WAC 491 0 0 0 1 13 8 1 16 6 2.05
104. Miami (Oh) 16 MAC 486 0 0 0 1 7 8 1 16 0 2.00
105. Louisiana 22 Sun Belt 469 0 0 0 2 11 11 0 16 6 2.09
106. ULM 23 Sun Belt 454 0 0 0 0 12 11 0 18 5 2.00
107. Memphis 12 Conf USA 453 0 0 0 3 7 5 0 10 2 2.25
108. Buffalo 14 MAC 428 0 0 0 2 8 5 1 14 0 2.14
109. New Mexico State 14 WAC 403 0 0 0 1 9 5 0 10 4 2.07
110. Kent State 16 MAC 395 0 0 0 3 5 11 0 16 0 2.19
111. Middle Tennessee 14 Sun Belt 390 0 0 0 2 6 8 0 9 5 2.07
112. Idaho 14 WAC 380 0 0 0 3 8 6 0 7 7 2.14
113. Northern Illinois 21 MAC 372 0 0 0 0 10 10 1 18 3 1.71
114. UAB 20 Conf USA 291 0 0 0 1 17 3 0 9 11 2.05
115. North Texas 13 Sun Belt 272 0 0 0 2 3 9 1 8 5 2.15
116. Eastern Michigan 10 MAC 235 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 10 0 2.00
117. Western Kentucky 12 Sun Belt 226 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 11 1 2.00
118. Florida Atlantic 9 Sun Belt 222 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 9 0 1.89
119. Arkansas State 19 Sun Belt 187 0 0 0 1 10 9 0 14 5 1.58

[wcd35]

_ It was my understanding that Bates was told by LSU coaches that he would grayshirt a few weeks ago. He has not responded to my attempts to reach him. _

Because his parents will take his phone away from him if he does

[CajunRed]

_ It was my understanding that Bates was told by LSU coaches that he would grayshirt a few weeks ago. He has not responded to my attempts to reach him. _

And now with LSU going after a couple of extra players, they sent him a message that he wasn't quite good enough yet for em. Maybe both he AND his parents begin to question their decision.

[wcd35]

_ Just found this on Scouts, Inc.

They have us at 105 with 22 commitments. Thought we would be higher. Time will tell. _

Dont bother with rankings unless you are in the BCS conferences. We had players that lost stars over the course of a year for very little reason and many that probably could have another star as well.

Just know that this is Bustle's best class ever. Rankings are stupid.

[ManAboutTown]

Blake Hollingsworth Highlights:


Scout.com is retarded.
This class is no where near the bottom in the country.
We have some solid guys coming, plus a few nice JUCO's.

[Trigger74]

Realize this, but still gives an idea. Right now we are third in the Sunbelt and the Sunbelt is dead last for all conferences.

Do we stick with the conference that might grow? Do we go back to independent, possible to get more bigger checks and grow? Do we wait for a slight chance of going to a new conference that might develop out of re-alignment? Do we possible go to a bigger & stronger conference?

2010 is now becoming a keystone year for UL and our program, more so than just wins & loses and possible a bowl game.

[Parrott]

My blog with an update on Christopher Tucker:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...Id=personaDest

[CajunRed]

23 out of 25 signed and delivered. I'd say we did a pretty good job of holding onto to our commitments. Great job by our coaching staff!

[T-Joe]

Don't worry about Houston Bates. Just read on some Catholic webpage that he is set to sign LOI at noon. Oh well with him and oh hell yea with the ones we have coming in. Great class. Great work!

[Parrott]

My update on Jarad Martin:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...Id=personaDest

That's 24 of 25 recruits that have signed.

The only one left is St. Frederick DE Aaron Thibodeaux, who is set to sign at 12:30 p.m. with the Cajuns, per his prep coach.

[zephyr]

_ Realize this, but still gives an idea. Right now we are third in the Sunbelt and the Sunbelt is dead last for all conferences.

Do we stick with the conference that might grow? Do we go back to independent, possible to get more bigger checks and grow? Do we wait for a slight chance of going to a new conference that might develop out of re-alignment? Do we possible go to a bigger & stronger conference?

2010 is now becoming a keystone year for UL and our program, more so than just wins & loses and possible a bowl game. _

This post is not very conventional. We really, at this point, have no say as to which conference we "go" to. We have not had the success required to really be a big draw for outside conferences to want us not to mention that realignment of some sort usually must take place for this shift to even occur and that is not expected at this time. Therefore, wondering what to do in conference selection is pointless.

SBC is dead last for what? If you are talking about Prestige, many would argue that the MAC could be considered last and even if the SBC is last, it is clearly obvious that the league as a whole is improving yearly. We are now constantly getting in 2+ teams into bowls each year and that is likely to continue for a while.

Being in a larger conference with better revenue sharing would be an obvious plus but we can't concern ourselves with that since that choice is out of our control. We need to bring in the best athletes, strap it up and get to 7 wins so we can go bowling and start some momentum to moving forward.