Good article on o-line recruiting by Jake Wimberly

[sandwolf]

I don't think we will end up needing to pull the offer but we pulled 2 instate offers last year (Gainer and the kid from Walnut) and never batted an eye.

Yea, that is a fair point.

But specifically with Smith, yes he is a legacy, but whether we offer and then pull the offer OR we never offer, either way, its a burnt bridge.

Disagree with this though....pulling an offer is a lot different than not offering.

But like I said, I agree that the kid should have an offer. If he is good enough to get an offer from the likes of LSU and Oregon, regardless of whether or not it gets pulled, then he is a better prospect than 80% of the offensive linemen that we have signed under Mullen.

[dawgday166]

Listening to the Boneyard its pretty obvious that Rosebowl is not very enthused about the approach we take in our OL recruiting. He is usually not very negative on our coaches about anything so you know he REALLY doesn't like something we he even hints at negativity like he does with that area of our recruiting.

I have listened (though not lately) and you're right. He isn't very "glowing" when discussing OL recruiting. He was devastated when Lashley went to Bammer. And you're also right when you say Rosie is almost always positive and building up the football coaches and how good they are on his show ... until they go somewhere else or get canned lol. Then they just didn't fit in with what Dan wanted to get done. Dan don't do no wrong to him. Him and State7 probably tight buds wrt MSU football ****

Rosie positive on Howland and Cann too ... he understands a new coach needs a little time to get his program installed and going good.

In Rosie's defense some, he a reporter and needs access. He probably don't want to piss off any of the HCs in any sport.

ETA: One thing we do need to do like Bama wrt recruiting is sign 5 Olinemen every year. Very rarely do they sign less than 5.

[maroonmania]

Disagree with this though....pulling an offer is a lot different than not offering.

But like I said, I agree that the kid should have an offer. If he is good enough to get an offer from the likes of LSU and Oregon, regardless of whether or not it gets pulled, then he is a better prospect than 80% of the offensive linemen that we have signed under Mullen.

Point is they will be pissed either way. Agree they are probably more pissed if an existing offer gets pulled but I will stand by the fact that the bridge is essentially burnt either way. Case in point was the issue mentioned about the Grisham situation in baseball, his support was pulled because we didn't offer his son (even a walkon spot) not because we did offer something that later got pulled.