Depth in Recruiting

[GopherHusky]

I put more stock in kids staying with the program.
If 18 of the 23 kids graduate from here, it will have been a great class.
If 5 of the 23 kids graduate from here, we missed.

Solid take here. An influx of talent and higher retention should bode well for the program. Keeping people in the culture, in the system for as long as possible will pay off. Not to mention making Bowl games and getting 15 more chances to change your best...

 

[btowngopher]

Curious what you don't like about Kramer. I've read a couple posts now similar to this. I don't pretend to know how to evaluate QBs and EP seems to run a lot, so I have to defer to the coaches evaluation.

Just from a rankings perspective, Kramer (84.52) is on par with Morgan (83.75) and Annexstad (83.55). To me it was a position of need, pretty decently ranked, from a local 'powerhouse' program that is good to keep a pipeline with. I'm not saying take every local kid but this one doesn't bother me a bit especially with how thin the Gophers were/are at QB. Curious what you're seeing?

FWIW I'm not thrilled with taking a long snapper but Weeks is rated by 247 as the #1 overall LS. Other P5 programs to offer LS scholarships per 247: Washington State, NC State, UCLA, Indiana, LSU, North Carolina. LSU and UCLA also offered kickers a scholarship this year, so the Gophers aren't the only school to use 2 scholarships on specialists.

I just don't think it was necessary to extend the offer as early as we did. Same thing with Aune last year. One advantage the gophers have is that this state isn't exactly a recruiting hotbed, I think we can afford to wait on some of these players. I'm personally not sure Kramer is Big10 caliber, he may have a higher rating than Annexstad and Morgan, but those two came from more sophisticated passing offenses. I don't believe Kramer's rating is accurate, could be completely wrong.