Nope, I agreed with Coach Kill, I would have loved to have seen what Harden could have done, but I assumed those coaches know more about what will succeed in college. I will say that Harden was a better HS player than Onwualu, but this entire thread was about why certain guys got offers over other guys. Guys like Harden (who was backed by that dynamic CDH hype machine) didn't get an offer and JO has them flooding in, so there is more to it than who is simply the better HS football player. Which is why JO has gotten so many offers.
I think you have a warped idea of CDH's history. Cretin has 2 State Championships, and one of them was AFTER Michael Floyd, it was 3 years ago. To say CDH isn't as good as they used to be is bizarre, because going to the State Semi-Finals is a success for CDH football. Despite what some people think, CDH has never racked up the State Championships, most seasons we go to the State and eventually get beaten by powerhouse suburban teams. That's happened way more times than we've won it, we've only won it twice. So to say the talent level hasn't been the same since Floyd left is bizarre, because since Floyd left they've won 50% of their State Championships, had the 1(2) rated recruit in the country, now have a kid who has 10 offers by February, and it's only been four years!!! The talent level isn't down. CDH last year wasn't a bad CDH team, it was an average CDH team (including the Mauer years when we got drilled by EP in the State Championship).
The Nance - Schafer - Salamon - Nance season was the same season as Michael Floyd. Floyd might end up being the best football player to ever come out of Cretin, so I wouldn't call that season a flop.
Wait, I thought it was me, the hypemaster who was wrangling these offers for James Onwualu?
Maybe they do put more money into it, I have no idea. However, even if they do, that has ZERO impact on James Onwualu. A private school's marketing department does not get a player 10 offers by February. That same marketing department didn't get the best defensive player in the state a Big 10 offer this year. All they do is put the kid's names out there, the offers are a totally different thing. Especially for offers this early in the process from the best programs in the country. Like I said, if there is a Cretin Hype Machine, it failed Harden, it failed Kendrick Brewster, it failed Zach Mottla, and it failed Mark Alt. Furthermore, it is a spot on hype machine....the most highley recruited CDH players (Floyd, Seantrel, Binns, Eubanks, Freeman, B. Archer, Mauer, RPN, Royston, Carufel, Ryan Harris......their hype seems to magically follow the players who turn out.