MattTheEagle {l Wrote}:Overall, it was a good day. I am not too concerned about not getting Robert Davis, whereas landing Patchan was huge. Patchan will be able to help us from Day 1.
This whole HJS stupidity of Addazio recruiting worse than Spaz is horseshit. You inevitably lose a few recruits from coaching changes, particularly when you completely clean house with the staff (which the fact that only Washington remains is a very very good thing). HJS is being a moron for believing that if Addazio was a good recruiter he would have significantly improved this class come signing day. Look at Golden's 2011 class, it sucks, and arguably worse than Spaz's 2011 class. At best Addazio would land maybe one or two quality recruits in 2013. The real test is for the 2014 class, and I have reasons to believe Addazio will do a very good job.
I made some legit excused for Addazio, especially regarding the available schollies, but this is dumb. When Jags got here he landed Momah, Newman, Costanzo, Gause, Dom Davis, Spinney, Elliot and Chris Johnson, and closed on Eason. That's a QB, 2 starting linemen, a starting DE, a contributing WR, a starting corner, and three washouts. Two of the guys, Costanzo and Gause, started from Day 1, and one is in the NFL as a first round pick.
It's not as hard to pick up late talent when you know what it looks like. Hopefully Rouse is one of those guys.
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