Official Release 2010 Signing Day

[jackmd]

21 total including a couple of walk-ons from NE and one from AZ that weren't on our radar, at least not that I was aware of.

http://www.gojacks.com/downloads1/36...B_OEM_ID=15000

[jackmd]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

Was someone saying we don't recruit SD anymore? Was that on this forum? I can't remember for sure. Looks like 1/3 of this years class is from SD. The largest number of any state. I'd say that person is wrong. Sure several are walk-ons, that doesn't mean we didn't recruit them and in fact might mean we recruited them even harder.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

Was someone saying we don't recruit SD anymore? Was that on this forum? I can't remember for sure. Looks like 1/3 of this years class is from SD. The largest number of any state. I'd say that person is wrong. Sure several are walk-ons, that doesn't mean we didn't recruit them and in fact might mean we recruited them even harder.

As well as interest in Farniok, Hannigan, Jelsma, and a few others that I have probably forgot about.

[lakecojack]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I was critical towards the jacks earlier because i thought that the state had more to offer than just Sumner and now I am completely impressed with our recruiting class. Seven in state kids is very impressive and I coudln't be any happier. I am glad that we got a few instate kids to take preferred walk on's. Getting a kid like Tunge to walk-on is great.
I think the class as a whole looks solid. Maybe some of our kids didn't get a lot of attention from the bigger schools because they weren't big enough or didn't run the 40 fast enough. But that's ok, what we got were football player's and i'll take them anyday.

[JimmyJack]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I'm glad we got some SD kids. If we get none next year, I'll be fine with that, too. Our population is a tiny blip on the radar, and while SD may well produce more than its share of D1 athletes, it's a big country and we have to compete at a high level in the MVC. I'm just glad our coaches worry about getting good players and young men of good character no matter where they might be.

Once they get here, they're Jackrabbits. That's all that matters to me.

[BTownJack]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I'm glad we got some SD kids. If we get none next year, I'll be fine with that, too. Our population is a tiny blip on the radar, and while SD may well produce more than its share of D1 athletes, it's a big country and we have to compete at a high level in the MVC. I'm just glad our coaches worry about getting good players and young men of good character no matter where they might be.

Once they get here, they're Jackrabbits. That's all that matters to me.

Great post! It can't be said much better.

[jackmd]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I'm glad we got some SD kids. If we get none next year, I'll be fine with that, too. Our population is a tiny blip on the radar, and while SD may well produce more than its share of D1 athletes, it's a big country and we have to compete at a high level in the MVC. I'm just glad our coaches worry about getting good players and young men of good character no matter where they might be.

Once they get here, they're Jackrabbits. That's all that matters to me.

I agree 100%. It is nice that 7 SD players are included in this years class, we are the state's land grand university. However, if there are fewer next year it does not reflect negatively on our coaching staff.

[filbert]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I agree 100%. It is nice that 7 SD players are included in this years class, we are the state's land grand university. However, if there are fewer next year it does not reflect negatively on our coaching staff.

Freudian slip? <chuckle>

[SD-STATE]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I agree 100%. It is nice that 7 SD players are included in this years class, we are the state's land grand university. However, if there are fewer next year it does not reflect negatively on our coaching staff.

I totally agree. Of course the day that there are no kids signed from SD in any given year there will be alot of people in SD throwing a hissy fit and the number of kids signed this year will not matter one bit.

[filbert]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I totally agree. Of course the day that there are no kids signed from SD in any given year there will be alot of people in SD throwing a hissy fit and the number of kids signed this year will not matter one bit.

The fact is that coaches will go after the players that they think will help their programs--and they will go wherever they need to go (within their budget) to do that. If kids closer to home will help the program, the coaches have a strong incentive to recruit those kids, because it costs less to recruit them than it does to recruit someone in Arizona or California or Florida.

Does the occasional local kid get overlooked? Of course. Last time I checked, coaches were human. But the whole conspiracy-theory feel that some folks give off with their "why don't they sign more local kids" thing just leaves me totally cold.

/rant off

[MilwaukeeJacksAlum]

Re: Official Release 2010 Signing Day

I would be willing to make a sizeable wager that the ratio of SD kids v. out of state kids in this year's signing class would be as high, if not higher, than any class from the early-late '90's when we were still DII. (Hold, here it comes) - "Back when I was recruited" (sorry) I know that a high percentage of kids who were signed were from MN, IA or NE. That was 1993-4.