Damn! Post of the Year! Thank you, Wadzip!
There's so much I could comment on.
Kreed had asked how Summit-Stark recruiting compared & all I could tell him was Summit generally has considerably more D-1 recruits than Stark. But i didn't have any links or data - it was just from personally following recruiting. The numbers back up what I have watched over the years: Summit generally (at least) doubles-up Stark on recruiting, and Cuyahoga generally (at least) doubles-up on Summit. But I don't follow Cleveland area HS football like I do this area.
I'll also comment on the point above which I highlighted: yes, concerning Kyre, I'm sure he's a very good athlete, but Coach Bowden may have gotten word that he is also a team leader & if we get Kyre on board it could have a first-domino effect. Pure speculation because, frankly, I consider Jemarulin Suggs our first domino. Following a lot of these young men on twitter, I'm excited to see how many of them are friends & there really seems to be a synergy growing out there that getting an offer from UA is... a status symbol. Good stuff coming!
I'm hoping one day we look at Suggs the way we look at Ampi with the soccer program - the first big recruit who recruited other top-tier recruits & really built something special.