bigjim Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 There have been some good postings on the remaining available players left for the Zips to be recruited. I am trusting these potential recruits are accurate, but my point is to identify the positions on the team that are needed. Also, I am going to assume the 2022 and 2023 commits are competent and Coach will retain the 2023 commits. I know this is a big assumption, but we will find out. I want to get input on what else is needed in the class of 2023 based on position. I will review my perspective on the current situation position by position. QB Commit: Wassel Current: 4 (Irons, Undercuffler, Jankowski, Jennings) on roster Needs: Based on how Irons/Undercuffler perform, maybe a 5th year senior transfer. RB Commit: None Current: 4 recruits/transfers in 2022, plus Norrils and Williams Needs: No additional recruits, should be a solid position OL Commits: Long, Mann Current: 19 OL on roster, with 17 being Fr or So. Includes 6 RS-So who are in their fourth season along with Whigen and Banes. Should have experience. Needs: Based on performance of OL, maybe one from the TP. TE Commit: Cravaack Current: Brank, Ognenovic, plus 4 recruits/transfers in the class of 2022 who are highly regarded Needs: None, I would try to shed a couple of the TE's WR Commits: 3, Norton, Miller, Louis Current: Jacques-Louis, Adams, and George as P5 transfers, plus recruits and existing WR teammates Needs: Nothing additional in this class, I would try to shed a couple of WR's. DL Commits: Moore, Cheatom Current: A very poor returning DL on the roster, a very porous group, plus 5 TP/CC transfers and 1 recruit in the class of 2022. 3 transfers have only 1 year of eligibility remaining Needs: 3 additional freshman recruits plus 2 TP transfers to allow the transition to the JoeMo recruits. LB Commits: Bowen Current: Bubba, Boateng, Behm, plus others who I hope can develop Needs: 2 more freshman recruits and 2 TP recruits DB Commits: Tucker, Taylor, White Current: Threatt, Martin, Woods, Nelson as 2022 tranfers, plus many DB's on the roster Needs: None K/P - I think we are in good shape currently Summary Offensively, I feel good with the exception of QB, which is the most important position. May need a transition person to Wassel Defensively: I see a lot of needs short and long term at DL and LB. In Coach JoeMo we trust!!! Go Zips!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 10 hours ago, bigjim said: There have been some good postings on the remaining available players left for the Zips to be recruited. I am trusting these potential recruits are accurate, but my point is to identify the positions on the team that are needed. Also, I am going to assume the 2022 and 2023 commits are competent and Coach will retain the 2023 commits. I know this is a big assumption, but we will find out. I want to get input on what else is needed in the class of 2023 based on position. I will review my perspective on the current situation position by position. QB Commit: Wassel Current: 4 (Irons, Undercuffler, Jankowski, Jennings) on roster Needs: Based on how Irons/Undercuffler perform, maybe a 5th year senior transfer. RB Commit: None Current: 4 recruits/transfers in 2022, plus Norrils and Williams Needs: No additional recruits, should be a solid position OL Commits: Long, Mann Current: 19 OL on roster, with 17 being Fr or So. Includes 6 RS-So who are in their fourth season along with Whigen and Banes. Should have experience. Needs: Based on performance of OL, maybe one from the TP. TE Commit: Cravaack Current: Brank, Ognenovic, plus 4 recruits/transfers in the class of 2022 who are highly regarded Needs: None, I would try to shed a couple of the TE's WR Commits: 3, Norton, Miller, Louis Current: Jacques-Louis, Adams, and George as P5 transfers, plus recruits and existing WR teammates Needs: Nothing additional in this class, I would try to shed a couple of WR's. DL Commits: Moore, Cheatom Current: A very poor returning DL on the roster, a very porous group, plus 5 TP/CC transfers and 1 recruit in the class of 2022. 3 transfers have only 1 year of eligibility remaining Needs: 3 additional freshman recruits plus 2 TP transfers to allow the transition to the JoeMo recruits. LB Commits: Bowen Current: Bubba, Boateng, Behm, plus others who I hope can develop Needs: 2 more freshman recruits and 2 TP recruits DB Commits: Tucker, Taylor, White Current: Threatt, Martin, Woods, Nelson as 2022 tranfers, plus many DB's on the roster Needs: None K/P - I think we are in good shape currently Summary Offensively, I feel good with the exception of QB, which is the most important position. May need a transition person to Wassel Defensively: I see a lot of needs short and long term at DL and LB. In Coach JoeMo we trust!!! Go Zips!!!! Sounds like the team is in pretty good shape. We only need about 9 new guys and we can make room for most of them by getting rid of some tight ends and wide receivers. Look out MACC, here we come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, bigjim said: There have been some good postings on the remaining available players left for the Zips to be recruited. I am trusting these potential recruits are accurate, but my point is to identify the positions on the team that are needed. Also, I am going to assume the 2022 and 2023 commits are competent and Coach will retain the 2023 commits. I know this is a big assumption, but we will find out. I want to get input on what else is needed in the class of 2023 based on position. I will review my perspective on the current situation position by position. QB Commit: Wassel Current: 4 (Irons, Undercuffler, Jankowski, Jennings) on roster Needs: Based on how Irons/Undercuffler perform, maybe a 5th year senior transfer. RB Commit: None Current: 4 recruits/transfers in 2022, plus Norrils and Williams Needs: No additional recruits, should be a solid position OL Commits: Long, Mann Current: 19 OL on roster, with 17 being Fr or So. Includes 6 RS-So who are in their fourth season along with Whigen and Banes. Should have experience. Needs: Based on performance of OL, maybe one from the TP. TE Commit: Cravaack Current: Brank, Ognenovic, plus 4 recruits/transfers in the class of 2022 who are highly regarded Needs: None, I would try to shed a couple of the TE's WR Commits: 3, Norton, Miller, Louis Current: Jacques-Louis, Adams, and George as P5 transfers, plus recruits and existing WR teammates Needs: Nothing additional in this class, I would try to shed a couple of WR's. DL Commits: Moore, Cheatom Current: A very poor returning DL on the roster, a very porous group, plus 5 TP/CC transfers and 1 recruit in the class of 2022. 3 transfers have only 1 year of eligibility remaining Needs: 3 additional freshman recruits plus 2 TP transfers to allow the transition to the JoeMo recruits. LB Commits: Bowen Current: Bubba, Boateng, Behm, plus others who I hope can develop Needs: 2 more freshman recruits and 2 TP recruits DB Commits: Tucker, Taylor, White Current: Threatt, Martin, Woods, Nelson as 2022 tranfers, plus many DB's on the roster Needs: None K/P - I think we are in good shape currently Summary Offensively, I feel good with the exception of QB, which is the most important position. May need a transition person to Wassel Defensively: I see a lot of needs short and long term at DL and LB. In Coach JoeMo we trust!!! Go Zips!!!! Thanks for the post bigjim. I like your thinking. I think what will eventually separate us from the rest of the league is the offensive and defensive lines. There will probably be some more turnover after this year as some guys who played a bunch last year may not see many minutes this year. That remains to be seen, but it tends to happen after a coaching change and we have some young talent that will develop. Just a guess, but we will probably see another heavy dose of incoming transfer portal defensive linemen next year. It will take some time for the younger guys to develop, but we should be much further ahead this time next year along the line. I also think there will be a noticeable difference in the physicality the team plays with. I love how the staff is targeting physical players on the recruiting trail. They definitely know what they are looking for and are bringing in some guys that will help. 100% agree QB play is important and I have no doubt JoeMo will have that figured out quickly. We have what we have this year and I think our top 2 guys will get the job done, but a player like Wassel could take this offense to another level once he settles in. (Already looking forward to the next few years). Not saying our current guys can’t excel because Irons certainly has all the physical tools, but who knows how consistent he will be. Edited August 20, 2022 by catdaddyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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