2025 Recruiting - Football

[dukesteer]

For some reason he didn't have a good visit. Apparantly he got his feelings hurt when we brought in Madden Faraimo and treated him so well.
Haven't heard from anyone in the know that he wanted to be a "featured" linebacker.

This might be a matter of semantics. From what I heard, my interpretation was that he didn’t want to play second fiddle to any other recruit at the position.

 

[dukesteer]

They will keepafter Moore till the end. Not so much on Pettijohn. Don't know of any others that are flip candidates.

Maybe Myron Charles, FSU.

 

[cnb]

Maybe Myron Charles, FSU.

Charles was always a FSU lean. We did well on his visit but not well enough .He will be welcomed if he comes calling but don't expect the staff to expend any effort on him.

This one may come down to onfield performance by us and FSU.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

First I've heard that "hoping for flips" was the staff's strategy.

No problem…happy to help

 

[LonghornCatholic]

Agreed, LC. But if there's a reasonable chance for a flip, it's probably worth the effort until you come up with a better solution of a solid commit.

Yep, exactly.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[longhornlegend]

This is actually a little depressing. Hate seeing top talent out of state. Its all about the benjamins!!!

 

[dukesteer]

IT had an interesting take about Dakorien Moore today on their YouTube channel.

They said that while Moore is a great talent and a painful loss, it is much less significant than the loss of DT Josiah Sharma. The reasoning is that Texas produces a plethora of very good wide receivers. Dakorien may be the best, but there’s not an absence of talent in the state or around the country. If we miss on one or two, there’s always the portal. And in the portal, the position that seems to be most abundant with talent is wide receiver. Just look at the past two years.

On the other hand, DT represents a position with dramatically less abundance and limited options. That is also the case after the season, in the portal. Very, very few good options.

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[Hookem G]

Not getting commitments from Moore and Pettijohn is disappointing, but in the new world of NIL and portal transfers very few decisions can be viewed as absolute and final. In my 50+ years of following the Horns and their recruiting, there have always been several "must have 5 star" players that somehow get away. Some of them became great players, but many turned out to be average or in some cases never even saw the playing field.

For Sark to have long term success he must surround himself with coaches that, in addition to recruiting, must be able to teach, develop and inspire. The teaching and developing has been a big missing piece which held the Horns back over the ten years preceding Sark's hire (beginning with the Mack complacency years).

The winning formula is simple. Get the best players that fit the system, don't compromise team culture and chemistry and use the collective resources available to Texas and we should, once again, be a consistent powerhouse in football.

 

[hornde68]

Start out here. Who in the world does not want Kory Moore? Nobody. So let’s establish that this comment is not sour grapes. RecruiTing 17-18 YO is a challenge. None of these kids have ever dealt with this level of notoriety or monay. Hell, virtually none of ever have at any age level. I was puffed up like a poisoned pup to just get a scholarship to Texas. Couldnt touch my ego. But, there is respectful recruiting and then there is grovelling. Make no mistake all our current players and incoming recruits have eyes. The $$$ issue adds another very scratchy element all the way around. We have seen/had recruits that we had to have. Some great/fabulous, some not so much. See: Harold Perkins-great, Zack Evans-bust, Anthony Hill-great, Evan Stewart-bust and so on. Our players have seen and expect to see, respectful recruiting and respect for our culture. When Sark and company host a player’s entire family, through 3 or 4 generations and including cousins and close friends and then tells us Oregon feels like home. Help me! What did they do, bring in ancestors via AI? There is a point at which a player poisons their own well. Demand and get ridiculous concessions in the face of upper class-men who din’t, and you better show up flying on the winged shoes of Mercury. Give me stout hearted men with a mean streak and a chip. We will be fine. We have two(maybe three) QBs who can throw a football into a bucket, through a windmill. Hell I can get that open.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

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[cnb]

Coach Sark sent this out.

 

[cnb]

Good get. Lsu was pushing hard for him.

 

[txhorn_et]

They will keepafter Moore till the end. Not so much on Pettijohn. Don't know of any others that are flip candidates.

‘Flip’ Wilson was pretty good back in the day.

 

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[mchammer]

Seems like he has a good personality.

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Seems like he has a good personality.

That's always a plus.

 

[LikeMike]

It seems that the teams we wish to compete against (Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia) have most of their top recruits in the bag before we get started. Sark has come through but very much later in the year.
If you already have 6/7 top 100 players before Texas gets started you have more time to steal one of our targets.
What is our recruiting philosophy?

That's always a plus.

 

[OrangeClad]

It seems that the teams we wish to compete against (Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia) have most of their top recruits in the bag before we get started. Sark has come through but very much later in the year.
If you already have 6/7 top 100 players before Texas gets started you have more time to steal one of our targets.
What is our recruiting philosophy?

We need to stop screwing around and start being Texas. With NIL and Portal, combination, this is all about money and power. Despite UT having more of both than any other school, we are *****-footing around getting corn-holed by other schools. (Remember the, “all we have to do is show progress on the field”? Wrong. It’s about money now. The numbers have adjusted upwards and we have not kept up, thinking this pay thing won’t get out of hand if we play it conservative. The donors have been tentative about the ROI from us employing that strategy of trying to compete 1/1, but you guarantee them 15 - 20 5 star recruits per year for several years, the greatest collection of NCAA talent ever assembled in history and national championships for years, and they will open the flood gates. We need to call the best 20 5 star recruits right now and offer them $5 million dollars a year each NIL. It will take several years for the very few schools who can keep up to adjust and by then, all the other have-nots will have figured out a way to officially limit everybody (which we want, too long term). But, the damage will be done by then and UT will be loaded with future NFL talent that cannot even transfer without a gigantic pay cut. We did this, essentially before scholarship limits by using our money and power to warehouse all the good talent. Today, we call those the glory years. This..is the only way to compete and the only way to ultimately beat back this unbridled pay for play landscape. Luckily, it plays UT’s strengths, if they will just pull their head out of the sand and stop denying the new reality.

 

[Vol Horn 4 Life]

We need to call the best 20 5 star recruits right now and offer them $5 million dollars a year each NIL.

I'm not an expert and do not have a solution, but I'm certain this isn't it. If we did that, sooner or later even we will have a hard time getting donors to pony up once we completely destroy the market .

 

[dukesteer]

We need to stop screwing around and start being Texas. With NIL and Portal, combination, this is all about money and power. Despite UT having more of both than any other school, we are *****-footing around getting corn-holed by other schools. (Remember the, “all we have to do is show progress on the field”? Wrong. It’s about money now. The numbers have adjusted upwards and we have not kept up, thinking this pay thing won’t get out of hand if we play it conservative. The donors have been tentative about the ROI from us employing that strategy of trying to compete 1/1, but you guarantee them 15 - 20 5 star recruits per year for several years, the greatest collection of NCAA talent ever assembled in history and national championships for years, and they will open the flood gates. We need to call the best 20 5 star recruits right now and offer them $5 million dollars a year each NIL. It will take several years for the very few schools who can keep up to adjust and by then, all the other have-nots will have figured out a way to officially limit everybody (which we want, too long term). But, the damage will be done by then and UT will be loaded with future NFL talent that cannot even transfer without a gigantic pay cut. We did this, essentially before scholarship limits by using our money and power to warehouse all the good talent. Today, we call those the glory years. This..is the only way to compete and the only way to ultimately beat back this unbridled pay for play landscape. Luckily, it plays UT’s strengths, if they will just pull their head out of the sand and stop denying the new reality.

Isn’t this pretty much what Jimbo did? The strategy failed miserably, and the culture was destroyed.

 

[mchammer]

I trust in Sark. Recruit and identify players who appreciate and understand the responsibilities and benefits of playing for Texas. These are going to be higher than average IQ and higher than average personality. We do not need to stoop to recruiting mercenaries at Texas.

 

[longhornlegend]

Moore had every reason to come to Texas. Perfect situation for him and this offense and it sounds like he was going to be handsomely compensated. At this point he just feels like Oregon is where he'd rather be. As has been noted, between now and November that could change.

I agree but I thought Dillon Gabriel also went to Oregon and if thats correct, he will have a very accurate passer to throw to him along with a pocket full of cash. Hope it doesnt weigh him down to much!!!

 

[LikeMike]

I trust in Sark. Recruit and identify players who appreciate and understand the responsibilities and benefits of playing for Texas. These are going to be higher than average IQ and higher than average personality. We do not need to stoop to recruiting mercenaries at Texas.