Mullen did the exact same thing
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'22 TX QB Nick Evers (Signed to Oklahoma)
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Maybe kids don't actually care about the flatirons or how pretty CU's campus is?
Are you referring to Clay Millen? I mean, I guess? He visited Boulder, then Arizona and a week later committed to them. Evers is a blue chip prospect who committed to Florida. Without staff contact, I'm struggling to see why this is anything other than losing a recruit to an SEC blue blood.
But that's my point. Neither of them actually got to meet with the staff while they were on campus or see the inside of the facilities, etc
Or lack there of
So other teams are just doing it better or as most think, our recruiting efforts are well below and subpar compared to other P5 schools. It is a rarity to see this staff where there is a legit battle with P5 teams
I mean, 95% of recruits being pursued by Florida and CU are likely going to choose Florida without needing to see campus or speak with the coaches. Millen was an odd situation, but daddy seemed to direct his recruitment and Noel Mazzone as primary recruiter in Arizona is a pretty high profile QB coach
I get it. I really do but the kid was from Texas not FL. Our staff has to find a way to recruit out of the basement if we are going to turn this around. I did not think we would get Evers but damn, we need to start picking up some kids we are not supposed to or people think would not come hear. The staff either is not good at selling the vision or they do not have one that resonates with the kids. KD has to find a way to figure this out. That is his job #1 right now because he is failing in this area
Florida is a blue blood in the SEC who can hand pick their QB from across the country for the most part.
I get where you’re coming from and agree that recruiting needs to take a step forward. My point in this thread was understanding darths post that somehow Evers “went running” somewhere else after visiting. I don’t consider losing a recruit to Florida as some indictment of CU. As it’s been noted, QB dominoes are starting to fall and I don’t consider what happened particularly relevant to CU, more so that the blue chip QBs are finding their place, and CU isn’t at the big boy table (and hasn’t been for decades at the QB position).
I think that's the rosy outlook and was at a minimum a major factor, but this issue is something to watch out for going forward.
When I read the title of this thread, I thought the guy's name was Never Evers. Which would be appropriate, in this case.
Yes, I meant Millen.
I guess we will see what happens, but two cycles with mediocre recruiting at the QB position should tell you all you need to know there.
Two decades of mediocre recruiting at the QB position for CU.
Sure. However, if your QB coach is QB coach only, he better well be a good recruiter. So far, that's not even close.
I also wonder how much Chev is involved with QB recruiting. From the outside, it sure seems like he is not really involved at all.
fify. Something about the QB recruiting dynamic seems extra weird to outside eyes though.
How the hell can be he not be recruiting? Honestly, I think that's what he's best at.
Agreed. Not sure how much he is recruiting at all in any position. He does like to tweet alot though.
Obviously his recruiting overall is a concern, but at the very least, the OC has to be involved in recruiting the QBs.
Trying to be positive, he’d probably made up his mind on FL before he visited but thought, “Ya know, CU is pretty intriguing. I think I’ll check them out.” I’m not sure how many other visits he took, but he did think enough of CU to consider us.
