Elijah Hawkins 5'11" PG from Howard

[Shockm]

What do you expect? No disappointments if expectations are low. Right?

[Atxshoxfan]

When Abmas went from 100% WSU to strong KSU and UT, there was a meeting that Ron Baker was invited to. He said that there were good things happening to get excited about. Shortly after, the rumor or info from TE was that Abmas was still in grasp for WSU. Then a few days later committed to UT.

This tells me that the meeting set some cash on the table and countered offers by UT. It came up short obviously, but it tells me that the money bags and priority people not only know what's going on, but also are in with the plan to keep things on the low.
Once again, I don't fault anyone at WSU for having a new strategy in recruiting. There's plenty of time and plenty of good players out there to build a strong team.

[TrackSuitAndTie]

Mills is likely to have a tough recruiting year. He got a late start and didn't get a recruiting staff put together until after a lot of players in the portal were already scheduling visits. That's the way it's always going to be with a coaching change.

There are still a lot of quality players available in the portal.

[Stickboy46]

I'm pretty confident that the people who matter (those who are major contributors to NIL) know EXACTLY what is going on.

It certainly can't hurt recruiting if other schools don't know the priorities of WSU's recruiting. It certainly could hurt if other schools know WSU's recruiting priorities. There's recruiting to build a program and there's recruiting to prevent other schools from building their programs.

The term "control freak" is an incredibly negative evaluation. It often says more about the person throwing that term out than about the person the term is directed at.

Keeping recruiting targets out of social media and public information seems to be a sound strategy. I don't think it deserves the "control freak" label.

Mills is likely to have a tough recruiting year. He got a late start and didn't get a recruiting staff put together until after a lot of players in the portal were already scheduling visits. That's the way it's always going to be with a coaching change.

Beverly and Cortes are solid recruits. Not home runs, but they're solid recruits. Then some are going to say, "but they were bench players". What are you expecting? That P5 starters are going to come to WSU? That's delusional. Lower level starters and higher level bench players are what's available.

The least important factor in recruiting is that fans know what's going on. Money guys - you can bet your ass they know what's going on. You want to know what's going on - just be a money guy.

There is no reason we can't grab a P5 starter. Will we grab an All american from another team? not counting on that, but we SHOULD be positioned well to offer P5 Starter level players (or at least high level mid major staters). There are tons leaving for lots of reasons.

I just don't have as low of perception of WSU as many on here. I won't accept that we should just be ok with "accepting our place". NIL should have leveled the field for us with our support and not having football.

[LetsGoShockers2021]

There is no reason we can't grab a P5 starter. Will we grab an All american from another team? not counting on that, but we SHOULD be positioned well to offer P5 Starter level players (or at least high level mid major staters). There are tons leaving for lots of reasons.

I just don't have as low of perception of WSU as many on here. I won't accept that we should just be ok with "accepting our place". NIL should have leveled the field for us with our support and not having football.

Once again , EXACTLY

friggin teams like AAC Charlotte, FAU, Tulsa, East Carolina, Memphis, UAB, North Texas just to name a few are getting studs… would be a losers mentality to think we shouldn’t be getting better talent than most or all of those minus Memphis.

[WstateU]

[shocks02]

Taking an OV to Minnesota this weekend.

[Stickboy46]

Did anyone ever get confirmation if he was on a visit here last weekend?

[pinstripers]

Did anyone ever get confirmation if he was on a visit here last weekend?

You're kidding, right?

[Stickboy46]

You're kidding, right?

I don't know who spends their weekends watching for cookie cakes. A lot of people with a lot of time on their hands on here.

[TrackSuitAndTie]

Did anyone ever get confirmation if he was on a visit here last weekend?

At first I thought, no way this kid comes on an OV without word getting out, but then TE reports RD3 visited a month ago and nothing got out until he signed Wednesday...

[pinstripers]

I'm thinking game tip-off times won't be announced til the day before...........

[Kung Wu]

I'm thinking game tip-off times won't be announced til the day before...........

You're assuming we'll have enough players by tip-off?

[shocks02]

Just committed to Minnesota.

[Kung Wu]

Noooooo