Tosh's Short Term Effect on Recruiting

by Bear53 on Jan 19, 2012 12:05 PM PST

Did anyone see this? It's from the Husky Football Blog. Apparently, Garnett is one of the highest ranked HS players in WA state... Hopefully, other recruits will feel the same way about Lupoi being fake.

"Another popular question in the days since the hiring of Tosh Lupoi and some of the other new assistants is whether the Huskies could get back in the hunt for Josh Garnett. Mason Kelley talked to Garnett today and found out the answer, which isn't a happy one for UW fans as Garnett said he hasn't changed his mind and isn't considering UW.

Asked about UW's hiring of Lupoi, Garnett said:

"I thought it was weird at first, just because Tosh was one of the guys who I never thought would move schools, because he would always preach the Cal-Berkeley pride and how he would never leave there and how he just loves Cal and how he wished I could be a part of Cal's family. I saw him at the Under-Armour game and he was still preaching that stuff. He moves, all of a sudden, up to Washington and I thought it was just strange for his character. A job opportunity came about. It's a business, so he had to make a business decision."

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by TheScientist019 on Jan 19, 2012 12:40 PM PST reply actions

YES! YES! YES!

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by BearStage on Jan 21, 2012 4:45 AM PST up reply actions

Also from Kenneth Walker's Dad

http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncfrecruiting/west/post/_/id/2000/walker-still-committed-taking-visits (“insider content”)

"My dad was a little bothered I think. He said he wished Tosh had told us earlier what was going on and didn’t get how he could sell another program so fast after being with Cal for so long. It’s definitely a weird situation and I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty confused right now. I feel like I’m basically having to start all over again but I have a visit set up for (Jan. 27) and we’ll see how it goes."

Tosh who?

Californian in Exile:

by secret ASian man on Jan 19, 2012 1:26 PM PST reply actions

I do think that this is going ot affect his ability to recruit. He was Mr. Cal. Now his credibiliy has suffered. Thanks for the info, Bear53!

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by TwistNHook on Jan 19, 2012 1:48 PM PST reply actions

short term, I think you’re right. The next recruiting cycle, perhaps, I think he can revamp his approach and recruits will not know or care about the Cal/UW mess.

Unless it keeps getting discussed. I don’t think Tedford would talk ill of anyone.

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by carp on Jan 20, 2012 5:45 AM PST up reply actions

this has me thinking

i don’t understand the kids that say their biggest draw to Cal was Tosh, yet the decommit and don’t go to Washington. I mean, if you are only coming to Cal because of Tosh, then wouldn’t that mean you now only intend to follow him to Washington? I don’t get why a kid would ditch Cal for 1 coach, then end up at UCLA or Oregon or Furd.

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by nativeson on Jan 19, 2012 3:16 PM PST reply actions

Because in the minds of those kids even with Tosh they think UW still sucks, and would rather go to another school than have to tolerate that place.

Or, maybe because after meeting Sarksleazian, they just feel like they really need to take a shower.

I’m just guessing, of course.

Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".

by SoCal Oski on Jan 19, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions

Well Duhh!

Its because they want to be in the light of day instead of the sunless tundra.

by BayAreaSportsFan on Jan 22, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions

My guess is that recruits really connected with the guy and his message about how Cal was all about family. When he left, they realized that everything a lot of words were just an act… or at least couldn’t be trusted if he put $ over “family”. At that point, recruits don’t want to follow him anywhere because they don’t trust him.

by Bear53 on Jan 19, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions

I’ve watched this week go by and the shit storm Lupoi has created. Very real but, I don’t get the order of magnitude. Student-athletes come to Cal because it’s Cal. If they are coming due to the charisma of a single line coach, probably not a fit anyway.

I would argue the spike in the quality of our recent recruits is due to Student athletes recognizing, in this economy, the value of a degree from Cal. That’s what separates Cal from the football schools and the box of rocks kids they end up with. Prolly naive of me but it makes me feel good.

The other part I don’t get is Lupoi tripled his salary. Hello. Lotto ticket, life changer. $165,000 per year in the Bay Area has you, with a family, living in Tracey. Good luck dude, have a nice life…..Poof.

For the kids, Cal sells itself or it doesn’t. Pretty sure all on a blog like this can agree on that.

by Anchorsteam Bear on Jan 20, 2012 9:36 AM PST reply actions

where is that quote in the article? I read it, but I didn’t see it in there…

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by BearStage on Jan 21, 2012 4:56 AM PST reply actions

Washington Recruits

My working hypothesis is that Tosh will make much more of an impact with local recruits inside the State of Washington. There are no data yet to backup my hypothesis though as Garnett, Banner, Russell, and Walker Williams are all likely to be heading elsewhere.

by solarise on Jan 21, 2012 3:41 PM PST reply actions

http://o.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskyfootballblog/2017274223_post_105.html

by Bear53 on Jan 22, 2012 1:35 AM PST up reply actions

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