[JohnR34231]

While we can lament that Coach Shaw was unable to reel in top QB Ryan Hilinski, even though Stanford was his dream school, the linked article makes it clear that the tragedy of his brother's suicide means the family wants a fresh start in another part of the country. I am sure Coach Shaw encouraged Ryan to do the right thing for himself and the Hilinski family.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-...ki-family/

I believe another problem was that we were a little late to the party in recruiting Ryan. Not sure why.

He didn't take any AP classes senior year.

Is that a cause or effect of being late to the party?  Given that most students on their own aren't going to take two AP classes, that highlights the importance of contacting prospects before the start of their senior year.

BC

Yeah, I'm not sure just when we contacted him, but I'm wondering if after Mills got hurt against UC Davis, we suddenly decided we needed a QB in this class and started looking around. That would make sense anyway.
Also, I'm not sure whether he came to our camps or attempted to find out what kind of academics he needed to qualify for admission, but if Stanford really was his "dream school" you would have thought he would have.

[JohnR34231]

While we can lament that Coach Shaw was unable to reel in top QB Ryan Hilinski, even though Stanford was his dream school, the linked article makes it clear that the tragedy of his brother's suicide means the family wants a fresh start in another part of the country. I am sure Coach Shaw encouraged Ryan to do the right thing for himself and the Hilinski family.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-...ki-family/

I believe another problem was that we were a little late to the party in recruiting Ryan. Not sure why.

He didn't take any AP classes senior year.

Is that a cause or effect of being late to the party?  Given that most students on their own aren't going to take two AP classes, that highlights the importance of contacting prospects before the start of their senior year.

BC

Yeah, I'm not sure just when we contacted him, but I'm wondering if after Mills got hurt against UC Davis, we suddenly decided we needed a QB in this class and started looking around. That would make sense anyway.
Also, I'm not sure whether he came to our camps or attempted to find out what kind of academics he needed to qualify for admission, but if Stanford really was his "dream school" you would have thought he would have.