[McKenwood]

2NT can mean many things, but I’m guessing a killer hand for closing on Hagen. If so, that’d be great news.

I don't think Phogge is the plugged-into-recruiting type, but he is the thread drift type. (I'm not keen on that in recruiting threads.)

Info re: Hagen, he was recently offered by Michigan but didn't go to their big recruiting weekend.

Given the dire DL situation right now, I would absolutely take another in this class.

Sure, but which other DL who's worth taking?  Selah Brown would be nice, but is he a real possibility, or is he set on staying close to home?  As I see it from this cloudy perch, the best DL recruit would be Pakola.  After that, motivating Keneley to add some more good weight.

AFAIK, Brown has been off the board for months. This is more for the health of the pipeline and the position itself in a couple years, not necessarily now. I'm very pro-recruiting higher numbers in the trenches. I'd want around 10 on a given team so you can comfortably rotate 5-6ish without too much drop-off (unless there is a stud, of course). The trenches are positions that get better with old man strength, so ideally most of those 5-6 would be juniors/seniors with a roughly equal number of younger guys waiting in the wings.

If it were up to me, the best DL recruit would be a different coach, then Pakola. In that order.

I agree. Need to raise the ante on numbers. For 2022 can't rely on the recruiting service listings. Need to a find a player committed elsewhere in a program likely going through a coaching change or a player committed to a lower level program that is having a stellar senior year. Much less likely is to find an under recruited player who has not yet committed but is having a breakout year.

[McKenwood]

2NT can mean many things, but I’m guessing a killer hand for closing on Hagen. If so, that’d be great news.

I don't think Phogge is the plugged-into-recruiting type, but he is the thread drift type. (I'm not keen on that in recruiting threads.)

Info re: Hagen, he was recently offered by Michigan but didn't go to their big recruiting weekend.

Given the dire DL situation right now, I would absolutely take another in this class.

Sure, but which other DL who's worth taking?  Selah Brown would be nice, but is he a real possibility, or is he set on staying close to home?  As I see it from this cloudy perch, the best DL recruit would be Pakola.  After that, motivating Keneley to add some more good weight.

AFAIK, Brown has been off the board for months. This is more for the health of the pipeline and the position itself in a couple years, not necessarily now. I'm very pro-recruiting higher numbers in the trenches. I'd want around 10 on a given team so you can comfortably rotate 5-6ish without too much drop-off (unless there is a stud, of course). The trenches are positions that get better with old man strength, so ideally most of those 5-6 would be juniors/seniors with a roughly equal number of younger guys waiting in the wings.

If it were up to me, the best DL recruit would be a different coach, then Pakola. In that order.

I agree. Need to raise the ante on numbers. For 2022 can't rely on the recruiting service listings. Need to a find a player committed elsewhere in a program likely going through a coaching change or a player committed to a lower level program that is having a stellar senior year. Much less likely is to find an under recruited player who has not yet committed but is having a breakout year.