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2023 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

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Akron Rick said:
Even more important than the peer recruiting on this guy will be the relationship he builds with LJ. People (not us Buckeye recruitniks) sometimes dismiss his prowess as a recruiter because of his age but you have to look no further than last year's haul of JT and Sawyer to confirm it.
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I don't think anyone doubts LJsr...
 
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I looked into 4* OT Monroe Freeling a little more since 1). We need tackles and 2). He's visiting unofficially in mid-April. He is a consensus top 10 for the class of 23 at OT. As posted above he's considering Clemson (close to home) and Notre Dame (academics..he's very intelligent) and also Stanford (even better academics). As far as Ohio St. , he was not even expecting an offer but when Coach Frye finally got himself situated and TCB with Luke Montgomery he called and offered. This was Freeling's reaction in Tiger Rag.." That's really cool. They (Ohio State) are a great program, great at development and I'm excited to grow my relationship over the next several months. This (Ohio State's interest) is new, very new to me." So that was his reaction a few weeks back and next step will be his unofficial and then hopefully the Freeling family will like what they see and hear from Coach Frye and Coach Day!
 
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If we can somehow land 2 OT that are top 10 for their position to go with the guys already in the class then I’ll be super excited and that will ease my concerns considerably. People seem to think Luke may kick inside and that’s fine but he could play outside if needed …so getting 2 true OTs that are elite would just be excellent.
 
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Anyone who wants to closely follow recruiting w/o paying anything should follow Luke Montgomery on twitter. If it don't pan out for him as a player I think recruiting co-ordinator would be a great career. Seems like every outstanding prospect who's visiting this weekend has either tweeted Luke or been re-tweeted by him
 
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Akron Rick said:
Anyone who wants to closely follow recruiting w/o paying anything should follow Luke Montgomery on twitter. If it don't pan out for him as a player I think recruiting co-ordinator would be a great career. Seems like every outstanding prospect who's visiting this weekend has either tweeted Luke or been re-tweeted by him
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SO he's 2023's Captain Buckeye? In that he's coordinating the recruits when they come to town, similar to CJ Hicks in '22 and Sawyer in '21
 
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Just sayin': His older brother is the QB at Clemson, so most people think Matayo will end up there too. However, maybe not, as it does sound like NIL money will come into play in his recruitment:

Big Dave Uiagalelei's talks (Q&A) Matayo's recruitment, NIL deals, commitment date and more.

Question: What do you think is one of the biggest positive impacts of NIL that you’ve seen so far?

Uiagalelei: You know, for me, what it’s coming down to is if a school and NIL is offering the kind of money that we’re seeing right now… If you have a school that you really like, and you find out that they’re going to offer this in NIL, I just believe if you’re a family that comes from nothing, you know, and you can actually have an opportunity to make money that you’ve never… you know what I’m saying? I’m like, go ahead, it’s okay. You can go ahead and make that decision and go there. It doesn’t affect the fact that you love the school. It doesn’t affect, you know, it damaged integrity. We’re going to treat this just like any scholarship, respect the rules, do whatever we’re told. You know what I mean? And it’s just people’s narrow-minded thinking of just the money part or something like that. Man, I love the fact that a kid who busted his *** to be able to create a situation where he’s highly recruited and he’s achieved a situation like that, to be able to achieve that kind of money. Shoot, I say go ahead if you like it, just do you, you know?

Question: So those are the benefits of NIL. Do you see downsides going forward?

Uiagalelei: To me, I think the kids need to get educated on this type of money. And what I mean is, you’re asking a kid who just left high school, never had a job in his life probably, you know, struggling with mom and dad or whoever you know… just to paint the picture, mom and dad probably struggling to, you know, support the family. And then the kid goes into a situation where, because of his hard work, because of his dedication to school, to training, and becoming one of the top prospects in the country, he’s able to have a NIL deal that’s probably worth $1.5 million coming out. And, you know, just for me, the kid never had money like that. So I think what I would wish is for the kid getting counseled you know, somebody to be there to teach him or to make sure… Because this money, man, you can say all you want it won’t bother you but it will. I just wish there’s someone just to counsel him through that and, you know, guide him to make the right decisions because that could really get you out of focus. I don’t know, some kids it could take the chip off their shoulder or whatever it was for them to go out there and grind. Once you get that kind of money, sometimes the kids feel as if they made it, they don’t have to grind no more.

Question: The fact that NIL and significant money is now at stake changes everything. You obviously have more life experience than your kids, so at times is it hard for you to give them free rein in making their decisions? Do you ever find yourself in a way leading them in a direction you think they should go, or is it really a hands-off, 100% their decision type of thing?

Uiagalelei: I’ve always said my job as a parent is always to put all options in front of my kids, and they make the best decisions from seeing what options they have in front of them. I don’t know if you saw a couple of weeks ago where I tweeted about, you know, ‘it’s not what they like to do or what school they like, but it’s now becoming a business decision.’ And it’s crazy how people took it out of context. And if you read what I posted it was for what I said is, ‘here’s a nugget for you parents out there that are going through the recruiting process.’ You know, it was never meant to say… people are taking that and saying that, you know, ‘so Matayo, I guess whatever school is offering the most money,’ you know, and all of that. And then I’m sitting back and I’m like, you know what this is crazy that people could take your words and switch it up, which all I was trying to do was educate the parents. Because this is a business decision now.

Question: So how does the NIL weigh into the decision?

Uiagalelei: I don’t care what you want to say or people talk about it taking the integrity out this. When I say business decision, I mean, everything that the school has to offer is what my son is going to look at, which means not just the money, the NIL, it’s with the school. You know, the training, the coaches, you know what the school stands for, all of that in one. You know what I mean? People think business only means money? No. Is it wrong for a kid and their parents to want to be smart businessmen? I don’t know, I guess if people want to view it like that, that’s on them.

Entire article: https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/...nt-nil-deals-commitment-date-and-more.344597/
 
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Wiltfong on Carnell Tate and Brandon Innis visiting Ohio State Saturday..
" Hearing some good buzz surrounding Tate and Innis. We shall see how the dust settles coming out of the visit."
Birm appears to be less than enthused about Ohio State's recruiting efforts on the offensive tackle position, but he was very excited by Caden Curry's efforts in the scrimmage. Says if Curry keeps it up he'll definitely find the field as a freshman.
 
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Cedrick Hawkins had an interview with Garrick Hodge of 11W tonight where he talked about his SFE teammates maybe joining him at Ohio State. Hawkins made this bold prediction..."Don't be surprised if you see one or all of them commit in a couple weeks." Now this may sound vague because it's out of context but I choose to believe he's teasing a major coup for the Buckeyes.
In other developments, Bill Kurelic has Caleb Downs down to Bama and the Buckeyes and will decide after officials to those two either end of May or early June. And Siereveld will decide between ND and Buckeyes after he takes in the spring game next week.
 
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Akron Rick said:
Wiltfong on Carnell Tate and Brandon Innis visiting Ohio State Saturday..
" Hearing some good buzz surrounding Tate and Innis. We shall see how the dust settles coming out of the visit."
Birm appears to be less than enthused about Ohio State's recruiting efforts on the offensive tackle position, but he was very excited by Caden Curry's efforts in the scrimmage. Says if Curry keeps it up he'll definitely find the field as a freshman.
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Don't love hearing that
 
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