CelticCat wrote:Well now that the off-season is upon us, and we've had a full season with Choate at the helm, for fun I thought I'd put together a two-deep of the best of the best of the Ash recruits. I was also curious to see where his strengths and weaknesses lied in the recruiting game.
Note, this has to be players recruited/signed by Ash, not Kramer recruits. Has to be a two-deep, which was hard to choose in several positions. I have an HM category simply to show where we had an abundance of talent, and where we underproduced.
I may have missed some people or am wrong about some guys being Ash recruits. I also have a hard time sometimes figuring out which specific position guys played, especially along the OL and in the LB spot, so correct me if I get that wrong.
QB: McGhee, Prukop
HM: Bleskin
RB: Kirk, O. Davis
HM: Crawford, Robinson, Shawn Johnson, Brekke, Newell and even CJ Palmer.
WR: Akpla, Flotkoetter
WR: Lloyd, Griebel
WR: Bleskin, Herbert
HM: Gilbert, Ellis, Gates, Paige.
TE: Sandland, Salanoa
HM: Foster, Perkins, Barth, Sullivan.
LT: Weidenaar, Eekhoff
LG: Flynn, Godecke
C: Devereaux, Horn
RG: Horn, Brott
RT: Catalano, Mahoney
Pretty thin here overall, our OL attrition is well-documented. But a solid group of starters. HM Monte Folsom since he was switched.
DE (bandit): Daly, Schreibeis
DE (strong): Laidet, Coe
Very thin here as well. HM Fa'anono, could count Grant Collins since he switched. Verlanic was coming on before he retired.
DT: Minter, Dees
DT: Sheridan, D'Alba
HM: the Bignells, Nate and Brian, Connor Thomas, Yates, Wright played fairly well this year
OLB: Singleton, Grosulak
MLB: Owens, Moeakiola
OLB: Mac Bignell, Moore
HM: Fletcher Collins, Michael Foster. Maybe Matt Harris, Rhett Young. Hill!
S: Fuller, Marshall
S: Bethley, McCabe
HM: Garcia, Konkol is coming on.
CB: Jones, Gords
CB: Flowers, Keeton
HM: Strong, Timmer. Several TBDs here.
K: Jason Cunningham
After putting this together, we've had solid players in all positions, and several all-time greats especially on the offensive side.
Where Ash teams fell short were secondary, especially safety, and the DL. We had an elite line in 2010-2012, but once those guys were gone we never found that same success. Also our OL attrition was ridiculous, but still managed to field a decent OL every year (thanks Mac!).
Also I was surprised when I put the WR list together, it wasn't as deep as I was expecting. We've had some greats, but across the board they've been above average to good.
I actually agree with this team pretty much on the spot although I would put McGhee as the overall #1 Quarterback and I would most definitely put Demetrius Crawford ahead of Orenzo Davis.
