The Recruiting Situation

So I'll take a break from whining about Brian Toal's lack of news and talk about our recruiting situation.

First I'll start with my take on recruiting in the pass couple years. I'm a member of the class of '10 so I came in with the TOB's last class (HS '06) which was a decent class and produced some greats but wasn't up to snuff with TOB's other classes. I think TOB might have known he was on his way out and didn't put his heart into it. The class of '07 was weak due to the coaching change and then '08 showed us that Jags wasn't a recruiter. I honestly believe that Jags made a phenomenal coach from the X's and O's but he never got the recruiting thing. The '09 class suffered even worse from coach change syndrome but now we're coming into the '10 class

So heres the deal it looks like we might see the first real class that BC is capable of putting together. Spaz is going early after some of the big names, something we haven't seen in quite some time.

The first pick-up was Joe Boisture, a pick that excited and terrified me at the same time. Here's my take on Boisture, he could be ridiculously good, or he might have been playing against a weak competition. He's switching to Prep this year and he'll also be at the Elite 11 camp and Army All-American Game so we should find out if hes the real deal which is the exciting/terrifying part. Boisture got some interest from the big schools, but not overwhelming, we were one of the first offers. I am a little concerned that if he really takes off as a recruit he might de-commit, he has voiced his opinion that BC is now his place but unless he follows Haden and tattoos an Eagle on his chest I'll be worried until he signs his LOI.

Kevin Pierre-Louis originally committed under Jags and decommitted when he was dismissed, Spaz and company showed that this was still the place he wanted so he re-committed. He should help out with the LB core and looking at the Depth Chart he could be an immediate contributor.

Seth Betancourt- rumor has him committing during a press conference that occurred about half hour ago. This could be a sign of things to come as Spaz plays up the o-line U to bring in some really elite guys, Betancourt should be at least a 3-star a 4 and looks to be great. This could also suggest that we might have a strong case for the current #1 recruit in the country Seantrel Henderson.

And now we move into the "Recruit this guy section"
This will be reserved for those non-blue chip players which have interest in BC but BC might not be sold on.

First up is NJ LB Ryan Cobb, physically he's not a real specimen, but if theres ever a "BC guy" this is him, hard working, football knowledge guy, and get this HE WANTS TO COME HERE. We've had a great relationship with Don Bosco Prep and they turn out some elite prospects in NJ, why not make DBP a pipeline school for BC. This guy could be the Jamie Silva of Linebackers, speaking of which...

Ryan Silva RI S. So we've signed a lot of near-blue chip DBs in the past couple classes, we have plenty of extra scholarships and Jamie got the last scholarship of his class when HE came in. Why wait, the oldest Silva holds the rushing record @ Holy Cross, Jamie was a force for BC, theres good bloodlines here, the kid is smart (interest from Stanford and Dartmouth) and HES JAMIE SILVA'S BROTHER

Last up is QB Griffin Murphy, We've got the Blue-Chip in Boisture, now time to take a flyer on a guy that could be great. I'm familiar with Murphy because he goes to my alma mater (which also makes me biased in this situation) His numbers are pretty solid for 5 games in 08, after which he was out with injury. His injury and lack of competition have really only grabbed looks from UConn but Murphy could be great and it would be frustrating to have what little in-state talent MA has taken out from under our noses.