Signed - TE David Engelhaupt

Red Five said:
NUance said:
Red Five said:
seaofred92 said:
Mavric said:
IA State Husker said:
Mavric said:
seaofred92 said:
Mavric said:
Will we be mad at him for breaking his commitment this close to signing day?
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Unless he made Wyoming cancel other official visitor options and then left after the school had the opportunity to bring in another TE visitor than no
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You think he gave them any indication that they should be looking to replace a guy who's been committed for 7 months?
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He never had an option before now. Not really a fair comparison
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Yeah.... I think the only difference is which side of the coin we're on.
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Don't get me wrong, he's absolutely screwing Wyoming if he leaves and comes here. Nobody is denying that. But these scenarios aren't as comparable as you're making them out to be. I think this situation compares much more to Simmons' situation than Fitzpatricks. People are upset about Simmons but nobody blames him for taking an offer from Clemson at this point. Dez told our coaches this meant "nothing" and he was taking a free trip which led to us cancelling an OV from someone else, and went to freakin Louisville, after he has had the opportunity to OV there for the past however many months with a commitable offer. This kid got an offer yesterday. They're different situations.
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Agree with this take.

We are screwing Wyoming by stealing one of their recruits late, but Englehaupt's situation is different than Fitz.
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But what about the recruit? If Engelhaupt is good enough to play on a power five team shouldn't he get the opportunity? Or is there some unwritten set of genteel rules that prevents us from offering him that opportunity so as not to offend the Wyoming coaching staff?

It happens.
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I don't fault Engelhaupt for upgrading to NU. Just like I can't really fault Simmons for upgrading to Clemson (although I don't like it).
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Yeah, I feel the same way. It just natural that there will be some late adjustments to recruiting rosters. Like market adjustments in a free market economy.

 
I think there are plenty of our current recruits who have a dream school, who if they offered might drop us... Maybe not...

It is part of the game. I feel bad for Wyoming, but just shows how much harder it is when the trickle down effect starts.

Clemson loses a top prospect so they go get a 2nd tier guy for them who was a 1st tier for Nebraska. Nebraska then steals a 1st tier kid from Wyoming and then Wyoming steals from a SDSU type.

Part of recruiting and while it is a bummer, cant fault the kids for taking a dream offer.

 
We have flipped commits and had kids flip from us. This is the nature of recruiting. Be excited when it happens in our favor and be disappointed when it doesn't. But stop calling into question the character of the player. You don't know them and they are young and impressionable.

 
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His lower ranking be attributed to either not attending camps or not having enough film.
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Or maybe he just isnt that good...

Recruiting isnt an exact science.

In this case, i will gladly take a kid who wants to be a Husker, has good size and is coachable... Give him a few years and by his 3rd or 4th year, hopefully he can run with it.

 
Folks can complain about this offer if they wish, but I would love to see this young man be N!!

6-4 235 and athletic, has played OLB, RB, TE, DE, and special teams well.

 
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