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Jiggs:
Why do you think we are having such a hard time getting DT's? You would think that with Weis building an elite program again, and the recruits obviously seeing this, they would want to come and play for great coaches. I don't understand the reluctance to become Irish, unless the kid grew up a fan of a differnet team, etc. Any opinion?
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I know this question wasn't directed toward me, but I just think it's bad luck. Unlike say, receiver, I don't think your game-plan makes much of an impact on defensive tackles.
So really, they completely control their own destiny and with elite tackles, there are practically 0 selling points, because if they are truly 'elite' they can get playing time anywhere and everywhere. So it's just a matter of whether they like the school or not.
We have really bad luck this year because the two top defensive tackles on our board have absolutely no loyalty to a state school; Austin because he's from DC and Barksdale hasn't talked up Michigan.
The only real mistake Weis & Co. have made in the past year was in not focusing enough attention on Butch Lewis and I blame that entirely on Gerald McCoy being a dick by not telling the coaching staff about his future at Oklahoma until it was too late. These kids are offered in the spring and summer before their senior year, they have absolutely no excuse to not have made up their mind until February. McCoy knew where he was going long before then, I'm certain.