Football Recruiting
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There is a major UTEP booster who can point you in the right direction to recruit (southern) Cali and valley. UTEP has had luck getting gems out of califas.
I was wrong about the numbers apparently. Dimel was quoted in the Prospector that he only had about 10 scholarships to give.
Dimmel has made a point to say (twice) that all the players left are "ours now". There may be some attrition when the real evaluations begin, but I doubt he runs players off. As bad as Kugler did on the field, he left the program in good standing. Also Dimmel has stated that it will take him a few years. I don't expect him to turn things around immediately but if he can get things in track and recruit well it won't take long.
Now how does that comment even make sense? Not sure what team you were watching, but the UTEP I saw last season earned their 0-12 record. They lose 21 out of 22 head up position matchups last year against any .500 FBS team in the country.
Correct. That means we have a full compliment of scholarships too for coach Dimmel and his staff going forward.
It makes sense. You just need to use some more mental fortitude. Let me elaborate a bit. There's two sides to a 'successful' football program. Kugler didn't do well ON the field, and didn't get the best players, but he left the program in good standing (OFF the field).
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Okay, I think I see where you're going with that: "Sean Kugler was the UTEP Head Football Coach who went winless over a season, finished DFL in recruiting every year on the job, with the high APR." That'll look good on a resume.
Just takes a little mental fortitude...
No it didn't. What would have got him "fired" was his team's poor play on the field and his poor coaching. Maybe he saw the writing on the wall and resigned.
We have our first commitment
Both new Miners were 3 star recruits out of high school. The DE grad transfer from K State and this JC transfer. Under Kugler, UTEP recruited only 5 three star players in 5 years. One was grad transfer Jameil Showers who led the only credible UTEP offense under Kugler.
JC All American dual threat QB, Kai Locksley will be on an official visit to UTEP this weekend.
We have been. He has a ton of comments on this post
UCF had about 50 players on its undefeated roster this year that went 0-12 in 2015. UTEPs 1988 Bowl team was loaded with guys from the winless 1985 team.
Manny Harris is another JUCO QB, I wonder if that means they don't feel too confident about landing Locksley????
Possibly... but kind of hard to ask a JUCO QB with only 2 years to play to come be a backup.
Depends on what other offers he has no? You are offering to let him compete for the starting job. If you look at it that way, that may be more than some schools are offering some of these kids. As of right now, you can say the QB job is open.
