Huskies sign California JC TE
by John Berkowitz on Jan 5, 2009 10:53 PM PST
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PrintTE Dorson Boyce of Allan Hancock JC In Santa Maria, California signed with the Huskies today after taking a rare Monday visit to Montlake. The 6'2" 250 pound Boyce fills a serious need on offense because he is an excellent blocker with good hands.
Here is a little You Tube film on Dorson Boyce that I am sure you all will enjoy.
Dorson will compete for time with Kavario Middleton and Chris Izbicki this spring. The signing is an important one because with a pro style offense the importance of the TE will once again be prominent in UW game plans. All three will likely play next year because you need at least three good TE's in a rotation to be competitive.
I think it was imperative to add an older guy to the mix that is a proven blocking commodity. I think Middleton should imprive dramatically with some muscle and develop into a go to guy but you need a sure thing when you run double TE's in short yardage situations.
Boyce is the second TE in the class so far and the tenth verbal. TE Marlion Bennett from Corona California verballed to the old staff in November.
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Surprise
So was Nick Holt the big surprise you were talking about last week or is there still something else in the works? Great blog by the way.
Stadium
rebiulding/upgrade news was the big announcement we were expecting, and still are, not Nick Holt but Nick Holt is big news in it’s own right.
I don’t know why they haven’t pulled the trigger on the stadium news unless the package fell through.
Anyone Know who these guys are?
Washington: Sources tell FootballScoop that Youngstown State assistant Jeff Mills and St. Louis Rams assistant Mike Cox will be joining the UW staff.
Here you go
Jeff Mills was an Idaho guy so there is your connections…http://www.ysu.edu/sports/football/2007/millshiring.htm
Mike Cox was an Lousiville guy so there is that connection…http://www.stlouisrams.com/Team/Coaches/60394/
Cox is a Linebacker guy so that makes sense and Mills is also a Linebacker coach but at Youngstown he was a Secondary coach.
No exact idea
I imagine it would be around the start of the legislative session.
They have something exciting to announce but the timing is up to them.
by John Berkowitz on Jan 6, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
when you say blocking ...
… do you mean John B’s secret or our TE commit? just kidding.
"Greed is Good."
So is Rudy.
Holt 3ys 2.1million
John,
Do you still foresee that Jim M will get a bump as well?
I don't know
When you add the title Assistant Head Coach it is to rationalize the increase in salary.
If Jim M does get a bump it will be public so we will all know.
I will tell you what...
this class (according to Rivals who i like in terms of their rating system and not their daily information) has us getting a lot of very good players who are sleepers. Another name is S. Mckay from Cal Poly. They have just about everyone we go after ranked with 3 stars and the descriptions typically are…“rising star”, “has seen a jump in recruitment”, etc. I like this and can’t wait for signing day!
I'm confident...
…that all these guys from the LA area are, for obvious reasons, known quantities and excellent athletes. This will help us a bunch in filling out the class. Like kirkd said though, it may be better to hold a few if the talent level in Washington is up next year. It makes sense too because it’s just more difficult with the late start in recruiting.
I really hope we get a kicker/punter and some offensive lineman. The kicker is probably more important, the guys we have now haven’t gotten it done. Hopefully they can improve A LOT! How many field goals did we miss in the Apple Cup? Any of which would have won the game for us.
Waiting for next year
One think I really like about these guys is there is no talk about waiting for next year.
Waiting for next year was Willingham’s philosophy and that mire than anything killed him.
The new guys are living in the present.
I agree...
you can’t hold off for the coulda, shoulda, woulda’s. Get the kids you KNOW you can get and the rest will take care of its self.
My only concern...
…with that is it’s so late in recruiting now. So many kids have committed elsewhere. Not to say they can’t switch if they choose to. Nothing is set in stone until signing day. My guess is there will be some defections and probably both ways. I trust these coaches to know what kids they want to get and which ones that they don’t. I think it will be fine.
Some people would say that why offer this kid or that kid who are one star or two star? Why not save the scholies until next season? I just think these coaches know talent and regardless of recruiting rankings they are going to sign kids who are football players. If they don’t think a kid can help them, they won’t offer him. Just goes to show you that these recruiting rankings are to be taken with a grain of salt.
Evaluation
It is about evaluation and when you are at SC you evaluate the best. Not all can get in so I think they are in on probably more than a few players that can raise the talent level at UW. Don’t count on 4-5 star guys too much this year. Doesnt mean the right three stars arent as good.
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