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Just curious to see if anyone went to Bennett's recruiting talk this morning. A summary would be greatly appreciated.

And a summary you shall not get as we were all sworn to secrecy.

It was probably very informative for those that don't read this board, but if you come here, you probably know most of what was said. Ironically, the stuff we didn't know is probably the stuff that shouldn't get posted. There wasn't that much new info, though. It was interesting to get Bennett's thoughts on a couple of the guys coming in and the JuCo's and the transfers.

I didn't get much out of it other than a morale boost and the chance to hear from the new coaches. And you heard from them about what you'd expect to hear from new coaches.

Because of the sensitivity of the information shared this morning, those that were in attendance have been asked to not let the information go beyond the meeting room. I can tell you that it sounds like the coaches are for the most part getting the players they want and that this class may be every bit as good as last years class. The new coaches were introduced and talked a little bit about what to expect next year from the offense..it should be much more fun to watch than last year. I didn't take notes, so I can only give you an idea of what they said and not specifics, but I was really encouraged with all they had to say and excited for next season to start.

It was a bunch on Rah, Rah BS and the coaches don't want to get called on it.

As I said before... I can't wait to get back to dallas! Sounds like the discussion had a pretty positive tone to it. If the coaches swore you to secrecy, by all means keep that promise!

Burns and Vinklarek (pronounced "Vin-Clark", if I heard correctly), look different than their pictures.

I guess I am a jaded SMU fan, 'cause I have a hard time believing Burns and Bennett that we will be throwing the ball 60% of the time.

hope we don't - seems like if we keep increasing talent at OL, FB and TE we can run all day in the WAC.

Originally posted by HFvictory:
It was a bunch on Rah, Rah BS and the coaches don't want to get called on it.

After signing day you can tell anyone you want what they said and then anyone including yourself can call them on it if it turns out to be "Rah, Rah BS" as you call it. You were there weren't you?

Burns said the 60/40 pass/run ratio is really an ideal. He said it could easily go 60/40 the other way based on the opponent. The offense sounds rather complex and unpredictable, which the average fan is going to like. But I imagine it'll tough to implement...

The other tidbit that I think is fair to disseminate is that including the transfers, the guys we want to give scholarships to from last year, and this year's class, we're at 18 scholarships. There are potentially two more available: one for a potential WR and one for a potential OL. Otherwise, we're happy and set with the current group, and will hold those 2 ships over for next year.

I was about to say that I wasn't aware of a single recruit we were still actively recruiting presently other than I guess we'd keep a shot open for Massey. The only OLM I'm aware of that we might have interest in is pretty stale info-guesses would be DeSoto's Quiten Turner or Burleson's Tyler Ribitizki

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Coach Bennett didn't say who the particular athletes were.

I would like to say that Bennett holding a ship open for Massey (reading between the lines, I was not there) and just using it next year if he doesn't take it shows a lot of class on Bennett's part.

Originally posted by PerunaPunch:
Burns said the 60/40 pass/run ratio is really an ideal. He said it could easily go 60/40 the other way based on the opponent. The offense sounds rather complex and unpredictable, which the average fan is going to like. But I imagine it'll tough to implement...

Sounds like Rossley's ol run n shoot.

Did anyone remind the coaches that they forgot to sign a defensive lineman?

yeah they did-he's just a little skinny DE right now though-I've seen this go on for years.