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Things I've Learned about Recruiting

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osugrad21

osugrad21

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1) Many recruits tell people what they want to hear. Kids are kids...they will say what they feel is best in order to take any pressure out of a situation. This leads to false hope and false assumptions.

2) MySpace is the devil. The fact that there is now easy access to many of these kids is scary. Recruits are contacted by other kids, boosters, fans, etc. Again, as stated in #1, this opens the door for false hope and false assumptions as kids tell people what they want to hear. Then you end up with 4th hand stories that have been passed down by friends of friends of friends or the ever popular, mystery "friend who speaks with the staff." Bull.

3) MySpace is the Devil Part II--Has anyone ever considered that MySpace accounts are not verified identities? I can give multiple tales of false MySpace accounts for recruits. Kids living out their dreams of being a big time recruit by creating a false account and living their 5 minutes of false fame. I have personally dealt with MySpace and Bebo to have false accounts removed for an 07 recruit. Yes, believe it or not, some people really are that pathetic.

4) "Interest" is a very ambiguous term...a verbal offer is always based on the interpretation of the recruit. Staffs might send out mail to recruits...that does not mean they are recruiting him. Staffs lose interest in kids...even kids they have offered. When a school stops calling, the recruit can start looking elsewhere.

5) Kids self-promote. Recruits sometimes either misrepresent interest or add offers to gain offers. This is a fact and, when added to today's internet recruiting world, is often a successful strategy. However, it makes some fans and some of the aforementioned MySpace gurus look very stupid.
 
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6) The # of stars from a national "recruiting" services web-site is generally a poor way to gage a high school player's skill level.

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P.S.

You mean Ted Ginn Jr. doesn't really have about 6 dozen different MySpace accounts??????
 
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#7 Any kid that signs with your favorite school is a top notch scholar and citizen. Anyone who doesn't, wasn't worthy and will be replaced by a better player with a lower rating or a preffered walkon. Either of whom are "who we really wanted"...
 
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DaytonBuck;625508; said:
Has the NCAA tried to step in at all on the myspace/facebook stuff?
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MySpace may not have taken over the world just yet, but it is causing quite a commotion among the NCAA Recruiting Subcommittee, which is now facing the reality that an Everyday Joe can post a message to a top high school recruit urging him to attend a certain school, and technically, this message constitutes a recruiting violation . For example, the MySpace page of the nation's top high school player, OJ Mayo, has drawn comments from fans of USC (to which Mayo has reportedly committed), Syracuse, Florida, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio State, Memphis and Cincinnati. Thus, all eight schools are in violation of the NCAA's strict recruiting standards.
 
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# 9 - The likelihood of a prospect being invited to the Army All-American game increases in the following order: if he remains uncommitted, if he has Notre Dame as one of his colleges of interest, if he has committed to Notre Dame, if he has demonstrated to Tom Lemming that he can handle the three ball-cap shell game on camera.
 
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#10 Information from internet "insiders" is not worth a $77 subscription. It is in fact worth a $49 subscription.

#11 Internet "insiders" can NOT keep a web site running while only charging $49 subscription fees.

#12 Internet "insiders" have no clue how to combat a hacker from Turkey.

:)
 
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Padraig;625279; said:
6) The # of stars from a national "recruiting" services web-site is generally a poor way to gage a high school player's skill level
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I would disagree with this assumption. Does Tressel have a nose for smelling out under the radar recruits-Malcolm Jenkins, Anderson Russel,etc? Of course he does. Does this mean your average 2 or 3 star recruit is as talented as your average 4 or 5 star recruit-no, it does not. If all 2 or 3 star recruits were as talented, on average, as 4/5 star recruits, schools like Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Iowa State would be competetive for the conference title every year w/ schools like OSU, Texas, scUM, Florida,etc.
 
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15). When in doubt, go with USC. :biggrin:

16). To build a success program or to maintain its excellence, coaches have got to recruit kids who embrace the culture and history of the program or teach them to how to do that. Sometimes, this is more important than a player's talent and/or rankings.
 
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