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Post by joelee on Mar 31, 2016 10:15:58 GMT -6
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Post by fantom on Mar 31, 2016 10:20:48 GMT -6
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Post by SconnieOC on Mar 31, 2016 10:26:12 GMT -6
That's certainly not the way to get your kids recruited. Does he really think Ole Miss cares about one school? It isn't St. Thomas Aquinas, or Allen that's producing 5/6 3+ star guys every year. Why would Ole Miss recruit a 3 star pocket passer? That's not what they do. Will they maybe miss out on a good kid here and there? Sure.. but it's Ole Miss, they'll find 10 more guys like him with an interest.
Maybe there is more of a backstory to this but that is not the right way to go about getting your kids recruited.
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Post by 60zgo on Mar 31, 2016 11:22:53 GMT -6
I'll try and be vague, but not vague....
Every college over recruits. You have to, and I think everyone gets that. Certain colleges will be very up front in recruiting and they will tell you and the kid "Hey, we love you and we want you to come to BIG TIME UNIVERSITY, but we just don't have room in this class. You're number 26 or 27 and if something opens up on signing day we have scholarship for you. If we don't have anything on signing day you can walk-on and we will scholarship you in the spring. We want you but our needs are in other areas."
Other places recruit the kid hard and string him along and make him think he's in but never give him a straight answer. Sometimes the kid gets caught in the shuffle and bypasses other offers waiting on BIG TIME UNIVERSITY, because they keep telling him how much they love him. Those same places will ignore the high school coach's phone calls or texts when they try and follow up and see where the kid stands. Strangely they respond to tweets though.
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Post by fantom on Mar 31, 2016 11:31:37 GMT -6
I'll try and be vague, but not vague.... Every college over recruits. You have to, and I think everyone gets that. Certain colleges will be very up front in recruiting and they will tell you and the kid "Hey, we love you and we want you to come to BIG TIME UNIVERSITY, but we just don't have room in this class. You're number 26 or 27 and if something opens up on signing day we have scholarship for you. If we don't have anything on signing day you can walk-on and we will scholarship you in the spring. We want you but our needs are in other areas." Other places recruit the kid hard and string him along and make him think he's in but never give him a straight answer. Sometimes the kid gets caught in the shuffle and bypasses other offers waiting on BIG TIME UNIVERSITY, because they keep telling him how much they love him. Those same places will ignore the high school coach's phone calls or texts when they try and follow up and see where the kid stands. Strangely they respond to tweets though. The guys who won't be straight up with you are the worst. One of the best was the guy who recruited here for Virginia Tech, Jim Caavanaugh. He was brutally honest. Used to pi$$ some guys off but you always knew exactly where you stood. |
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Post by joelee on Mar 31, 2016 11:46:19 GMT -6
What I would tell my kids every day and twice on Sunday is that:
A. if you don't have a commit-able offer, you don't have an offer.
B. If they are being vague with you, you don't have an offer.
C. If they say we like you and if so and so doesn't come...., you don't have an offer.
D. A bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush, if you have one offer from someone and we are deep in the process, take it.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Mar 31, 2016 11:48:34 GMT -6
What I would tell my kids every day and twice on Sunday is that: A. if you don't have a commit-able offer, you don't have an offer. B. If they are being vague with you, you don't have an offer. C. If they say we like you and if so and so doesn't come...., you don't have an offer. D. A bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush, if you have one offer from someone and we are deep in the process, take it. Yes, and I'd add to that list that if the head coach hasn't made the offer then it isn't worth much. Love the schools where the head guy makes the call to the kid. |
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Post by 60zgo on Mar 31, 2016 12:07:11 GMT -6
I'll try and be vague, but not vague.... Every college over recruits. You have to, and I think everyone gets that. Certain colleges will be very up front in recruiting and they will tell you and the kid "Hey, we love you and we want you to come to BIG TIME UNIVERSITY, but we just don't have room in this class. You're number 26 or 27 and if something opens up on signing day we have scholarship for you. If we don't have anything on signing day you can walk-on and we will scholarship you in the spring. We want you but our needs are in other areas." Other places recruit the kid hard and string him along and make him think he's in but never give him a straight answer. Sometimes the kid gets caught in the shuffle and bypasses other offers waiting on BIG TIME UNIVERSITY, because they keep telling him how much they love him. Those same places will ignore the high school coach's phone calls or texts when they try and follow up and see where the kid stands. Strangely they respond to tweets though. The guys who won't be straight up with you are the worst. One of the best was the guy who recruited here for Virginia Tech, Jim Caavanaugh. He was brutally honest. Used to pi$$ some guys off but you always knew exactly where you stood. I have honestly had far more good than bad experiences in recruiting. But the SEC and certain teams in the SEC in particular are pretty shady in how they deal with kids. You can't return a call or text, but you'll call people back after a tweet? |
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Post by silkyice on Mar 31, 2016 13:01:28 GMT -6
If they want your kid, you will know it.
If you don't know it, then they either don't want your kid or will only want him if someone else falls through.
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Post by 60zgo on Mar 31, 2016 13:45:31 GMT -6
If they want your kid, you will know it. If you don't know it, then they either don't want your kid or will only want him if someone else falls through. True. I think the issue here is certain schools are not very honest with coaches or kids. They say one thing but do another. In the case of certain SEC schools a bunch of douchebags who talk about "building relationships with high school coaches", but do things to the contrary. |
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Post by rosey65 on Apr 1, 2016 9:45:10 GMT -6
We were caught up a few years ago in a local D-1 head coach over-recruiting, then offering the out-of-state kids and pulling the offer from our local kids, then telling the locals they can still walk on. Meanwhile, our kids had their offer, and were not pursuing other options, only to have their offer pulled and stuck in limbo with no other options.
That coach got cussed out, and was told to never come back on our campus. He called the next year, my HC hung up on him. Word of that has gone around the local college circuit, and has made for great relationships with the other schools around us, including the rest of that same staff once the HC was fired.
I dont see how going public on twitter like the Miss coach would help your kids. It is essentially the same petty action as the Ole Miss people. I dont see how openly whining would make anyone want to work with you.
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Post by mattharris75 on Apr 1, 2016 11:28:16 GMT -6
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Post by s73 on Apr 1, 2016 12:18:04 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything.
They have lots of decisions to make themselves with a lot of cash on the line and they can only hold so many spots as well as competition from other schools. It is what it is. I don't believe anybody wants to INTENTIONALLY deceive anybody but the process gets complicated.
Bottom line, the coach in this article sounds like a doofus who has overvalued himself, and if he overvalues himself he probably over valued his kids as well.
Furthermore, the article that mattharris put up about the player calling out Urban Meyer? Again, I think these kids think they are owed something when they are not. I think they should just be happy to be recruited.
JMO.
PS - Has it been lost on anyone that this coach is complaining about WHICH SEC OFFERS his kids are getting? Just sayin'
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Post by 60zgo on Apr 1, 2016 12:26:57 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything. They have lots of decisions to make themselves with a lot of cash on the line and they can only hold so many spots as well as competition from other schools. It is what it is. I don't believe anybody wants to INTENTIONALLY deceive anybody but the process gets complicated. Bottom line, the coach in this article sounds like a doofus who has overvalued himself, and if he overvalues himself he probably over valued his kids as well. Furthermore, the article that mattharris put up about the player calling out Urban Meyer? Again, I think these kids think they are owed something when they are not. I think they should just be happy to be recruited. JMO. I'm the exact opposite. I think they owe the kids and the HS coach everything. And with this whole IMG b.s. I don't want an SEC West coach on my campus save for one. |
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Post by s73 on Apr 1, 2016 12:30:28 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything. They have lots of decisions to make themselves with a lot of cash on the line and they can only hold so many spots as well as competition from other schools. It is what it is. I don't believe anybody wants to INTENTIONALLY deceive anybody but the process gets complicated. Bottom line, the coach in this article sounds like a doofus who has overvalued himself, and if he overvalues himself he probably over valued his kids as well. Furthermore, the article that mattharris put up about the player calling out Urban Meyer? Again, I think these kids think they are owed something when they are not. I think they should just be happy to be recruited. JMO. I'm the exact opposite. I think they owe the kids and the HS coach everything. And with this whole IMG b.s. I don't want an SEC West coach on my campus save for one. May I ask why they owe them everything? |
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Post by 60zgo on Apr 1, 2016 12:45:07 GMT -6
I'm the exact opposite. I think they owe the kids and the HS coach everything. And with this whole IMG b.s. I don't want an SEC West coach on my campus save for one. May I ask why they owe them everything? 1. From a player standpoint 'good players make good coaches'. Period. You won't keep that top shelf SEC job very long without the top shelf talent. 2. From the coaches standpoint that high school coach can be a major roadblock in the recruitment of a player. If you are open and honest with everybody it's better for everyone. As to situations like this one the kids were probably in that 26-30 range on the recruiting board and the coach was looking for feedback, but couldn't get any even though the school was still loving up on his recruits. That makes it hard on the kid getting recruited because he doesn't know what his exact situation is. He's being told "We want you", but doesn't have an offer and the school won't give any honest feedback. HS coach calls, and texts but doesn't get an answer for weeks. Post a tweet and get a text from the University within minutes. Again. The SEC West is filled with some serious douchebaggery on the recruiting trail. |
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Post by s73 on Apr 1, 2016 12:58:06 GMT -6
May I ask why they owe them everything? 1. From a player standpoint 'good players make good coaches'. Period. You won't keep that top shelf SEC job very long without the top shelf talent. 2. From the coaches standpoint that high school coach can be a major roadblock in the recruitment of a player. If you are open and honest with everybody it's better for everyone. As to situations like this one the kids were probably in that 26-30 range on the recruiting board and the coach was looking for feedback, but couldn't get any even though the school was still loving up on his recruits. That makes it hard on the kid getting recruited because he doesn't know what his exact situation is. He's being told "We want you", but doesn't have an offer and the school won't give any honest feedback. HS coach calls, and texts but doesn't get an answer for weeks. Post a tweet and get a text from the University within minutes. Again. The SEC West is filled with some serious douchebaggery on the recruiting trail. So. They are making a 4-5 year commitment. Have to make it work for everybody. Coaches & recruits have all changed their minds in the past. Highly recruited kids often have jumped ship on a commitment or keep colleges on hold all the time to see what else is out there. It's a process that can suck for both sides but nobody owes. And as for the coach being a roadblock? He ain't gonna be any kind of road block if the kid gets offered to a prestigious school he really wants to go to. Recruiters will just bypass him and contact the kid at home. Easy enough. And many parents nowadays get so starstruck by this stuff they really don't care what the HS coach is saying. As for the SEC West being full of D-bags? I wouldn't know, never had an SEC coach give my kids the time of day. Sorry to say it, but I think you might be a tad spoiled coach. it's not common to have SEC anything talk to you. |
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Post by 60zgo on Apr 1, 2016 14:18:50 GMT -6
1. From a player standpoint 'good players make good coaches'. Period. You won't keep that top shelf SEC job very long without the top shelf talent. 2. From the coaches standpoint that high school coach can be a major roadblock in the recruitment of a player. If you are open and honest with everybody it's better for everyone. As to situations like this one the kids were probably in that 26-30 range on the recruiting board and the coach was looking for feedback, but couldn't get any even though the school was still loving up on his recruits. That makes it hard on the kid getting recruited because he doesn't know what his exact situation is. He's being told "We want you", but doesn't have an offer and the school won't give any honest feedback. HS coach calls, and texts but doesn't get an answer for weeks. Post a tweet and get a text from the University within minutes. Again. The SEC West is filled with some serious douchebaggery on the recruiting trail. So. They are making a 4-5 year commitment. Have to make it work for everybody. Coaches & recruits have all changed their minds in the past. Highly recruited kids often have jumped ship on a commitment or keep colleges on hold all the time to see what else is out there. It's a process that can suck for both sides but nobody owes. And as for the coach being a roadblock? He ain't gonna be any kind of road block if the kid gets offered to a prestigious school he really wants to go to. Recruiters will just bypass him and contact the kid at home. Easy enough. And many parents nowadays get so starstruck by this stuff they really don't care what the HS coach is saying. As for the SEC West being full of D-bags? I wouldn't know, never had an SEC coach give my kids the time of day. Sorry to say it, but I think you might be a tad spoiled coach. it's not common to have SEC anything talk to you. Extremely spoiled is a better way to put it. I have been very lucky to always coach in programs with a couple of DI guys. Some years I've had guys that were truly national caliber and recruited by everybody. But more often than not I've had guys that were just off the board of some of these schools. It's very frustrating for a recruit to hear "we want you", but not get that offer. His parents bypass other quality offers and hold out when he may not have put other people off if he knew he was 30+ on the board. Again, most guys I have ever come in contact are very, very honest about their needs and exactly where a kid sits. |
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Post by coachd5085 on Apr 1, 2016 16:01:55 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything. I think they owe them the courtesy of being honest and upfront. The coaches are adults and are representing institutes of supposed higher learning. Regardless of the immature actions of 17/18 year old recruited kids, the coaches need to be held to a higher standard. |
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Post by 60zgo on Apr 1, 2016 19:29:56 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything. I think they owe them the courtesy of being honest and upfront. The coaches are adults and are representing institutes of supposed higher learning. Regardless of the immature actions of 17/18 year old recruited kids, the coaches need to be held to a higher standard. Agreed. I have always encouraged my kids to take all of their visits, and to be honest with each one of their recruiters. I have always told them to avoid all the theatrics and signing day shenanigans. We have only had one kid change his commitment in all my years of coaching and that was a 100% parent decision. I've always been honest when recruiters have asked me anything about a kid and in return I expect some honesty from them. I understand where this guy is coming from because I have been in the exact same situation twice. Big Time U strings kid along because they don't have room, but at the same time they don't want him signing in the conference. |
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Post by poundtherock1 on Apr 1, 2016 21:24:59 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything. They have lots of decisions to make themselves with a lot of cash on the line and they can only hold so many spots as well as competition from other schools. It is what it is. I don't believe anybody wants to INTENTIONALLY deceive anybody but the process gets complicated. Bottom line, the coach in this article sounds like a doofus who has overvalued himself, and if he overvalues himself he probably over valued his kids as well. Furthermore, the article that mattharris put up about the player calling out Urban Meyer? Again, I think these kids think they are owed something when they are not. I think they should just be happy to be recruited. JMO. PS - Has it been lost on anyone that this coach is complaining about WHICH SEC OFFERS his kids are getting? Just sayin' These schools owe these kids everything. Sure these coaches work hard to make a gameplay each week. Yeah it's a grind, I get that, I've done it. But like 60 is saying, it's the kids that fill 75,000 seat stadiums. Nobody has ever paid money to watch coaches signal stuff in. It's a gigantic time commitment and while it may open up a lot of doors for these kids that scholarship that is "a lot of money" doesn't come close to cutting it. The least they can do is be honest. Had a long talk with one of our kids today about that. Some ACC schools are dragging him along a bit without pulling the trigger, and I don't think they will. So he needs to turn his attention to other great options for him. He can not do that if he's being teased by these bigger schools. |
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Post by s73 on Apr 1, 2016 22:36:28 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything. They have lots of decisions to make themselves with a lot of cash on the line and they can only hold so many spots as well as competition from other schools. It is what it is. I don't believe anybody wants to INTENTIONALLY deceive anybody but the process gets complicated. Bottom line, the coach in this article sounds like a doofus who has overvalued himself, and if he overvalues himself he probably over valued his kids as well. Furthermore, the article that mattharris put up about the player calling out Urban Meyer? Again, I think these kids think they are owed something when they are not. I think they should just be happy to be recruited. JMO. PS - Has it been lost on anyone that this coach is complaining about WHICH SEC OFFERS his kids are getting? Just sayin' These schools owe these kids everything. Sure these coaches work hard to make a gameplay each week. Yeah it's a grind, I get that, I've done it. But like 60 is saying, it's the kids that fill 75,000 seat stadiums. Nobody has ever paid money to watch coaches signal stuff in. It's a gigantic time commitment and while it may open up a lot of doors for these kids that scholarship that is "a lot of money" doesn't come close to cutting it. The least they can do is be honest. Had a long talk with one of our kids today about that. Some ACC schools are dragging him along a bit without pulling the trigger, and I don't think they will. So he needs to turn his attention to other great options for him. He can not do that if he's being teased by these bigger schools. Respectfully disagree. When we all go for interviews, we go through a process in competition w/ many other candidates & they show interest by interviewing us but they don't tell us we have the job right away. We usually have to wait a while to find out if we got the job. Furthermore, when kids apply to a quality school (ivy league for example) kids have to apply, get letters of rec, take entrance exams & even do interviews, write essays, etc, and they still have to wait as admission boards review and compare applicants. This is all part of life. Agreed 100% if coaches are being blatantly dishonest that is unacceptable. But if they have an interest but not ready to commit, then NOTHING is holding these kids back from accepting other offers. If they are willing to gamble on a "better" offer & they miss out b/c the "big school" didn't come through for them like they hoped they would, well that's the breaks. Likewise, kid commits to a "lesser" school & then Nick Saban shows up w/ an offer, I would not fault the kid one iota for jumping ship to Alabama. I think all is fair in competition as long as people are being as transparent as they can be. Bottom line, some of these coaches don't know until they know. IMO, nobody owes anybody anything, part of the process. Again, JMO. |
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Post by s73 on Apr 1, 2016 22:41:58 GMT -6
I might be in the minority here but a college scholarship is a lot of money and I don't see that these schools owe these kids anything. I think they owe them the courtesy of being honest and upfront. The coaches are adults and are representing institutes of supposed higher learning. Regardless of the immature actions of 17/18 year old recruited kids, the coaches need to be held to a higher standard. Agreed, never said they don't owe them honesty. But, they can certainly be "interested" w/o committing to a kid. This is not dishonest. Furthermore, a possible SEC commit likely has MANY other offers. If he chooses to "roll the dice" for the big time school & turns down everybody else I think that's just a bad decision. If on the other hand, he commits to a "lesser school" & then pulls a U turn on the school b/c the SEC comes calling, I think that's perfectly fair. Each side has the right to do what's in their best interest. that's why it's called the recruiting process. JMO. |
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Post by 60zgo on Apr 1, 2016 23:02:59 GMT -6
I think they owe them the courtesy of being honest and upfront. The coaches are adults and are representing institutes of supposed higher learning. Regardless of the immature actions of 17/18 year old recruited kids, the coaches need to be held to a higher standard. Agreed, never said they don't owe them honesty. But, they can certainly be "interested" w/o committing to a kid. This is not dishonest. Furthermore, a possible SEC commit likely has MANY other offers. If he chooses to "roll the dice" for the big time school & turns down everybody else I think that's just a bad decision. If on the other hand, he commits to a "lesser school" & then pulls a U turn on the school b/c the SEC comes calling, I think that's perfectly fair. Each side has the right to do what's in their best interest. that's why it's called the recruiting process. JMO. That's my point with some of these guys... They are more than "interested" in the kid. I'm not talking about the kid who gets the form letter and an invite to camp. I'm talking about when they are actively recruiting them (phone, text, school/home visit, social media) but won't be 100% up front with the kid or coach on where the kid is on the recruiting board. It's dishonest plain and simple. They might need the kid if some others fall through, but at the same time they are trying to make sure he doesn't sign with a rival by stringing him along and recruiting him hardcore. When the coach repeatedly tries to make contact and get feedback from Big Time U he's blown off and ignored. In this case the HS coach sends out a tweet, and the recruiter responds in minutes? |
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Post by s73 on Apr 1, 2016 23:17:01 GMT -6
Agreed, never said they don't owe them honesty. But, they can certainly be "interested" w/o committing to a kid. This is not dishonest. Furthermore, a possible SEC commit likely has MANY other offers. If he chooses to "roll the dice" for the big time school & turns down everybody else I think that's just a bad decision. If on the other hand, he commits to a "lesser school" & then pulls a U turn on the school b/c the SEC comes calling, I think that's perfectly fair. Each side has the right to do what's in their best interest. that's why it's called the recruiting process. JMO. That's my point with some of these guys... They are more than "interested" in the kid. I'm not talking about the kid who gets the form letter and an invite to camp. I'm talking about when they are actively recruiting them (phone, text, school/home visit, social media) but won't be 100% up front with the kid or coach on where the kid is on the recruiting board. It's dishonest plain and simple. They might need the kid if some others fall through, but at the same time they are trying to make sure he doesn't sign with a rival by stringing him along and recruiting him hardcore. When the coach repeatedly tries to make contact and get feedback from Big Time U he's blown off and ignored. In this case the HS coach sends out a tweet, and the recruiter responds in minutes? See, I disagree that's being dishonest. I mean if they aren't returning the coaches calls that's a pretty good sign that they are not ready to offer. Another good sign they are not ready to offer? They didn't offer. I think twitter is one of the worst things that has ever happened to this country. Okay....okay...."I jumped the shark" w/ that one but twitter is a problem. Basically, twitter has become IMO, analogous to the 5 year old tantrum in the toy store. The REALITY is, 10 years ago a HS coach couldn't get the time of day from any of these coaches. Now, when he or anybody else for that matter doesn't like something they go to twitter and smear someone to get attention. Come on man, it's a BUSINESS. We have to be more mature than this. What did this coach accomplish? Did his kid get an offer from Ole Miss? No. Instead, the coach probably put himself in a category among SEC coaches as the D bag who throws tantrums on twitter if we don't recruit the way HE wants us to. If the process takes too long for HIM . His tweet will not change the way they do anything in any form or fashion. They probably all laughed about back at Ole Miss. I would bet everything I own that next time one of his kids is close w/ another kid in the recruiting process that coaches are gonna be like isn't that the guy who decided to call out coaches on twitter? I think I'm going the other way. Again, JMO. |
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Post by mattharris75 on Apr 1, 2016 23:24:02 GMT -6
When a man's six figure salary job is tied to the whims of a 17-18 year old kid, human nature is going to take over at times. The results of that will depend dramatically on the character of the people involved. Good and bad, on both sides. It's a screwed up system. Not sure what the answer is, not sure there is an answer...
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Post by 60zgo on Apr 1, 2016 23:43:52 GMT -6
When a man's six figure salary job is tied to the whims of a 17-18 year old kid, human nature is going to take over at times. The results of that will depend dramatically on the character of the people involved. Good and bad, on both sides. It's a screwed up system. Not sure what the answer is, not sure there is an answer... There is no answer... It is what it is. Dishonest coaches will keep being dishonest. Big Time U will funnel your kids to IMG right from underneath you so they can graduate early. SEC West recruiters will still be douchenozzles. Kids will still back out of commitments on signing day. I'll spend too much time on CoachHuey in the off-season. |
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Post by coachd5085 on Apr 2, 2016 7:34:51 GMT -6
When a man's six figure salary job is tied to the whims of a 17-18 year old kid, human nature is going to take over at times. The results of that will depend dramatically on the character of the people involved. Good and bad, on both sides. It's a screwed up system. Not sure what the answer is, not sure there is an answer... There is no answer... It is what it is. I actually think there IS an answer. You simply eliminate signing day and create a clearing house. The NCAA can cut Emmert's salary by $100,000 and demand some kick in from its Div 1A football schools to fund it. While I know not all the schools are super profitable, at least 60% of the head coaches make over 1,000,000, only only 18-20 schools out of 122 have staff compansation packages under a million. Then simply make all offers acceptable immediately. You want to offer a 14 year old kid, go for it. If he says yes, BOOM both you and he are on the hook. You want to drag your feet and string a kid along so that if you need to swoop in last minute fine. But he might make an actual binding commitment to another school while you play your game. I have never been one that suggested the paying of athletes, and I still disagree with that concept. HOWEVER, as much as I disagree with Jay Bilas and other "pay the players" proponents, I absolutely agree with their premise that something is wrong with the current system, and that others involved in the system are treated so much better than the players (most notably coaches) |
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Post by wingtol on Apr 2, 2016 7:39:07 GMT -6
They need an early signing period in football like they have in almost every other sport. Let the kids sign early then it clears up the picture for other kids as to where they fit or what school are after. Clear the muddied waters a bit so to speak.
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Post by SconnieOC on Apr 2, 2016 7:51:29 GMT -6
If a kid is that concerned about not getting an offer... Accept one to a different school. Everyone knows none of that actually matters until signing day. Cover your bases.. then if Ole Miss comes in and offers, accept the dang thing. I mean if a kid is 27-30 on the Rebels board he's got to be 10-15 on Southern Miss's or Troy's or UAB's or Houston's board.. I mean those are all legit places (save for the mess at UAB but you get the point), that a kid should be happy to go to if given the opportunity. Then if 2 days before SD a big time school comes in and offers then go there.
I'm not saying coaches should be dishonest, but the kids have other options if they don't like it and don't want to be strung along. It's not like Ole Miss is recruiting them, and not being honest, and they don't have 1 other offer in the country. As crappy as this is.. kids really do hold the power. They can control their recruiting however they want.
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