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Recruiting McElwain: Re-opening doors a priority (Florida HS's)
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Even being azzholes and alienating coaches they still managed to recruit better in state than Mac.
- Jun 9, 2014
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Sad, incredibly sad, but true.
- Oct 21, 2014
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"But Richt only had a couple of months to get to know these kids". "Wait til he gets a year to build relationships".
- Jun 12, 2014
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Helen Hunt waxed our ass with 10 of the top 50 players in Florida to our 4. He did it with 60 DAYS on the job and shiitola for facilities and fan base attendance support.....pardon me, but I just have a hard time accepting that as being adequate "improvement" in the recruiting wars. The very idea of "Side-hat" Geoff Collins making an in-home visit for us makes me nauseous.
- Jun 16, 2014
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Hmm. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he arrive just last January and also salvage a recruiting class and bring in some OL?
I would imagine last year, he was putting out the closer fires- lack of OL, lack of QB, changing the attitudinal culture of the players in preparation for football season, getting his staff in place, convincing Foley to come out of the past and at least start to get competitive with other schools in facilites, organizing the intrasturcture, and recruiting.
Of course, he saw this was a problem, at least as the year progressed. Getting a viable team on the field for the fall was probably the biggest priority, and initiating the groundwork for the improved facilities to aid recruiting was a huge step in becoming competitive in recruiting, as is team performance.
Now a year into his program, with some of the more immediate issues having solutions in place or unfolding, he can put more effort and time into cultivating the high school coach relationships. That's my take on it. The man is about building relationships, I doubt he was unaware of the need for relationships with HS coaches..
I would imagine last year, he was putting out the closer fires- lack of OL, lack of QB, changing the attitudinal culture of the players in preparation for football season, getting his staff in place, convincing Foley to come out of the past and at least start to get competitive with other schools in facilites, organizing the intrasturcture, and recruiting.
Of course, he saw this was a problem, at least as the year progressed. Getting a viable team on the field for the fall was probably the biggest priority, and initiating the groundwork for the improved facilities to aid recruiting was a huge step in becoming competitive in recruiting, as is team performance.
Now a year into his program, with some of the more immediate issues having solutions in place or unfolding, he can put more effort and time into cultivating the high school coach relationships. That's my take on it. The man is about building relationships, I doubt he was unaware of the need for relationships with HS coaches..
- Jun 14, 2014
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Miami hired a highly successful SEC winning HC. Richt was familiar with HS coaches in the
south... had good established relationships. If kids want to play in the SEC then they
would be attracted to play in a program of a "winner" SEC HC. Maybe the excitement around
that allowed UM to grab a lot of south Florida stars ?
Also schools that have earned NCAA violations are bound, learning through experience, to
have devised better "underground" pipelines for paying players to come. There's greatest
motivation (to cheat) to make this trumpeted arrival of Mark Richt a foolproof success.
Mac needs several straight seasons of 9-10 wins to be accepted as an SEC "winner".
Just watch the recruiting improvement once we're shown on regional TV with our players
raucously jumping for joy on-field & on sidelines celebrating exciting O plays as well as D stops.
Each of Mac's successive recruiting classes should show an increasingly steep rise. IMO.
south... had good established relationships. If kids want to play in the SEC then they
would be attracted to play in a program of a "winner" SEC HC. Maybe the excitement around
that allowed UM to grab a lot of south Florida stars ?
Also schools that have earned NCAA violations are bound, learning through experience, to
have devised better "underground" pipelines for paying players to come. There's greatest
motivation (to cheat) to make this trumpeted arrival of Mark Richt a foolproof success.
Mac needs several straight seasons of 9-10 wins to be accepted as an SEC "winner".
Just watch the recruiting improvement once we're shown on regional TV with our players
raucously jumping for joy on-field & on sidelines celebrating exciting O plays as well as D stops.
Each of Mac's successive recruiting classes should show an increasingly steep rise. IMO.
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