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This is a pay site I subscribe to, so only posting the 'free' part (which anyone can view). This should disgust each and every one of us....
Ja’Juan Seider’s recruiting prowess is getting Penn State into South Florida
https://theathletic.com/386050/2018/06/11/jajuan-seider-penn-state-recruiting-florida/
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Ja’Juan Seider had barely unpacked his bags upon arriving in State College last January when he got to work. The bare walls inside the newly appointed running backs coach’s office overlooking Penn State’s practice field would have to wait.
As Penn State finalized its best recruiting class to date under James Franklin, Seider’s duties, like the rest of the staff’s, were twofold: Continue to identify talent for 2019 and beyond and groom his position group for the months ahead.
“It was crazy because I never really had to look for a job,” said Seider, who joined the Penn State staff after spending the 2017 season coaching running backs at Florida. He was slated to be Dan Mullen’s only holdover on the Florida staff when Jim McElwain was fired, but he left after being switched from running backs to tight ends.
“I’ve been fortunate to know people and been in situations where for some reason people like to keep me around,” Seider said with a smile. “I guess that’s a good thing, and I don’t want to lose that trait. It was just too good of an opportunity not to come here.”
Seider is tasked with grooming Miles Sanders and Penn State’s stable of backs who will hit the field in the post-Saquon Barkley era. He’s also the confident Belle Glade, Fla., native who will help the Nittany Lions expand their recruiting footprint into Florida. South Florida is a talent hotbed that Seider knows better than most, as a native of the area and a high school coach from 2001-07.
His ties run deep in Florida, where his father was a high school track coach, where current Marshall head coach Doc Holliday showed up to recruit him to West Virginia and where Seider’s established connections with high school coaches, friends and community members make him one of the premier recruiters in that territory. It’s part of the reason why, when Mullen was putting his Florida staff together, Gators fans clamored for him to keep Seider.
(more at the link)
Ja’Juan Seider’s recruiting prowess is getting Penn State into South Florida
https://theathletic.com/386050/2018/06/11/jajuan-seider-penn-state-recruiting-florida/
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Ja’Juan Seider had barely unpacked his bags upon arriving in State College last January when he got to work. The bare walls inside the newly appointed running backs coach’s office overlooking Penn State’s practice field would have to wait.
As Penn State finalized its best recruiting class to date under James Franklin, Seider’s duties, like the rest of the staff’s, were twofold: Continue to identify talent for 2019 and beyond and groom his position group for the months ahead.
“It was crazy because I never really had to look for a job,” said Seider, who joined the Penn State staff after spending the 2017 season coaching running backs at Florida. He was slated to be Dan Mullen’s only holdover on the Florida staff when Jim McElwain was fired, but he left after being switched from running backs to tight ends.
“I’ve been fortunate to know people and been in situations where for some reason people like to keep me around,” Seider said with a smile. “I guess that’s a good thing, and I don’t want to lose that trait. It was just too good of an opportunity not to come here.”
Seider is tasked with grooming Miles Sanders and Penn State’s stable of backs who will hit the field in the post-Saquon Barkley era. He’s also the confident Belle Glade, Fla., native who will help the Nittany Lions expand their recruiting footprint into Florida. South Florida is a talent hotbed that Seider knows better than most, as a native of the area and a high school coach from 2001-07.
His ties run deep in Florida, where his father was a high school track coach, where current Marshall head coach Doc Holliday showed up to recruit him to West Virginia and where Seider’s established connections with high school coaches, friends and community members make him one of the premier recruiters in that territory. It’s part of the reason why, when Mullen was putting his Florida staff together, Gators fans clamored for him to keep Seider.
(more at the link)