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(07-05-2017 12:00 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Overwhelmingly, those kids never attended a single UC game until they were recruited...if they attended a game at all. If you think these 17 year old kids throughout Ohio were all huge UC fans from 2008, more power to you. Its all part of saying the right things. UC is recruiting on this staff and what is going on on campus today. 2008 is a history book lesson for these kids.

Again, these are direct quotes. Bear in mind that kids like Whyle, Vann, Bacevich, Hicks, and Hawkins are Cincy natives. It's not at all far fetched that what they said about wanting to revive the program to its heights isnt just "saying the right things." Notice I didn't say all the recruits have said this, so it's not simply toting the party line.

Besides, every sports team i like to this day I discovered before I was even 10. These kids been playing ball since before that. Whyle very specifically said he always grew up a UC fan and playing for the Bearcats was his dream. He only questioned whether or not they would recruit him. Nevermind Hawkins, who b/c of his legacy nature it would be expected that he feels the same. These are the kids that are the cornerstone of the class. The genius of CLF's class building strategy has been to secure hometown kids who can sing the praises of the program, and have enough fondness for the program's history to relay on to the others who have no context of our potential



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