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(04-30-2022 10:05 AM)natibeast2.0 Wrote:  

(04-22-2022 02:17 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-22-2022 12:11 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  I imagine a lot of teams recruited against Cincinnati in the past by saying UC would never make the playoffs and that Fickell would soon be gone. Now, UC has made the playoffs and Fickell is still here, while many of those other schools lost their coaches. I bet many recruits that looked at UC previously are doing so again with a better outlook (Kiner?).

Kentucky/Vince Marrow's sales pitch is just a bit different...and way dumber.

If you have any idea what his pitch for Midwest kids going to Hilltucky is would love to have a general idea.

It blows me away. Mark Stoops is solid but Vince for a long time now is about the single reason they have any talent even if it still goes mostly to waste for their team, they always have a nice amount of guys drafted due to their individual efforts and talents.

Example:
https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Kiyaun...Interests/

How do you choose Kentucky over a school that has better teams and development for draft, campus, education, weather and girls. At least go to Tennessee to get into true SEC country and want a short drive home. My final 5 would be UC, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, and Florida (LSU if Kelly wasn’t there) if I’m that guy.

He heavily leans into negative recruitment (almost exclusively at this point) and points out certain similarities he has with many CFB recruits and I'll just leave it at that. I've been in recruiting meeting with some players in the past when he walks in and have heard it first hand. Little uncomfortable as someone who doesn't have that simarity after what he says.