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(07-30-2013 03:33 PM)UAB?IAB Wrote:  

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(07-30-2013 01:03 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  We know the term "facilities" is often invoked but for many of us, aside from the obvious OCS, we don't know precisely what "facilities" UAB is seen as lacking that recruits see at other schools. That is why I suggested that our coaches might have a list of such things that they may see as listed ahead of the most expensive (and remote)- the OCS.

IMO the next thing has got to be a new locker room. The current one has got to be one of the worst (if not the worst) in the country. I have never been in another college locker room (other than the visitors locker room at stadiums), but I have seen tons of high school locker room that are much nicer than the football locker room. Personally, I am really tired of renovations, it works the basketball team because Bartow is where they should be, but the football team shouldn't have ever been there anyway. I like what they did with the coaches office, but if athletic dept. was seriously committed they should have found a way to tear that building down and built a building that was meant to be coaches office with a locker room. Easier said than done.

To take it step farther, we need a state of the art training, meeting, and practice complex, complete with weight room, rehab & recovery area, players lounge, coaches offices, meeting/film rooms, and 3 practice fields. This would go along way in attractiving upper level recruits (3*).

An indoor practice facility is also a must. Nothing was worse than driving to BSC to have practice at 7 A.M.

It would be nice but not necessarily a must. It would be nice for rainy days but I don't know what impact it has on recruits. UGA has a decent indoor facility but it's only 50 yards long (maybe 60) and I don't see being able to hold a full practice in there. By comparison Auburn has 120 yard indoor facility and it's nice. If indoor facilities carried more weight Auburn would be recruiting at higher level when going against UGA. Georgia State has a decent practice complex and is already attracting 3* recruits.

Yea I agree with that. I wasn't really looking at it from a recruits perspective, just commenting on my experience. It was just something that always ticked me off. A 50 yard field would be perfect. You could have offensive meeting while defense practices then switch. Saying it was a must was an over statement.