(08-05-2014 07:18 PM)mrjoolius Wrote: Saw a quote from Stanford football coach David Shaw that fits in with what the Tribe coaches have said regarding recruiting.
“It’s not about changing Stanford admissions, it’s about finding the right kids."
I'm in complete agreement. Rather than compromise the schools academics for some kids, highlight them as a major selling point.
I always thought Tribe football should have a dedicated recruiter for the state of Ohio. Its a football rich state that doesn't have any top tier universities playing FCS scholarship football. I also think we could compete for MAC recruits by pushing the academic angle.
I agree we should be seeking out kids that fit academically and not dropping standards to the point where kids are failing to graduate. But, if you look at our academic peers in FCS (ivies/patriot) and FBS (duke, Stanford, ND, Vanderbilt, etc), they are all recruiting kids nationally to find enough talent to compete.
Pretty amazing that the Tribe staff finds enough academically qualified talent to compete while only actively recruiting about a half-dozen states and DC. I don't think we need to recruit nation-wide to find football players, but it would be nice to expand our recruiting to about a dozen states and actively recruit Ohio, Georgia, FL, CA, WV, and TX. I know out-f-state scholarship costs are also a concern with this strategy, so we'd still need to be VA heavy squad.
I think a nation-wide approach for basketball, where in-state versus out-of-state matters much less makes even more sense.