01-22-2016, 08:46 AM
door 1 opening wider?... or is staff not playing it's hand as well as it should?
this is problematical on several fronts
1. Teams we're going against for our top recruiting targets will not hesitate to use it to our disadvantage (particularly those with a still very good academic reputation) ... they have been handed a great negative recruiting tool... I can just imagine what Harbaugh will point out... or Kelly at ND... or Mora at UCLA...
2. This will invariably set our staff back a notch, or 2 or 3 in how they strategize their recruiting... we will likely revert to a strategy of advising fewer public commits and more silent verbals... in turn that will diminish the perceived 'recruiting momentum' vibe that these recruits and families pick up on... if we have perceived weaker recruiting classes approaching LOI day... then some of the most football oriented/NFL hopeful recruits who are still darn good students may decide that our program/team just won't be strong enough for their ambitions to be realized
We will thenl have to cast a far wider net to identify and carry along in the process an increased number of solid plan B's that are more assured of getting in, but not as great football-wise... and if that happens, 2 bad things could result...Â
3.Could eventually lead to a downward spiral if those plan A's that may be borderline admittable think, 'aw the hell with it'... Notre Dame's academics are still great, and they commit early on to ND (building up THEIR momentum)... or Michigan, or Texas, or Ucla... etc, etc....Â
4. And if certain borderline admits that were either silent verbals or still open to us do get admitted, then we would increase the number of those Plan B's that were strung along in the process but in the end didn't get that offer... and we get a soured reputation as a result
5 dings of committed verbals unprecedented... something needs to be fixed...
this is problematical on several fronts
1. Teams we're going against for our top recruiting targets will not hesitate to use it to our disadvantage (particularly those with a still very good academic reputation) ... they have been handed a great negative recruiting tool... I can just imagine what Harbaugh will point out... or Kelly at ND... or Mora at UCLA...
2. This will invariably set our staff back a notch, or 2 or 3 in how they strategize their recruiting... we will likely revert to a strategy of advising fewer public commits and more silent verbals... in turn that will diminish the perceived 'recruiting momentum' vibe that these recruits and families pick up on... if we have perceived weaker recruiting classes approaching LOI day... then some of the most football oriented/NFL hopeful recruits who are still darn good students may decide that our program/team just won't be strong enough for their ambitions to be realized
We will thenl have to cast a far wider net to identify and carry along in the process an increased number of solid plan B's that are more assured of getting in, but not as great football-wise... and if that happens, 2 bad things could result...Â
3.Could eventually lead to a downward spiral if those plan A's that may be borderline admittable think, 'aw the hell with it'... Notre Dame's academics are still great, and they commit early on to ND (building up THEIR momentum)... or Michigan, or Texas, or Ucla... etc, etc....Â
4. And if certain borderline admits that were either silent verbals or still open to us do get admitted, then we would increase the number of those Plan B's that were strung along in the process but in the end didn't get that offer... and we get a soured reputation as a result
5 dings of committed verbals unprecedented... something needs to be fixed...