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[quote author=Renaissance Man link=topic=6494.msg48188#msg48188 date=1348241696]
Not that anything we say makes any difference in all of this, but I do find it interesting that there seems to be an overall sentiment for changing Harbaugh's recruiting practices, after all, the Harbaugh approach led to the greatest collection of talent in Stanford Football history. This seems to be the same kind of argument as "Look how much success we have had with the pro-style, power running offense--just imagine how good we would be if we went to the spread!"
I don't disagree with some of the sentiment, it is just always interesting to watch people's desire to tinker with success...

Well, the recruiting aspect does have a bit of an ethical component which doesn't really exist in a discussion of one's offensive scheme.
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Apart from the ethical issues, I would also say that different circumstances call for different tactics. I don't work in the tech world, but I can imagine that a scrappy start-up might use different recruiting techniques than Apple or Google.

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[quote author=Renaissance Man link=topic=6494.msg48188#msg48188 date=1348241696]
Not that anything we say makes any difference in all of this, but I do find it interesting that there seems to be an overall sentiment for changing Harbaugh's recruiting practices, after all, the Harbaugh approach led to the greatest collection of talent in Stanford Football history. This seems to be the same kind of argument as "Look how much success we have had with the pro-style, power running offense--just imagine how good we would be if we went to the spread!"
I don't disagree with some of the sentiment, it is just always interesting to watch people's desire to tinker with success...

Well, the recruiting aspect does have a bit of an ethical component which doesn't really exist in a discussion of one's offensive scheme.
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Apart from the ethical issues, I would also say that different circumstances call for different tactics. I don't work in the tech world, but I can imagine that a scrappy start-up might use different recruiting techniques than Apple or Google.