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Maybe I just don't understand recruiting, but not even bothering to see a local kid like this seems to point to an issue with our overall process.

eventually, Lance Anderson (may be joined by other coaches) drove the 3.5 miles to see BBK play, but I believe the ship had sailed by then.  

as per Shaw's public comments, our head coach's preference is to have recruits come to him and let him watch them in an on-campus camp.  given Stanford's reputation, Shaw can somewhat afford to take this approach rather than go out and beat the hustings for recruits (which he does not do often -- certainly not compared to other football coaches at his pay scale).  however, this stance suboptimizes returns - whether a BBK or a NPF or a...  

hopefully, and as was true roughly 2/3rds of the way through this season with the move from run heavy to pass heavy, we will be able to see some green shoots of change.  may be more early offers, may be use Spring official visits, may be use all the allotted official visits, may be more in-homes to non-committed offerees by the head coach, etc.  none are seismic changes, but they are ones that have potential to improve the ultimate yield on recruiting (quality, quantity, 100% utilization of scholarships)

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Maybe I just don't understand recruiting, but not even bothering to see a local kid like this seems to point to an issue with our overall process.

eventually, Lance Anderson (may be joined by other coaches) drove the 3.5 miles to see BBK play, but I believe the ship had sailed by then.  

as per Shaw's public comments, our head coach's preference is to have recruits come to him and let him watch them in an on-campus camp.  given Stanford's reputation, Shaw can somewhat afford to take this approach rather than go out and beat the hustings for recruits (which he does not do often -- certainly not compared to other football coaches at his pay scale).  however, this stance suboptimizes returns - whether a BBK or a NPF or a...  

hopefully, and as was true roughly 2/3rds of the way through this season with the move from run heavy to pass heavy, we will be able to see some green shoots of change.  may be more early offers, may be use Spring official visits, may be use all the allotted official visits, may be more in-homes to non-committed offerees by the head coach, etc.  none are seismic changes, but they are ones that have potential to improve the ultimate yield on recruiting (quality, quantity, 100% utilization of scholarships)