To DBT's point, are we only recruiting religious kids or is this how all recruits respond to offers?
To DBT's point, are we only recruiting religious kids or is this how all recruits respond to offers?
To DBT's point, are we only recruiting religious kids or is this how all recruits respond to offers?
He's referring to my post in the recruiting thread about all the recruits who have received an offer saying they are blessed to get an offer from CU. I'm a Christian but it started to ring a bit, I don't know, patronizing maybe. But I think I was a bit harsh. I'm sure they are truly proud and take the offer as a complement.Huh? What are you talking about?
He's referring to my post in the recruiting thread about all the recruits who have received an offer saying they are blessed to get an offer from CU. I'm a Christian but it started to ring a bit, I don't know, patronizing maybe. But I think I was a bit harsh. I'm sure they are truly proud and take the offer as a complement.
HCMM is religious. Makes sense that he is more likely to connect with religious guys. I haven't seen anything to indicate that religiousness is something that has any influence on whether a prep is recruited or not. HCMM spent enough time in the NFL to know that a locker room has all kinds of personalities and backgrounds... and that's a good thing. The important thing to focus on is "football character" -- whether a guy loves the game, puts in the work, responds to coaching, rallies when faced with adversity, etc. He knows his job is not to put together a boy's choir, it's to win football games.
I don't understand your post. Unless he is extremely religious, then religion is just one of many ways he could connect with someone and i would argue football is the biggest way he connects with people.
We're saying the same thing, although I probably think him being a person of faith has more impact with many recruits than you think it does.
Yeah that part makes no sense. I thought the staff evaluated the players and made the offers. I can't imagine HCMM tells his staff to only give offers to religious kids. I can't even see his staff asking kids that question.
I can't imagine that either.
Coaches talk about themselves, tante. They have to let the recruit and his parents/guardians/mentors know who is going to be looking out for him the next 3-5 years of his life. Coaches who are persons of faith usually bring it up when having that conversation (and some who aren't will pretend to be). I'm talking about recruits who are religious being more likely to respond to HCMM extra positively due to this. I certainly don't believe that HCMM is telling assistants to target religious kids in recruiting. In fact, I said that I don't believe for a second that such targeting is going on.
Do assistant coaches do that on the recruiting trail? So are they going to players houses and talk to the parents on this current trip? And are you saying that all the coaches are as religious as HCMM or they just mention that to the recruit and their parents. I just don't see anything like that happening.
So it's your contention that religion doesn't come up on the recruiting trail?
It does.
Quite often.
I don't think it does at this point. How many schools and players have the coaches seem in the last few weeks. I don't see them trying to work religion into the conversation. I especially don't think that HCMM targets religious guys because he connects with them more.
By my thinking, if you are truly blessed to receive an offer from CU, then you are meant to sign with them or, at the very least, give us serious consideration. But then, I'd imagine these kids say they are blessed every time they receive an offer. I'd preferred they say "honored" or something. When they say "I am blessed" it sounds as if they are truly considering us when many of these kids won't consider CU at all.
By my thinking, if you are truly blessed to receive an offer from CU, then you are meant to sign with them or, at the very least, give us serious consideration. But then, I'd imagine these kids say they are blessed every time they receive an offer. I'd preferred they say "honored" or something. When they say "I am blessed" it sounds as if they are truly considering us when many of these kids won't consider CU at all.
People really wanted to have the discussion, so let them have it here instead of over 5 different recruit threads.sounds like Darth thinks so and created this thread to encourage discussion on the topic.
Thanks for blessing us with your opinion.People really wanted to have the discussion, so let them have it here instead of over 5 different recruit threads.
#trulyblessedThanks for blessing us with your opinion.