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'12 CA OT Nico Siragusa (Signed to San Diego State)
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1. Players can be developed.
2. It builds connections with coaches of that high school and you then have a player-recruiter to recruit for that school and maybe even area.
3. Blank roster/scholarships spots don't produce, whereas there is a better chance with a recruited scholarship player---even if it's a player not being recruited by bigger schools.
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The wise use of roster spots is especially important this year.
Next year projects to be a very small class. You don't normally like to have years without enough available scholarships to take the kids who you think might be difference makers for you.
There is a legitimate question about are you filling a spot this year and costing yourself a much better player in the future.
Next year projects to be a very small class. You don't normally like to have years without enough available scholarships to take the kids who you think might be difference makers for you.
There is a legitimate question about are you filling a spot this year and costing yourself a much better player in the future.
Tony Siragusa doesn't live in San Diego.
I believe a once great coach mentioned this is a terrible way to recruit.
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i agree it is important to build connections, but there are other ways of doing it than taking a bad player just to take a good player. And the staff has already built alot of connections in Texas. They can host Junior days, camps , they can correspond with coaches and etc. The most important thing is they must win, winning cures alot of things.
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Bad player? No. Project player with potential? yes.
There is a lot of attrition in college football and if there is a player that can potentially help you, even if it takes a few years, that can build connections, do it. Take a complete bum or FCS player? No. Take a player with potential/size issues that is getting mainly MAC type of conference offers who comes from an area in which we are trying to build connections (say, a player at Don Bosco, or something)? Absolutely.
bigbang2
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The coaches got to believe in the recruit before they can take him. And the staff have done exactly what you are suggesting, there is a strong presence now in Texas and California. At this stage they should save those 5 remaining spots for the best players available.
Just to add to the chorus: It's the scholarships given to players who never see the field that absolutely kill you. Coaches should be "conservative," in that they don't take a flyer on a player who may or may not be able to contribute. Of course, it's not a science, and even the giants of college football make mistakes when evaluating players. Unlike some teams (cough, cough, Alabama), CU won't "encourage" a scholarship player to "transfer" so they can open a spot.
Sadly, that's the main reason why SEC is better than others
Dont be so sure about that.
Under D II I would have agreed, I am not so sure about Embo though. I think he would straight up cut people if he could (NFL style)
I don't have any problem with that if it gives us more wins
