Monday morning recruiting update

#2
#2
Thanks. Are you implying with Hunter and Stokes that they are being offered money by WV and Michigan?
 
#3
#3
JZVOL said:
Thanks. Are you implying with Hunter and Stokes that they are being offered money by WV and Michigan?
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Stokes family didn't have the money to make the trip.

I'm guessing it's a similar situation with Hunter.
 
#13
#13
These are great updates, Freak.

I hope this become an every Monday posting event until NSD!


Kiffin's honesty is so refreshing. He visits a guy, but tells him on the spot he doesn't fit the system. For the ones he says the opposite, that should be re-assuring.

CLK is brutally honest...as he was billed by the Oakland press.
 
#14
#14
he's one helluva coach to tell recruits the 100% truth

many coaches just tell the recruit what they WANT to hear, not what the coach wants..

Kiffin is letting the recruits know that they are playing for HIM, and not for themselves..
 
#18
#18
So why did Kiffin visit the North Atlanta QB to tell him he wouldn't fit? Did we offer him previously?
 
#20
#20
A few reasons I can think of:
1. He's a top tier recruit so want to leave a good impression and have the conversation in person
2. There are/were other players in the area he wanted to see
3. He rightly sees Virginia as a key recruiting region and wanted to build some relationships...can only do that in person

I'm getting the feeling that CLK approaches recruiting more strategically than CPF. He's already laying ground for '10 class while working hard on '09 class while being short staffed.
 
#22
#22
From reading in another thread I understand the tactic although it's something I'm unfamiliar with.
 
#23
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KCVolLaw said:
And you open up connections in the area by meeting with a kid just to tell him you don't want him?
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We don't know the full story. First off, it's hard to tell whether Kiffin said the kid didn't fit into the offense, or whether the kid was saying that after Kiffin visited him. Here's the quote:

“He said I have a good live arm, am athletic and good at my position. But I don’t fit into their pro style of offense that they’re going to run.

“My game is out of the shotgun because we ran the spread. But he took my package and said he’d spread the word about me.”


Thus, it's entirely possible that Kiffin told him what type of offense we were going to run and he just figured that it wasn't the right offense for him (given that he runs the spread and Kiffin doesn't want to). Then, to be nice, Kiffin said he would still get the word out about him to coaches who run the spread.

Or, scenario 2 could be that the kid had expressed interest in Tennessee and wanted to come here, but Kiffin was good enough to let him know that he should look elsewhere because he wasn't the right fit for the offense.

But, given the quote, I'm inclined to believe scenario #1.
 
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KCVolLaw said:
And you open up connections in the area by meeting with a kid just to tell him you don't want him?
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C'mon now, think about it. You don't just walk up to a kid and tell him "hey, looked at your video, you just aren't gonna be a QB at UT."
You talk to the kid's coach to find out what he is like, what are his strengths and weaknesses. You ask the coach if there is anyone else in the area worth looking at. Maybe go visit another coach in the area with a prospect or two. Word gets passed around all of the coaches in the area about Kiffin and how impressive he seemed. Now the next year those coaches will call Kiffin to tell him about a prospect instead of Kiffin calling them. If those coaches send a couple of kids to UT over the period of a few years then a good relationship forms between Kiffin and the HS coaches. The HS coaches benefit from this reputation and Kiffin benfits from the loyalty to UT in that area. This is called a pipeline.
Things are not always black and white. Recruiting is an art and a business.
 
#25
#25
i heard that he was trying to get that kid into a good school. trying to build connections.
 
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