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Re: 2015 Recruiting List
All very good points. They are well taken.
Originally posted by Kemo
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I hope I didn't sound too hippie-dippie in my previous post. I do want us to win more head-to-head recruiting battles against the Bison (and Minnesota and Iowa 
) and it is because, as you said, we wanted these kids too. I just feel it's important to keep an even temperament when following recruitment. Too many times I was really high on a player and they didn't pan out, and other players I thought were a reach turned out to be pretty darn good.
Also, there is so much information even people who follow recruiting don't know about in terms of individual player recruitment (i.e. was scholarship money even between offers? Was the scholarship offer still active or did another recruit's commit take it off the table). In terms of the latter (and I stress I have no inside knowledge of the situation), the Bison just got 2 recruits that had a SDSU offer that look to project as defensive tackles, but the Jacks already had 2 DT commits in this class before these players committed. Were their SDSU offers still standing? Were their offers still active but SDSU shifted attention to other players at need positions? How did the players the Jacks did get grade out against the players they didn't in the eyes of the coaching staff? Maybe the Jacks were never really in contentions for the Bison commits, so the coaching staff left the offers standing and used their resources on players they felt they could land? I don't know the answers to these questions, but most people don't know either.
) and it is because, as you said, we wanted these kids too. I just feel it's important to keep an even temperament when following recruitment. Too many times I was really high on a player and they didn't pan out, and other players I thought were a reach turned out to be pretty darn good.Also, there is so much information even people who follow recruiting don't know about in terms of individual player recruitment (i.e. was scholarship money even between offers? Was the scholarship offer still active or did another recruit's commit take it off the table). In terms of the latter (and I stress I have no inside knowledge of the situation), the Bison just got 2 recruits that had a SDSU offer that look to project as defensive tackles, but the Jacks already had 2 DT commits in this class before these players committed. Were their SDSU offers still standing? Were their offers still active but SDSU shifted attention to other players at need positions? How did the players the Jacks did get grade out against the players they didn't in the eyes of the coaching staff? Maybe the Jacks were never really in contentions for the Bison commits, so the coaching staff left the offers standing and used their resources on players they felt they could land? I don't know the answers to these questions, but most people don't know either.
All very good points. They are well taken.
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