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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4782573, member: 4819"]
I am a bit torn on the recruiting topic.

In a perfect world, I would say it's great to get most of your kids from the hotbed areas.  That said, I do think Syracuse needs to be a little creative. Like we've already discussed, most of the top ranked kids are more often than not going to pick the Duke's and UNC's of the world.   I guess the question is, is the staff spending too much time on kids they aren't going to land in Long Island or Baltimore and ignoring players from out west who may be more open to play for Syracuse? I don't know the answer to that.

Like most things it needs to be a balance between the two.  It's tough, there has been players like Salcido and Dordevic but there have been others from Florida and California and Texas that haven't' worked out. There are really good players out west, Sam Handley, Ajax Zapatello, Alex Slusher are all from Oregon for instance.  That said, not every player from that area is automatically a star. I can think of two more players that came to SU from Oregon who never saw the field.

In his comments Gait did cover a lot ground by saying Long Island, the North East, Maryland and Canada.  I think it was more about those are the areas they were focusing on, and not about them ignoring the other areas. Of course in three recruiting cycles SU doesn't have a single player from west of Pennsylvania. So sometimes the proof is in the pudding.

I do find it sort of interesting that in the 23', '24 and '25 classes there is only one Canadian (Trey Deere; two if you count Thomson as a flip for '22), but Gait makes a big deal about having a lot of Canadians on the team.  Makes a point of saying they have a team high six on the roster right now (three are transfers this year).  I have been surprised there haven't been more commits from Canada, and there were a couple this recruiting cycle.
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