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[QUOTE="Ward, post: 1931930, member: 1958"]
Agree 100%. This year isn't really a change in philosophy. We still are focusing our recruiting efforts primarily in the same northeast region we always do it's just that the 2017 kids in our region happen to overall be more highly regarded than in years past. That's why I have always felt this class was important in a sense that if we got these kids then it obviously is great for the program and would be an incredible injection of talent but also would do so much in really validating that recruiting strategy and presence over the years.

On the flip side - if we historically focus primarily on locking down and grabbing our targets from a specific region and use that as a reason why we don't feel the need to recruit nationally; then the year there are a bunch of high level kids in that region you've spent so much time in and those schools who do recruit nationally just swoop in and take them from you... Not a good look.

I would be very surprised if we struck out on all our targets. If nothing else it would just be an extraordinary occurrence that we miss out on so many kids in one class, in one region, who are all narrowed down to a very similar small pool of schools.
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