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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3521200, member: 40"]
I put zero stock in it because we haven't had luck with JUCO OL.  Go back 20 / 30 years, and let me know which JUCO OL have worked well here.   People who don't understand the recruiting landscape act like there are JUCO blue chippers out there lying around, we just need to add them and -- problem magically solved.  And because the staff isn't doing that, they are asleep at the wheel.  But we aren't in a geographic region with strong JUCO programs, we don't have regional connections to any "feeder" programs at the JUCO level -- so it isn't a viable strategy for us.

If we were in Kansas, Texas, California, the deep south, etc. -- it WOULD be a viable strategy, because there are bountiful JUCO programs in those regions that are close geographically to the local P5 schools.  That's not the case in the Northeast.

As a situational supplemental strategy -- sure.  Tiller was terrific [although we landed him in large part due to hiring his JUCO head coach].  Tisdale looks promising -- hope it continues.  But searching the JUCO ranks for plug and play OL isn't a viable strategy for SU, for a variety of reasons.  Many other positions?  Much easier to snag potential contributors.
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