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[QUOTE="timkay99, post: 1631041, member: 635"]
While you aren't wrong, this assumes the kid is potentially okay with riding the pine for four years if it doesn't work out for him.  It is hard to find kids willing to sit on the bench and be gracious towards the staff upon a transfer out (only one I can recall is Colton Moskal).

If the kid doesn't have a chance to play, he has to really, really love the school or it has the potential to be a problem.

Building relationships is extremely important.  I don't think you do it by taking kids you view as marginal.  I think you do it by going to high schools, showing an actual interest in the coaches' lives there and building a relationship.  Doing things like holding clinics at their school, sending them Christmas presents and actually showing them you care and develop a friendship through little things.  Most important thing is to remember details of their lives.  Can't tell you how many times just remembering their wife's name or an event we talked about before makes them feel involved and that I do actually care.

I really do think the worst thing you can do is take a kid from a powerhouse school that you don't evaluate as a contributor for you.  I would never recruit a kid because of his high school, I would recruit him because he can play.
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