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[QUOTE="tep624, post: 1060308, member: 430"]
Character and leadership are not major factors?  That may be the most ignorant statement I have read on this board.  If you don't recruit talent, you aren't going to win, but if you recruit a bunch of talented kids that can't stay out of jail, can't stay in school, can't stay conditioned, are dishonest, or are in general lackadaisical in their commitment to the program, you're not going to win either.  And you don't need a prior rap sheet to determine that, it's called doing your homework and this staff has stressed very clearly that they do the leg work to find out what the kid's reputation is with people it matters with around them.  There's a reason why it was stressed that the majority of the kids in the 2014 class were team captains - the staff values talented kids that have a track record of being accountable and are leaders.  If the majority of your program fits that description, in large part it will manage itself and it allows the staff to focus on recruiting and the X's and O's, not drama.
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