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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1060690, member: 837"]
how are you defining character and leadership?

This program is still going to have kids with disciplinary issues and grades issues. We're still going to have kids who don't work as hard as the coaches would like (weight issues, not learning playbooks, film room stuff). We absolutely will have kids who are egotistical and selfish.

So while I am fine with the idea that Shafer and company are trying to avoid the lawrence phillips types, I'm not really sure I want them worried about how 'good' a recruit's family is.

Talent is king for two reasons:

1) You can measure it (character is not only hard to measure, but dynamic. It can change.)

2) Shafer and company have to win. Zero sum game. Yes, good 'chemistry' and a good mix of kids is important. Absolutely. But you [I]have[/I] to have elite talent. That will essentially require that they, at a minimum, are taking calculated risks. There's simply no way around it in big time athletics today.
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