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[QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 1420343, member: 5058"]
On the NJ front, I don't think the sentiment was that we weren't recruiting NJ, quite the opposite really. We recruited NJ hard and everyone knew it. We were correctly told that Acosta had all sorts of great ties and ins on great talent. We whiffed on a lot of the great talent and then began passing on the really good talent. It shouldn't be shocking that this confused a lot of people given the rhetoric we were hearing, and the recruits we were tracking. I know that we will continue to recruit NJ hard and if the wins come, so too will the bigger successes and coups to the point where it will be a coup if we don't get the upper echelon kids.

I think Acosta runs NJ, but I do hope our staff is careful about handing out too many conditional or non-committable offers. That could sour some relationships (with coaches or programs) when kids are passed over or told no when trying to commit.

I think the rest of the staff is too vested, with too many roots in the Ohio to Illinois mid-west region to walk away just because there is success in NJ or Fla. I don't think we should give up that angle unique to most Eastern schools. Pitt took a chunk by hiring Nards and Wisconsin will play with us in NJ/PA because they have a coach who got familiar with the region coming from Pitt. The pool is getting crowded, but I think we're doing a good job of keeping our head above.
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