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[QUOTE="leftytg, post: 2160052, member: 2651"]
My perspective:  it doesn't hurt to toss out offers.  There's very little invested in tossing an offer to some top 100 guys from Hawaii.  I doubt anyone on the staff is putting their eggs in the basket of counting on commitments to these kids, so I don't see it distracting/messing up their efforts elsewhere.  Maybe try to sell Dino's connection to Hawaii and the unique system run by Syracuse and see what happens.  There's obviously a major headwind given the distance/climate, similar to what Syracuse faces in places like Texas.  Unlike Texas, however, P-5 level recruits in Hawaii basically know they have to go a great distance from home to play.  Once you know you are a long flight away from home, the prospect of a 6 hour flight vs. a 10 hour flight isn't so great.  That willingness to travel may make the Hawaii recruit a bit more willing to head as far east as Syracuse?

You toss out an offer and see if there is any reciprocal interest.  If there is, you put in some time to develop the relationship over phone/skype/chat/etc.  Only if things progress and there is serious interest do you even have to consider the logistics and cost/benefit of any kind of in home visit.  If you get to the point where that is a feasibly good use of time, lots of things have gone right.
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