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[QUOTE="javadoc, post: 2165107, member: 338"]
When I first posted, I did not know that some (many?) Hawaiian kids move to the mainland for at least one year of school.  But here is what I was thinking.

Did DFB recruit Hawaiian kids at BGSU?  I assume not.  Maybe he didn't think kids from Hawaii would take a BGSU offer seriously.  Maybe he thought he had no chance, given what he was selling.  Maybe he thinks he can offer anyone now, and close the deal, given what he is selling.

I assume that his contacts in Hawaiian coaching are pretty good.  Getting kids to come all the way to Syracuse, NY, from Hawaii is kind of a big deal.  IMO.  I wonder if DFB would be trying to get those kids here if he already knew he was planning on leaving at the first opportunity.

Shortly after these offers were reported, I saw some more offers to kids out west.  Bingo.  Establish interest, set up recruiting trips to visit all the kids out there on one swing.

If DFB says let's recruit Hawaii, I say SHAKA BABY.  Money be damned.  We spend somewhere on the order of [B]4 million dollars[/B] a year on the scholarships.  The cost of a plane trip to Hawaii is peanuts.  And I have no concerns about time management - these guys get it, and not a moment would be wasted.

Have we ever had a kid from Hawaii on the team?  The novelty alone would be worth it to me.
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