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Message: [QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 676030, member: 3201"] Wow, he's sort of exactly right, but sort of way off-base. He's absolutely right about the type of kids and the way kids are, absolutely. But here's the thing...every other program in the country is dealing with the same kids. That isn't unique to NY kids or Syracuse. The only disturbing thing about this is that it doesn't imply solutions. This sounds like a guy that doesn't have the answers, only (reasonable) excuses, and that's not promising. Kids aren't changing, high school coaches aren't changing, Syracuse's weather isn't changing, and a roster full of 2-star kids aren't going to compete for championships on a regular basis. If he doesn't get that high school coaches need to be recruited too, and kids need to be "wowed", than it doesn't matter whether he's dead right or not, he's not going to succeed at recruiting. Syracuse is always going to have facilities and weather disadvantages, and for the time being, they also have "recent relevance" and atmosphere disadvantages. The only way to overcome that is by working twice as hard at winning over coaches and kids, not throw your hands up and play hard to get. You can take the high road, but that will eventually get you fired. Until Syracuse builds a reputation as a winner and an NFL pipeline again, you've got to figure out how to wow kids with what you do have. Some things have been mentioned...how they take care of kids that get hurt, how well their NFL players are prepared, and the opportunity for playing time for a legendary program now competing in a top-flight league again. But most of all, what you have to sell is the relationship, the family atmosphere, and make it "feel like home". You have to kiss some ass. It's just the way it is, and it isn't changing, and all your competitors are doing it. And I'm not sure I agree that everyone on the staff doesn't have to be a good recruiter. They don't have to necessarilly be a phenomenal recruiter, but every bad one is a distinct disadvantage to your competitors. [/QUOTE]

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