Where did you come up with this?
If you want to recruit better and take on the big boys, this will happen and will happen quite often. If your best defense is these programs not offering then we aren't actually recruiting better, sooner or later you will need to win a few of these, don't know if we can but it is what it is. We will win 1 out of 25 of these. Syracuse will always have a tough time recruiting versus PSU and ND, etc in the Northeast. They always have. We recruit and develop, plain and simple. Under the radar for sure but again, I don't think we are better at evaluating talent than most other programs.
Kids flipping means that the staff is on the right kids, is what it is and part of the process
To be clear I know nothing of the Kelly situation however anomander in the past has shared with me information that I confirmed regarding recruits in the Peach State that was absolutely inside information. There is no way whatsoever that the information he has shared with me came from Scowt, Rovals or anywhere other then from those with intimate knowledge of said situations. I will leave it at that.
Insider information can be packed with as much conjecture as that which is published on the web, you have a staff trying to read the mindset of 18 year old kids and they aren't always given a straight answer either. I think you are being a little harsh with respect to your criticism and while he can't and shouldn't tell us where he gets this information always remember it is second hand and runs the risk of being conjecture even when it comes from the staff or those on the team that have formed a relationship with a recruit.
If you want to recruit better and take on the big boys, this will happen and will happen quite often. If your best defense is these programs not offering then we aren't actually recruiting better, sooner or later you will need to win a few of these, don't know if we can but it is what it is. We will win 1 out of 25 of these. Syracuse will always have a tough time recruiting versus PSU and ND, etc in the Northeast. They always have. We recruit and develop, plain and simple. Under the radar for sure but again, I don't think we are better at evaluating talent than most other programs.
Kids flipping means that the staff is on the right kids, is what it is and part of the process
Truthfully our staff has to have a riverboat gambler type of attitude to be more successful. Dowels and Thomas are prime examples of this. They have to be willing to go after potential non-quals because the big boys won't always offer until the kid qualifies and it gives us a leg up. If we see kids who might be borderline qualifiers but good enough to be recruited by heavyweights we should be all over them like a fat kid on a cupcake.
Exactly. His loss...NEXT!!!More importantly, who is going to take his scholarship? I dont care about the kids who arent coming here, i care about the ones that want to come here and succeed.
Truthfully our staff has to have a riverboat gambler type of attitude to be more successful. Dowels and Thomas are prime examples of this. They have to be willing to go after potential non-quals because the big boys won't always offer until the kid qualifies and it gives us a leg up. If we see kids who might be borderline qualifiers but good enough to be recruited by heavyweights we should be all over them like a fat kid on a cupcake.
Sounds like that's what they are doing again with Tears from IL
Truthfully our staff has to have a riverboat gambler type of attitude to be more successful. Dowels and Thomas are prime examples of this. They have to be willing to go after potential non-quals because the big boys won't always offer until the kid qualifies and it gives us a leg up. If we see kids who might be borderline qualifiers but good enough to be recruited by heavyweights we should be all over them like a fat kid on a cupcake.
It's a great strategy for a program like ours. Of course, it doesn't always work out if the player fails to qualify, but when it does work out it tends to pay dividends.
We need to do whatever it takes to upgrade talent--period. That includes turning over every rock and searching out talent in non-traditional ways that we can land.
Don't disagree with you there one bit. Good test for a kid as well to see if he can take care of business to qualify. Like Irv did and Williams didn't
As much as I would love for this to happen, I dont think its realistic. Bigger state schools with deeper tradition in the B1GThat's ok, in 4 years when the ACC, and SEC have dominated college football, and the Big 10 still hasn't gotten a team into the playoffs, he'll remember he could have played in the ACC.
It comes down to good business when you are competing with companies that are larger or with more resources, Where are you going to take your risk to try and compete because you can't go an eye for eye with said competition
As much as I would love for this to happen, I dont think its realistic. Bigger state schools with deeper tradition in the B1G
Yeah, and how is BC not ranked?In other words TV, the AP and Coaches that vote won't let this happen. OSU at #18 helps prove that.
This was a perfect example of how the big teams poach our players and if we do the same ,it just part of the horrid recruiting game.Syracuse Football @syrfootball 10m10 minutes ago
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