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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 1654151, member: 2531"] The question isn't whether we should or shouldn't play the best players that we can, or whether we should or shouldn't recruit the best players that we can. The question is "in a world of finite resources, how should we allocate our assets to get the best results?" In other words, will it be more difficult to pull in talent abroad, or to find equally good talent close to Syracuse? I get that CNY football <<<<< Miami football (or insert any other football hotbed), but there [I]are[/I] a number of really good players slipping through our grips and going to other programs. Given their families are from this area, they grew up in the cold, they are likely more familiar with SU and our lore, their coaches are more likely to be SU fans (or at least familiar with the school/program), they are more likely to have friends at SU, and so on, local kids might be easier sells. So, instead of going to the Midwest and pulling in 4 mid 3*'s we could theoretically focus on our core and get 4 mid/high 3*'s with the same amount of work (the exact numbers are just examples to illustrate the basic point). That said, you are right that we also have to go outside our core. As you point out, it isn't a binary situation. The two aren't mutually exclusive. It's a matter of what we emphasize more. It's also worth noting that Babers has done a very impressive job so far. I was a huge skeptic regarding the SS termination, but I am cautiously optimistic about Dino. His recruiting was great given what he was working with, and he was a great coach at BGSU. I think that there is a very good chance that he will have tremendous success as a coach, both in recruiting and actually winning games (which is really what matters). [/QUOTE]

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