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Message: [QUOTE="money3189, post: 688245, member: 436"] all of you guys are forgetting an important factor in all this. Tweeting on a recruits twitter is extremely minor compared to what going on in the DM world. Thats where all the recruiting is going on. When you guys read these articles about recruits and how often they talk to college coaches, they are referring to [B]direct[/B] [B]messages[/B] from Twitter or Facebook, not actual phone conversations. During the recruiting process I would say at least 60% of communication is through that. I know for a fact because thats how i communicate with coaches and they do the same with me and my prospects. This allows limitless opportunities to engage with a prospect. My prospects tell me all the time that coaches send messages to call them. That way coaches are not calling them and breaking the rules. This is legal and coaches are taking advantage of this because they have to. Now what draws the line with fans/boosters DMing is that the communication is not monitored. You cant see what's being said through messaging. Its up to the recruit whether or not they will engage in DM with fans or whatever. They don't have to respond or they can choose not to follow that particular fan if they are annoyed with them. You cant DM if that recruit doesn't follow you. What's different for me is that ive actually have a relationship with some prospects because Ive either coached them at camps or 7/7 events. Another thing is people shouldnt complain about not getting high profile recruits if they dont like whats going on with twitter. You either deal with this or be happy with the 2 star recruits. This is not going away and other programs are going to get way more clever. Eric White is scratching the surface. Compared to RC's in other programs, he is way behind. He has the right strategy though. He gave AJ Long direct strategies. AJ is doing all the work that EW cant do. Thats brilliant my friends [/QUOTE]

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