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I think you are overthinking and misreading. It’s true there are lots of reasons why kids may choose to leave. But it’s still an emotional decision and the thing needed to overcome those reasons tends to be an emotional attachment to the values of staying local, as well perhaps as a reframing...

Youre still caught up in rhetoric. Maybe the definition of ‘locked down’ means get most of the best kids. What then? Again, no one has said we ever got eveyone, so it’s irrelevant. Yes, we meed to evaluate and target the right guys. We also need to get the guys we target, or most of them...

No need to over-interpret the rhetoric. We can do a LOT better than we have been doing. What we need to do to be successful is keep most of the best local kids home. Not all. No one has said it was ever all of them.

I dont recall the ins and outs of jimbos recruiting. I think jimbo is a very good recruiter as far as selling, amd absolutely knew to focus on the most athletic kids everywhere. I have less insight into his evals and process. But if manny follows the plus athlete model with kids who fit our...

I am skeptical on his eye for talent. It sure isnt proven. But that is why I keep coming back to process. He can be a great recruiter if he has the roght focus, the right priorities, the right process, and listens to the right people. O do think he understands the type of kids we need for...

You said I made it seem like I am the ‘only one’ who understands the importance of evaluations. I surely didn’t say that. At the same time, plenty of people on these sites disagree about how important evaluations are. And you even know claim to know this. So why ask what you asked?

If so then the rankings are certainly NOT helpful, because they are largely a function of whoch teams and coaches are recruiting a kid. Evaluation isn’t that hard, either. It may be hard to have rare Butch type skills, but basic table stakes evaluations is mostly effective data collection...

You seem to have sand in your ******. I didnt say what you claim, and if it ‘seems’ that way to you, maybe you’re projecting. The reality is the relative importance of evaluations relative to rankings and selling skills have been long standing debate topics on Miami recruiting boards...

He is 100.0% correct. The ‘star system’ is for fans to discuss recruits. It’s in no respect whatever, at all, in any way, a form of evaluations for staffs. Coker evaluated based on websites, and in 2004 put together a class so statistically improbable it still amazes me. A top 3 class with...

You misinterpreted my comment and missed the point. Evaluation of local talent, all else equal, should almost always be easier than evaluation to far away talent. But that isn’t the issue. The question is whether the amount of local talent makes (local) evals less important or more important...

manny’s aint just tryna let them eat. He wants to truck in some arepas.

It has to be sold, and he’s selling. He’s right, too. Why go to the panhandle for 4 years if you dnt hve to?

The more important comments in that piece were his recruiting intentions, not his pitch. Hello EVALUATIONS. I have been pointing at this for ages. Access to local talent makes evals more important, not easier. More kids, more choices, same number of spots. Hello LOCAL FOCUS. I’m sure all...