Should be an all-of-the-above approach which includes making the right hires at the recruiting coordinator levels.
It should be about developing the talent first and foremost. The recruiting will take care of itself once you are winning. Tim Brewster doesn't have any ties to South Florida, but that doesn't stop him from plucking kids from South Florida every single year. They not going to that shthole because of Tim ****n Brewster. They going to that trash because FSU is on top right now. The same goes for any other school that is winning at a better rate then Miami is right now.
Crablegs and co went there before they started winning championships. You gotta get the horses first. I'll give you that a winning record helps get those horses to believe, but you gotta get those Jerrigans to sign to get to the mountaintop.
Actually no one has won the ship without a top 4 class on their roster in the history of modern football.
People want to act like its the opposite but in truth it isnt. The numbers dont lie.
Also people want to act like Alabama recruits for itself, when they didn't win jack until they brought in
#1 class and they spend more on recruiting than just about every other team out there every single year.
Recruiting doesn't just happen for anyone. Its a MFN battle every year and the Alabama is as good as they are because Saban prides himself on being the best recruiter in the game. He works his ask off every year, hires dudes like Mario, spends gobs of money and makes its the most important aspect of his team every single year. People want to act different because it sounds logical but its just not the truth.
Does winning help yes, but it doesn't help as much as people around here want to claim and it certainly doesn't help as much as losing hurts. Kids nowadays are prima donnas who by in large feel like they deserve the attention. I don't care who you are if you don't give it them then they aint coming to your school.