To elaborate on what I was saying earlier, I'm sure Al and company know mostly who's coming and who they still have a shot at.
He's only allowed so many in home visits with a recruit (I believe it's one, but may be two) and I'd bet most of the locals we still have a shot on have already had their visit. I've followed recruiting since Coker and every single coach we've had since that time usually makes their out of state trips this time of year.
Al as a coach is terrible as we all know. I also never subscribed to the idea that he was some good or even great recruiter which people tried peddling when he came here. That thought originated with Tom Lemming, someone I've always thought was suspect as ****.
Yes, our recruitment of the local talent base hasn't been anything special and on paper today for this year, it's downright horrendous. We as fans wouldn't even send our kids here now, but we expect miracles to happen with Al changing minds and landing local studs at the final hour? Huh, how does that make sense and as I alluded to earlier they know who we've still got a chance with?
This isn't NCAA Football '15 and you make all the choices on who to recruit while usually landing them. Some have eliminated us and as others have said, they see a dead man walking. At least he's out there looking the part, hopefully the western trip pays off as it has with former coaches this time of the year, but I'm not holding my breath that it will.