Ethnicsands
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Probably starts with coaches that hype the NFL as a reason to come to 'the U.' COKER started this actually. His old recruiting pitch was that the three key decision-criteria for picking a college for top prospects were (a) get to nfl; (b) winning titles; and (c) get a degree. His argument was that based on that, the U was obviously the best choice. It led (along with the success of many of Butch's kids in the NFL) to the 'NFL U' moniker. And the moniker lived on past the kids who gave it credibility.Biggest tragedy is guys leaving too early. Derrick brown Christian Wilkins and clelin Ferrell are just a few examples are 1st rounders staying and still being first rounders. Justin Herbert also. Our team would be loads better if bandy stayed. Our past teams would have been better with norton or McIntosh. Joe Jax. Look at the DT from fspoo who stayed. His name Eludes me but you get the point. And his team sucked and will probably suck again. Our coaches aren’t good recruiters but their biggest flaw is recruiting our own dam players to stay and help the team and help themselves with a degree.
In truth, this was lazy recruiting by Coker. He wasn't good at emotionally connecting with kids to sell them (more friend zone type guy ... runner-up type). So he wanted to make a 'rational' pitch. Nothing inherently wrong with the argument, but it has had consequences over time.
I'd be interested to know the Saban, Dabo and others' pitches today. Surely 'degree' and 'compete/win' are keys. But how do they talk about the pros? Probably more about campus, tradition, etc.