- or at least too simplistic.
As the head coaches start to fall by the wayside, I realize that I was overzealous in my belief that changing coaches results in recruits falling by the wayside.
Checking on the reactions to the changes already being made, many factors come into play.
The Maryland situation reinforced the message the idea that it may depend on what kind of outside advantages a family member is getting from the school you are committed to. Another key factor might be your relationship to key assistant coaches and the possibility they may remain with the staff.
The South Carolina situation made me realize that two other factors are important. The kind of relationship your head coach had with the school will be important also. In other words, was he drummed out, or did he bow out gracefully? It also points out the relationship between tradition and the willingness of recruits to stay. Maybe the recruits are just so sure they are going to have a good time there that the coach doesn't really matter.
I still stick with my feelings that losing our head coach will likely result in a mass exodus of our commits. It appear to me they are really committed to our present head coach. I also think it would get pretty ugly if he were to be forced out, and they would have bad feelings about that. Our recruits also have some good options available, other than RU. We do not have the tradition, and they are not coming here because it is such a party atmosphere.
So I am firmly convinced we would not keep more than a handful. The only mildly optimistic possibility that I could throw out there would be that RU would bring in a similar personality to Coach Flood and/or retain the key assistants. I still would be surprised to see over 5 stay. I don't know how our recruits would react to a "Mr Super-Salesman" personality, but it doesn't appear to me they would be impressed. for instance, i have read some negative comments about TTFP coach.
I would particularly hate to lose our strength coach, or recruiting co-cordinator, guys who I think will are top grade, but I am getting into other issues.
I admit that I am biased toward our present staff and proud of it; but it of course makes it hard to be impartial.
As the head coaches start to fall by the wayside, I realize that I was overzealous in my belief that changing coaches results in recruits falling by the wayside.
Checking on the reactions to the changes already being made, many factors come into play.
The Maryland situation reinforced the message the idea that it may depend on what kind of outside advantages a family member is getting from the school you are committed to. Another key factor might be your relationship to key assistant coaches and the possibility they may remain with the staff.
The South Carolina situation made me realize that two other factors are important. The kind of relationship your head coach had with the school will be important also. In other words, was he drummed out, or did he bow out gracefully? It also points out the relationship between tradition and the willingness of recruits to stay. Maybe the recruits are just so sure they are going to have a good time there that the coach doesn't really matter.
I still stick with my feelings that losing our head coach will likely result in a mass exodus of our commits. It appear to me they are really committed to our present head coach. I also think it would get pretty ugly if he were to be forced out, and they would have bad feelings about that. Our recruits also have some good options available, other than RU. We do not have the tradition, and they are not coming here because it is such a party atmosphere.
So I am firmly convinced we would not keep more than a handful. The only mildly optimistic possibility that I could throw out there would be that RU would bring in a similar personality to Coach Flood and/or retain the key assistants. I still would be surprised to see over 5 stay. I don't know how our recruits would react to a "Mr Super-Salesman" personality, but it doesn't appear to me they would be impressed. for instance, i have read some negative comments about TTFP coach.
I would particularly hate to lose our strength coach, or recruiting co-cordinator, guys who I think will are top grade, but I am getting into other issues.
I admit that I am biased toward our present staff and proud of it; but it of course makes it hard to be impartial.
