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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 677911" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Balls. </p><p></p><p>Paul and co. were on the road all the time and cast a very wide net indeed. (Like to, say, OZ and Germany.) What they couldn't do is send reps to possible high schools like Collins has. In part this is due to staffing. We just recently added more staff - I helped pay for them - and we have continued this year with good results. Oth, Paul wasn't kidding in his interview when he said he was tired of fighting with one hand tied behind his back. There was also his staff's experience with the results of recruiting. Paul had worked long and hard to get the exceptions we now have from the Hill. He also had 10 years of experience with players who came in and couldn't stick. Every player who came in and didn't cut it made it more difficult to keep up with the expectations he had fostered to get the exceptions in the first place. That's why Tech was hitting the private schools so heavily; those students were more likely to stick. Everyone here seems to think a wider net will work, long term. Maybe so; there's no doubt that the pool of certain positions is deeper now due to the change in scheme. Now all the staff has to do is <em>keep the young men in school and on progress toward a degree</em>. </p><p></p><p>There is this style difference; Collins does more initial contacts then Paul did. He tended to sell the parents on visits to Tech more then show up at midnight to visit prospects or similar gimmicks. This isn't to say that Paul didn't visit prospects; he did and a lot. But he didn't make such a big deal out of it and a lot of the initial and continuing contacts were with assistants instead. </p><p></p><p>You are right about the size of the recruiting budget and attendant staff and I wish you weren't. Our recruiting infrastructure should be second to none, but when the program is starved for years on end - and it was - it is hard to ramp up quickly. Let's hope this is an obstacle that Collins won't be forced to face much longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 677911, member: 265"] Balls. Paul and co. were on the road all the time and cast a very wide net indeed. (Like to, say, OZ and Germany.) What they couldn't do is send reps to possible high schools like Collins has. In part this is due to staffing. We just recently added more staff - I helped pay for them - and we have continued this year with good results. Oth, Paul wasn't kidding in his interview when he said he was tired of fighting with one hand tied behind his back. There was also his staff's experience with the results of recruiting. Paul had worked long and hard to get the exceptions we now have from the Hill. He also had 10 years of experience with players who came in and couldn't stick. Every player who came in and didn't cut it made it more difficult to keep up with the expectations he had fostered to get the exceptions in the first place. That's why Tech was hitting the private schools so heavily; those students were more likely to stick. Everyone here seems to think a wider net will work, long term. Maybe so; there's no doubt that the pool of certain positions is deeper now due to the change in scheme. Now all the staff has to do is [I]keep the young men in school and on progress toward a degree[/I]. There is this style difference; Collins does more initial contacts then Paul did. He tended to sell the parents on visits to Tech more then show up at midnight to visit prospects or similar gimmicks. This isn't to say that Paul didn't visit prospects; he did and a lot. But he didn't make such a big deal out of it and a lot of the initial and continuing contacts were with assistants instead. You are right about the size of the recruiting budget and attendant staff and I wish you weren't. Our recruiting infrastructure should be second to none, but when the program is starved for years on end - and it was - it is hard to ramp up quickly. Let's hope this is an obstacle that Collins won't be forced to face much longer. [/QUOTE]
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