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Development vs Recruiting vs Scheme **IN YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE**
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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 878066" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I played football back in the Dark Ages. I played both high school (big Atlanta version) and small (believe it) college. I had to quit after the beginning of my sophomore year due to a knee injury that wouldn't come around. (There was, of course, nothing like modern treatment tech; it was all whirlpools and braces. and it didn't work.) We were a Div 3 school and thus "didn't recruit". Remarkably, almost everybody in our starting lineup had been recruited originally by an SEC/ACC school and had found that they were a step too slow or bit too light to stick. Our head coach had a web of contacts all over the Southeast and get them to send us players who then got "academic" scholarships. (There's oodles of scholarship money that goes unclaimed every year and our aid people were very good at finding what was necessary.) The staff had to get the players to visit and then convince them to come on board, but the money was always there, if necessary. The only active recruiting effort in the usual sense I knew of was for our tailback who played for the private school up the road. Bill was 6'3" 220 and ran the hundred in 10.5. We had plenty of competition, but it turned out he wanted to go to a small school. And, yes, he was recruited for the scheme we ran.</p><p></p><p>Did the coaches teach us how to play? Well, to some extent. I was an OL so it was assumed that I knew the blocking techniwque they were using. I didn't and they tried to convert me. It didn't work so I went back to spearing (put your face guard on your opponent, bring up your arms, then steer him where you wanted). This was, of course, really dangerous, but I could block pretty well so the assistants didn't mind. The people who needed the most work were the backs; none of them had a clue how the O worked. There the coaches earned their money.</p><p></p><p>Player development? Shoot, I was the only guy on the team who lifted weights when I played. 'Nuff said.</p><p></p><p>We ran a single wing. Nobody knew how to defense it and we went 10 - 0 the one full year I played. And we kept it up the year after.</p><p></p><p>Well, enough with the old timer stories.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 878066, member: 265"] I played football back in the Dark Ages. I played both high school (big Atlanta version) and small (believe it) college. I had to quit after the beginning of my sophomore year due to a knee injury that wouldn't come around. (There was, of course, nothing like modern treatment tech; it was all whirlpools and braces. and it didn't work.) We were a Div 3 school and thus "didn't recruit". Remarkably, almost everybody in our starting lineup had been recruited originally by an SEC/ACC school and had found that they were a step too slow or bit too light to stick. Our head coach had a web of contacts all over the Southeast and get them to send us players who then got "academic" scholarships. (There's oodles of scholarship money that goes unclaimed every year and our aid people were very good at finding what was necessary.) The staff had to get the players to visit and then convince them to come on board, but the money was always there, if necessary. The only active recruiting effort in the usual sense I knew of was for our tailback who played for the private school up the road. Bill was 6'3" 220 and ran the hundred in 10.5. We had plenty of competition, but it turned out he wanted to go to a small school. And, yes, he was recruited for the scheme we ran. Did the coaches teach us how to play? Well, to some extent. I was an OL so it was assumed that I knew the blocking techniwque they were using. I didn't and they tried to convert me. It didn't work so I went back to spearing (put your face guard on your opponent, bring up your arms, then steer him where you wanted). This was, of course, really dangerous, but I could block pretty well so the assistants didn't mind. The people who needed the most work were the backs; none of them had a clue how the O worked. There the coaches earned their money. Player development? Shoot, I was the only guy on the team who lifted weights when I played. 'Nuff said. We ran a single wing. Nobody knew how to defense it and we went 10 - 0 the one full year I played. And we kept it up the year after. Well, enough with the old timer stories. [/QUOTE]
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