Should We Recruit in Japan?

[MCMLXXX]

I think not.

[DentonStang]

I don't think we had the Dream Team out there playing for us

https://x.com/RGIII/status/1806181763615498630?t=FgYB4UJj1gEaQr0hx0nc_g&s=19

[MeanGreen_MBA]

I have never heard of this team before 

[Coffee and TV]

In all seriousness, as American Football grows its footprint around the world there really shouldn't be any limits to where we'll go get players. I don't keep up with basketball much but I think 2 of the first top 10 players came directly out of France in the NBA draft this year? SEC and many others have been grabbing Aussie rules guys for years to be punters and even more these days. There are even some guys who have made it to the NFL who played high school football in Mexico as well. 

[Green with Envy]

too soon

[greenminer]

 

Edited June 28 by greenminer

[greenjoe]

Who was the Asian guy that played for the Dallas Cowboys (linebacker ?)  a few years ago.  He may have played at Texas.  

[jtm0097]

20 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

Who was the Asian guy that played for the Dallas Cowboys (linebacker ?)  a few years ago.  He may have played at Texas.  

Dat Ngyuen- he came from Texas A&M.

[greenjoe]

I met him in 2002 when I was prepping for LASIK eye surgery with Dr William Booth.  Dat was doing promotions for Dr Booth and he brought his entire family in.  He was nice enough but seemed distracted in trying to corral his large family.

[Cougar King]

5 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

Dat Ngyuen- he came from Texas A&M.

He's also Vietnamese not Japanese and owns a Chik Fil A in Dallas.

[ADLER]

His is an amazing story of achieving the American Dream.

Dat's family escaped from a horrendous socialist/communist regime in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon (1975) and Dat was born that year in a refugee camp.

[ADLER]

8 hours ago, Cougar King said:

He's also Vietnamese not Japanese and owns a Chik Fil A in Dallas.

True, still the only player of Vietnamese heritage to play in the NFL. False, (but close) the Chick-fil-A is in Ft Worth at the Montgomery Center.

Dat and Becky live in Boerne west of San Antonio.

[GMG_Dallas]

On 6/27/2024 at 5:03 PM, Coffee and TV said:

In all seriousness, as American Football grows its footprint around the world there really shouldn't be any limits to where we'll go get players. I don't keep up with basketball much but I think 2 of the first top 10 players came directly out of France in the NBA draft this year? SEC and many others have been grabbing Aussie rules guys for years to be punters and even more these days. There are even some guys who have made it to the NFL who played high school football in Mexico as well. 

The top 2 picks of the NBA draft are French as well as number 6 so 3 in the top 10. Plus all the Serbians, Germans, Spaniards, and Argentinians we've seen over the years. We should absolutely be recruiting basketball players internationally if the budget allows.

Edit to add the number 1 pick of the 2023 NBA draft was also French and had a great first year: Wembanyama.

Edited July 2 by GMG_Dallas

[UNTLifer]

13 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

The top 2 picks of the NBA draft are French as well as number 6 so 3 in the top 10. Plus all the Serbians, Germans, Spaniards, and Argentinians we've seen over the years. We should absolutely be recruiting basketball players internationally if the budget allows.

Edit to add the number 1 pick of the 2023 NBA draft was also French and had a great first year: Wembanyama.

They are now more fundamentally sound players than U.S. players who, as a majority, like the flash, etc...

[GMG_Dallas]

On 7/2/2024 at 11:30 AM, UNTLifer said:

They are now more fundamentally sound players than U.S. players who, as a majority, like the flash, etc...

In Europe, players start being treated as professionals from a young age. When you join an academy over there, you do everything at the academy. It's like being in college here. They live, eat, do their schooling at the academy on top of playing the game and this can start in elementary school. Getting a player from Europe means getting somebody who's been living the lifestyle of a college student for over a decade.

I doubt it's to that level for football but for basketball (and other sports) it is. I have family over there and knew a guy in an academy for judo (France regularly has olympic medalists in judo) who lived like that in middle school. Away from family and following a strict daily schedule to progress in the national ranks. Again, getting at least basketball players from over there would mean getting guys mature far beyond their age.

[ADLER]

Should We Recruit in Japan?

No, there are almost as many potential recruits in Antarctica.

 

[NT80]

8 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

In Europe, players start being treated as professionals from a young age. When you join an academy over there, you do everything at the academy. It's like being in college here. They live, eat, do their schooling at the academy on top of playing the game and this can start in elementary school. Getting a player from Europe means getting somebody who's been living the lifestyle of a college student for over a decade.

I doubt it's to that level for football but for basketball (and other sports) it is. I have family over there and knew a guy in an academy for judo (France regularly has olympic medalists in judo) who lived like that in middle school. Away from family and following a strict daily schedule to progress in the national ranks. Again, getting at least basketball players from over there would mean getting guys mature far beyond their age.

Similar to Baseball and the MLB academies in the Dominican Republic.   

[rojomojo]

Probably not yet, but Japan is definitely a market worth looking into. The culture of training and dedication in Japanese culture is phenomenal and I was lucky enough to experience it when I lived there for a bit. 

Give it some time, but I think it would be revolutionary if UNT was quick to act on establishing themselves in a new market like Japan, however I doubt the Texas mentality would really be progressive enough to envision international recruiting.

 

Hell, UNT is stubborn to even recruit out of state

[Dentonborn79]

On 6/30/2024 at 3:35 PM, Cougar King said:

He's also Vietnamese not Japanese and owns a Chik Fil A in Dallas.

Met him at his chik fil a in ft worth.