Recruiting Question

[MeanMag]

Does a recruiter at our program have to ask the question to a recruit, "Where do you want to be in 5 years?"

What is an acceptable answer for a recruit to respond with at our program?

What is an acceptable answer for a recruit to respond with at a BCS program?

Do you deny a kid that only wants to play for a scholarship and not to make it to the NFL?

If you do not deny a kid that doesn't have any desire to play in the NFL what motivates him to be the best?

Do we actually ask any of these questions to recruits?

I am not questioning the desire of anyone of our players or potential recruits, I am simply asking what the procedures of recruiting are at our program, compared to where we want to be.

Is the focus of our coaching staff to win games? or to prepare kids to take that step to the next level?

While the two might be mutually exclusive, to me, there is a difference in developing a recruit into an NFL caliber player and developing a player to be succesful in a system where the objective is winning games in the SunBelt.

I do not see a huge concern by this coaching staff to develop players into stars. It seems it does not happen unless there is a unusually self-motivated, talented player such as Quinn, Awasom, Cobbs. While I understand it takes much self motivation and talent, and that NFL players are the best of the best, it only makes sense to have a little motivation and coaching to become that player.

Edited October 29, 2006 by MeanMag