Interesting Post By About Recruiting

[eulessismore]

I thought this article was interesting, pointing out how coaches look for qualities like competitiveness; gave me some insight on why football coaches may want to see what a young man does in other sports. Also, I did not know that Colt McCoy was only a 3 star recruit, committing after Ryan Perrilloux, with 5 stars, had already committed to UT in the same class. Just more about the subjective nature of recruiting, I guess.

Coaches looking for the intangible qualities

Edited February 5, 2009 by eulessismore

[untlynchka]

I thought this article was interesting, pointing out how coaches look for qualities like competitiveness; gave me some insight on why football coaches may want to see what a young man does in other sports. Also, I did not know that Colt McCoy was only a 3 star recruit, signing after Ryan Perrilloux (sp?), with 5 stars, had already signed at UT in the same class. Just more about the subjective nature of recruiting, I guess.

Coaches looking for the intangible qualities

Perriloux never signed with ut

[Mean Green 93-98]

Perriloux never signed with ut

I think he is referring to Perriloux's verbal commit to UT.

[eulessismore]

Perriloux never signed with ut

Sorry about that; fixed it.

[Monkeypox]

I remember I was really hoping we'd go after McCoy and use the verbal of Perriloux against UT at the time. I even said he'd be a better QB than Perriloux. So I'm both a moron and a genius.

[eulessismore]

I remember I was really hoping we'd go after McCoy and use the verbal of Perriloux against UT at the time. I even said he'd be a better QB than Perriloux. So I'm both a moron and a genius.

Well, in a way, we got the college careers of both McCoy and Sam Bradford started. Just not in the way we would like.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

I thought this article was interesting, pointing out how coaches look for qualities like competitiveness; gave me some insight on why football coaches may want to see what a young man does in other sports. Also, I did not know that Colt McCoy was only a 3 star recruit, committing after Ryan Perrilloux, with 5 stars, had already committed to UT in the same class. Just more about the subjective nature of recruiting, I guess.

Coaches looking for the intangible qualities

All good and well, but OU and UT and the like don't sign classes full of two-star players. If someone doesn't pan out for them, it's doesn't matter because there are a whole bunch of other four and five star guys on the roster and more added every year.

And, of course, the biggest hang up is that you've got to have a coaching staff capable of developing the three-star guys into Heisman Candidates. Bob Stoops and Mack Brown tend to have coaching staffs full of coaches who have done that for decades. Us? Not so much. Especially on the offensive side of the ball.

Edited February 5, 2009 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

[eulessismore]

All good and well, but OU and UT and the like don't sign classes full of two-star players. If someone doesn't pan out for them, it's doesn't matter because there are a whole bunch of other four and five star guys on the roster and more added every year.

And, of course, the biggest hang up is that you've got to have a coaching staff capable of developing the three-star guys into Heisman Candidates. Bob Stoops and Mack Brown tend to have coaching staffs full of coaches who have done that for decades. Us? Not so much. Especially on the offensive side of the ball.

Thanks for keeping it short.