Recruiting

[Old Dawg]

Can anyone give some insight on our recruiting strategy? Do we ever offer a 5 star recruit outside of Ms? Do we recruit for the diamonds in the rough only? Are we hampered by budget?

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

not to derail, but some on our MBs thought SloMo did a good job recruiting, is that true?

 

[aTotal360]

We are hampered by budget, location, and prestige. Other than that, we are in great shape.

 

[STATEBALLIN]

He was a good recruiter in a sense of actively recruiting. His evaluations were questionable.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We overperform when it comes to recruiting compared to the money we spend on it. Our budget ranks around 50-55th in NCAA and last in SEC #ThanksCohen. Hopefully new AD will increase our recruiting budget.

 

[woozman]

We’ll finish around 25-30, as usual…

 

[XBLDawg]

We have a strong segment of the fan base that up until Leach were convinced we weren’t worthy of hiring a sitting head coach. They were scared **** less of what the “media” would think of us for firing Crooms, BlowMo and even Howland when we did.

Pretty sure this same crowd would just rather not offer out of state 5 stars because they are going to say no anyway and we are MSU.

I hope the new AD does wake up and realize it is the 21st century. It’s pretty miraculous that we have had the success we have had with the paltry recruiting budget and assistant coach pay that we hamper our football leadership with every season.

 

[LordMcBuckethead]

I still have no explanations on why we don't offer 5 star WRs from all over the country.
I want to see what a 5 star guy can do in a Leach Air Raid Offense.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We offered 58 WRs this year according to 247. Two of them were 5 stars. There are only six 5 Star WRs this year. BAMA doesnt even have a 5 Star WR committed according to 247.
Last year there were three 5 Star WRs and Jimbo signed 2 of them.

 

[pseudonym]

not to derail, but some on our MBs thought SloMo did a good job recruiting, is that true?

Moorhead's two full classes were rated higher than Mullen's last two classes and Leach's first two classes.

That being said, I think the idea of a coach being a "good recruiter" is going away with NIL. The story of 2022 wasn't how Jimbo is such a great recruiter. It was that A&M was spending more than everyone else on NIL.

 

[ThreeDawgNight]

We offered 58 WRs this year according to 247. Two of them were 5 stars. There are only six 5 Star WRs this year. BAMA doesnt even have a 5 Star WR committed according to 247.
Last year there were three 5 Star WRs and Jimbo signed 2 of them.

And you see where that got him.