Saw the total amount spent by UW on recruiting and it doesn't hold a candle to what Georgia and Alabama spend. Probably why you see Pac-12 recruiting falling so far off, nobody is spending the money on it compared to the SEC except for maybe Oregon. Wazzu spends a little over $500K and that's probably because it's so damn expensive to get to Pullman.
Cougs at the bottom of the PAC-12 in the amount of money spent on recruiting, guess that means we’re riding in the greyhound bus. I get that some of you think living in a small college town like Pullman is a “plus” for recruiting “the right kind of player.” Hell, I’ve spent the last 30 plus years living in Wyoming, so I obviously prefer a very rural lifestyle. But the demographics clearly show that most people, and particularly young people, don’t.
Like it or not, the fact is that nowadays it’s hard to recruit players to places like Pullman. On top of this, to be spending the least amount of money on recruiting in the conference (and this likely means in any P5 conference) really means the Coug football staff are trying to recruit at a very distinct disadvantage. Maybe Rolo will recruit at a significantly higher level than a Leach, but I’m betting he will be just as constrained by the inherent limitations at Pullman as Leach was. Offers mean nothing, athletes on the field is the only measure of recruiting success. We’ll find out next year.
Yet Leisure Suit Larry in San Francisco will continue to make twice as much money as his counterpart in the SEC, even though SEC teams got 44 million each in tv rights this last year, while the Cougs and other PAC schools get 31 million each. Talk about corruption in the SEC, how does Larry keep his job?
Sorry for the rambling, but I’m so pissed about the “trickle down” effects of lack of money on the Cougs.
