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We should hear something soon. Usually these things happen after signing day. Haven't seen anything regarding anybody. Leach keeps these things close to the vest it seems.
They need a recruiter. A guy that can go to SoCal and get half a dozen kids every year.
I agree they need a good recruiter, but for him to be able to get six quality recruits out of SoCal is expecting a bit much. Every quality program is in there.
If not SoCal....At least someone with strong ties to like TX or OH. I know there are a lot schools there but our brand is growing stronger each year Leach is in Pullman. With former coaches from the B1G on our staff, we shouldn't have a problem with getting in the front doors of some quality HS football athletes in those areas. We all know the presence Leach has in TX, so that shouldn't be a problem at all.
If not SoCal....At least someone with strong ties to like TX or OH. I know there are a lot schools there but our brand is growing stronger each year Leach is in Pullman. With former coaches from the B1G on our staff, we shouldn't have a problem with getting in the front doors of some quality HS football athletes in those areas. We all know the presence Leach has in TX, so that shouldn't be a problem at all.
I like this too. We pulled some pretty good players that were very much under the radar as far recruitment goes when Sala'vea was recruiting those areas. Maybe we can find someone with those ties/background that also comes from SoCal.Hawaii and Samoa are where we want to go to find under-recruited guys. If we can get the numbers up to 4-5 guys per cycle, rather than 1, I think we'll be in good shape.
Just my $0.02.
Wazzu and every other PAC program should not have a problem finding 5-6 kids in Southern Cal if they want to work to get them. Yes, lots of people are recruiting there, at least in theory. In fact, most don't work very hard at it. If you said that we should be able to load up on 4 & 5* kids, then I would disagree. But I just went down the list of the PAC schools as of the LOI date this week and counted a total of 86 kids from SoCal signed by just the PAC schools. That includes both HS and JC. That doesn't count the other P5 conferences or major independents (if one of you is curious and wants to put in the time with the other P5 schools, I'd be interested to know how many of their recruits are from SoCal; for the record, that is anywhere south of Fresno). And if you also added the Mountain West schools to the other P5 conferences & Notre Dame, the number is probably in the 125-150 range. Are all of the MW schools kids we would want? No, but we all see kids on MW squads who turned out to be kids we would have liked to have had. So what is the real available number of SoCal recruits in a given year? It has to be well north of 100. Is it realistic to get 5-6 every year if we have consistent representation here? Or more? Of course it is. The only question is whether we put in a sustained effort. Unfortunately, a recruiter who gets consistently good results in SoCal moves to the top of other school's "poaching list", so that makes a consistent effort doubly hard. But with the winning track record we have, some consistent recruiting coverage and legitimate effort should have no problem with 5-6 kids. Or more.
I think we should take a page out of Asu's decision to hire Antonio Pierce. He was the head man at LB POLY and has been an absolute recruiting boom for ASU. Chris Claiborne at Calabasas (also coached at LB POLY) would work or somebody else who played in the league that has major connection in LA.
I think we should take a page out of Asu's decision to hire Antonio Pierce. He was the head man at LB POLY and has been an absolute recruiting boom for ASU. Chris Claiborne at Calabasas (also coached at LB POLY) would work or somebody else who played in the league that has major connection in LA.