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New Hire by JoMo
We just hired PSU recruiting coordinator Michael Villagrana to the same position. I know nothing of him other than PSU has a top 5 class, and PSU guys on Reddit say they don't dip into the south much at all. Thoughts?
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To me, I think it means our recruiting radius will increase dramatically, and that is a good thing. It probably won't be nationwide like Bama, but it'll be considerably larger.
There's no reason he can't relate to the southern players either ... we all speak (some variants, in some cases ) English.
I think we'd be ahead of the game if we concentrate more on players who are good academically than those who barely get by, or in some cases don't even qualify.
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Originally Posted by
RocketDawg
To me, I think it means our recruiting radius will increase dramatically
Good we have the 3rd smallest recruiting radius of all D1 schools for football (average distance a signee is from MSU) it's only like 177 miles or something. I remember someone posting that graph and it was shocking to see us top 3. Don Muffin was a lazy recruiter.
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Originally Posted by
Dawg61
Good we have the 3rd smallest recruiting radius of all D1 schools for football (average distance a signee is from MSU) it's only like 177 miles or something. I remember someone posting that graph and it was shocking to see us top 3. Don Muffin was a lazy recruiter.
And we're a major school with a major football (and other) program, and need to strive to be elite. There's no reason we can't recruit all over the country. Lord knows we spend enough money on sports ....
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Originally Posted by
RocketDawg
And we're a major school with a major football (and other) program, and need to strive to be elite. There's no reason we can't recruit all over the country. Lord knows we spend enough money on sports ....
We aren't going to recruit all over the country. It would be dumb to do so. We hired a guy who is hopefully good at his job. And I love that we are adding specialists to our recruiting staff.
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Originally Posted by
RocketDawg
And we're a major school with a major football (and other) program, and need to strive to be elite. There's no reason we can't recruit all over the country. Lord knows we spend enough money on sports ....
This would be a total waste of time.
We need to stick to our strengths. You said something about academics earlier, are you saying we should not recruit JUCOs and similar? You sound very clueless about who and what MSU is
Mullen’s strategy was the right one. He simply did not land the players
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Originally Posted by
5049
This would be a total waste of time.
We need to stick to our strengths. You said something about academics earlier, are you saying we should not recruit JUCOs and similar? You sound very clueless about who and what MSU is
Mullen’s strategy was the right one. He simply did not land the players
No, of course I didn't mean we should focus on the entire country at the expense of the locals and regionals. Nobody does that, even the private schools. But we shouldn't shy away from a guy just because he's from the west coast or the midwest. If a JUCO is up to the rigors of a university education along with playing a sport, go for him. There are reasons other than not being smart that a person goes to a community college.
Why don't you tell me "who and what MSU is" since I don't know. If I hear "people's university" one more time I think I'll puke.
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Originally Posted by
5049
This would be a total waste of time.
We need to stick to our strengths. You said something about academics earlier, are you saying we should not recruit JUCOs and similar? You sound very clueless about who and what MSU is
Mullen’s strategy was the right one. He simply did not land the players
No it wasn’t. Hell, Mullen barely recruited FL and TX. It’s was MS and whatever fell in his lap.
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The goals for recruiting, going forward, should be:
1). Keep this loaded 2019 class from getting poached by Bama, Aub, LSU, and that unmentioned guy in Gainesville, FL.
2). Continue to get great prospects in Louisiana to Starkvegas.
3). Get into Meridian and Clinton H.S. Both have head coaches that are $omehow getting kids to not even consider MSU
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Originally Posted by
MaroonFlounder
The goals for recruiting, going forward, should be:
1). Keep this loaded 2019 class from getting poached by Bama, Aub, LSU, and that unmentioned guy in Gainesville, FL.
2). Continue to get great prospects in Louisiana to Starkvegas.
3). Get into Meridian and Clinton H.S. Both have head coaches that are $omehow getting kids to not even consider MSU
We aint getting into Clinton as long as Judd is there or Peterson is here
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Originally Posted by
BuckyIsAB****
We aint getting into Clinton as long as Judd is there or Peterson is here
This^^
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Originally Posted by
BuckyIsAB****
We aint getting into Clinton as long as Judd is there or Peterson is here
There are ways around that.
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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
There are ways around that.
You are the only one who knows them
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Originally Posted by
BuckyIsAB****
You are the only one who knows them
It's not that hard in this day and age of technology and 7 on 7. If Boswell hates us so much that he controls every single aspect of his players life- then shame on him. A lot of work to do that on his part.
It takes effort and creativity- but it can be done. Within NCAA rules.
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Originally Posted by
BuckyIsAB****
We aint getting into Clinton as long as Judd is there or Peterson is here
Why? Does Judd hate MSU? I know his brother went to state
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Originally Posted by
louisvilledawg
Why? Does Judd hate MSU? I know his brother went to state
It's all coming back to me now. Some hometown tension.
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Originally Posted by
louisvilledawg
It's all coming back to me now. Some hometown tension.
It is all about a female.
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Originally Posted by
MaroonFlounder
The goals for recruiting, going forward, should be:
1). Keep this loaded 2019 class from getting poached by Bama, Aub, LSU, and that unmentioned guy in Gainesville, FL.
2). Continue to get great prospects in Louisiana to Starkvegas.
3). Get into Meridian and Clinton H.S. Both have head coaches that are $omehow getting kids to not even consider MSU
1. So go poach another state but dont let them poach us. Gotcha
2. Get into a schools that have head coaches that are anti MSU. Gotcha
Damn.....
You hear those bells mother-fudder....an Air-RAID is coming and that is yo ass!
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Originally Posted by
DogsofAnarchy
1. So go poach another state but dont let them poach us. Gotcha
2. Get into a schools that have head coaches that are anti MSU. Gotcha
Damn.....
Recruiting players from other states is not "poaching". Now if they're already committed or signed with another school (like Dan supposedly was trying to do), that's another matter. But, supposedly all's fair in love, war, ... and football recruiting.
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Originally Posted by
DogsofAnarchy
1. So go poach another state but dont let them poach us. Gotcha
2. Get into a schools that have head coaches that are anti MSU. Gotcha
Damn.....
Yeah, ?poach? wasn?t the correct term, even though that is what Merlins was trying to do.
And when I talk about out of state programs getting MS talent, we are talking 4 and 5 star guys they are getting. What 4 or 5-star players has Msu gotten from the state of Louisiana besides Keytaon?
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