Quote Originally Posted by CadaverDawg View Post
"My final 2 are LSU and MSU"....or, "my final 3 are LSU, Michigan, & MSU"....or, "my final 100 are _________________ and MSU". Everyone expected him to include MSU.

What does he have to gain by leaving MSU out? Is he ashamed of saying MSU? If so, why would he choose us? Is he trying to build drama? If so, wouldn't including us still build drama? Also, if these kids leaving us out of their finalist lists or committing to other teams & then decommitting is some strategy to build drama, our coaches need to inform them that they're only hurting our chances at a few other top recruits gaining interest in MSU by them leaving us out or never mentioning us or waiting to commit. See Kylin Hill & how he's trying to help add talent around him....Gay could/should be doing the same if you guys are right & he is coming to State (which I will believe when I see it).

It's just that everything about our recruiting is simply out of sync...even with the good ones we actually get, we fail to capitalize on their commitment like most schools do. It's aggravating and we seem to be doing nothing to fix it. Same shit every year.
I think we need a mix of Kylin Hill's and Leo Lewis. I think we need a few of the talented guys like Hill that are the "leaders" of the class and talk up MSU and help recruit guys. Dan likes to make a big deal out of the commitments at BDC which I think is great and he should keep doing that. Players like Hill that sign early are also good for making a splash in December which I anticipate will be the case when they approve an early NSD. What I would like to see us do much more often is have coordinated hat ceremonies for our prospects that go to the National All-Star Games like the Army AA and UA Game. Even if it's planned and us more connected message board warrior fans know it's coming I think it does help with overall momentum because fans see that on TV and get excited about it. It also makes a statement to the guys that write for the National Recruiting Web Sites when they see all of those MSU hats on the table and players choosing us because I think that may cause them to write more positive stories about MSU and they may look at and rate some of our players higher which also helps with perception. I think Ole Miss is good at that and I think that is part of the reason why they got a lot of pub for some of their recent classes. Dan doesn't seem to want to fool with that. I think it would also lessen some of the fall out from the "drops" later in the process although it does appear as if we are second in the SEC in decommits right now which I think is part of what you are talking about. We have also gotten a few commits late in the process on NSD like Leo, Chris Jones, and Simmons and I think we should keep doing that as well.

Basically they need to do more to make a splash between the second week of December and NSD.