re: What Makes Freeze Such A Dynamic Recruiter

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I realize there is excitement. Excitement is different than expectation and ceiling.

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True, but excitement can alter one's perceptions of expectations and ceilings.

A lot of y'all need to read some books on recruiting. Meat Market for starters and then The Courting of Marcus Dupree. You'll see that a lot of the things that we think recruits care about ("Well we done went to the Sugar Bowl last year what gives recruits should love us!!?") aren't a big deal to a lot of them.

Most of them want a chance to be close to home, a chance to play, and an environment that their parents and high school coaches (so many of these kids look up to their coaches - you gotta recruit the coaches too) approve of. Hugh Freeze can promise that. Now, if a kid really does want to win a BCS title, then of course he's going to Alabama. But if he wants a place that his momma is happy with him being at, then is it much of a surprise that such a personable guy like Freeze can win him over?