Started By
Message
Good Grantland Article on Recruiting
Posted on 1/27/12 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 1/27/12 at 5:09 pm
Did not check. Do not care. If. Germans.
quote:
And then there are the contradictions within our own thought processes. A common one is the praising of a recruit's character and goods sense3 based on nothing more than his choosing our school. When a recruit is up for grabs, we hope he makes the "right" choice, and if he doesn't we'll say: "If he wants to go there, he's not the kind of kid we thought he was. Him and Rival U will be perfect for each other." That's how we do it. We want the kid until he doesn't want us. Look, kid, you're gonna do the hooking or you're gonna get hooked. You're either a Gator or you're gator bait. A recruit who selects my school made a well-reasoned decision. If he selected Rival U then he's been sweet-talked and I feel sorry for him, sorry that he fell for whatever lies and gifts they showered on him. I'm not sure I would want a kid so easily swayed, a kid of such flimsy character, playing for my team anyway.
quote:
Recruiting is reality television that exploits 17-year-olds. It's not as bad as the show where they make 5-year-old girls compete in pageants, but it's not much better. And it's getting worse, like all things in the world.4
quote:
People like me can't complain about recruiting being a circus because if we didn't check in on Scout and Rivals and ESPN.com three times a day, if we didn't sit glued to the high school all-star games and stare at the ticker on ESPNU like day traders down to their last thousand bucks watching the stock market — if we didn't do all that, the press conferences would never have started happening.
This post was edited on 1/27/12 at 5:13 pm
2
Posted on 1/27/12 at 5:16 pm to WDE24
Read that earlier. Pretty depressing.
Posted on 1/27/12 at 5:19 pm to RollTigers
The guy who wrote obviously doesn't follow recruiting. Neither school has been recruiting Kwon
Posted on 1/27/12 at 5:31 pm to tschandler71
Posted on 1/27/12 at 5:47 pm to WDE24
Sadly most of this article is spot on.
Posted on 1/27/12 at 5:50 pm to HornsTiger07
quote:
HornsTiger07
That news germans noob
Meant to add quite an interesting article WDE, that nails it on a few things too.
This post was edited on 1/27/12 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 1/27/12 at 6:01 pm to HornsTiger07
quote:
HornsTiger07
Posted on 1/27/12 at 7:20 pm to RollTigers
quote:
Pretty depressing.
How many top academic scholars, shall I call them 5 star book smart guys, flop when they get to school? I know stories of guys who ace the ACT or SAT, get full rides to schools, and smoke up their scholarship and life in a bong. End up working at a shoe store.
Athlete's "failure" rates probably aren't that much more than in real society.
Depressing? Yes. Out of the norm? No.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News