Bossi talks to Meek about Frank's recruiting philosophy

[yosh]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek

Should spark some convo...

[steve dave]

 

[michigancat]

x2

KSU will always suck, and the staff knows it.

[michigancat]

And he kind of hinted at an argument the "be happy w/ old ballz's recruiting" crowd always makes.  Just because we're bitching about recruiting doesn't mean we expect GRCOAT every year or beat KU for every recruit.

Just compete with the OSU's, Marquettes, Mizzous, etc.  That's what I've come to accept.

[chum1]

What a bunch of BS.  Fit is clearly a secondary strategy, not primary.  Jeronne Maymon isn't a good fit for any team.

[steve dave]

We're a small step away from bragging about doing things the right way  

[Dr Rick Daris]

it's next year or bust.

[michigancat]

We're a small step away from bragging about doing things the right way 

qft

I'm pretty sure "finding the right fit" is on the same page as the "we want guys that want to be here" section of the McNeck handbook.

[_33]

Seems like if the staff is so worried about the right "fit" they should just go after all the 5* players.  They always seem to fit really well with the elite national championship winning teams they commit to.

[Pexikan]

 

[Pett]

Everyone would like to have five-star recruits at every position, but that's not feasible for most programs.

So we are already giving up on trying to get five stars to commit to us?

[hatingfrancisco]

Flying under the radar...

 

[chum1]

Agree with everyone here.  If the coaches say they're primarily looking for fit, it must be true.  Obviously, these guys are such awesome recruiters, they'd easily land a bunch of five-stars if that's what they chose to do.

[steve dave]

I'm going to go find the GPC thread talking about how awesome this is and pray to the God of BBS'ing that I am somehow unblacklisted, later chumps

 

[WillieWatanabe]

[kso_FAN]

Honestly, this is the type of recruiting I always hoped K-State would get to someday during the armpit era.  Of course, I got all caught up in GRCOAT and the high impact recruiting, but then its easy to remember a lot of that was Huggins.  

I think Frank has found a niche, its not like they are going to have the base be completely out of nowhere, most of the guys we are getting are just off the Top75-100, so its not like we are going after complete trash.  And grabbing the "pretty darn good" locals like Spradling and Williams is something we NEVER did.  Probably the last one was Manny Dies.  

The key for me will be mixing in the bluechip/Judge type player at least on an every 3-4 year basis.  Plus probably continuing to get quality transfers on a regular basis.  

Do that, and I can live with Frank's strategy and have no doubt that this can keep us at an upper division level as long as Frank is around.  

[KITNfury]

The FF we get to next year should bolster recruiting like the '03 CCG in football did.

[michigancat]

I think Frank has found a niche, its not like they are going to have the base be completely out of nowhere, most of the guys we are getting are just off the Top75-100, so its not like we are going after complete trash.

Actually, most of them are actually completely off the top 150.  I'm ignoring Mgrud's and Judge because recruiting from the era of their commitment is dead/irrelevant.

[kso_FAN]

I think Frank has found a niche, its not like they are going to have the base be completely out of nowhere, most of the guys we are getting are just off the Top75-100, so its not like we are going after complete trash.

Actually, most of them are actually completely off the top 150.  I'm ignoring Mgrud's and Judge because recruiting from the era of their commitment is dead/irrelevant.

Perhaps.  Do we believe the official bios of the other guys or not?

JHR - Received scholarship offers from a number of schools, including DePaul, Kentucky, Missouri, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, Seton Hall, St. John's, UNLV and Xavier...

Irving - Received scholarship offers from a number of schools, including UCF, Creighton, Georgia, Jacksonville, Marshall, Old Dominion, Saint Louis, South Florida, Stetson and Virginia Commonwealth ...

Russell - Received scholarship offers from a number of schools, including Colorado State, Florida State, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, SMU and UCLA...

I'm just saying these aren't guys completely out of left field. 

[pissclams]

did Bossi talk to Frank Martin or Ron Prince, I'm confused

[yosh]

Nino now ranked #105 in new rivals 150.  

[catzacker]

Agree with everyone here.  If the coaches say they're primarily looking for fit, it must be true.  Obviously, these guys are such awesome recruiters, they'd easily land a bunch of five-stars if that's what they chose to do.

It kind of falls in line with the reason(s) I'm not dating Megan Fox.  Sure, she's hot, but she's not really a good fit for me.  

[steve dave]

Nino now ranked #105 in new rivals 150.  

Thanks Bossi

[kso_FAN]

Agree with everyone here.  If the coaches say they're primarily looking for fit, it must be true.  Obviously, these guys are such awesome recruiters, they'd easily land a bunch of five-stars if that's what they chose to do.

It kind of falls in line with the reason(s) I'm not dating Megan Fox.  Sure, she's hot, but she's not really a good fit for me. 

WE ARE!

K-STATE!

[kso_FAN]

Nino now ranked #105 in new rivals 150.   

http://rivals.yahoo.com/kansasstate/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-rivals150/2011

#102.