Interesting article on UT recruiting

[FriendlyGator]

Sorry if this is a dupe. Lane Kiffin has offered 187 kids for the 2010 season. With only room for 28 max schollies now, what happens if more than 28 kids decide to play for UT? I know coaches extend scholarship offers to more than 28 kids each recruiting season, but 187 sounds like a huge amount. Will this hurt recruiting down the road for you guys? What are your opinions?

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[bburger991]

We basically tell kids that either they can't play here or we tell them that there are only so many spots left and if they don't get on the boat now, they aren't getting on.

Plus a ton of them won't come here anyways.

[MDBJJC]

This is the same approach that Ed O took at Ole Miss and it seemed to work for him there. This is a strategy that these guys have done before when they were trying to rebuild programs. Pure USC strategy and it served Ole Miss and USC well.

It is an interesting approach for sure. These guys know that we have to get our name out there because we have such a small pool of talent in state. They are going hard nationally to get some advertisement. This a tactic that is good not for this year, but it is good for future advertising to the 2011 class and beyond. Once the wheels have been greased for the recruiting machine, you might see that the offer list shrinks in the years to come to be a little "choosier" so to speak.

When you have this many offers on the table, all of the kids will talk to each other and it gives the appearance that Tennessee is anywhere and everywhere. That hype builds on itself making the recruiting more competetive as they communicate with one another. Interesting tactic.

[JonWard]

40 of them have already commited elsewhere.

[VOLS85]

Originally Posted by JonWard

40 of them have already commited elsewhere.

I have no idea what that article said. Once I saw that they spelled his name kiffen, I stopped reading and discredited anything the guy wrote.
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[MDBJJC]

Originally Posted by VOLS85

I have no idea what that article said. Once I saw that they spelled his name kiffen, I stopped reading and discredited anything the guy wrote.
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The article was just commenting that we have a lot of offers on the table. Not a controversial article in the least.

[FriendlyGator]

Originally Posted by MDBJJC

This is the same approach that Ed O took at Ole Miss and it seemed to work for him there. This is a strategy that these guys have done before when they were trying to rebuild programs. Pure USC strategy and it served Ole Miss and USC well.

It is an interesting approach for sure. These guys know that we have to get our name out there because we have such a small pool of talent in state. They are going hard nationally to get some advertisement. This a tactic that is good not for this year, but it is good for future advertising to the 2011 class and beyond. Once the wheels have been greased for the recruiting machine, you might see that the offer list shrinks in the years to come to be a little "choosier" so to speak.

When you have this many offers on the table, all of the kids will talk to each other and it gives the appearance that Tennessee is anywhere and everywhere. That hype builds on itself making the recruiting more competetive as they communicate with one another. Interesting tactic.

It would have worked last season, also. The SEC just passed a rule stating that a team can no longer sign more than 28 players. The previous limit was 35.

SEC passes limits on football signings; limit is now 28 in a single class - Sports from the Press-Register - al.com

This is why I think this is interesting. By the way, the SEC is calling this new rule the "Ole Miss" rule since they've oversigned 4 out of the past 5 years. Recruiting is a game of relationships...and this has the potential to have some kids and schools really upset. Just throwing out my .02 but also interested in what y'all thought.

[GAVol]

I think I just recently read where Michigan is doing basically the same thing.

[MDBJJC]

Originally Posted by GoGators01uf

It would have worked last season, also. The SEC just passed a rule stating that a team can no longer sign more than 28 players. The previous limit was 35.

SEC passes limits on football signings; limit is now 28 in a single class - Sports from the Press-Register - al.com

This is why I think this is interesting. By the way, the SEC is calling this new rule the "Ole Miss" rule since they've oversigned 4 out of the past 5 years. Recruiting is a game of relationships...and this has the potential to have some kids and schools really upset. Just throwing out my .02 but also interested in what y'all thought.

That's interesting. I didn't realize that there was a decrease in the allowable signees that you can have in a year. I wonder why they are doing that? Seems a little unfair to kids that want to go to college and get an athletic scholarship to help pay for theur education.

I am not sure how this will all sort out in the end. How will they juggle the recruits that want to commit in February? Not sure.

[FriendlyGator]

Originally Posted by MDBJJC

That's interesting. I didn't realize that there was a decrease in the allowable signees that you can have in a year. I wonder why they are doing that? Seems a little unfair to kids that want to go to college and get an athletic scholarship to help pay for theur education.

I am not sure how this will all sort out in the end. How will they juggle the recruits that want to commit in February? Not sure.

This was just passed a few days ago. It was done to protect the kids coming in. Many of them have been burned (specifically Ole Miss). Ole Miss would sign them knowing they wouldn't make it in right away, or telling them to grey shirt or walk on and they'd get a scholy later (but never getting that scholly).

GaVol - Michigan may very well be doing this, I don't know. This new rule only applies for the SEC as of now. I'm sure other conferences will adopt it soon.

[KLayneUT8]

Originally Posted by GoGators01uf

It would have worked last season, also. The SEC just passed a rule stating that a team can no longer sign more than 28 players. The previous limit was 35.

SEC passes limits on football signings; limit is now 28 in a single class - Sports from the Press-Register - al.com

This is why I think this is interesting. By the way, the SEC is calling this new rule the "Ole Miss" rule since they've oversigned 4 out of the past 5 years. Recruiting is a game of relationships...and this has the potential to have some kids and schools really upset. Just throwing out my .02 but also interested in what y'all thought.

i thought i read that classes were limited to 28 only in throughout the early signing period.....

[BigSteve09]

Originally Posted by GAVol

I think I just recently read where Michigan is doing basically the same thing.

If a bunch of schools start doing this, then doesn't it create a situation where there's a bunch of kids playing for their 2nd and 3rd choice teams? Or teams they don't even want to play for. Doesn't sound right to me.

[VOLnMiami]

Originally Posted by VOLS85

I have no idea what that article said. Once I saw that they spelled his name kiffen, I stopped reading and discredited anything the guy wrote.
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Haha!...I pretty much did the exact same thing

[Coastypop]

THe best thing the article said was .............................."Rival programs can go nowhere and pursue no one without hearing the name Tennessee."

[BigSteve09]

Originally Posted by Coastypop

THe best thing the article said was .............................."Rival programs can go nowhere and pursue no one without hearing the name Tennessee."

I liked that too