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Coaches Are Looking Further

by Brian Davidson

Yesterday ESPN's Ted Miller wrote in his Pac 10 blog about the escalation in recruiting competition amongst the 10 programs. The additions of Dennis Erickson, Jim Harbaugh, Rick Neuheisel and Steve Sarkisian. But one point I found extremely interesting:

As for Arizona, my feeling is that Mike Stoops, ever since getting burned by a few high-profile recruits who fizzled out, has re-emphasized evaluation and beating the bushes for undervalued recruits, much like the process Mike Riley has used to built a top-25 program at Oregon State. That's also the approach that is going to get Washington State back on its feet.

His take should resonate with recruits who aren't from high profile high schools. Recruits should realize that this means that more than ever coaches are willing to do the extra work to really evaluate a prospect. They aren't satisfied just using an Internet sites Top Prospect List. However, in order for a coach to really evaluate a prospect they need to find out about them. The country is too big and recruiting budgets are way too small for a coach to actually comb through each school.

That is why recruits need to take advantage of the Internet and work to build relationships so that coaches identify them as a legitimate prospect. Then its up to the recruit to make sure the coaching staff has enough quality full game footage to allow a thorough evaluation.

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