At a school with decent resources ….
I would “allow” other schools to get some freshman. I’d want them to get their experience on the floor as a freshman elsewhere instead of working it into my current situation. Mainly because loyalty isn’t a thing anymore, for neither coaches nor players. And I would stay on him while he’s playing as a freshmen elsewhere. Mainly because tampering isn’t a thing anymore (too easy to do and the NCAA doesn’t care).
I’d use some schools as farm systems, let them get whatever benefit that school can get out of a freshman and then I’d take him as a sophomore, with a higher NIL than his previous school, he’d pretty much exhaust his options for leaving after that.
Dirty. Cynical. Ruthless.
It’s what the game has become, unfortunately. If I were a Kentucky, UNC, Duke, UCLA, Michigan, etc … that would be my complete recruiting plan plus one and done type freshman.
Is there any better evaluation of a player than a kid at the highest level he could play in? It dwarfs evaluation of high school kids.
What would you do? Does that sound like a solid recruiting philosophy to you?
I would “allow” other schools to get some freshman. I’d want them to get their experience on the floor as a freshman elsewhere instead of working it into my current situation. Mainly because loyalty isn’t a thing anymore, for neither coaches nor players. And I would stay on him while he’s playing as a freshmen elsewhere. Mainly because tampering isn’t a thing anymore (too easy to do and the NCAA doesn’t care).
I’d use some schools as farm systems, let them get whatever benefit that school can get out of a freshman and then I’d take him as a sophomore, with a higher NIL than his previous school, he’d pretty much exhaust his options for leaving after that.
Dirty. Cynical. Ruthless.
It’s what the game has become, unfortunately. If I were a Kentucky, UNC, Duke, UCLA, Michigan, etc … that would be my complete recruiting plan plus one and done type freshman.
Is there any better evaluation of a player than a kid at the highest level he could play in? It dwarfs evaluation of high school kids.
What would you do? Does that sound like a solid recruiting philosophy to you?
