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Originally Posted by Cornerback6
I don't ever remember tOSU putting out this many official offers (seemingly at least) this early in the past.
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In the past, old recruiting coordinator Bill Conley used to use the "shotgun method" in recruiting, giving offers by spur-of-the-moment judgement calls to a lot of deserving kids. By this time, there were at least this many offers out and usually more. Tressel didn't like to take that approach to recruiting, instead opting to bring all the coaches together to get a unanimous vote on whether to offer the player or not before offering.
I couldn't tell ya which method or philosophy to recruiting is better (both have their upsides and downsides), but with having so few scholarships to give this year, it's good that we're getting our offers out to the guys we absolutely want in this class right away and "showing them the love". Next year will be VERY interesting in regards to having a ton of offers to give with Tressel's philosophy of recruiting. I just hope that in '09 he uses more of those valuable official visits with recruits (last year, he only used half of the allotment allowed)