Coach Conley Chat Wrap up...

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By Bucknuts.com Staff
Date: Aug 31, 2004

Former OSU recruiting coordinator Bill Conley conducted his first Chat session for Bucknuts.com Monday. Click here for some of the opinions he shared during that Chat session.
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Former <!--Default NodeId For Ohio State is 687,2004-->Ohio State assistant <!--Default NodeId For Bill Conley is 1192401,2004-->Bill Conley conducted his first Chat session as a member of the Bucknuts.com staff Monday.

Here were some of the tidbits Conley shared in the 80-minute Chat:

* That decisions to offer players by the OSU staff are routinely made through a consensus of the coach assigned to a recruit's area, his potential position coach, the recruiting coordinator, the respective coordinator and the head coach. It takes a majority vote for the staff to convey an offer.

Conley cited one instance of <!--Default For Cincinnati is to ignore-->Cincinnati <!--Default For Wyoming is to ignore-->Wyoming RB <!--Default For DeShawn Wynn is to ignore-->DeShawn Wynn, now at <!--Default For Florida is to ignore-->Florida, as a player he personally liked, but was unable to get a majority vote for.

* He admitted there have been a number of "silent verbal commitments" made through the years, most of them done so players could take their full allotment of visits. Some of the notables would include <!--Default For Orlando Pace is to ignore-->Orlando Pace, <!--Default For Andy Katzenmoyer is to ignore-->Andy Katzenmoyer and several members of the current team, including signees from this past year.

* When asked about players verbaling without an offer (a la <!--Default For Kenyon Buford is to ignore-->Kenyon Buford two years ago), he said, "self hype is a problem." He cited players publicizing incorrect stats about themselves as well.

* When asked what went wrong with the recruitment of <!--Default For Toledo is to ignore-->Toledo Rogers WR <!--Default For Fred Davis is to ignore-->Fred Davis, Conley replied, "Only <!--Default For USC is to ignore-->USC knows the answer to that."

* When asked about OSU’s struggles on offense, Conley believed it was beyond play calling, personnel or scheme and noted a “philosophy” perhaps that accentuates special teams and defense.

* Finally, Conley confirmed that a member of the OSU support staff monitors the Internet for news reports on key prospects as well as key opponents.

Obviously, there was much more to this 80-minute session. Our subscribers who missed the Chat are invited to check out the archive at:

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I liked the comment about Fred Davis......