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View Poll Results: How Far Are You Willing To Go...?
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I'd do it just like JT (soft sell approach)
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50.00% |
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Play fair, but push harder (hard sell approach)
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Make false promises to recruits ("Sure you can play safety, Prescott....")
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2.63% |
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Negatively recruit the competition (the Larry Johnson, Sr. specialty)
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5.26% |
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Make illegal contact with recruits ("Hey, Dwayne, this is Pete calling....")
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2.63% |
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A few little extras (hats, jerseys, gym bags - who's gonna notice?)
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Illegal employment opportunities ("Did Rhett show up for work today...?")
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The SEC approach (condos and Cadillacs)
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07-27-2007, 03:25 PM
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How Far Are You Willing to Go...?
Every year, we hear the same old routine: "Tressel can't close! ... JT is a lazy recruiter! ... Ohio State doesn't show kids enough love! ... The Buckeyes don't push kids hard enough for a commitment! ... The "soft sell" approach just doesn't work for the blue chip prospects!"
What should JT & Co. do to remedy these perceived faults? In other words, how should the staff "push harder" to "sell" recruits and show them "love"?
On a related point, we all know, or at least strongly suspect, that "certain other programs" sometimes bend or even break the rules of recruiting. We also like to believe that the Ohio State staff doesn't engage in any shady recruiting practices. If bending or breaking the rules would lead to the Buckeyes being able to sign "better" recruits, would you be for it? If so, how far would you be willing to go?
The poll is multiple choice, and it is private for those of you who are embarrassed to say that you'd break the rules to get better recruits (we know that you're out there).
Last edited by LordJeffBuck; 07-27-2007 at 03:36 PM.
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07-27-2007, 03:28 PM
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Doesn't Tress have the all time winning pct as a coach at tOSU?
Obviously, his approach is working.
Nuff said.
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07-27-2007, 03:28 PM
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I think they should hypnotize Meyer, Zook and Carrol into recruiting for the Buckeyes - they steer anyone who visits their campus to Columbus.
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07-27-2007, 03:31 PM
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If it aint broke.... 
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07-27-2007, 03:34 PM
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Lighten up Francis
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I think they should drop somewhere around 21 million, cash money on the most kick-ass athletic facility in the country. Let's see them OOS recruits turn that down...
...(inaudible whispers)...huh...oh, o.k., then. I think Coach T's approach is fine as is.
Carry on.
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07-27-2007, 03:40 PM
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if I don't take us down the field, bench me
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Schedule ND annually. Between OSU, UM & MSU, their BCS fraud campaign will come crashing down, and the catholic mystique may finally get a reality check.
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