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Recruiting isn't just about hits and misses. Sometimes, it's not who you sign that matters; it's who you sign that doesn't live up to expectations that hurts a program the most.
There is nothing more important to the overall success of a college football program than the ability to recruit well. The challenge to find quality football players, who are also quality students and citizens, is a daunting one. No matter what your ability when it comes to x's and o's, if you can't read a living room, the concerns of a parent, or identify an over-stepping uncle, your coaching career isn't apt to last real long.
The greatest coaches in sports have usually all possessed a number of common characteristics, but chief among them is adaptability. The knowledge that every kid is different, that generations change and so to must your approach. It's what makes men like Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Les Miles and others successful: the ability to connect with kids and their families on a personal level.
Of course, getting them on campus is just one part of the battle, isn't it? Jim Tressel's calling card — the ability to get the most out of less-heralded players and to create cohesion through empathy and understanding combined with just the right amount of chips on a shoulder — helped him take "three-star" players Malcolm Jenkins and A.J. Hawk and turn them into superstars.
Urban Meyer, Nick Saban and others may lack the developmental aptitude of Tresselian types, but their ultra-competitive personalities and psychoanalytical abilities have given them an edge when recruiting the high-profile player. Their "challenge you until you puke" approach works well with the alpha-male that litters college football's landscape. Those are the players, who bust out or just bust, that can make — or break — a college football program.
Ohio State's place among college football's elite, combined with midwestern roots and geographical location, has always provided Buckeye coaches with a unique recruiting advantage. Few schools have the ability to sell themselves as "the big time" of college football with the background of a thriving cityscape and still appeal to so many from smalltown USA. That advantage has more often than not yielded positive recruiting results, and subsequently, wins on the gridiron.
Today, in the first part of what will be a recurring series, we're going to take a look back at the history of Ohio State football recruiting. The wins, the losses, and the ghosts of talented teenagers who never realized a destiny of football glory. We begin with your current seniors, the last recruiting class of Jim Tressel and Jim Bollman: the Ohio State recruiting class of 2011. A class viewed by most reasonable observers as a disappointment, not necessarily because of a lack of productivity, but more so how many players never contributed a down to the Scarlet and Gray.
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Entire review of 2011 class: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...rewind-2011-recruiting-class-left-major-holes
Recruiting isn't just about hits and misses. Sometimes, it's not who you sign that matters; it's who you sign that doesn't live up to expectations that hurts a program the most.
There is nothing more important to the overall success of a college football program than the ability to recruit well. The challenge to find quality football players, who are also quality students and citizens, is a daunting one. No matter what your ability when it comes to x's and o's, if you can't read a living room, the concerns of a parent, or identify an over-stepping uncle, your coaching career isn't apt to last real long.
The greatest coaches in sports have usually all possessed a number of common characteristics, but chief among them is adaptability. The knowledge that every kid is different, that generations change and so to must your approach. It's what makes men like Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Les Miles and others successful: the ability to connect with kids and their families on a personal level.
Of course, getting them on campus is just one part of the battle, isn't it? Jim Tressel's calling card — the ability to get the most out of less-heralded players and to create cohesion through empathy and understanding combined with just the right amount of chips on a shoulder — helped him take "three-star" players Malcolm Jenkins and A.J. Hawk and turn them into superstars.
Urban Meyer, Nick Saban and others may lack the developmental aptitude of Tresselian types, but their ultra-competitive personalities and psychoanalytical abilities have given them an edge when recruiting the high-profile player. Their "challenge you until you puke" approach works well with the alpha-male that litters college football's landscape. Those are the players, who bust out or just bust, that can make — or break — a college football program.
Ohio State's place among college football's elite, combined with midwestern roots and geographical location, has always provided Buckeye coaches with a unique recruiting advantage. Few schools have the ability to sell themselves as "the big time" of college football with the background of a thriving cityscape and still appeal to so many from smalltown USA. That advantage has more often than not yielded positive recruiting results, and subsequently, wins on the gridiron.
Today, in the first part of what will be a recurring series, we're going to take a look back at the history of Ohio State football recruiting. The wins, the losses, and the ghosts of talented teenagers who never realized a destiny of football glory. We begin with your current seniors, the last recruiting class of Jim Tressel and Jim Bollman: the Ohio State recruiting class of 2011. A class viewed by most reasonable observers as a disappointment, not necessarily because of a lack of productivity, but more so how many players never contributed a down to the Scarlet and Gray.
.
.
.
continued
Entire review of 2011 class: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...rewind-2011-recruiting-class-left-major-holes
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