SKULL SESSION: KERRY COOMBS BIDS ADIEU TO BUCKEYE KINGDOM, MAX WRAY ON NEGATIVE RECRUITING, AND A QUALITY CONTROL ORIGIN STORY
NOT ALL RECRUITERS. "Everybody negative recruits" is a common college football cliché that I have even repeated on these very pages.
According to five-star OL signee Max Wray, who, unlike me, got recruited out of high school, disagrees with that notion. Everyone used negative recruiting with him—except Alabama and Ohio State.
From ajc.com:
The Buckeyes planted that seed and then reaffirmed it by the way they conducted themselves during the recruiting process. Wray, a 4-star tackle from Franklin, Tenn., reopened his recruitment in March 2017 after originally committing to Georgia in March 2016. Ohio State offered him three days after he de-committed, and Wray said he was impressed with the way the Buckeyes made everything about their own program instead of other schools.
“Everyone but Ohio State and Alabama,” Wray told Land of 10 about the schools that used negative recruiting. “Everyone is scared of Nick Saban. Everyone. Everyone says, ‘Alabama does this, but we don’t because we’re better.’ It was Alabama this, Alabama that, and Ohio State was the only school that never said a word about Alabama or any other school.”
It's hilarious thinking about six-figure SEC coaches trying to manipulate teenagers into thinking their program is superior to Alabama's despite the lack of College Football Playoff trophies.
I do find it hard to believe no Buckeye assistant has ever muttered a negative word about Michigan, but Ohio State has only lost The Game three times since the turn of the millennium. Sometimes that's all the smack talk you need.
Also good to see Ohio State take the high road against Alabama. Yeah, you can pro if you play at 'Bama. But you can do that at Ohio State, too. And 'Bama can't compete with OSU's academic profile or alumni network.
Entire article:
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...57/ohio-state-football-kerry-coombs-max-wray-
