by Wayne23 » Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:46 am
5/1: Recruiting class #62. 2 of our 3 recruits could definitely see playing time. And if we lose guys, they could even start.
We didn't get into the Big East. Next year is probably better for us anyway. Dee's not happy though.
We buy the East Basic report again. Not quite enough money to go for the Premium. We'll go to a couple of camps.
5/15: It's an adjustment living with someone else full time. You get in each other's way a lot, especially at first. Dee's condo has 2 bathrooms, and that helps a lot. She get the garage, which sucks for me, but oh well. If this works out we'll eventually get a place with a 2 car garage, maybe a place in this condo complex. There are some that are a little bigger with 2 car garages. This place is a 2 bedroom and we use the second BR for our office. We share an office and that can be an issue but we're working it out. All in all we're really doing fine. This is good.
5/29: We lose Ken Simm and no one else. I'm pleased that Ruf Long stayed, surprised, but pleased. We may well start 2 frosh this season. WAY too soon to really know, of course.
I cut Cam Grif and Kej Caro. It's a bit of a dice roll but if I can get one decent guard to transfer in I'm ahead of the game; neither of those guys are ever going to help us. So 3 spots open for transfers.
6/5: In Round One we offer to a B, and an unrated PG from Kentucky, yeah, a long shot. 0-2. Round 2: We offer to 2 PGs, both Bs, and a PF who's a C. 1-3.
We get the PF, who looks good. We need at least one guard. Round 3: We offer to 2 guards, both Ds. We get both, one of them could get minutes, the other is a practice player. We're done.
6/25: We'll go to the East Coast Jam and the Big Apple Showcase.
6/26: 4 scholarships. We want 2 bigs and 2 guards.
7/5: Recruiting is a lot of work. Sha McNeish, my recruiter, and I are making a lot of calls, sending way more texts than calls actually. We've scouted all of our top prospects and hosted all of them for visits. The latter is a full day commitment, showing them around the athletic facilities, the campus, and even downtown Burlington, such as it is. Not everyone wants to come to such a remote, cold place, and Burlington ain't NYC! But still, we figure all of that into the equation.
Sha and I coordinate carefully so that we don't duplicate our efforts which can turn a kid off. We figure out which of us the recruit seems to bond with or develop a relationship with, and if they do that with either of us, that's the person who takes over and does most of the contact work.
In September we'll be visiting families, talking to high school coaches and sometimes teachers or administrators, and the visit is the most powerful recruiting tool. We usually make or break with that.
In some ways recruiting season is as busy as during the season, and it isn't nearly as much fun, but it's vital. If you don't get the kid you can't coach him!
Dee and I are working out the kinks about this living together thing. It's amazing how important it is that I put certain things back exactly where I found them. I'm actually pretty good about that because I like to be organized, but at home certain things went in certain places, and most of them go in different places here. I often forget and just put them where I'm used to putting them. That doesn't go over very well!
7/28: We have only one kid with a lot of interest, but a bunch of other have at least some interest. Hoping that ramps up soon. I like to offer scholarships on 8/21 to get in early.