Recruits losing interest

[FrequencyEP]

I have a prospect who through the summer says i am their first choice, I have them on my call and watch list, i have called them to pitch all the areas so i know what they like, and then when the first contact period comes around i vanish off their top 10 list. Is this normal and how do I counteract it?

[CheshireCat303]

Well, do they like what your school/team has to offer?

[FrequencyEP]

Well, do they like what your school/team has to offer?

yeah I am playing as Kansas so anyone interested in school prestige or facilities should be interested.

[Gary Gorski]

The recruit also could just be getting more interested in other schools. It's sort of natural for recruits to think they want to go to the big schools right off the bat but as they get to know more about other schools through recruiting they change their mind.

[PointGuard]

Or possibly it was the tornado that went thru Lawrence when they visited your school that scared them off.

[FrequencyEP]

Is there anything i can do to keep prospects interested? for example would having fewer prospects on my recruit list make it so they stay more interested in my school since my coaches would presumably have more time to talk to them? I've looked for recruiting tips but not really found much. Thanks

[PointGuard]

There are tips sprinkled throughout a bunch of different threads for DDSCB20 and also previous versions of DDSCB. Some are good, some aren't. I think the reason that its not all collated, is that most people prefer to develop their own recruiting style/actions. There is no "one way" that is best to do it. And it's different for schools with different levels of prestige, different states/regions, different budgets, different numbers of scholarships that are available to be offered, different skill levels of the head and assistant coaches, etc. And as you continue to play the game, you will determine what works best for you. I think that the variety of recruiting situations (and recruiting being more of an "art" than a "science") is what makes recruiting one of the best parts of DDSCB. I've found that continually having to "try things" in recruiting and see what works and what doesn't (and then adjust what I do based on the results that I get) makes the game fun and a continuing challenge.

With regard to the number of recruits on your watch/call list, I like to have a large number of recruits on it, but others prefer having far fewer....and either philosophy can and does work.

But rest assured: if you are coaching Kansas, you will land your share of good recruits.