Rye, We seem to be on the same page regarding Doeren’s trip to New England and our recruiting philosophy and practices.
Recruiting is a team game. The staff does the heavy lifting searching for talent. Coaches are in contact with HS coaches and pick up some info on potential recruits. This coach/HS coach relationship cannot be emphasized enough. If a boys HS coach says, “You might want to take a look at NC State. I think you would fit in there personally as well as football wise.” you know the boy is going to take a look. How many schools can a young man look at? If you are recommended by the HS coach, you are ahead of the game.
But you know all this. I’m just talking football. It’s so much better talking to someone like you, Rye, than talking to myself. The mind is a dangerous place to go by oneself. 😉
Perhaps last year’s “haul” or ranking may not be a valid gauge of the condition of the overall program. Seeing who your team is in competition with may be a more accurate assessment of your status in the recruiting world.
NC State is fishing in the right ponds these days. We may not land all the “big ones” we want this year or even next year. Regardless, you have to be fishing for the big ones to catch the big ones. I have wondered why we haven’t seen more 5-stars on our recruiting board. Trying to see from Doeren’s point of view, we are not over-reaching for talent we haven’t won “the right” to recruit yet. Our day will be here soon.
If we are in the area of top 25 recruiting classes, we will do better than top 25 results. Thunder Dan is outstanding in the area of strength and conditioning. Our receivers coach, George McDonald has one of the best group of receivers in the country. Dwayne Ledford is a top-notch OL coach. Faulkner didn’t do too bad with Cole Cook and JaySam and we have a JUCO TE transfer who is 6-7 and very athletic, so TE wise I’d say we are in good shape.
We are after 5-star Quavious(sp) Couch from Charlotte who is Rivals number 1 ranked recruit in the country. I don’t know where we stand with him but we are in the picture. That alone to me is amazing. For what it’s worth, his brother is an incoming freshman. I’m not holding my breath on this one but I’ve got my fingers crossed. Almost everyone is recruiting him as a running back but a few are recruiting him as a LB. Me? I’d say come on down to Raleigh and play any-darn-where you want to play. 😉
