That technique completely ignores that 17-18 year olds are designed to change their minds and tend to make decisions based on emotions instead of logic.StevensTechU wrote:It's all really complicated. To start, they were married to the concept that once a player commits, there's no backing off, which they did to establish a reputation of trust on the recruiting trail. The issue therein is that you can't offer the 3* guy you like until the 5* guy you like better tells you he's in or not. So that caused delays in recruiting.
One of the things I really like about how Chris Petersen hits the recruiting trail is that he finds guys relatively early (sophomores, juniors) who his staff perceives as being underrated and recruits the hell out of them. They'll offer 5* guys, but they will also go after 3* guys who they really like and recruit them like they're 5* while every other school is giving them a lukewarm recruiting pitch. What you need in order to be able to recruit this way is a lot of faith in your own eye for talent, which the previous Oregon staff just apparently didn't have.
It's like a 45 year old expecting his 18 year old date to act like a 45 year old.
Building trust is great, but that doesn't mean you can ignore biology.
You have to meet the recruits where they are.
