Chip discussing recruiting with Ivan Maisel

[greenyellow]

Good radio interview of Chip with Ivan Maisel. He shows up early in the interview, so no need to wait around. Very informative on Chip's recruiting philosophy.

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id ... -day-recap

[dthomas=ddixon]

Was just gonna post this. Really interesting quote from Chip: "I might see a guy on film and be like wow, this kid is amazing, lets go take a look. I will send out a coordinator to watch him in practice. He will come back to me and I will ask about the kid, how'd he look? My coordinator will say he's a no go, there is no way he could keep up with our practices. So sometimes we have to pull offers on major talent because they wouldn't be able to practice with us."

Maybe explains us not pursuing guys like Maola (No way that dude practices fast. Sorry just not happening.).

[Phalanx]

I tend to think he was referring more to offense, but interesting insight nonetheless.

[OregonVato]

Was just gonna post this. Really interesting quote from Chip: "I might see a guy on film and be like wow, this kid is amazing, lets go take a look. I will send out a coordinator to watch him in practice. He will come back to me and I will ask about the kid, how'd he look? My coordinator will say he's a no go, there is no way he could keep up with our practices. So sometimes we have to pull offers on major talent because they wouldn't be able to practice with us."

Maybe explains us not pursuing guys like Maola (No way that dude practices fast. Sorry just not happening.).

D Weems was behind developmentally because he just couldn't keep up physically in practice. His conditioning was just so poor when he got here, it looked like he had never learned how to truly push his limits.