Mostly bragging here.....


I just signed 4,pretty solid players for my howard Payne team in phelan. All total, I spent a little over $9200 and signed plAyers from California, Georgia, and south Dakota. I almost signed two from south Dakota. No pull downs, no local players, only used letters and phone calls.

Like I said, I am mostly bragging here after a couple afternoon cocktails at the beach but would be happy to discuss my "master strategy", if an y one gives a rats <profanity>ass</profanity>.

What was the fewest # calls/letters that it required?

40/40

Never tried less.

So no home visits or scouting trips at all? And it worked?

So 40 calls is $400 and 40 letters is $600 and $100 for the scholarship. That's 1100 per player. What did you spend the rest on?

What about FSS? Or did you get lucky on potential?

I spent like 5k on FSS.

I scouted TX and a few other states pre signings and a bunch after signings started.

State Available
Recruits Cost
Alaska 16 $180
California 151 $785
Colorado 50 $260
Georgia 69 $358
Hawaii 30 $180
Illinois 83 $431
Mississippi 61 $337
Rhode Island 27 $170
South Dakota 22 $160
Texas 238 $1,392
West Virginia 71 $392
Totals 818 $4,645

That you can't recruit nationally in D3 is one of the biggest myths in the game.

Posted by jsajsa on 7/12/2014 10:26:00 PM (view original):
That you can't recruit nationally in D3 is one of the biggest myths in the game.

Agreed.

I've seen other teams do it (at least I assumed they were doing it based on who was considering them), I just never figured out how they managed to pull it off. My thought was anytime that I saw a good prospect being considers by a school 1000+ miles away, a school within a 360 mile radius would easily be able to win a battle

Granted sometimes I recruit in states with hardly any schools nearby (i.e. Alaska, Hawaii of Montana), but that's pretty much it for me.

The 40/40 method is very useful to know.

I've been using 30 calls / 40 letters. Or just going for $110. Works fine.

Posted by dtm1500 on 7/13/2014 10:29:00 AM (view original):
I've seen other teams do it (at least I assumed they were doing it based on who was considering them), I just never figured out how they managed to pull it off. My thought was anytime that I saw a good prospect being considers by a school 1000+ miles away, a school within a 360 mile radius would easily be able to win a battle

Granted sometimes I recruit in states with hardly any schools nearby (i.e. Alaska, Hawaii of Montana), but that's pretty much it for me.

I mostly try to avoid battles. I also tend to look for guys who were someone's backup option. Two of the guys I signed were considering another school that filled their scholarships. And, the longer you wait, the more likely that if you do battle for someone, you'll have more in the gas tank than the other guy.

I think I finished recruiting with enough for ~3 CV's if I needed them. Some local guy would have needed to sink more than 3k into a recruit to beat me. That certainly isn't hard to do but it is harder on day 4!

I generally recruit locally, but I still try to avoid battles.  If I have to battle for a target, 9 times out of 10 I can get a recruit that is just as good as my target without battling.  Of course, sometimes you need to battle because you'll find a generational talent and you don't want to be branded as the guy that will always shy away from battles.

What DTM said.

"you don't want to be branded as the guy that will always shy away from battles."