Posted by gillispie on 8/23/2011 4:41:00 PM (view original):

Posted by emy1013 on 8/22/2011 3:21:00 AM (view original):

Posted by slyman9 on 8/22/2011 12:57:00 AM (view original):
I currently have a D- prestige team (Quinnipiac) and a B- prestige team (UConn) so I can give both car_crazy and mduncanhogs so advice from what I have experienced in the past few seasons at each school...

With my D- prestige school the way I have been going about recruiting is to find players who have a lot of *high upside* and who will grow in the key categories over their careers. Look for players who may not be the highest possible rated guy and is flying under the radar but will grow and become a player in the 700-800 range. I personally like to get out early in the recruiting and get the players I want, instead of waiting to see what is leftover from the higher prestige teams. In doing this however I am careful to not shoot too high (I don't want to get in battles) and I have taken guys who weren't ranked at their position because they have high-high upside in multiple categories but should be monsters in a few years.

As for mduncanhogs... I have a B- prestige team in a Big 6 conference and I still have gotten the back up message on some players (mostly Top50 overall). The best advice I would give you it to keep doing what got you to the C+ prestige in terms on the way you recruit, but slightly adjust the ceiling of players you go after.

There are some vets on here (girt is one of them) that can give you more advice than myself and Im sure some ppl will say otherwise. However I have done alright for myself in rebuilding a few DI & DII programs and that's the way I always approach it.

Sly, if B- UConn was getting back-up messages from ANY player (top 50 overall or not), you should have sent in a ticket because something was off.  On every D1 team I've ever had, C prestige and above could recruit any D1 player, up to and including the number 1 overall rated player.  Should this happen to you again, I would send in a ticket post haste.  Been some weird things going on lately with recruiting, this sounds like it could be another.

i disagree - ive gotten the message for sure at C+, and i believe even at a b-. i think you can at b- because for a long time, i thought b- was guaranteed to not be a backup but i am pretty sure i found that to be false, forget what school it was at though.

Yes - I got a few backup messages when I was at B- Illinois in my 1st year there in Phelen.

Posted by girt25 on 8/27/2011 2:16:00 PM (view original):
High level D2 recruiting, imo, is much more aggressive than low level DI recruiting. Low level DI emphasizes patience and opportunism, as well has making judgments about battles; high level D2 is more about jumping on guys you really like. I see them as fairly opposite.

for low level d1 recruiting I think avoiding battles is key as well. I usually try to go after number of ships - 2 when I start recruiting and fill those other two if I feel comfortable. For a new d1 coach I think that is a good strategy to start with as over reaching can be devastating, especially to a new coach.

Posted by girt25 on 8/27/2011 2:16:00 PM (view original):
High level D2 recruiting, imo, is much more aggressive than low level DI recruiting. Low level DI emphasizes patience and opportunism, as well has making judgments about battles; high level D2 is more about jumping on guys you really like. I see them as fairly opposite.

I see the disconnect - I have no patience lol, so I don't recruit that way - at lower D I I was still aggressive about going after players, I just tried to find targets I didn't think the "big boys" would be looking at...