Posted by dacj501 on 3/15/2012 10:25:00 AM (view original):
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Thanks, Dac, I forgot where we put that :)
On a more general note to to OP, the 10 visits standard is sometimes a *minimum* necessary depending on the player's rating, your prestige and who else is recruiting him. Just because he's not considering another school doesn't mean someone else isn't making a pitch.
I think my personal best for scouting trips is around 25 (D2), but others here have sent as many as 35+ before they got a kid to consider them. Often in those situations, other schools will jump on the recruit while you're still pumping another 3-6 STs the next cycle. Whether it's worth it or not to you is a value judgment only you can make.
@Tbird: you don't need to blow your entire budget on one kid. Figure out the ratings cap for your school and stay at or below that, then recruit strictly for high potentials. The "cap" is imaginary and pretty squishy - search for "All" 4-year players at all distances for your division and look at the highest rating. That's your imaginary cap for 4-year guys. Then look at 3-year and 2-year players. You can exceed that cap, but in my experience the more you exceed it the more money it will take to sign a kid and the more likely you'll lose him.
Recruiting is not much different from gambling. To win big you have to be willing to risk losing big, but once in a while the payoffs are enough to turn your decent team into a really good or great one. Nothing wrong with running risks as long as you have some safer backups on your scouting report.
3/15/2012 1:45 PM (edited)