Posted by dacj501 on 6/14/2012 2:50:00 PM (view original):
It doesn't matter why someone recruits later. Recruiting last 50 hours before signings begin. There is already credit for being early. I strongly oppose making it even harder to recruit later. Since when in the internet is there supposed to be a real reward for being the guy who posts FIRST? Not sure why sending a kid a bunch of pretend home or campus visits first cycle should be substantively better than doing so 45 hours later.
You don't have to get there first at all.
For the first day (or so), there's no considering credit. You don't have to be stationed by a computer, waiting for the minute recruiting starts. You have an entire day before anything at all kicks in, and even at that point, any difference is extremely minor. Everyone knows when recruiting is starting. If you can't get on for even one cycle in the entire first day of recruiting and don't have a single friend, co-worker, relative, significant other or HD buddy that could take three minutes to help you for one cycle, then I'm sorry, but that might put you at a tiny disadvantage.
To say that we should design recruiting to be easier for these people is silly, and is trying to address a small, relatively rare issue rather than focusing on an actual recruiting shortcoming that effects everyone (i.e. that there should be more credit for strongly recruiting a kid from the get go as opposed to just trying to slip in right before signings). You can feel free to disagree, but in my opinion, that should be worth something quite tangible.
6/14/2012 4:07 PM (edited)