Hoke Rated 5th Best Head Coach Recruiter
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/College-footballs-best-recruiting-h…
1. Saban
2. Meyer
3. Sweeney
4. Kelly
5. Hoke
January 31st, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 10:31 PM ^
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/commitme…
4 6.1 players in one class.
gotta respect being able to convince athletes like sammy watkins and taj boyd to play at clemson (of all places...)
January 31st, 2013 at 10:35 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:04 PM ^
Swinney, unlike the ol' ball coach, can make it rain.
January 31st, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^
That was his only good class in 6 years, though. Since 2008 his recruit classes have been 12th, 37th, 19th, 8th, 14th, and this year they're sitting at 21st.
January 31st, 2013 at 11:14 PM ^
but its Clemson. CLEMSON.
January 31st, 2013 at 11:20 PM ^
You make it sound like Duke or something. Clemson is a sleeping giant if they ever got a good coach.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:30 AM ^
You sound like a Clemson fan. The program isn't a sleeping giant. It is the MSU of South Carolina.
February 1st, 2013 at 8:53 AM ^
The overall series record between Clemson and South Carolina is 65-41-4 in favor of Clemson.
Since 1980, the record is 21-11 in favor of Clemson.
Since 1990, the record is 14-9 in favor of Clemson
Since 2000, the record is 7-6 in favor of Clemson.
Tell us again how Clemson is Michigan State and South Carolina is Michigan?
February 1st, 2013 at 8:59 AM ^
not to mention one of the best campuses around and the girls... wow
February 1st, 2013 at 9:43 AM ^
Academics. My wife's side of the family is from Charleston, SC. The Clemson fan base are the redneck brah's of the rivalry. South Carolina fans are bit more mature and refined.
Clemson's campus is a giant trash heap as well. My crew team in college spent spring training in clemson. There is maybe one stop light and that's it.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:43 PM ^
And there is no way that the USC fans are less redneck than Clemson fans. They each have their share. Personally, I like Clemson's campus a lot better than USC. USC is right in Columbia while Clemson is on the shores of the lake. More of a campus town feel. USC is just concrete.
February 1st, 2013 at 11:06 AM ^
South Carolina. South Caroilna is... they have only recently become relevant comparatively speaking with the hire's of Holtz and Spurrier.
Clemson's overall record is 668–450–45 with 68 All-Americans, 15 Academic All-Americans, and 169 NFL players.
USC on the other hand is 566-544-44. With 20 All-Americans.
Clemson has 18 conference titles vs South Carolina's 1
And 1 National vs South Carolina's 0.
My parents retired to the Clemson area and yes they are a sleeping giant.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:18 AM ^
February 1st, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
"Hey guys, you ever take Bath Salts?"
January 31st, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 10:15 PM ^
This list is dumb. These coaches are all selling great products (Swinnney aside). What about James Franklin and Hugh Freeze who both have higher ranked classes than Clemson?
January 31st, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
While these coaches are selling great products, Hugh Freeze* may be giving away products for free.
*Well, more like Ole Miss boosters.
January 31st, 2013 at 10:24 PM ^
Well if so he's giving stuff away more successfully than anyone else. More succesfully than Auburn.
January 31st, 2013 at 11:28 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:12 PM ^
personal booster.
January 31st, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^
He's obviously still laying in the weeds
January 31st, 2013 at 10:17 PM ^
How do you even measure this?
January 31st, 2013 at 10:19 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 10:24 PM ^
Les Miles is most followed NCAA Football coach on twitter! I think hes had more success than Sweeney recruiting. Just shocked not see him in the top 5!
January 31st, 2013 at 11:04 PM ^
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January 31st, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
Another thing, people love to talk about how guys like Meyer, Hoke and Kelly are great recruiters. Go look at the recruits they were pulling in at Utah, BGSU, Ball St., SDSU, CMU and Cinci. Seriously go do it. They weren't lighting the recruiting world on fire by any stretch and now that they're in power jobs BOOM five stars. That's not to say these guys aren't doing great jobs for their schools, but they get a bit too much credit.
January 31st, 2013 at 10:42 PM ^
Yeah but look at all the other power schools they're competing against. Recruiting at those small schools and recruiting against the big boys are completely different games with different goals. Look at how much better Hoke is recruiting than he who must not be named for fear of starting a thread destroying broken record. Recruiting for Michigan is quite obviously not easy enough for any schmuck to succeed. Nor is it at any other school.
January 31st, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^
There aren't many schools that have that kind of pull. USC, Florida, LSU, Alabama, Texas OK. Maybe Georgia, you can add FSU when they're up. Tennessee, Miami and Oklahoma are worthy of some consideration, but OK and TN are basically Michigan with a worse recruiting footprint.
Rodriguez was a schmuck when it came to recruiting. He alienated instate coaches and targeted many marginal talents with character issues early in the process. My favorite was in 2010 when he recruited five 3 star receivers (four of whom were his first commits in the class!) and one offensive lineman. This isn't a case of hindsight, I wailed insufferably about this as it was happening, too. Despite his ineptitude at talent evaluation and roster management even he did alright until he was firmly on the hot seat.
February 1st, 2013 at 10:24 AM ^
"OK and TN are basically Michigan with a worse recruiting footprint.
"Tennessee maybe...Oklahoma's recruiting footprint has included all of Texas for decades. They get more talent from Texas than Michigan gets from Ohio or any other neighboring school gets from Georgia.
January 31st, 2013 at 10:36 PM ^
Dantonio??
January 31st, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
They basically took 4 of the top 5 or 6 classes and called their coaches the best. Brilliant analysis.
January 31st, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:05 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^
Costco is way better than Meijer!
February 1st, 2013 at 7:20 AM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
January 31st, 2013 at 11:12 PM ^
All that hate's gonna burn you up, kid.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:46 AM ^
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February 1st, 2013 at 10:29 AM ^
Meijer is the best place for you northern types to pick up Mrs. Renfro's salsa...they've got varieties there we don't even get in this part of the country. Another thing I like about visiting the in-laws in Dayton. And Tim Hortons, of course.
February 1st, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
It would be kinda cool if Meyer left the SEC to get away from Alabama, and winds up facing a Michigan team that looks and plays like Alabama.