questions about the de-recruiting process
The early enrollees will be hitting campus sometime in the coming week or so.
Heard a term used by a coach and also heard the term used in one of the All Star games.
De-recruiting I belive. Anybody familiar with this process. I appreciate any feedback thanks.
January 7th, 2013 at 10:51 AM ^
when you recruit players to play defence. 'D'-recruiting. As opposed to 'O'-recruiting for offense. I'm not sure if you are serious or I am being trolled here...
January 7th, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
When O-Recruting, you need to wear your "O"-face. O skill players are all about the sexiness of the position. When D-Recruting, you need your De-face. They love to wreck things.
And yes, that hurt even me to do it.
January 7th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
I'm assuming that it refers to the fact that you've talked up the school so much and the players are now going to have reality hit them pretty hard. Basically, you have to de-recruit them to get them adjusted to reality.
January 7th, 2013 at 10:57 AM ^
The recruits hit campus with everyone in their ear telling them how great they are and that they are the best player in their state or in the nation at their position.
When they get to campus they are just another freshman trying to earn playing time against a bunch of guys with more expeience who are bigger and stronger. As you might imagine, it's a tough transition for some kids.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:04 AM ^
"To dream the unpossible dream".
January 7th, 2013 at 10:58 AM ^
January 7th, 2013 at 10:59 AM ^
It's a cause and effect scenario. Sometimes you recruit an individual and they might commit to your program. In some cases, said recruit unfortunately decommits, forcing you into the process of de-recruiting. Otherwise known as un-recruiting.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:02 AM ^
This is funny but I actually think you are being serious!
January 7th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
It can become a nasty situation. Those who are pro de-recruiter sometimes refer to the decommit as The Anti-Commit, whereas those that are pro de-commit refer to the de-recruiting parties as malrecruiters!
January 7th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
Now I know you're being serious!
January 7th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
Is should the Anti-Commit come into contact with a normal Commit they will annihilate each other and release a spectacular amount of energy that will destroy everything within several light years of this planet. Beware.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
... there are two sides to every Schwartz.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:05 AM ^
Step 1: Recruiting
- You are awesome.
- You are the best!
- You are going to be the awesomest and bestest linebacker in the world!
- You see Ray Lewis in this formation? That's you!
- Look how much everyone here loves you!
- You're gonna put on the winged helmet and win Rose Bowls!
Step 2: Signing
Yaaaaayyyy!
Step 3: De-Recruiting
- You're meat.
- Get off that block!
- You are the 2nd worst linebacker on our roster right now.
- You see how James Ross is diagnosing the play and shifting his formation? Until you know to do all of that as well as he does that won't be you.
- Look around and see there's 8 other guys with as much hype and more experience than you vying for the same spot you are.
- You're gonna take 16 credits of University of Michigan coursework, and stay above a B average or you're not even coming to the Rose Bowl.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM ^
sounds just like raising kids. Tell them they are wonderful & that they can do anything, then once they start biting, hitting & breaking stuff you yell NO! NO! NO!
January 7th, 2013 at 11:07 AM ^
I think they were discussing Tatoo's effect on recruiting players to Fantasy Island. It's a different process than most traditional schools, since you have a lot of high school kids who aren't really interested in playing there but want the free trip to paradise.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:08 AM ^
have to do when their recruiting classes needs paring down to meet the limit?
"Son, I know I said Alabama was the place for you, but turns out I was wrong. Get the fuck outta here."
January 7th, 2013 at 11:17 AM ^
He's making a strong push to be the leader of that pack. Texas A&M has eight WR commits for 2013 right now per Scout.
January 7th, 2013 at 3:09 PM ^
Did someone decommit, because they had 9 just a couple days ago
January 7th, 2013 at 4:10 PM ^
A&M loses 4 WRs to graduation. With the air-raid offense deploying 4-5 WRs per play and A&M running the hurry-up, they need about 10 contributers per game.
January 7th, 2013 at 4:46 PM ^
a hurry up offense outside of the 2 minute drill but it seems to me that it would be great for padding the stat sheets, hard to stand out...and a pain in the azz to learn.
As a recruit assuming it's not what you learned in HS, what's the advantage to Hurry Up?
January 7th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
Either I'm too old and the youth today don't know this joke, but how can there be this many comments said without a deeez nuts reference? This topic is the perfect set up for it.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:22 AM ^
January 7th, 2013 at 11:52 AM ^
January 7th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
Because we were talking about dozzzz ones, not deeeeez ones...
January 7th, 2013 at 11:59 AM ^
Obviously I'm way older than you—what the hell is "deez nuts?"
January 7th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
http://www.bofads.com/stories/deeznutssayings.htm
It was just a joke set-up in the '90s that allowed people (excusively teenage boys?) to make testicle jokes.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^
I'm pretty sure Dr. Dre and Daz were well into their 20s by the time The Chronic came out.
[Edited by Everyone Murders - YouTube link deleted, as my sense of discretion came into play. The point was that there is a well-known intro on Dr. Dre's The Chronic that made a famous Deeez Nutz joke, which seemed to spark a lot of them. Google it if curious (it's called Deeez Nuuuts), but it's unsurprisingly a tad sexist, profane, and racially-charged.]
January 7th, 2013 at 12:14 PM ^
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January 7th, 2013 at 11:35 AM ^
Actually it's"The D" recruiting and refers to recruiting players from Detroit.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
That's when you recruit kids with great physical gifts who have trouble maintaining a D average in high school, and may need a year of prep school before they can qualify. It's the opposite of A-recruiting, which is what the Ivies do.
January 7th, 2013 at 12:12 PM ^
this thread confuses me
January 7th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
January 7th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
Good answer, may also wish to throw in trying to keep a desired recruit by talking them into a “preferred walk-on” role rather than going to another school.
But generally believe it’s just someone trying to throw a term on the process Seth has outlined. Now come the rigors instead of the ballyhoo.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
What Tom Izzo does these days to 5 Stars he has "in the bag" so that they don't let current 5 Stars form the same state look bad. Also, what Dantonio does to local recruits, to make room for the hyper galactic visitors.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
recruiting a player with a D average.