Summer Swarm II: Where should Harbaugh go?
Last year Harbaugh said that he wanted to extend his satellite camp tour to 2 weeks. In addition to some of the old sites like Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, and Dallas etc., I was wondering what new places you want Harbaugh to go to. I think he should hold one in Louisiana, and the Atlanta area due to the sheer number of prospects down there. Cleveland and Cincinnati should also be in there just for the schadenfreude factor. Thoughts?
February 10th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
They went to Fresno last year. From what I hear it was a successful camp with good talent on hand.
February 10th, 2016 at 4:46 PM ^
connections and Caleb Kelly?
February 10th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
It doesn't necessarily have to be Fresno. Just somewhere in the central/northern part of the state. I just put Fresno because they went there last year and it seemed to go reasonably well.
February 10th, 2016 at 1:38 PM ^
Prattville ( right in between Auburn and Alabama), New Orleans , St Louis, Tennessee ( memphis , Nashville, or Knoxville take a pick) , Miami, Tampa, Atlanta, LA, Charlotte, Houston, Dallas, Baltimore/DC/Virginia , NY/NJ,Chicago.
Thats 2 weeks worth of stops
February 10th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
I'd go where the players are. Possibilities:
Miami, Tampa Bay, Prattville, AL (again), NJ, Baltimore, Atlanta, LA, Bay Area, Dallas, Houston, Baton Rouge, Norfolk (already scheduled, iirc), Raleigh. Of course, there are plenty of other areas too. But I'd want to go reasonably close to where there are a bunch of guys playing who are decent.
February 10th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
Bradenton Florida. The more we can get into IMG the better. They're likely to have more top talent than any HS in the country over the next few years.
February 10th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
I doubt their players are there during the summer. They should be back home with their families.
IMG runs a huge number of summer camps already. That's pretty much their business.
February 10th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
jared fogles front yard
February 10th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
Some great sites include Columbus, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, Washington, DC area, and of course San Francisco, California.
February 10th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 2:02 PM ^
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February 10th, 2016 at 2:06 PM ^
Beat me by 3 mins.
/No DJ, you don't get to keep any of the Maryland 4*'s.
February 10th, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
Love bobmurph's idea of pinging Stephen Ross to use Dolphin facilities in Miami. Perfect. Do another day at IMG.
We just scored major recruits out of De La Salle in Concord, CA and Long Beach - 2 hotbeds in CA presumably with established relationships.
Virginia Beach/Tidewater area of Virginia is loaded with talent. Maybe one day there then a second day around DC
Somewhere around Houston, then somewhere around Dallas.
So:
Miami/Bradenton
Norcal/SoCal
VA Beach/DC
Houston/Dallas
February 10th, 2016 at 2:12 PM ^
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February 10th, 2016 at 2:31 PM ^
Get into Florida, Georgia, Texas, California and the Northeast a few days each. I'd love to start pulling more kids from those areas.
February 10th, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^
How about the front yard of SEC Commissioner Sankey
February 10th, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
Right next to this address:
2201 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N
Birmingham, Al 35203
February 10th, 2016 at 2:45 PM ^
Need one each in the DC/Baltimore area and the Virginia Tidewater region (Hampton Roads/Va. Beach/Richmond/Williamsburg). The three Power 5 schools in that region of the Mid-Atlantic (Maryland, Va. Tech and Virginia) are all transitioning into new coaching staffs. No better time to make inroads with the high schools in those areas than this year.
February 10th, 2016 at 2:53 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
Definitely Peru.
February 10th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
San Diego. Junipero Serra s normally a USC pipeline, should probably start taking their talent.
February 10th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
Cincinnati
Baltimore
DC
Moultrie, GA
Austin
Concord, CA
Samoa
February 10th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
I was going to suggest somewhere between The Bing and Satriales, but we already own NJ.
February 10th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 3:27 PM ^
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February 10th, 2016 at 3:18 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 3:21 PM ^
Defintiely Atlanta especially since we already have a few commits from Georgia in 2017 and seem to be targeting Georgia heavily moving forward.
February 10th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^
According to Hackett during an interview on WTKA, sounds like changes to the rules are pending having been recently agreed to by Power 5 representatives. Changes will restrict where satellite camps can be held based on the distance from organizing school's campus.
>> Listen to full Hackett interview (part about potential satellite camp changes starts around the 9:00 mark)
February 10th, 2016 at 4:28 PM ^
Hackett makes an excellent point regarding official vs. unofficial visits.
February 10th, 2016 at 4:39 PM ^
to transcribe exactly what Hackett said and then create a thread with that information in the OP.
Great, thanks.
February 10th, 2016 at 3:55 PM ^
Virginia Hampton/Richmond
Georgia Atlanta/Valdosta
Tennessee Memphis
Florida Tampa/Miami/Orlando
New Jersey
PA Pittsburgh/Philly
Louisana New Orleans
Missouri ST.Louis/K.C.
Utah Salt Lake City
Washington Seattle
California Nor Cal,So Cal
Colorado Denver
Texas the Metro plex aka Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston
also keep the Prattville connect
February 10th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
Duh. Enumclaw Washington.
February 10th, 2016 at 4:07 PM ^
How about a football field as close to sec headquarters as possible. And afterwards have the participant's led by coach Harbaugh take a tour of sec headquarters. And the so called sec higher-ups can explain to the youngsters why these love of football gatherings are amazing.
February 10th, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^
Peru.
February 10th, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^
probably Auburn, AL too. They strike me as the two SEC schools most likely to be whiny.
Probably Houston, ATL, maybe NC and DC as well to get some hot spots more likely to land us some top players. Hard to pluck a lot of guys from the deep south
February 10th, 2016 at 5:00 PM ^
Bwahahahahahahaha!
Mmkay!
February 10th, 2016 at 5:09 PM ^
Actually, I would like to see him set up a satellite office there and contiue to branch out. Fuck em, fuck em all I say.
February 10th, 2016 at 5:35 PM ^
Signed,
Tulane Alum
February 10th, 2016 at 7:30 PM ^
At this point he has to make a stop in New Jersey - I wonder if the SEC will complain about that.
February 10th, 2016 at 10:32 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 1:04 AM ^
So the poor, miserable MGoBlog rejects can at least watch a little football in their dark swamp of abject isolation.
February 11th, 2016 at 1:28 AM ^
The high school closest to Greg Sankey's house.
February 11th, 2016 at 7:33 PM ^