bigbird 60,529 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 It's not about percentages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowebb11 9,323 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 The question to me is not why recruit Texas, it is why not to recruit Texas. I’m not suggesting it becomes our number 1 priority, but it should be a higher one in my opinion. We need a bigger footprint there. Here are some reasons it makes sense: *The talent is there in numbers, and the players there are willing to leave the state. There are many cases where it is easier for us to win head to head battles with Texas schools, than it is for us to win head to head vs. UGA or UAT. *It is efficient. A coach can fly into Dallas or Houston, and in 2-3 days make multiple stops in Dallas, Houston, and Austin. From Huntsville to Mobile is 360 miles. From Dallas to Houston is 240 miles. *Our competitors are doing it. Increasingly, Auburn is a nationally recognized brand. We contend for titles, play in some of the nation’s marquee games, and produce Heisman winners and NFL talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwest 186 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 One thing also you cant deny,Texas is one of the if not the top state when it comes to QB talent.We should at least check the state out just for that simple fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corchjay 5,311 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I say stop recruiting Arkansas and whatever effort we are putting there just move it to the Houston Area. Same goes for Baton Rouge. Let’s LSU and Bama battle for those players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthGATiger 1,801 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 29 minutes ago, corchjay said: I say stop recruiting Arkansas and whatever effort we are putting there just move it to the Houston Area. Same goes for Baton Rouge. Let’s LSU and Bama battle for those players. I can't agree with you more about Louisiana. It is rare to get a good kid out of there. DeAngelo Benton and Trovon Reed were exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytonAU 4,606 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 1 hour ago, corchjay said: I say stop recruiting Arkansas and whatever effort we are putting there just move it to the Houston Area. Same goes for Baton Rouge. Let’s LSU and Bama battle for those players. Since when do we recruit Arkansas? Other than Hunter Henry’s brother and Frazier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike4AU 1,739 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 1 hour ago, ClaytonAU said: Since when do we recruit Arkansas? Other than Hunter Henry’s brother and Frazier? Kodi Burns comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike4AU 1,739 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Lee Ziemba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike4AU 1,739 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Will Hastings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman 305 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 One of the best QB's to ever play the high school game......Kheil Frazier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddc 13,194 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 CGM has a lot of ties in Arkansas too! Probably knows a lot of hs coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 33,983 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 2 hours ago, ClaytonAU said: Since when do we recruit Arkansas? Other than Hunter Henry’s brother and Frazier? Michael Dyer as well but I think Arkansas recruiting went a bit higher once we got Gus. I can tell you Arkansas high school talent level is crap and I always have a wait to see attitude when they have insanely high rated players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roos 122 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 You cannot make a silk purse from a pig's ear, and so the story for Arkansas goes...………………... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,529 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 7 hours ago, Gowebb11 said: *It is efficient. A coach can fly into Dallas or Houston, and in 2-3 days make multiple stops in Dallas, Houston, and Austin. From Huntsville to Mobile is 360 miles. From Dallas to Houston is 240 miles. Texas Tiger week Day 1-3: Houston to Beaumont region. Day 4: San Antonio to Austin Day 5-7: DFW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,529 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 2 hours ago, bigbird said: Texas Tiger week Day 1-3: Houston to Beaumont region. Day 4: San Antonio to Austin Day 5-7: DFW Or we could make it an Ambush...Spend 3 days all at the same time Twill, Brown, Horton, and RG to Houston/Beaumont/EastTX Chip and Kodi to SA/Austin Steele, Woodson, and Grimes to DFW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytonAU 4,606 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 11 hours ago, DAG said: Michael Dyer as well but I think Arkansas recruiting went a bit higher once we got Gus. I can tell you Arkansas high school talent level is crap and I always have a wait to see attitude when they have insanely high rated players. Since Gus got here at HC the only player we’ve landed from Arkansas is Will Hastings which is why I was confused with Corch’s earlier post! We don’t typically use a lot of resources in Arkansas under Gus. And yeah they have 5 4*s total! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredst 9,064 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 19 hours ago, bigbird said: Or we could make it an Ambush...Spend 3 days all at the same time Twill, Brown, Horton, and RG to Houston/Beaumont/EastTX Chip and Kodi to SA/Austin Steele, Woodson, and Grimes to DFW Get them all set up with some good looking Lucchese boots before they go out there. That’s got to help our cause... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metafour 4,969 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Yes, our coaching staff should totally take pointers from internet message posters on who or where they should be recruiting, because obviously the totality of actual recruiting experience here is overwhelming. While we're at it, why don't we start recruiting Ohio as well? Lotta good players there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 15 hours ago, ClaytonAU said: Since Gus got here at HC the only player we’ve landed from Arkansas is Will Hastings which is why I was confused with Corch’s earlier post! We don’t typically use a lot of resources in Arkansas under Gus. And yeah they have 5 4*s total! I don't know that we every "recruited" Arkansas. Other than Michael Dyer, who everyone was going after, I think the majority of Arkansas players that we have recruited since Gus has been on the Plains sought him out or already had a relationship with him because of his history/reputation in Arkansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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