I don't follow recruiting... I don't really follow college football to the extent that I follow pro football. Which is why I'm so happy to have found this site, because it cracks me up and makes this stuff interesting.
Pretty damned funny. You nailed it.
(I wrote this for the coaching search, but it works for recruits too)
the 10 Stages of Recruiting Emotions
1. Hmm, never heard of that guy before.
2. The more I read, the more I like.
3. Wow -- he's great! I hope we get him.
4. Holy Jesus, he's just about perfect. This guy walks on water and and we can't survive without him. He is The One. If we don't get him, we're doomed.
5. WE'RE DOOMED.
6. I can't believe we missed out on this guy. Our staff sucks. We suck. We effed everything up. Nobody likes us. We're irrelevant.
7. Hmm. Maybe he didn't want to come in the first place.
8. You know what? There are other guys out there who are probably just as good. Maybe.
9. He was never that good anyway. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think we said NO to HIM, not the other way around. He obviously sucks, so thank God we didn't get him. We dodged a bullet.
10. Hmm, never heard of this guy before...
Nice work on this blog.
Jay, I like that a lot. It's perfect, although there should be a parallel track for someone who actually commits and stuff.
basically the same except 5. is WE'RE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS and 9. is FIRE RON ZOOK.
awesome article! good job... that was hilarious and so true!
Recruiting articles contain a large number of quotes from recruits that do not mean what you think they mean.
Huge props for the Princess Bride reference.
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