64%

[TheVictors]

of Recruits, accoring to a a recent poll, feel that they were STALKED during the recruiting process..

todd mcshay, be ashamed! Be very ashamed!


- College Football Live, ESPN

 

[mjsb2]

Why should McShay be ashamed?

 

[zoombabyzoom]

Yea that doesnt make sense.

 

[jever4321]

Rich what? Richmond![/color]]Yea that doesnt make sense.

+1 for best in signature category.

 

[lostleader]

Rich what? Richmond![/color]]Yea that doesnt make sense.

+1 for best in signature category.

Need more under boob stalking.

 

[jever4321]

+1 for best in signature category.

Need more under boob stalking.

Yeah that clip could be just a touch longer. Like 5-6 minutes.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

of Recruits, accoring to a a recent poll, feel that they were STALKED during the recruiting process..

todd mcshay, be ashamed! Be very ashamed!


- College Football Live, ESPN

I think the recruiting process does need to change. People aren't just trying to make money on actual college football anymore, now they're trying to make money on these recruits. The site with the most "insider" articles or interviews is going to be the one that gets all the subscriptions.

Now I don't think there's much they can do if they have a facebook and twitter (fans are going to say things to them if they put themselves out there) but I do think the NCAA needs to re-tool the entire recruiting process.

1. They need an early signing day - or get rid of signing day all together.

2. A commitment is not only a commitment from the player but from the school as well - for four years. Make it so they only have so many "one year" scholarships. Obviously all scholarships come with an expectation that must be met by the recruit (goes to class ect.)

3. There is no limit on how many kids a team can take as long as they have room, at that exact moment, for the kids in the class.

I'm not sure how to stop the recruiting sites, but there has to be a way to get them to cool out.

 

[Michchamp]

stalked by who?

coaches?

or dooshy 12-year-olds who send them messages on facebook ask to play xbox with them?

 

[redandguilty]

stalked by who?

coaches?

or dooshy 12-year-olds who send them messages on facebook ask to play xbox with them?

Probably internet message board "reporters"

http://thisismichiganfootball.blogspot.com/

 

[redandguilty]

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

stalked by who?

coaches?

or dooshy 12-year-olds who send them messages on facebook ask to play xbox with them?

Honestly, probably both + the recruiting people. All of the TomVH's of the world text them constantly to keep up to date and write new articles on the kids.

 

[Michchamp]

I think people should more or less ignore recruiting, except to look at the final lists of commits and say "Oh, okay. so those guys will be on the team I root for this fall."

following the decisions of high school students is pathetic and sad.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

I think people should more or less ignore recruiting, except to look at the final lists of commits and say "Oh, okay. so those guys will be on the team I root for this fall."

following the decisions of high school students is pathetic and sad.

Using that same logic you could say following how college kids play football is pathetic and sad.

 

[Michchamp]

I think people should more or less ignore recruiting, except to look at the final lists of commits and say "Oh, okay. so those guys will be on the team I root for this fall."

following the decisions of high school students is pathetic and sad.

Using that same logic you could say following how college kids play football is pathetic and sad.

not exactly, but to some extent you could. watching others do anything else instead of doing something yourself is pathetic and sad, I suppose.

but I think there are degrees here: watching a team sport where you can understand the strategy on the field, and see how it's executed is less pathetic and sad than worrying about what line of bullshit a recruiting coordinator is feeding some immature, high school jock behind closed doors.

I mean... people worry about recruiting and they have no visibility to the process! it's like writing a blog on what lottery numbers will come up each night. Fucking idiots I tell you.

 

[josh200612]

Rich what? Richmond![/color]]Yea that doesnt make sense.

Sara Jay.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Using that same logic you could say following how college kids play football is pathetic and sad.

not exactly, but to some extent you could. watching others do anything else instead of doing something yourself is pathetic and sad, I suppose.

but I think there are degrees here: watching a team sport where you can understand the strategy on the field, and see how it's executed is less pathetic and sad than worrying about what line of bullshit a recruiting coordinator is feeding some immature, high school jock behind closed doors.

I mean... people worry about recruiting and they have no visibility to the process! it's like writing a blog on what lottery numbers will come up each night. Fucking idiots I tell you.

I think it depends on what "extent" you follow recruiting. I follow it in the sense that I like to know who's on our radar and who's actually committing to us. It's exciting to get a commitment because that's the future of the program we all watch. I think the people who actually contact these kids (who don't get paid to do so) or set up these stupid press conferences so that they can pretend to put on one hat or another are pathetic. The people who "tweet" a kid when he picks your rival are kind of pathetic. But getting excited about who might be the "next big thing" at Michigan isn't any more pathetic than watching Michigan football to begin with IMO.

 

[biggunsbob]

Who cares... The University is giving most of these Kid's a four year ride for free. The more scrutiny the better. If the kid feels that way he should politely tell the stalking person to stop.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Maybe the recruits are feeling like they're being stalked when they're being followed on twitter.

 

[TheVictors]

stalked by who?

coaches?

or dooshy 12-year-olds who send them messages on facebook ask to play xbox with them?

Good questions. They provided no qualifying remarks on CFB Live when stating the survey results. The 64% figure was among a couple other statistics like,

"Did the 'hostesses' play a part in your decision making as a recruit?"

I have to laugh at some of the replies too.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

TinselWolverine[/color]]Maybe the recruits are feeling like they're being stalked when they're being followed on twitter.

That's the part of it I want to know - how much of it is them allowing the stalking? I know on my FB I can make it so I can't even be found so if they don't want the attention there is ways to make sure that it stays to a minimum.