So, about as good as Kill did, not as good as Brewster. Get us in the top 5 and I will start giving him credit. Until he does that, I will feel he is an average recruiter.Everyone says this guy is some super recruiter. But as rankings go, Tim Brewster was far superior. - so far
Seems Minnesota's rival Wisconsin is recruiting very well.Do they have recruiting advantages, Minnesota does not?
Everyone, ok mainly himself, also say he is supposed to be a super motivator but we are 9-21 Overall and 3-15 in Conference under PJ
In terms of hardest places to recruit in the big ten where's Minnesota rank?
It all depends who is making the list. Ohio State and Michigan are going to top most anyones list. But, with all of our selling points why can't Minnesota rank third. We are in the Big Ten. We have the best metropolitan area with pro sports teams, culture, diversity, Fortune 500 companies for career opportunities after graduation. Nobody can compare to that...we sit dead center in the middle of it. NW is miles away from similar weaker claims because of distance and disconnect. We have a great campus. We have excellent facilities. We have excellent education opportunities...Carlson school. We have football tradition and the selling point of helping make the Gophers great again. Lots of reasons we could be 3,4 or 5 imo.
So, I was going top down...to your question 3rd from the bottom.
Everyone, ok mainly himself, also say he is supposed to be a super motivator but we are 9-21 Overall and 3-15 in Conference under PJ
So, about as good as Kill did, not as good as Brewster. Get us in the top 5 and I will start giving him credit. Until he does that, I will feel he is an average recruiter.Everyone says this guy is some super recruiter. But as rankings go, Tim Brewster was far superior. - so far
last year we had one of the best, if not the best, recruiting class in program history. this class seems equally strong, it will take time for these guys to get into program but the talent is coming.
Two highly regarded DBs from Fleck's first class are gone. His prized QB recruit from last year lasted three months and another JUCO OT who could be helping this weekend is taking an "academic redshirt." Not all of Fleck's recruits are panning out, either.Well on paper anyway. His classes never really materialized and the highest ranked players he brought in didn’t pan out.
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It all depends who is making the list. Ohio State and Michigan are going to top most anyones list. But, with all of our selling points why can't Minnesota rank third. We are in the Big Ten. We have the best metropolitan area with pro sports teams, culture, diversity, Fortune 500 companies for career opportunities after graduation. Nobody can compare to that...we sit dead center in the middle of it. NW is miles away from similar weaker claims because of distance and disconnect. We have a great campus. We have excellent facilities. We have excellent education opportunities...Carlson school. We have football tradition and the selling point of helping make the Gophers great again. Lots of reasons we could be 3,4 or 5 imo.
So, I was going top down...to your question 3rd from the bottom.
last year we had one of the best, if not the best, recruiting class in program history. this class seems equally strong, it will take time for these guys to get into program but the talent is coming.
I'd like to think the recruiting classes before and during the 34, 35, 36 seasons as well as before the 40, 41 and even 60 seasons would have had better classes than that, since you know we won national titles those years.
The class PJ recruited last year was good, but to say it is the best ever in program history is just not true, unless they win a national title before they all graduate.
Easiest to recruit in the Big Ten:
The fact of the matter is to be successful recruiting in cfb you need to pluck kids from states like Florida, Texas, California, and Georgia. It's hard to convince blue chip kids from these states to come a school that like Minnesota that is 1) cold 2) doesn't win a lot of games or put a lot of players in the NFL. There's exceptions: guys like Bateman, but for the most part this is true. You mention tradition, but a lot of kids really don't care about a school that hasn't been relevant since the 1960s. I hear the "we have the best city" argument a lot. Sure Minneapolis has some decent opportunities, but any blue chip player that cares about life after football will go to Stanford or Notre Dame - or in the Big Ten's case: Michigan or Northwestern.
9-12... NOT 9-21
It all depends who is making the list. Ohio State and Michigan are going to top most anyones list. But, with all of our selling points why can't Minnesota rank third. We are in the Big Ten. We have the best metropolitan area with pro sports teams, culture, diversity, Fortune 500 companies for career opportunities after graduation. Nobody can compare to that...we sit dead center in the middle of it. NW is miles away from similar weaker claims because of distance and disconnect. We have a great campus. We have excellent facilities. We have excellent education opportunities...Carlson school. We have football tradition and the selling point of helping make the Gophers great again. Lots of reasons we could be 3,4 or 5 imo.
So, I was going top down...to your question 3rd from the bottom.