AndyPopCat
11-09-2005, 03:03 PM
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Associated Press (http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/13123960.htm)
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Connecticut coach Randy Edsall is unhappy with the way technology is changing recruiting.
The proliferation of recruiting Web sites that rank players has added more people to the process, some who often have a prospect's ear long before a college coach.
"It's killed recruiting," Edsall said. "When there's people outside of a (college) coach or even a high school coach who have more control over a student athlete, I think that's wrong. You've taken some kids that can't handle publicity and created a monster. And now it's our job when they get here, we've got to de-recruit them. They think they're better than what they are."
If a high school student is interested in a dozen schools, Edsall said that player may end up fielding a dozen calls from the various recruiting sites covering those schools. It's major distraction, he said, for a high school kid.
"These kids are supposed to be students," Edsall said. "They're spending more time on the telephone than they are taking care of business. They're thinking about the NFL before they even go to college."
While coaches are bound by NCAA regulations on when they can meet with or phone a recruit, some have found a way to bend those rules, he said. Edsall said he's heard of some coaches sending as many as 100 text messages a week to prospects.
"I know this, if I'm sending 100 text messages a week, I'm not doing anything else," he said. "There's got to be a whole revamping of the recruiting process in my opinion."
And there are other ways to skirt the system including using disposable cell phones or phone cards to contact a recruit outside of the calling period, he said.
"Some people have been turned in by other schools and that's what has to happen," Edsall said. "People have to turn people in."
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Associated Press (http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/13123960.htm)
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Connecticut coach Randy Edsall is unhappy with the way technology is changing recruiting.
The proliferation of recruiting Web sites that rank players has added more people to the process, some who often have a prospect's ear long before a college coach.
"It's killed recruiting," Edsall said. "When there's people outside of a (college) coach or even a high school coach who have more control over a student athlete, I think that's wrong. You've taken some kids that can't handle publicity and created a monster. And now it's our job when they get here, we've got to de-recruit them. They think they're better than what they are."
If a high school student is interested in a dozen schools, Edsall said that player may end up fielding a dozen calls from the various recruiting sites covering those schools. It's major distraction, he said, for a high school kid.
"These kids are supposed to be students," Edsall said. "They're spending more time on the telephone than they are taking care of business. They're thinking about the NFL before they even go to college."
While coaches are bound by NCAA regulations on when they can meet with or phone a recruit, some have found a way to bend those rules, he said. Edsall said he's heard of some coaches sending as many as 100 text messages a week to prospects.
"I know this, if I'm sending 100 text messages a week, I'm not doing anything else," he said. "There's got to be a whole revamping of the recruiting process in my opinion."
And there are other ways to skirt the system including using disposable cell phones or phone cards to contact a recruit outside of the calling period, he said.
"Some people have been turned in by other schools and that's what has to happen," Edsall said. "People have to turn people in."
