(07-27-2015 09:15 AM)pesik Wrote: not a dig...but why do people act like june wasnt a good recruiter..and morris is on some other level
in all honesty this is the fastest recruiting start in smu in a long time but this is will likely finish lower ranked than many smu classes under june ...if audie doesnt commit to smu (4star wr loooking at smu) and viewed as unlikely ...june classes will have an average of 3 players rated higher than anyone on smu's current class....this is not a dig on smu but the fact june on average brought in 1 or 2 4star players a year
One staff works their butts off, one sat back and waited for videos to arrive by mail. One staff visited hundreds of area high schools within their first week, the other rarely left University Park. One staff embraces technology, social media, and the youth culture, the other thought the overhead projector was an awesome invention. The body of one head coach was here, but his mind was always in Hawaii, while the other is thrilled to be back in Texas.
June Jones' last class had 3 (3 star Rivals) players. One had no other FBS offers. One had 14 P5 offers, but because of a late coaching change had few options beyond SMU. The 3rd had 2 P5 offers.
Chad Morris' first class had 4 (3 star Rivals) with 39 FBS offers between them and 16 P5 offers (3-2-4-7). This was accomplished even with a shortened recruiting period, lame duck staff, losing season, and honoring the commitments to the previous staff.
For 2016, SMU has commitments from 4 (3 star Rivals as of now) players. They have 16 P5 offers between them (5-6-5-0). Unlike previous years, the 2 stars have legitimate FBS offers, many at least a couple P5 offers (4 players have at least 2 P5 offers and 6 or more FBS offers). This is coming off a 1 win season.
And if you are really interested in the difference, I give you the following media links. Enjoy:
Adamson High School head coach Josh Ragsdale and his offensive coordinator spent the entire day locked in the SMU film room with Morris and his staff.
"We talked football from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We watched film, went on the board, and any detail we wanted Chad gave us," Ragsdale said. "That was shocking to me. That's so valuable for our staff."
Adamson is located only a few miles away from SMU's campus. Taking back roads, Ragsdale can be there in seven minutes. And yet, despite the proximity, the coach's relationship with SMU up until the past few months has been almost nonexistent.
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“I can tell you North Texas lives here, TCU, Texas, even Texas Tech lives out here. But…” Mathis said as he raised his arms and looked around as though for the SMU staff. “They’re in the backyard.”
Mathis said his players would have no problem picking SMU if they got offers. But the Mustangs just don’t seem interested in recruiting prospects from a program considered to be an FBS football factory.
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This is my favorite article:
It's not often SMU sends out offers to Cedar Hill players despite the fact that the Longhorns constantly produce some of the top talent in the metroplex. Oklahoma pledge Marcus Green was even quoted saying that quarterbacks coach Dan Morrison told him ‘he didn't even know he was recruiting Cedar Hill.'
http://www.scoutlodge-talks-breakout-year-smu-offer
Now the difference a Chad can make:
Once day broke, the staff would hit the road. Forget sleep — Morris said the staff visited 200 schools in two weeks.
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For Morris and his staff to rebuild relationships, something as simple as a phone call could be all that’s needed. When Smith reached out to Bellaire Episcopal coach Steve Leisz to give him his newly minted SMU e-mail address, Leisz was flabbergasted.
“Because, in my years of coaching, there’s not been a SMU guy return a phone call,” Leisz said.
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June Jones won with Bennett's players, and a few key athletes that fell into his lap (i.e. Line, Hunt, Gilbert). Had he and his staff put in any effort at all, he could have built on his success. Instead, the quality of the classes continued to decline until it was obvious to even the most rapid Jones supporter that SMU was heading in the wrong direction.
Morris has yet to prove anything at SMU on the field. But you cannot build or maintain a winning program without establishing relationships with High Schools and their coaches, and recruiting the very best athletes possible for your system. By all accounts, Morris and staff are making excellent progress. With any success on the field, it should only get easier.
