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I'm pretty sure you've simultaneously managed to argue that both a) there aren't a lot of top kids from Dematha in recent years and b) we've missed out on tons and tons of kids from Dematha in recent years

The point is that Edsall is not even making the effort for a school that literally a 5-10 min drive away that has D-1 talent every year.

The big knock on him was that he didn't recruit well at UConn. Obviously its harder to get kids to come to Storrs, but reports like this lend truth to the fear that many of us had - that hes a lazy recruiter, and that just b/c hes in a better area that it doesn't means he'll recruit better than he did at UConn.

I'd like to see how hes been a lazy recruiter thus far outside of this incident.

again over reaction by the anti edsall crowd.

Wilson had offers from Syracuse, Nc STATE and Maryland.... (but I never argued anything from 2000-2005)

Maybe I just think big time. If a school seems to have a rift with a coach I say SCREW the school while many of you say SCREW THE COACH. You think PSU cares that McDevitt doesnt send kids to PSU. they say F McDevitt. I'll support the coach and the school until I see a reason not to. I hate that half the FANS here can not support Edsall and blast his every move. So even if I don't agree with the move I'll chalk it up to a misunderstanding before acting as if the world will end if we don't get Dematha kids.

Brooks has been coach since may 2nd. School has been out since June. so how much time could the staff possibly be spending at Dematha during that period. Considering they were there for the Spring Evaluation...

yes..

maybe edsall should stop in every morning on his way to college park and kiss brooks ass. Then watch when his 5 star players end up at other schools.

There are a few kids that come out of there every few years that are sure-fire can't-miss prospects, but there are more than a few schools locally and nationally that aren't enamored with the second, third, etc .. tier players at DeMatha. I had two coaches - one from a BCS school the other from a MEAC school - tell me at a camp last month that they don't want any more kids from DeMatha because they're amazed at how little they know about even the most basic schemes and they're soft.

As an alum, it hurts to hear that but it goes along with what I've been hearing the last few years from local high school coaches and what I saw with my own eyes. McGregor had to go and Elijah is a good dude and all, but the perception is out there that if you want tough, well-coached kids who aren't babied, then DeMatha isn't where you're going to spend a lot of time.

Edsall isn't a lazy recruiter by any stretch of the imagination. He just likes a certain type of player and if you want to know what kind of player that is, look at Nick Madaras. Cyrus Koundaijo is a better long-term prospect because of his athletic ability but Madaras is a better player right now and won't need someone to tell him to get mean once they put the pads on.

If Edsall wants to win over locals in PG, he should reach out to the coaches at KLM. If he makes inroads there, with the way local football is progressing, he'll do better getting some of the big-name kids than he would dealing with alot of the high school coaches.

They've alienated a lot of people locally with just the way they go about things.

As a rule, they prohibited any of their kids from taking part in our camp because they keep everything in house and didn't want incoming players participating in the GYFL.

Players were transferring out of there left and right because of how coaches were handling things and while they're still getting the majority of studs out of KLM and South Bowie, a lot of local coaches are making inroads because DeMatha not only cut back on their recruiting budget but schools are pointing at the dysfunction at the varsity level and using it as a tool to recruit against them.

Good Counsel is going to dominate local football for the foreseeable future but I was surprised at some of the boys going to Palotti. One of my guys was all set to go to DeMatha until Palotti offered money. DeMatha didn't and that's that.

so you think edsall is big time?

you think we have a program that can alienate local coaches because we are so "big time" that we don't need their recriuts? that we are so "big time" that we can alienate then, but walk in later when they have a star recruit and say "hey, we're maryland, we've been in the top 25 some time in the last decade" and recruits will swoon as their coaches attempt to sway them away (see gilman)?

edsall's not all bad, but he's not all great either.

i don't disagree with you. but tell that to KA, the search committee and whoever else had their hand in the search.

dare to be great? or dare to be a solid program?

Not that it matters, but I don't think leach was going to be some recruiting svengali

Yeah, he recruited guys for his system but they weren't always highly recruited. The guy who replaced him at Texas Tech is recruiting at a higher level than Leach did.