Re: Negative Ned All-In Cookout thoughts:

Thats because they produce very few D1 athletes. Clemson doesn't have an exposure problem thats how you can go into Kansas a state very rarely if ever recruited by Clemson and come out with the top 2 prospects in the state with Kelly being a top DE in the country covet by a number of big time schools. Thats how you go into a state like Delaware and come out with a 5 star DT like Wilkins. Okudah is in the state of Texas one of the hardest states to get players from especially a team on the east coast. Has it been done, yes but it isn't easy, a lot of great programs you have to fly over to get from Texas to Clemson. Swift is a guy you recruit and take because he is a special player but he isn't a player that is needed (by Clemson). So if you get him great if not thats fine too because right know Clemson is fine with RB's and to me if you get Swift that could hurt with getting White the 5 star out of North Carolina who Clemson is really high on. Even without Swift and after Gallman leaves for the NFL you still have Feaster, Choice, Dye, Fuller and Richardson who is committed for this class. So thats 1-5 star and 4-4stars at RB so I think Clemson is fine. Clemson has a core group of states they get probably 90% of their talent from and thats South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida those are the state Clemson works and if you get highly touted guys outside that footprint you assess the talent and their interest and go from there. Clemson has a national brand now thanks to the hard work of Dabo and in turn Dabo and company go after a select group of young men and they work those young men as good as anyone then if need be you work your way out from there....

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Re: Can you see the future, sir?

Jul 24, 2016, 1:26 AM

This post was much better than your first but I respectfully disagree with you on a few points.

Want to know what the best "pipeline" is? WINNING. Winning games, staff and television exposure, all of which we have managed to excel at greatly over the last decade, are the best recruiting tools. Your mindset seems very pre-Internet-age when it comes to all of this. I'm a Clemson grad that was born, raised and still reside in NY state and these days, finding a game is as easy as typing letters in the address bar or opening an app, (i.e. Watch ESPN). I didn't hear about Clemson because of one guy that got recruited from my high school years before I graduated. I grew up watching them on TV! Young athletes see us on television, they recognize the brand, they know who Dabo is, they associate "we too deep", "WRU", and "all-in" with our program. Not because of boots on the local grounds but rather because of our staff, our success, our social media outlets / marketing, our relationships with television networks, etc. You cannot turn on a television or sports radio show these days, especially now, without hearing or seeing Clemson University. Period. Making it to the championship game, having the number one QB, the number one offensive line, ridiculous accolades amongst the rest of the staff, future-proof facilities, academics, on and on and on... All far more powerful than establishing "pipelines" in "odd" states. At least in today's age. Alabama hasn't been killing it in the recruiting game all these years because they have boots on the ground in North Dakota and Wyoming. Like Dabo said at media day on Friday, he doesn't focus on recruits as much as he focuses on his players, his performance & his staff... The rest all falls in line.

Look back at the top recruits out of Pennsylvania spanning the last decade, forever for that matter... 75% of them end up at Pitt, Notre Dame, or Penn State. And, on average, at least back to 2013, there are 7-9 four-star recruits out of PA. The rest are 3 stars and below, just being honest here.

Take Christian Wilkins for instance. He played at Suffield Academy, right? Suffield will probably never crank out the talent of, let's say, IMG. Our recruiting Christian helped their high school program more than it has ours. It's not that what you're saying doesn't make sense, it's just far less relevant in our technological age. Kids get their "news" from social media these days. And obviously they watch whatever is on television. The smaller programs, the less-successful programs, or those still building their foundations - those are the programs that still have to knock down doors and promise the world in person to leave an impact. We succeed and the recruits come to us. This is the first time, at least in my lifetime as a Clemson fan, that we have such magnetism and fortune where we're able to turn away 4-star guys that we used to beg for attention from. We are elite. Last year solidified it. Live in the moment and enjoy the fruits of all our hard work over the last several years!

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