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Prob a lot, bud. I'm just pointing out that, while it's great that the first part of this recruiting cycle has been exceptional, it's not how you start but how finish. You think ole miss is going to end up top 5? All these kids continue taking visits despite committing. It sucks but it's the way of the world now.

Setting a hook is one thing, landing the fish another.

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Sure thing, bud. Have a good sleep till February

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He's not your bud, pal.

V8Aggie said:

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technoviking said:

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ignatiusreilly4ever said:

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Prob a lot, bud. I'm just pointing out that, while it's great that the first part of this recruiting cycle has been exceptional, it's not how you start but how finish. You think ole miss is going to end up top 5? All these kids continue taking visits despite committing. It sucks but it's the way of the world now.

Setting a hook is one thing, landing the fish another.

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Sure thing, bud. Have a good sleep till February

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He's not your bud, pal.

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Even though we're not buds, we can still pal around, champ.

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Haha... Baby Mexicans are funny.

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Had to scroll way down that list to find the whorns.

Yeah, but Randy Duke has his theories about this over on the surlyshag & I gotta say, it's the first time I've ever seen him say he may be wrong......

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Jimbo's strategy of applying high pressure to obtain commits and then insist on no other visits is either going to absolutely change the landscape of college football recruiting, or and up as one colossal failure.
It is seeming that when he gets kids on campus for an OV, he is pressuring them for a commit, and not even allowing them to go home, discuss it with their parents, and give an answer within 24 hours. It is the 18 yr old recruit, surrounded by **** coaches, caught up in all the attention, and being pressured to make a life-changing decision on the spot.

This fall, when the other top recruits are taking the last of their OVs and watching the top games of the season in person, the **** recruits get to hear second-hand what a great experience school-x was. I think the temptation to join in with their peers and have the full recruiting experience will be a greater draw for top recruits than will the knowledge they committed to Jimbo back in April and that "recruiting is like marriage."

I may be wrong. Jimbo might just haul in such an amazing class, and the thought of playing for a coach who won a national championship a few years ago might be such a HUGE national draw, that Fisher completely changes the dynamics of college football recruiting such that recruiting season is essentially over before the prospects finish their junior year of high school.

My guess is that the **** recruits will be taking visits to other schools and that he will either have to enforce his "no visits" policy or give it up. And if he gives it up, other coaches will use that against him during recruiting, claiming Jimbo is so worried about his being able to live up to the contract he signed that he will put the interests of the athlete secondary to his own best interests.

Herman and Fisher are going after some of the same recruits with two very different recruiting philosophies. They can't both be right. My gut tells me pressuring an 18-year old kid to make an emotional spur-of-the-moment decision and then to honor it while their other friends are living it up, because "recruiting is like marriage" is a losing strategy. But we are about to see. It should be fascinating to watch this all play out.

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This is a somewhat reasonable post, given the source, but this "no visit policy" doesn't exist. Between this and the "Jimbo puts too much pressure on these kids", "Jimbo is promising starting positions", and "wait until they lose to Clemson and Alabama" crowds - I'm not sure which group is more pathetic. All I can say is that I am thoroughly enjoying these new talking lines from these geniuses...