This is how you do it. If you are looking in any other
Posted on: January 13, 2017 at 09:31:27 CT
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direction listing any other names, you are doing it wrong and would be an epic failure as an AD.
1. Contact guys like Marshall and Miller to see if they have a number. They probably don't right now, but you call and see.
2. You start calling young up and comers in the mid-major ranks.
These are the requirements you adhere to.
1. Nobody that has shown a chink in their armor. Nobody that had a hot stretch 5 years ago but hasn't been remotely consistent since. Example listed today: Thad Matta
2. No mid-majors that haven't won a conference title or been at least top 2 for 2-3 years running. Example: Shaka Smart
3. Prefer guys who appear to out-recruit their current program, but still show that they are coaching guys up.
4. Try to steer clear guys who have only been at their school for 1-2 years, unless they made a HUGE immediate impact and turnaround. Took a middler or worse to a conf title out of the blue. These guys can be risky, but are sometimes worth the risk. Better to take a risk on one of them than on a retread trying to regain lost glory. Keatts might be one of these guys, although he's now in year 3 which gives much more clarity.