Yes, maybe small town 4 and 5 stars want to leave their sleepy little towns for the bright lights and exciting nightlife of the big city of H-Town.
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I don’t know. I think the priority list nowadays is something like:
- NIL
- Coaching/Scheme
- Positional Competition
- Conference/Visibility
- Location
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That looks like semi-pro football, not college football. Oh wait that is what college football is now.
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UH is doing a much better job recruiting North Texas. Keep establishing a presence there. UH should be the second option for kids in Louisiana, after LSU. Fritz had good connections in Louisiana.
It takes time but Fritz had the right approach.
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I am very happy with both the transfers in and the quality of the HS recruits. It is a step up and once we start winning (begins this year with at least 6-6) it will only improve.
I would switch 2 and 3 but yes, you are on to something.
Winning program needs to be somewhere. Down on the list but a factor for some, family preference or girlfriend.
I can not even imagine making a decision based on a “girlfriend “……D1 athlete headed to school….you don’t want a girlfriend.
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Our coaching staff knows where to recruit. I for one would love to see more players coming out of:
California
Florida
Georgia
Is it a matter of budgets? I have no clues.
Should be, but that’s pretty closely aligned with NIL now.
Houston area 4/5-stars that have committed elsewhere (per Rivals)
CB Chase Calicut (North Shore, Houston) - Georgia
LB Kosi Okpala (Mayde Creek, Katy) - Texas
LB Calvin Thomas (Cy Ranch, Houston) - North Carolina
WR Mike Brown (Legacy, Houston) - TAMU
Lots of talk about Houston area being fertile grounds for recruits, but DFW area is nuts. Luckily DFW is split between TCU, SMU, Baylor, OSU, and OU.
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3 is the worst imo.It hurts not only a program but a player development. Iron sharpens iron.
CB, Devin Sanchez, Northshore, Ohio St.
Jermaine Bishop 5* to Texas as well.
I’d put it:
- Conference/ School Visibility (players will take a little less to play in the P2 vs Big 12/ ACC or G6)
- NIL (obvious)
- Positional Competition (NIL + Transfer allows players to seek starting spots each year)
- Location- Just a fact. We have a recruiting boundary and if we can’t convince far end suburban kids to move to Houston (Inner Loop and suburb living are drastically different experiences btw) then we need to target kids from other cities/states that WANT to move to Houston and Texas for College. Get kids that are EXCITED to be here…not ones that settle.
- Coaching/ Scheme- Few coaches are Saban and few are completely incompetent so for 80% of P4 programs this is a #5
In California, UH needs to recruit Mater Dei and St. John Bosco. In Florida, IMG Academy, Montverde, St. Thomas Aquinas (yes, I know O’Korn went there). Do not discount Chandler, Arizona. The basketball team has broken through in Arizona, maybe the football team can too. Kyle Allen is from Arizona.
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You are missing the biggest, maybe the biggest in America:
Long Beach Poly is insane and not only in Football.
Fritz said we only recruit within driving distance lol
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So then anything in North America is fair game.
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Lazy response…
We should recruit everyone and anyone that has interest in the University of Houston AND can help our team.
Say we land a 4, or 5 star, from a high school in suburban Pittsburgh…we should maintain a relationship with that school and coach in case it leads to other possible recruits.
Then we do this for Houston area, In state AND select ‘out of state’ connections.
CWF has to understand part of his job is to build our brand Nationally…not just take the easy route because to be quite honest and direct…the upper tier talent in the Houston area does NOT want to play for their city school for whatever reason…and the tier below that has us as a Safety School option. You’ll never win it all with “half in/half out” players
Let’s target upper tier talent that can’t wait to become a Houston Cougar…regardless of the state they reside in.
The “we only need to recruit the Houston area” had gotten us…what…TWO Conference championships in the last THIRTY years…1…2.
AND that was in G5 conference competition.
Let’s not keep assuming the Insanity option will work
I saw CWF’s recent take on Houston as the epicenter of football talent in the WORLD…pretty embarassing take since Texas schools have only one National Championship in 50 years!
I wish we did own all of our top area talent…i wish ZERO 4 or 5 stars would sign anywhere else before being offered a coveted spot on THEIR city’s school but we need to make adjustments for the results we are NOT getting instead of continuing this ABSURD myth that only enables laziness
CWF is just stating the perception to help his job security…CDH did the same thing…blah blah blah
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