MIZ DGB!!!

[kepp]

Originally Posted by eazyb81

Fascinating article on DGB's recruitment. A few things we learned:

1. A classy Arky booster tried to bribe DGB
2. OU coaches were likely the ones that turned in Petrino for bumping to DGB at the All-American game
3. KU was an absolute cluster**** when trying to recruit DGB
4. Mack Brown is a smooth mofo
5. Mizzou might be getting another DGB here in two years

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefoot...recruit-020112

So, basically, we sat and watched Arkansas and Oklahoma kill each other while Arkansas also killed itself.

[kchero]

Originally Posted by kepp

So, basically, we sat and watched Arkansas and Oklahoma kill each other while Arkansas also killed itself.

No knock on the other programs, but I think Mizzou kept their cool and stayed real and laid back with DGB and family (excluding the copter) and that really stuck with them.

[DeezNutz]

Mizzou has turned out more first-round picks than damn near anyone else in the country in the past several years. If he wants to be drafted high, he made a perfect decision.

[KcMizzou]

Oh, damn.

Tracy Beckham, who has a master’s degree from the University of Kansas, was just as disappointed in the Jayhawks’ recruiting efforts under former coach Turner Gill, who was fired in November after two disastrous seasons. Kansas twice scheduled visits to see Dorial but canceled both, Tracy Beckham said.

“They were just a mess,” Tracy Beckham said.

[|Zach|]

When the announcer guy whispered Arkansas like he had some inside track before it happened I figured it wouldn't be us. Then I couldn't really make out what he said and was far from the TV I kept trying to get a better view of the hat then realized the good news.

[Discuss Thrower]

Hill played pingpong against the Beckhams’ children. Yost also played against Eliza, whom he beat 15-12.

Asshole.. :rofl:

[kchero]

Dont know if anyone had it posted yet, but being a day past the DGB signing it is nice to rewatch the moment.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by kchero

Dont know if anyone had it posted yet, but being a day past the DGB signing it is nice to rewatch the moment.

That was cool. I hadn't actually seen it yet.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by kchero

Dont know if anyone had it posted yet, but being a day past the DGB signing it is nice to rewatch the moment.

Who was the guy at 0:16 that whispered "Arkansas"?

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

Who was the guy at 0:16 that whispered "Arkansas"?

I think it was one of the panelist taking a guess.

I watched it live and that's what I thought anyway.

[eazyb81]

Recruiting guru Tom Lemming thinks DGB is an okay prospect:

"Dorial Green-Beckham is the best I've seen since Randy Moss in 1994," Lemming said. "He'll be better than Julio Jones. He's that good."

[DJ's left nut]

You read that article and you realize that recruiting is just a massive crapshoot.

Some kids/recruits would've fallen in love with the Bama way. Others would've been incredibly impressed by the information/history approach taken by Oklahoma. A bunch could've even decided that proximity wasn't as important after Brown put on his song and dance and still others would've felt that Mizzou was too low-key in this thing.

Though everyone would've decided that Kansas was a disorganized shithole.

It appears the lesson to be learned it - just do what you do. You're going to lose some kids and their families because of it (Durron Neal), but you're going to gain others. Don't try to fit your style to your recruits.

I think it shows that being genuine to yourself is probably the way to go. In the end, you just don't know what is going to get these kids on campus.

[Great Expectations]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

You read that article and you realize that recruiting is just a massive crapshoot.

Some kids/recruits would've fallen in love with the Bama way. Others would've been incredibly impressed by the information/history approach taken by Oklahoma. A bunch could've even decided that proximity wasn't as important after Brown put on his song and dance and still others would've felt that Mizzou was too low-key in this thing.

Though everyone would've decided that Kansas was a disorganized shithole.

It appears the lesson to be learned it - just do what you do. You're going to lose some kids and their families because of it (Durron Neal), but you're going to gain others. Don't try to fit your style to your recruits.

I think it shows that being genuine to yourself is probably the way to go. In the end, you just don't know what is going to get these kids on campus.

I think this is sage advise as it also gets kids that are the right fit for your program.

[kchero]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

You read that article and you realize that recruiting is just a massive crapshoot.

Some kids/recruits would've fallen in love with the Bama way. Others would've been incredibly impressed by the information/history approach taken by Oklahoma. A bunch could've even decided that proximity wasn't as important after Brown put on his song and dance and still others would've felt that Mizzou was too low-key in this thing.

Though everyone would've decided that Kansas was a disorganized shithole.

It appears the lesson to be learned it - just do what you do. You're going to lose some kids and their families because of it (Durron Neal), but you're going to gain others. Don't try to fit your style to your recruits.

I think it shows that being genuine to yourself is probably the way to go. In the end, you just don't know what is going to get these kids on campus.

Very True, It seems the staying the course and being yourself is the best action. Like you put it, you going to win some and loss some, but that is part of the process. I think Mizzou's style recruting style was a great fit to DGB's personality and it obviously shows.

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

You read that article and you realize that recruiting is just a massive crapshoot.

Some kids/recruits would've fallen in love with the Bama way. Others would've been incredibly impressed by the information/history approach taken by Oklahoma. A bunch could've even decided that proximity wasn't as important after Brown put on his song and dance and still others would've felt that Mizzou was too low-key in this thing.

Though everyone would've decided that Kansas was a disorganized shithole.

It appears the lesson to be learned it - just do what you do. You're going to lose some kids and their families because of it (Durron Neal), but you're going to gain others. Don't try to fit your style to your recruits.

I think it shows that being genuine to yourself is probably the way to go. In the end, you just don't know what is going to get these kids on campus.

Or realize that different kids prefer different approaches, and adjust your approach accordingly.

I really don't think it would hurt to have one prototypical salesman-type recruiter, a la Trooper Taylor or Ed Orgeron, on the staff to recruit high-profile kids that like the hard sell.

This approach seems to work often in the SEC.