Believe it or not, that is apparently the attitude of some college recruiters out there.All of us have experienced an "I don't care" moment out in the world. If you fly on airlines, you see lots of people that say "I don't care" through their actions. Same thing when you've rented a car. Or gone …
Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself
"Let's face it, recruiting is all about sales -- selling the school, the opportunity and yourself."- Former Notre Dame quarterback Paul Failla, on the return of Peter Vass to the Irish as quarterback coach.You see? Even old back-up quarterbacks get it! …
Joe Knows Selling (and Recruiting)
When you coach college football as long as Joe Paterno has, you know you've picked up a few secrets on selling your program over the years.Joe Paterno revealed one of his secrets recently. It involves personally connecting with his prospect and decision maker (mom), which is something every good …
Is “Misinformation” Catching-up to College Coaches?
How much have college coaches changed their approach to contacting student-athletes in the last 20 years?Not too much, apparently, from from the looks of a segment of an article on the red tape of recruiting which appeared recently. One college associate A.D. goes so far as to call most of the …
Selling Skills: The Key to Winning This Recruiting “Cold War”?
Not that we needed the media to announce it, but the decades-long recruiting competition between Duke and North Carolina's basketball programs is heating back up. Scout.com analyst Dave Telep calls it the resumption of a recruiting "cold war." The article appears in Lexington (KY) …