Sweet Briar College is closing it's doors. And that makes me sad.I know quite a few of the coaches there, and they are all good people who worked hard. I was honored to be on their campus several years ago. It's a beautiful place, with 114 years of tradition under it's belt.And it's …
Fast Food Menu Mayhem and Your Recruiting Message
It hurts your eyes, doesn't it?It's a visual overload. This fast food restaurant I drove past recently doesn't know when to say when, when it comes to their menu.They've used every available square inch of their available frontage to show nearly everything on their menu. From Philly …
Featured Series: The ‘Miracle’ Behind Herb Brooks’s Miracle On Ice
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheiFireWithin.comYou need to sign talent in recruiting and then develop it. Yes, there are many other factors, but talent is a biggie. The movie Miracle ends with captions of what happened to the players from the gold medal-winning 1980 US Olympic hockey team. What Disney …
Herb Brooks: The “ULTIMATE” Recruiting Job
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheFireWithin.comHerb Brooks did the ultimate recruiting when he brought together the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. All of the players were either college players, or had played college fairly recently.As I have written about here before, Mike Eruzione was a pivotal part of …
How College Coaches Can Profit From Watching “The Profit”
Most college coaches who have spent time in the private sector would agree that being successful in recruiting is a lot like being successful in business.If you run your business the right way, profits will follow. If you run an organized recruiting effort, you'll get good recruits …