Most college coaches, by nature, are good-hearted. And optimistic.And it's that good-hearted optimism that tends to get coaches in trouble when it comes to recruiting.In conversations with their prospects, for example. Coaches hear, "Yup, coach, you're still in my top five and I'm still …
Declaring Your Independence From These Three Recruiting Burdens
Every July 4th, we take time to celebrate our country's declaration of independence from English rule nearly two and a half centuries ago.Today, if you're taking time to read this in the midst of avoiding BBQ disasters and fireworks mishaps, I want you to do the same for your coaching career. …
What May Be Delaying Your Prospect’s Decision
More often than coaches realize, the thing that is grinding your prospect's decision process down to a snail's pace isn't a "thing" at all.It's probably a person.At an increasing rate, the individual recruiting scenarios we track and help manage for our clients that end up grinding to a halt …
Hosting Group Recruiting Visit Days the Right Way
Full disclosure:The vast majority of the time, I will tell a coach I am against group visit recruiting days.I've seen more go wrong with them than I have seen go right. Honestly, more disaster stories have originated from large campus recruiting visit days than most other parts of the …
Eggs, Soap and the Recruiting Myths You Choose to Believe
Remember when eating eggs was going to send you to an early grave? Think again. And how you’d better be using anti-bacterial soap if you wanted to really, really, really clean your hands? Yeah, not so much. Those are just two of a long list of things that were once accepted as scientific truth, …