Pipeline to Florida

by Nestor on Jan 23, 2006 6:47 AM PST in Football

OC Register's Rob Kuwada has an important point on the possible recruiting impact from the hiring of new WR coach (emphasis mine):

McCarthy, 34, spent the past two seasons at Central Florida and was at Nevada for four years before that. He worked with three receivers who moved on to the NFL while with the Wolf Pack, including Nate Burleson, a third-round pick in 2003 of the Minnesota Vikings.

But the biggest impact McCarthy might make would be to tap into the talent-rich recruiting base in Florida. McCarthy played at Washington, but attended Boca Raton High and coached at Fort Lauderdale High before moving to the college ranks.

"I think D.J. is a great fit for our staff. He has a great track record of developing productive receivers and he is an outstanding, energetic recruiter," Dorrell said. "He is very familiar with Florida and the surrounding states and I think that will be a big plus for our recruiting efforts."

UnderBruin has more on the hire here.

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With our academic requirements for athletes...

I am not sure that having "Florida Recruiting Connections" does us any good. Many of the top recruits in Florida come from ghetto schools in Miami. These kids struggle to NCAA qualify, nevermind that they would never qualify for UCLA admissions.

Frankly, what Ucla needs is coaches and a recruiting cordinator that have national recruiting expereince.

For us to be successful in the future, we will need to take the Stanford approach to recruiting which is to recruit in all 50 states.

So if he is an energetic, bright and organized recruiter, along with being a good wr coach, I will be tickled by the hire. Florida ties shouldn't be considered a positive because they probably will not come into play at Ucla.

by Bababullshat on Jan 25, 2006 12:12 AM PST reply actions