Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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mhuml32
Mr. Tibbs said:
isn’t it safe to assume that unless a player or his parents literally tell you to NEVER CONTACT ME AGAIN, that you continue to call or text weekly or bi-weekly ?
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It's a numbers game. There were probably 250-300 recruits that were offered in the 2027 class. Are you going to continue communication with all of them? They are likely going to make similar number of offers to 2028 recruits and you are actively recruiting them now, plus probably another ~100 guys you are prioritizing in 2029. This is while also building a list of >200 potential transfers for this winter. The '27 class recruits that are committed elsewhere are the lowest likelihood of flipping (i.e., return on investment) and every minute spent on them is one less on '28 and '29 and transfers. This is partially why I'm interested in who are the names they are still so interested in '27 that they are willing to risk a low chance and are still willing to commit the time/effort to actively recruit.
 
#52      
Mr. Tibbs
mhuml32 said:
It's a numbers game. There were probably 250-300 recruits that were offered in the 2027 class. Are you going to continue communication with all of them? They are likely going to make similar number of offers to 2028 recruits and you are actively recruiting them now, plus probably another ~100 guys you are prioritizing in 2029. This is while also building a list of >200 potential transfers for this winter. The '27 class recruits that are committed elsewhere are the lowest likelihood of flipping (i.e., return on investment) and every minute spent on them is one less on '28 and '29 and transfers. This is partially why I'm interested in who are the names they are still so interested in '27 that they are willing to risk a low chance and are still willing to commit the time/effort to actively recruit.
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with the
-money these coaches are being paid
-the office staff of people to help manage it
- the new technology available to make it simple

it’s not that difficult of a task in my opinion

is it easy ? no
is it next to impossible? not at all

just about unlimited people can recruit now . I would think each coach could easily manage a list of 15-20 guys to stay in touch with
 
#55      
Illini92and96
Mr. Tibbs said:
with the
-money these coaches are being paid
-the office staff of people to help manage it
- the new technology available to make it simple

it’s not that difficult of a task in my opinion

is it easy ? no
is it next to impossible? not at all

just about unlimited people can recruit now . I would think each coach could easily manage a list of 15-20 guys to stay in touch with
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Don’t forget about AI. Probably able to automatically create messages about “congrats on your great game Friday against X. Nice job running for x yards” and send out automatically.
 
#56      
Mr. Tibbs
Illini92and96 said:
Don’t forget about AI. Probably able to automatically create messages about “congrats on your great game Friday against X. Nice job running for x yards” and send out automatically.
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of course - see my point about new technology available to make it simple

it’s 100x easier today than 25 years ago
 
#61      
IlliniWu
Saw the 4 star OL from Carbondale is visiting soon. Keep winning and it'll be different from Wagner and others they should've got.
 
#65      
mhuml32
Mr. Tibbs said:
with the
-money these coaches are being paid
-the office staff of people to help manage it
- the new technology available to make it simple

it’s not that difficult of a task in my opinion

is it easy ? no
is it next to impossible? not at all

just about unlimited people can recruit now . I would think each coach could easily manage a list of 15-20 guys to stay in touch with
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Illini92and96 said:
Don’t forget about AI. Probably able to automatically create messages about “congrats on your great game Friday against X. Nice job running for x yards” and send out automatically.
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I'll just chalk it up as a fundamental disagreement between us on how to manage recruiting relationships. For me, I think throwing administrators and staff at the problem while using AI believing that it will successfully manage genuine relationships, with the hope that these recruits will flip to Illinois is not a path of success and will only waste precious time. There was a reason there was only a handful of recruits that were being meaningfully discussed last fall as potential flips.
 
#68      
Det_Illini_fan
RoundBalcs said:
hah, thanks brutha! Class of '14 here!
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hahaha ‘14 too!
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#70      
Illini92and96
mhuml32 said:
I'll just chalk it up as a fundamental disagreement between us on how to manage recruiting relationships. For me, I think throwing administrators and staff at the problem while using AI believing that it will successfully manage genuine relationships, with the hope that these recruits will flip to Illinois is not a path of success and will only waste precious time. There was a reason there was only a handful of recruits that were being meaningfully discussed last fall as potential flips.
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Oh no, I’m not suggesting it’s a good idea. I can see people doing it though. Just like people using AI to manage customer relationships (which I hate).
 
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