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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefIllini" data-source="post: 1409610" data-attributes="member: 588522"><p>I'll say this much: it's easy to recruit kids from your home state, in most cases.</p><p></p><p>However this narrative is old and tired. You don't <em>need </em>to recruit the best kids in state. Not to get to philosophical (or whatever you want to call it), but the world has change in the past 15 years. Distance means much less, information is much more readily available. Add to this the fact that transfers are much more common and therefore Illinois has less talent than it did even 5 or 6 years ago (gone are the Roses and Parkers, probably to IMG or the like) and it's easier to see this recruitment not as "lock down your borders, worry about outsiders second" to best available player. </p><p></p><p>When Oregon (and don't get me wrong, they are a quality program, with a quality coach) and Iowa State (less so) are grabbing top Illinois kids and guys like Whitney are moving out of the state, its time to give up on being so concerned about getting every top 100 Illinois kid. BU seems to realize this and to an even greater deal Lovie. Most of the "stars" on the football team come from states that dont even border border states of Illinois. Recruiting is national, full stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefIllini, post: 1409610, member: 588522"] I'll say this much: it's easy to recruit kids from your home state, in most cases. However this narrative is old and tired. You don't [I]need [/I]to recruit the best kids in state. Not to get to philosophical (or whatever you want to call it), but the world has change in the past 15 years. Distance means much less, information is much more readily available. Add to this the fact that transfers are much more common and therefore Illinois has less talent than it did even 5 or 6 years ago (gone are the Roses and Parkers, probably to IMG or the like) and it's easier to see this recruitment not as "lock down your borders, worry about outsiders second" to best available player. When Oregon (and don't get me wrong, they are a quality program, with a quality coach) and Iowa State (less so) are grabbing top Illinois kids and guys like Whitney are moving out of the state, its time to give up on being so concerned about getting every top 100 Illinois kid. BU seems to realize this and to an even greater deal Lovie. Most of the "stars" on the football team come from states that dont even border border states of Illinois. Recruiting is national, full stop. [/QUOTE]
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