Supporting Staff Question

Never pass on a good coach simply because he doesn’t have recruiting ties to a certain part of the country.

If they can sell kids the vision that they have for the program, build relationships w/the high school coaches and, most importantly, they bust their asses and grind at it I don’t see why any of these guys can’t be successful in the SEC.

Bo isn't coming. Wasn't cleared to coach in the SEC.

I was pretty excited to get him back. Which is why this was my question.

Not saying they can't.. there are certain position coaches in the region that have relationships with schools/kids already.

Saban and Urban and not from the South. They will never work here.

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Hiring 2 Coaches that are unfamiliar with Recruiting SEC

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Once upon a time I had this exact worry about a coach with WV roots coming from Big 10 country with a good but less than spectacular overall coaching record and who's coaching tree was centered around Johnny Majors.

If you haven't figured it out yet... that was Saban. I'll never apply geography to ability ever again.

A good head coach will use those assistants. So yes, those assistants matter. I will say it matters less than say 20, especially 30, years ago however. Back then you needed a network with the high schools to even identify the best kids. Now, we have the rise of a huge "recruiting media" and of course the interwebs.

So identifying the kids has changed in a huge way. What you are saying is absolutely true about reeling them in. But I say geography, even for the assistants, matters not. There's many many more variables. Saban proved that to be the case here at LSU. Other coaches have done so since.

Again, read the damn post.

I'm asking if there are names out there who have successfully recruited and coached in the region to help the new guys get a leg up.

Goodness... Read. Don't assume.

Saban said no to letting him back in the SEC and Sankey said "yes sir."

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Again, read the damn post.

I'm asking if there are names out there who have successfully recruited and coached in the region to help the new guys get a leg up.

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and I answered you by stating geography in regards to recruiting is no longer as big an issue as it once was.

You're question/postulation necessarily links (a) to paraphrase, good recruiting coaches and (b) in the region, i.e. geography.

And my answer to you was- uncouple the recruiter from geography because it doesn't matter anymore. Or, more precisely, matters so much less now that other "recruiting traits" make the difference.