Just not getting it done on recruiting...

We hear the report that recruiting is hard all the time but the good coaches still get it done even when it's hard..
..I recall several times over the past few years, when BU had kids like Larry Austin, Allen, Taphorn, Coupet, and even Da'Monte Williams on campus and offered them - there was a lot of ballyhoo about how well we were doing in getting in on those kids first...

But just as many predicted - getting in first didn't pay off one iota -- all that ballyhooing and hooting even by some fans was a bit premature....
I don't have a problem with anyone we target - I say definitely go after the higher end kids - but let's not get our priorities crooked - let's not get too worked up about just being the first school to recruit or offer a kid...
let's focus on being the one that finds the hidden gems, sticks with the kid, keeps the offer right in front of him continuously, and LANDING the kid...

As was the case with Allen and also with Alec Peters - we were in on the kid early but for some reason we backed off.....just when it might have been beneficial to keep after the guy...
Instead we went whole hog after kids like Buovac, Tucker, Bluford, Zecevic, Fields, Swopshire, and others who have not panned out at all.

Now our established game plan the past 3-4 years is to free up several scholarships every spring by running guys out of here and then scrambling in May & June to grab whoever's still left, but how has that gone?  All we get that late are marginally talented leftovers that everyone else has passed on because they have eligibility issues or can't score.

Is it wise to throw all our eggs in one basket and go after largely just kids connected to one AAU program - getting some talent but, overall, very little in the process?



BTW - a look back - just one year ago we were stunned to see Bradley's home attendance falling into the 6000 range...

    
http://bubravesblogger.blogspot.com/2012/12/bu-attendance-woes.html

http://bubravesblogger.blogspot.com/2012/12/more-attendance-woes-going-to-get-worse.html


well - notice those blog entries predicted it was going to get worse and it sure has....

now home attendances are pretty regularly being announced at 5000-5500 but it's way worse than that - as anyone with eyes can see - that half those seats are empty at many games as well - giving a true attendance at BU home games of as little as 2000-2500.
Can it get any worse?  Stay tuned - the very worst of the fallout is still yet to happen - big stuff right around the bend...