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Energetic coaches punished
Posted February 18, 2008
If you haven't read Camera beat writer Kyle Ringo's story about the new NCAA rules limiting head football coaches' abilities to recruit in the spring, take the time to do it now.
The rule is another example of lazy head coaches pushing through a regulation that makes their job easier -- and prevents hard-working guys such as CU's Dan Hawkins from kicking their behind on the recruiting trail.
The rule was ostensibly instituted to prevent "bumping," the not-so-accidental moments when a head coach runs into a recruit during a spring recruiting trip.
But fact is, the rule was instituted so lazy head coaches could play golf and go fishing during the spring and not worry that someone like Hawkins was getting an edge in the recruiting arena.
There are plenty of ways to prevent rules from being broken. The best is self-policing. Instead of hinting through the media that some schools are bending or breaking the rules, file a complaint. Gather evidence and turn the cheaters in.
But the process of creating more rules in the name of laziness is something the NCAA should avoid. The rule punishes hard work, rewards slothfulness and is a huge boost for schools that can recruit off of "reputation" instead of making their head coaches actually do the work.
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Posted by mam2jd on February 19, 2008 at 8:20 a.m.
No doubt, Neil. Must be known from this point on as the Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno, Steve Spurrier (BPS)Rule.
Posted by buffalotom on February 21, 2008 at 9:49 a.m.
this really benefits schools with larger recruiting budgets and boring head coaches. CU is the opposite on both counts. the best thing the buffs have now is the quality of the coaching staff, including the hawk. without the ability of hawk to meet these guys early on in the process, some recruits will scratch the buffs early. and, budget constraints may prevent even seeing some prospects. in brief, dollars can neutralize, if not overcome, charisma.
with respect to combines, it is far more expensive to travel to each prospect's school and see them individually than it is to see several at one clinic, again favoring the big money schools.
any guess as to who was pushing these rules?
turf? don't even think about changing. one selling point for CU is the relative safety of playing on real grass - especially one that has won a national award from the groundskeepers association ('05?)
fill folsom on the 19th.