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per Souhan:
Gophers assistant Brian Anderson became friendly with Smith’s father. By the time Georgia Tech made a late scholarship offer, Smith had decided on Minnesota. At least, his father had.
Kill said he began intensively recruiting players from the South when he arrived at Southern Illinois, and realized that strategy had once made the Salukis program strong. His mentor, Dennis Franchione, once coached at Texas A&M, and one of his best friends in coaching, Gary Patterson, works at TCU.
Kill has spoken at coaching clinics in Alabama and Texas and has pushed his staff to grow roots in places like Texas, Georgia and Florida, the farmers markets of fresh football talent.
“The hard thing is getting those kids here,” Kill said. “Usually, once we get them here and show them the Twin Cities, it’s good. I just wish we had official visits in the summer.”
Unfrozen lakes tend to be bigger recruiting draws than ice sculptures.
“It’s helped our speed,” Kill said of recruiting in the South. “I think everybody in the Big Ten is trying to do that.”
Venturing into Georgia landed the Gophers a talented back with a coach’s aptitude. The kid can think on his feet.
http://www.startribune.com/freshman-rodney-smith-brings-a-coach-s-aptitude-to-the-gophers/326882531/
Go Gophers!!
Gophers assistant Brian Anderson became friendly with Smith’s father. By the time Georgia Tech made a late scholarship offer, Smith had decided on Minnesota. At least, his father had.
Kill said he began intensively recruiting players from the South when he arrived at Southern Illinois, and realized that strategy had once made the Salukis program strong. His mentor, Dennis Franchione, once coached at Texas A&M, and one of his best friends in coaching, Gary Patterson, works at TCU.
Kill has spoken at coaching clinics in Alabama and Texas and has pushed his staff to grow roots in places like Texas, Georgia and Florida, the farmers markets of fresh football talent.
“The hard thing is getting those kids here,” Kill said. “Usually, once we get them here and show them the Twin Cities, it’s good. I just wish we had official visits in the summer.”
Unfrozen lakes tend to be bigger recruiting draws than ice sculptures.
“It’s helped our speed,” Kill said of recruiting in the South. “I think everybody in the Big Ten is trying to do that.”
Venturing into Georgia landed the Gophers a talented back with a coach’s aptitude. The kid can think on his feet.
http://www.startribune.com/freshman-rodney-smith-brings-a-coach-s-aptitude-to-the-gophers/326882531/
Go Gophers!!
