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Recruiting dead period?

By Max Power -02 November 2012
5 Comments
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When are coaches not permitted to contact recruits? Furthermore, will our post season ban this season give Urban an edge on closing out this class (i.e. Hanging out with the Mitchell family instead of focusing on bowl prep)? I've never experienced a year that the bucks haven't been in the postseason so my attention to recruiting drops off that time of year. Thanks for your thoughts!

Ann Arbor Buckeye on 2 Nov 2012 - 1:49am #

I don't know the dates of the dead periods. Alex would be better to answer that, but I can tell you I have read several articles saying the bowl ban will give UFM an advantage in recruiting time. The downside is the team loses valuable bowl practices, so it's a double edged sword.

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cajunbuckeye on 2 Nov 2012 - 6:41am #

December 17th through January 3rd is the "dead" period. I think they can still have communications with early enrollees.

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Buckeye_in_SEC_... on 2 Nov 2012 - 8:02am #

I think this is huge for Urban and the staff... We will have 3 weeks to fly around the country talking to recruits while everyone else is prepping... I know that sounds bad because we aren't in a bowl game, but it does give us an advantage. The staff will be able to devote their full attention to the wants and needs on the recruiting trail.

sj52 on 2 Nov 2012 - 9:06am #

(2) December 17, 2012, through January 3, 2013, [except for (a) below]: Dead Period

(a) Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for midyear enrollment, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or other offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend the institution and is required to be on campus to attend institutional orientation sessions for all students:

As CajunBuckeye stated above that is the dead period. We can only talk to early enrollees. The only time we will benefit is from November 25-December 16 since our season will be over. That gives Urban 3 weeks to fully focus on recruiting.