Slow On The Recruiting Trail

There hasn't been a lot of news coming off the recruiting trail for OSU and there aren't many visits lined up in the month of March. Is this because the coaches are on vacations or spring practice? I know they're probably behind the scenes making phones calls and communicating with recruits, but just about everything Urban does in recruiting is publicized by the media and covered by recruiting analysts. It just seems to me that things have been slow lately. I understand this is a smaller class, so Urban will have to be very picky with the kids he wants.

WezBuck28 on 14 Mar 2013 - 8:57am #

We need someone in this class that is going to be a leader for this class and go out and help recruit other kids as well..so far I don't believe jones is gonna be that guy in my opinion the way he has been flirting with other teams do to speak..

Buckeye_in_SEC_... on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:05am #

We need to land McMillan the first week of April when he visits. That is the guy that could be our leader for this class. I thought Barker would be the guy, but it doesn't look like he will get an offer. I think he ends up at UT.

rdubs on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:01am #

We got Campbell working on Booker (and likely some other guys) and Webb working on the guys in Michigan, so it isn't as if we don't have commits doing work for us.

Ahh Saturday on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:15am #

There are some big visits set for April, but having the spring game in Cincinnati might dampen what is usually one of the biggest recruiting weekends of the year.

EazyElmo on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:26am #

At first I thought the spring game in Cincy was going to be a horrible idea for recruiting. But why not give the recruits an away game feel. Let them visit Columbus, see the campus, then ride down with the team in some pimped out bus. Or better yet, hop a jet down to the game.

Ahh Saturday on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:36am #

All spring game recruits are unofficial visits. Not sure, but I don't think OSU can provide transportation for unofficial visits which would rule out the team bus idea. Having the spring game outside the Shoe was unavoidable, but I don't think it can be spun into an advantage.

Bolt on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:30am #

I'd say probably because we're a year out from 2014 NSD. Gonna have to get used to it for a while. We're not going to get a new commit every week at this point. Lotsa time and lotsa recruits.

btalbert25 on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:39am #

EXACTLY!!!! Everyone wants to flip out because things are going slow, but look at the guys who have committed to this class so far. One backed out and another is talking about visiting other schools already.

btalbert25 on 14 Mar 2013 - 10:10am #

Not sure why the downvote, I was just trying to point out that a commit in March of 2013 for the 2014 class doesn't really mean a whole lot.

buckeyedude on 14 Mar 2013 - 10:28am #

I couldn't figure that one out either. I got your back, bro.

"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."

Jhesse17 on 14 Mar 2013 - 5:26pm #

Sorry man fat fingered the downvote button.

Adam21 on 15 Mar 2013 - 12:28pm #

I offset it for you.

Buckeyevstheworld on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:31am #

Heard this same thing in early-mid 2012. Things turned out ok.

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Buckeye_in_SEC_... on 14 Mar 2013 - 9:34am #

Whoa now fellas... No one ever said I was worried or freaking out. I merely posed a question as to why the visits were slow and we weren't hearing any news on recruits. I didn't say I wanted a commitment every week or felt we were losing ground to anyone. Most of the time we are reading about coaches visiting recruits at their schools, phone conversations, etc. and we haven't had anything like that the past 2-3 weeks. Don't twist my words into a freak out session.

nebraskafaninwi on 14 Mar 2013 - 11:36am #

Remember that track season around the country is either already udneraway or just started. The ACT exam date is right around the corner as well (just less than a month away). And recruits are scheduling spring visits. This is always a slower "news" period every year for the reasons I posted in the first three sentences. Once the spring game visitors hit and the summer months come around, you will hear about camp visits, visits being planned for the fall for official visits, etc, etc, etc.

Bolt on 16 Mar 2013 - 11:14am #

I never said you were freaking out or anything, just explained why it's slow. This is sort of the norm. This is probably the most dead part of the recruiting year as far as visits, commits, etc. is the months between signing day for the previous class and spring ball starting up. Things'll pick up once camps and what not start taking place. We get used to the breakneck pace of picking up news and recruits on a daily basis coming down the stretch to NSD and then it suddenly stops. We're all just experiencing withdrawal. It's perfectly natural :-)

osubuck57 on 14 Mar 2013 - 10:13am #

Don't forget Friday Night Lights this summer.May be even bigger than last year!!Not too worried,we'll get our share of recruits!!

SCOTTC.

Grayskullsession on 14 Mar 2013 - 10:18am #

Its still very early in 2014. Even if kids commit elsewhere for the time being they can be flipped before signing day. Urban will bust out the spatula later this year I guarantee it.

"if irony were made of strawberries, we' d all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now."

Alhan on 15 Mar 2013 - 12:53pm #

2014?! Where did last year go?! Most importantly, did we win the National Championship?! #interrobangoveruseftw

You can kill a fly with your slipper or a cannon. Either way, the fly dies. -Ramzy

buckeye76BHop on 18 Mar 2013 - 11:01am #

Very early ladies and gents...patience is a virtue my Mom always says.

Edit*Someone doesn't like my mom's sayings....I'm hurt....I may lose sleep tonight:-)

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987

IBLEEDSCARLETANDGRAY on 14 Mar 2013 - 11:37am #

I kinda figured the recruiting job Coach Meyer has done his first two tries would give him the benefit of the doubt in any circumstance. I trust him and his staff.

"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever

buckeye76BHop on 18 Mar 2013 - 11:02am #

And this too^^^

Edit* Thank you to the one who knows who he is;-) Hope you feel empowered...bc you're a child with nothing better to do.

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987

nebraskafaninwi on 14 Mar 2013 - 11:39am #

For every team in the country it is 10 months and some weeks before the next singing day. So many visits, so many offers, so many calls, so many emails, so many Facebook messages, etc, etc, before the next football season starts and players take official visits.

Sure it may be nice for the likes of Texas and Texas A&M to basically be 1/4 or more already done with their classes for this recruiting cycle, but look where the schools are based....lol.

corveyer on 14 Mar 2013 - 11:42am #

Things always get a bit slow during spring ball and then pick back up right after leading into another pretty slow period during the summer. This isn't surprising to me, especially when you think that this is staff's first class where they have had the time foster relationships with a lot of top guys. As a result I think commits in this class will come more slowly than last year, additionally, this will be a smaller class which obviously will lead to the staff being more selective.

tdible2132 on 14 Mar 2013 - 11:48am #

I think why some people are restless is we all expected a faster start. Even Alex predicted 8 guys in the class at least by April but that's not looking like the case now. Recruiting is crazy and even experts like Alex who is rarely wrong cant predict exactly how things will play out. I think if we're patient we'll be happy when the results do come