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Wednesday is the signing date which for many  is more important than Christmas or their birthday. 

Recruiting is difficult, far more difficult than the average fan realizes.  So much time is spent forming relationships with coaches, parents, friends and anyone you think might help that young man make his decision.  Remember the relationship on just one player may be formulated years before he makes his decision.  Most of you think football recruiting is tough.  But I promise you that as difficult as it is, there was nothing more difficult than basketball recruiting.  Why?  You can't cover up your mistakes with numbers.  Sign 25 and you might get by on making a mistake on 2 or 3 each year.  Sign 6 like basketball and miss on 2 or 3 two years in a row, you are out of the basketball business.

Remember in just about every case, there is a key that opens the door.  Your job is to find it, get it and use it.  Oh, I know it is easier to recruit football players to football schools and basketball players to so called basketball schools but the coaches doing the recruiting don't look at it that way.  They are all determined to work as hard as possible to get that kid in their program.

I can't give all of the reasons that a kid makes a decision about a school and it won't always be in this order.  Here are some important reasons:  1.  a chance to play now as a freshman in other words playing time 2.  type of offense or defense 3. the relationship with the assistant coach and his feelings about the head coach from he and his parents 4. having a chance to go to the NFL or the NBA based on pass players 5. playing at a home state university 6. in many cases acadamics plays a major role 7. facilities are becoming more and more important and there many more that I'm not going to name.

Remember 4 years from now many won't remember who had the best recruiting class in 2012.  They will be happy or complaining as to how their team is doing.  It is a fascinating , demanding, frustating business and oh so nerve wracking.  I did it 37 of my 38 years, 20 as an assistant.  The tales get bigger and the stories funnier, especially if you got the kid!

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HBO is doing a documentary on Joe Namath.  I thought it might be interesting to tell you about the first time I saw him when he arrived for his official visit to Alabama.

Joe lacked just a little getting into Maryland.  So Tom Nugent, the coach at Maryland called Coach Bryant about Joe.  I think Coach Bryant had coached his brother at Kentucky.  Howard Schnellenberger flew up and brought Joe to the campus.  Howard, having played at KY, had a connection as well.

We had a coaches' room in the back where all of the coaches hung out before work and shot the bull til Coach Bryant walked in.  Then it usually got real quite.  Anyway, I was back in the restroom and in walks Joe, plaid sportcoat, straw hat and a toothpick in his mouth.  That was the first time I ever saw him.

I had him on my freshman basketball team for a few games.  He was not a bad basketball player.

Then I had him in a basketball  activity class and Snake was in there too.  You had to


 dress out and do basketball drills.  I decided to tell Joe to go to the library and not come back.  I gave him a good grade, real good.  HA!!  Don't turn me in to the NCAA because the statue of limitations is in effect.

p.s. We all need to respect weather!!!!!

its tough time to talk about sports or say something funny with all the destruction from the storms.we all need to help by working or giving.i can tell you life is short we dont realize how short sometimes.

never tell your problems to anyone 20% dont care the other 80& are glad you have them                sacchrin must be the most fattening thing in the world every time i look up a fat person is using it

ok a vinegar tip;  HERE IT IS;  HOW TO KEEP FROM HAVING SMELLY FEET SOAK THEM INVINEGAR AND WATER.   DO YOU KNOW HOW CAPTAIN HOOK DIED\ HE BLEED TO DEATH SCRATCHING HIS JOCKEY ITCH

It's always been funny to me that the media and fans when it comes to sports are on the correct side.  Everyone wrote and said that in order to win, Coach Mac would have to run Trent Richardson 40 times or Alabama couldn't win.  If he had done that, Alabama would have lost because LSU was ready for that action.  Now they all write and say how smart he was.  Jim was smart all the years that he was coach.

sonny says the food was so bad at his house they prayed after they ate   wimp

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