JR Sandlin to be Director of Recruiting

[BobD]

I think he'll be the guy in charge of keeping the dry erase board up to date.

 

[dshans]

I think he'll be the guy in charge of keeping the dry erase board up to date.

Hell, I'd do it for 48K a year – with health, dental, a pension, season tickets to football and basketball games, the freedom to audit any damn class I please free of charge and all the Huddle Burgers I could eat before they kill me.

 

[TheTurningPoint]

Coaches do the boards lol

 

[Fbolt]

Hell, I'd do it for 48K a year – with health, dental, a pension, season tickets to football and basketball games, the freedom to audit any damn class I please free of charge and all the Huddle Burgers I could eat before they kill me.

$47,500-and I have excellent handwriting skills.

 

[STLDomer]

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

Seriously. This guy is the freaking man.

 

[Irish YJ]

 

[CanadalovesND]

He's pretty cool for a virgin.

 

[ulukinatme]

As long as everything he's done so far is legit....he's killin' it so far in his short time at ND

 

[gkIrish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Takes a lot 2 build a <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PotOfGold&src=hash">#PotOfGold</a> more deliveries 2 come. 2 of 11 landed!

ROC recruiting staff and students worked over time. Awesome Group</p>— JR Sandlin (@JR_Sandlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JR_Sandlin/statuses/413334774984347648">December 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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9 more to come...

 

[Buster Bluth]

Will 2015 guys get them? I would like to see Hilliard and Cornell get a bump in attention.

 

[Irish#1]

Just seems to me that recruiting for UT or Alabama would be world's different than for Notre Dame?

The only difference I really see are the kids that are already academically challenged are off the board. Other than that, they put their pants on one leg at a time, like to listen to the same music and eat Taco Bell at 2:00AM.

I like the hire, but I wonder if he'll hang around for more than 2 years? Especially if someone is offering $5K more a year. He's young and youngens' tend to look at money first when it comes to jobs.

 

[ab2cmiller]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Takes a lot 2 build a <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PotOfGold&src=hash">#PotOfGold</a> more deliveries 2 come. 2 of 11 landed!

ROC recruiting staff and students worked over time. Awesome Group</p>— JR Sandlin (@JR_Sandlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JR_Sandlin/statuses/413334774984347648">December 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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9 more to come...

If I was an early commit, I'd be demanding my own pot of gold. How cool would it be to have 477 pictures of former ND greats.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Maybe he has skills.


Certain organizational skills.

 

[Emcee77]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Takes a lot 2 build a <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PotOfGold&src=hash">#PotOfGold</a> more deliveries 2 come. 2 of 11 landed!

ROC recruiting staff and students worked over time. Awesome Group</p>— JR Sandlin (@JR_Sandlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JR_Sandlin/statuses/413334774984347648">December 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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9 more to come...

Gosh how could there be 9 MORE to come?? Pot o' Gold to everyone left on the board? I mean we can't take but half that many more anyway. Weird.

 

[ACamp1900]

Are we sure they are all going to current class guys and not future class guys??

 

[koonja]

Are we sure they are all going to current class guys and not future class guys??

Just this class. Grubl is in charge of sending them to everyone who's 16 and younger, AKA 2015 and beyond.

 

[Irish#1]

Gosh how could there be 9 MORE to come?? Pot o' Gold to everyone left on the board? I mean we can't take but half that many more anyway. Weird.

What AC said plus the fact that we go after more people than available slots, because we know we won't get them all.

 

[woolybug25]

Gosh how could there be 9 MORE to come?? Pot o' Gold to everyone left on the board? I mean we can't take but half that many more anyway. Weird.

I'm fine with them going to everyone on our board. Like was said, we're not getting all of them, but what does that say to an uncommitted prospect that doesn't get one of these things?

I also think we are way overthinking the cost/time associated with this stuff. We have an entire team built around doing this. Someone (possibly Sandlin) is sitting around for a couple hours a day putting these things together and getting paid quite well to do so. I would trade them jobs in a hot second.

 

[connor_in]

Y! SPORTS

Virginia coah Mike London taking opposite approach to #PotOfGold

Recruiting has become an art form.

It’s not just about buttering up a potential recruit, it’s about grabbing their attention. With recruits often having hundreds of letters pouring into their mailboxes, a coaching staff needs to do its best to stand out.

Enter Virginia coach Mike London.

London sent 2014 commit Jeffrey Farrar, a three-star athlete from Upland, Calif., a recruiting letter that just said: “YOU”

 

[BGIF]

Recruiting has become an art form.

It’s not just about buttering up a potential recruit, it’s about grabbing their attention. With recruits often having hundreds of letters pouring into their mailboxes, a coaching staff needs to do its best to stand out.

Enter Virginia coach Mike London.

London sent 2014 commit Jeffrey Farrar, a three-star athlete from Upland, Calif., a recruiting letter that just said: “YOU”

If London's recruiting letters are like his gameplan it explains his 2-10 season and 18-31, 4 year record. The buyout on his $2.6 million/year salary is the only reason he still has a job.

 

[gkIrish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>What I like about "THE" 2014 DT from KY is the explosive power he can generate from his lower body! Truly impressive! They Guy is a BEAST!</p>— JR Sandlin (@JR_Sandlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JR_Sandlin/statuses/413484696580784128">December 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[koonja]

Does this guy evaluate film for the staff?

 

[TheTurningPoint]

Does this guy evaluate film for the staff?

No

 

[Calabrese's People]

No

Just a real big fan of Elams lower body..

 

[JughedJones]

Am I the only one that thinks that J.R. Sandlin showed up on my porch with a copy of "The Watchtower" last week?

 

[Ironman8]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Breaking: Gold settles at lowest price in more than three years at $1,193.6 an ounce. <a href="http://t.co/tYCeELTJqc">http://t.co/tYCeELTJqc</a></p>— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/WSJ/statuses/413743908192272385">December 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Ironman8]

I blame JR.

 

[IrishLax]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish sends out 477 handwritten letters to recruits as "Pots of Gold" - ESPN

Has now gotten pub on ESPN and USA Today thanks to this initiative.

 

[ulukinatme]

What's he doing back in Tuscaloosa?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Adversity is preparation for Greatness</p>— JR Sandlin (@JR_Sandlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JR_Sandlin/statuses/421300115337674752">January 9, 2014</a></blockquote>
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