HJS {l Wrote}:I understand that Camp was offered comparable (possibly even more) money to Gleeson. Fran Brown and the DL coach also are making more than $400k per. Folks here laughed about Schiano, but he got what he wanted and is putting it to damn good use. The elite NJ talent is still going to be poached by the bigger programs. But, make no mistake... this is going to hurt the pools that BC tends to fish. Those next tier prospects that BC grabs will be harder to come by with a relevant Piscataway.
Hafley would do well diversifying the geographic contacts for the remainder of the staff.
Second this, with the hope that Hafley sets up recruiting areas based on the presence of Catholic high schools. I think we have to lean into that as our focus, our unique advantage relative to all programs save ND. Probably means rather than blanketing say Chicago or even Illinois, there's an assistant for Illinois, St. Louis, northern Indiana, & Iowa. That assistant focuses on the Catholic schools, and only hits non-Catholic ones if the player proactively expresses interest or there is some other compelling tip.
Same approach to areas such as:
* California,
* Dallas/Houston/SanAntonio/Austin/NewOrleans (as one area),
* Atlanta/Tampa/SouthFlorida.
* Philly/Baltimore/DCMetro (incl. NoVa, MoCo & PG Counties) albeit adding in non-Catholic schools with relatively heavy matriculation rates to BC amongst their non-football students,
* Southern Ohio (Columbus & Cincinnati), southern Indiana, Louisville Metro as another area.
Then try to mine NorthernOhio/Pittsburgh, NY/Northern NJ, and New England on a more traditional (regional) basis.
I don't know exactly how recruiting areas are set up. I'd just like to see BC invest recruiting money into travel budgets for the assistants to cast a broader geographic net so they can hopscotch from Catholic school to Catholic school, and compensate financially by only going to non-Catholics where those efforts are more likely pay off due to indicators of interest or an existing positive profile in those regions.