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Man, DBs recruiting is going well I see

ehhh, the way i see it, is if we get guys like this, is because we missed on the guys we really wanted. I am also concerned about getting too many out of state/out of region players. Bowden said when he started to pick up these elite out of state players, it ruined team chemistry.

It's never really about 1 recruit. It is just as a whole, a team can kind of lose it's identity chasing stars across the country. i like pulling 3-4 elite out of region guys a year max. Less now, under sanctions. Also when it comes to declaring early for the draft, better chance of an in-state kid staying for his senior year, than an out of state one.

So does TJ Bryant, Brice Butler, Markeith Ambles. What's your point? Or did you not understand my point.

oh, so missed the point. Just say that you did not understand.

So does Blake Ayles, James Boyd, Dillon Baxter etc... I don't think it matters if you're an in state or out of state recruit, if you're not buying in to what Lane is preaching, you will get shown the door.

Brice Butler was absolutely not a problem or anyway detriment to team chemistry. To imply otherwise is simply not accurate.

Bottom line is Kiffin and staff will get the best 15-17 players who fill the needed positions and who want to be Trojans! Gotta love the class they are putting together!

Um false... if we get a guy like Ramsey its because we recruited him hard. If the coaches weren't after him hard then he wouldn't be unofficially visiting all the way from tennessee. As far as Bowden saying oos players ruined chemistry, sounds like an excuse to me. During fsu's championship years they had as many OOS players on their roster as they did when he was forced out.

Is my sarcasm meter broken?

apparently he's spoken to Marvin Sanders just once maybe twice and the coaches didn't check him out during May evaluation...so take from that what you will.

I think the point is we haven't 'gotten' a guy, in-state or otherwise, willing to take the other corner spot in the first place. The top two other guys 'we really want' are OOS. If we whiff on 1. Willis (OOS) or 2. Hargreaves (OOS) or 3. Johnson (IS), we'll all be wishing Ramsey had signed.

In general I agree that you'd prefer an elite in-state athlete over an elite OOS because of the family proximity/homesickness element that affects some more than others. Carroll said he only liked to recruit OOS guys if it looked like they were going to be future first-rounders; I bet you that SC would sign a full OOS class if it somehow came down to it (including this year). Notre Dame essentially does it every year, so does Oregon. The coaches want the best available athletes, period. Recruiting pragmatism and the fact that California is such a talent rich state is what keeps the ratio what it is, not potential team chemistry issues.

I think Bowden was full of shit--losing is what ruins team chemistry, winning (and playing time) is what galvanizes it.