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Re: Urbano

Very good point. For sure the big boys like you mentioned are attractive to the top kids. So they would not need to recruit.

But how did they get there? Were the coaches just that good, did they get lucky with local kids, or did they recruit a few key guys to fill holes.

I have found it interesting to talk to coaches about public vs. private schools and the percieved ability of private schools to recruit. Almost all said they worry much more about their public rivals poaching kids that the private schools.

Again, interesting friendly debate with no solution.
 
Re: Urbano

The big difference with private schools is that they have something to offer. They can provide financial support through scholarships, and in almost all cases offer a better education and a better learning atmosphere.

In most local school situations, the parents have to move into an area to get their kid in that school. Nothing wrong with that....and booster clubs do not have the $$$ to pay for the home!...although it is common for booster clubs at public schools to purchase homes for the football head coach.
 
Hivered....

Love your posts and unique insights, but on this front, I believe you are a tad bit gullible. Recruiting happens between the public schools as well. What can they offer? Example...over the years some of LaFayette's best players have wound up in TRION, a little A school that plays hard in many sports (heh, a state berth/championship is just that, right?) In TRION is a mill that, interestingly enough, suddenly employs the parents of these lower-class athletes. Happens in Trion, in Calhoun, in Snellville, in Valdosta, in Colquitt, in Thomas County, in Dublin, and, oh-man, in Lincolnton.

Parents can rent a house for the same money 20-30 miles away, have 2 well-paying jobs, and their kid gets to go to the "powerhouse"? done deal.

IT HAPPENS.
 
Re: Hivered....

But that is not really recruiting. That is parents seeing an opportunity to put their kid in what they consider a better fit for their development. Any one of us would do the same thing, matter of fact the schools are the first thing most families ask about when looking for a home.

As far as the mill employment is concerned, my experience is that most companies with lots of labor at the low end of the pay scale are ALWAYS higher because of high turnover. This includes manafacturing, call center, retail, etc.

I see what you are saying, but I just do not call it recruiting.
 
Re: Hivered....

Ask anyone in the Dalton area schools what they call it and all will say recruiting. Dalton used to have it down to a science. My older cousin involved with a prominent mill and the athletic association was told what he needed to do to get this kid or that kid and you guessed it. It was done. To me that is recruiting.
 
Re: Hivered....

Ask the schools that had to play Bazemore's and Hyder's Valdosta team if any recruiting was going on.

I didn't think anyone had a question over whether this occurs or not. It does.
 
Re: Hivered....

Whatever the terminology, it got the job done.
I learned about it as a child during the haydays of textile league baseball. Some of the baseball players had jobs in the mills that required no -0- work at all. LOL.
Now, to top that one, have you ever played any church league softball? I've seen church's go after (and get) softball players off of the industrial league teams. How were they compensated? LOL, I'll never know. Years ago when I started playing church league softball, there were only a bunch of men that for the most part could tie their shoelaces. No heavy hitters back then, but over the years you could see a definite change. I got to noticing some of the industrial leaguers switching over to church league and they could flat out rip a softball into another week. Were they recruited? YOU BETCHA !!!!!!!! But not by that terminology......
 
Re: Hivered....

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Were they recruited? YOU BETCHA !!!!!!!! But not by that terminology......

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They were CONVERTED!
 
Re: Hivered....

Dalton may have 'recruited' per say....but never really has had to. The Cats program has always had strong leadership and the money to back it up.....which attracts players from the surrounding area. Just as Calhoun High and Gainesville High, Dalton High has absorbed the huge impact of Hispanics on the school's population.....and available football players and appears to be readying itself for another run at state laurels. Leadership has been the key.
 
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